Katz, Louis_1977, Oral History
Digital Record
Identifier: katz, louis_1977/02/14
Dates
- Creation: February 14, 1977
Interview
Louis Y. Katz was interviewed by Morris Cohen on February 14, 1977 at 24 Terry Plains Road, Bloomfield, CT.
Language of Materials
English
General Note
First half of transcription missing (perhaps from an error on the cassette tapes). Full audio is attached to this file.
General Note
Subjects covered during interview include: Family history in Lituania, Work, Marriage (Ethel), theater (Are these all in the transcript???)
Family history in Hartford/Mass area, Sophie Tucker, his time as an entertainer at various society functions in CT and up and down te eastern seaboard.
Katz family all related-at times unclear how. See Katz Family Tree for more information.
Subject
- Katz, Louis Y., Entertainer, Cafeteria Manager (Louis "Yankel" Katz) (Vilna Gubernia, Lithuania) (Interviewee, Person)
- Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Ados Israel (Market St. Shul, moved to Pearl St.)
- B'nai B'rith
- Bond Hotel
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Fraternal Organizations
- Fraternal Organizations/Masons/Knights of Pythias
- Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Lithuania
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Community Center
- Jewish Theater and Arts
- Knights of Pythias
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT
- Tucker, Sophie
- Tumblebrook Country Club
- World War, 1914-1918
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository