Box OHC-1
Container
Contains 32 Results:
Hyman, Louis_1968, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 12, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 19
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Hyman's life as a weaver in Shisluwitz(?) and Bialystock, his immigration to join his parents in North Daktota, and his move to Hartford to join his wife's family who settled there. He also discusses his involvement in peddling and wholesaling, as well as his participation in the Jewish community at the Garden Street Synogogue and through oxies. His parents made Aliyah sometime before 1914, fulfilling the dream they had when Hyman's father initially left Europe....
Dates:
October, 1968
Kantrowitz, Samuel_1968/10, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 2
Identifier: 6
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 6
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Samuel Kantrowitz
Date of Interview: October 1968
Occupation: Furrier
Date of Birth: Circa 1897
Place of Birth: Pinsk, Lithuania
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 8Abstract:
Mr. Kantrowitz has been in the furrier business known as Connecticut Furriers for 50 years in partnership with Israel Neiditch. He came to America in 1906 at age 17...
Dates:
October, 1968
Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 1
Identifier: 5
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel)
Date of Interview: October, 1968
Occupation: Homemaker
Date of Birth: Circa 1895
Place of Birth: Russia
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 13Abstract:
Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...
Dates:
October, 1968
Kopelman, Joseph_1968/07/15, Oral History, July 15, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 2, Box: 2
Identifier: 14
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Immigrant, growing up Jewish in Hartford, synagogues, Jewish community, organizations, dedication of the Ados Israel Synagogue, assignation of President McKinley, father was the Cantor.
Dates:
July 15, 1968
Levy, Gertrude_1968/08/28, Oral History, August 28, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 7, Box: 1
Identifier: 13
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 13
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Gertrude Levy
Date of Interview: August 28, 1968
Occupation: Teacher
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 8Abstract: Miss Levy attended the Chauncey Harris Grammar School, then Hartford High School, and finally the Normal School at New Britain, CT, for 4 years. She taught at the Chauncey Harris...
Dates:
August 28, 1968
Meyer, Meister_1968/08/28, Oral History, August 28, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 8, Box: 2
Identifier: 12
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Hartford, family, Jewish community, employment, unions.
Dates:
August 28, 1968
Pattison, David_1968/08/28, Oral History, August 28, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 7, Box: 2
Identifier: 11
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 11
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Pattison, David
Date of Interview: August 28, 1968
Occupation: Tailoring
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Poland
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 10Abstract: Mr. Pattison left Poland in 1908, went to Haifa, Palestine, where he went to the first Jewish school for one year, then to Germany. From Germany he left for America, arriving in...
Dates:
August 28, 1968
Perlstein, Alex_1968/07/15, Oral History, July 15, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: immigrant, pogroms growing up Jewish in Hartford, Education, Work, Jewish Community and Organizations Zionist
Dates:
July 15, 1968
Pessin, Celie_1968/09/03, Oral History, September 3, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 2, Box: 1
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: (Cohen lists Pessin's Honors) growing up in Hartford organizations (Hadassah), Jewish Community, Working with Mother with the Sick Education, Nursing children, Family, husband/mother sick. Son in WWII
Dates:
September 3, 1968
Palten, Sylvia_1968/09/09, Oral History, September 5, 1968
Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 9, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 15
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Tape No. : 15
No. Of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Sylvia Palten
Date of Interview: September 9, 1968
Occupation:
Date of Birth: Circa 1884
Place of Birth: Marsea Velinske Gubernia Russia
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 24
Abstract: Sylvia was married in Russia and had a daughter, Sadie. Shortly after the persecution of the Jews began, her husband fled Russia. He settled in...
Dates:
September 5, 1968