Perkel, Morris

Subjects of interview include: Life as jewish child in Russia; Jewish education; occupation of town by Germans in World War i; immigration to the United States; Zionism; Jewish orphans in the United States being raised non-Jewish; creation of Jewish orphanage, the Children's Orphan Home; teaching orphans; writing career; teaching at the YMHA and YWHA; Hartford Talmud Torah; Jewish literature.

Contents of folder 1 include: Obituary for Morris Perkel; handwritten note; memoprial service program; memorial service invitation; newspaper clipping about Morris perkel; typed sheet with responsive reading and pslam for memorial service; manilla envelope containing handwritten correspondence in Hebrew and English, typed correspondence, newspaper clippings, biurthdya card, printed photograph of orchestra, and ticket to High Holy Day Servic es at Hewbre Women's Home For Children.