Kalmis, Jack_1987,Oral History, July 18, 1987
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses Jack Kalmis' life growing up in Ukraine until the Russian Revolution, which led him to leave with his sister to Poland and later to America where they had some family. Kalmis started in the delicatessen business in New York, where he also met his wife Fannie. They moved to Hartford around 1944/45 when Kalmis became part owner of Platt's Delicatessen on Albany Ave.. After retirement, Kalmis wrote poetry on a variety of topics, ranging from violence in Israel and the threats of nuclear warfare to comical poems.
Dates
- Creation: July 18, 1987
Interview
Jack Kalmis was interviewed by Charlotte Berman, July 18, 1987 in his Bloomfield home. His wife, Fannie Kalmis, appears in the transcript from time to time.
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Yiddish
Container Summary
Box 23: cassette tape #409
Genre / Form
- Family History
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Jewish life in Europe
- Music
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
Topical
- Businesses -- Clothing/Tailors
- Businesses -- Delicatessen
- Businesses -- Manufacturing
- Eastern European Jews
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Growing up Jewish in Russia
- Growing up in Russia
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Community Center
- Jews, Russian
- Life in Europe
- Life in Russia
- Music -- Synagogues
- Music-Choir/Chorus/Singing
- Platt's Delicatessen
- Poetry
- Pogroms
- Russian Revolution
- United Synagogues of Greater Hartford
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zionism
- pre-Nazi Europe
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository