Hyman, Eileen_2012, Oral History, April 26, 2012
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Eileen Hyman speaks about growing up in Hartford, touching on her Jewish education and family life. She also discusses her parent's immigration from Russia, her father's involvement in the family trucking business, and her mother's love of music and the way she was "ahead of her time".
Hyman spoke of the Brackett School, which appears to be the same as Northeast school.
Dates
- Creation: April 26, 2012
Interview
Eileen Hyman was interviewed by Catherine on April 25 or 26, 2012 for the North End Book II Project.
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
From the Sub-Series: English
Container Summary
Box 41: cassette tape #1114
Genre / Form
- Family History
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Music
- motion picture film
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
- Barbour Street, Hartford, CT
- Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford, CT
- Farmington, CT
- Front Street, Hartford, CT
- Hartford, CT
- Keney Park (Hartford, Conn.)
- Main Street, Hartford, CT
- Manchester, CT
- North End -- Hartford, CT
- Ocean Beach, NJ
- Russia
Occupation
Topical
- "Max and His Rose"
- Aetna Life Insurance Company
- Arsenal School
- Bushnell Memorial Hall
- Businesses -- Delicatessen
- Businesses -- Grocery
- Businesses -- Transportation
- Children
- Family
- Family Life
- Family Life in Hartford
- G. Fox & Co.
- Hartford Courant
- Hartford Public Schools
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Life in Hartford
- Jewish families
- Jews, Russian
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut
- Music Education
- Northeast School
- Philanthropy
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Education
- Religious Life
- Sage Allen Department Store
- Sports -- Dancing
- Talmud Torah
- Temple Beth Israel
- Weaver High School
- World War, 1939-1945
- Young Judaea of Connecticut
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository