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Scope and Contents This file covers Louis "Kid" Kaplan's career as a featherwieght boxer as well as his inuction into several halls of fame including the JHSGH Sports Hall of Fame. Kaplan took up fighting in Russia as a boy to defend himself because he was so small and poor (his father was in the junk business and Louis peddled various items), and continuted when his family moved to Meriden, CT when he was 19. His young age led to his nickname "Kid". He became the featherweight champion on January 2, 1925 when...

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Brief biographical sketch of Theodore Kaplan and his various work and community activities. Almost nothing on his wife.

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Various news articles cover the activities of various Karps. Several focus on Max Karp and his participation in walks to benefit Israel into his 90s. Another is about Abraham Karp, a peddler whose horse won a competition. Also noted is Jules and Eleanor Karp for their work for Israel bonds.

Oral History This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...

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Interview This interview covers Truda Kaschmann's life growing up in Germany, her family's departure upon the Nazi rise to power, and settling into America in both Boston and Hartford. In Hartford, she taught dance to support her family (including her parents and in-laws who came from Germany in 1936). She taught at the Hartford Conservatory starting in 1935 and at the Hartford School for Women starting in 1940. As of the 1982 interview, she was still teaching. Was on many school's dance faculty (Miss...

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The obituaries cover two generations of the Kashmann family (Of J. Kashmann & Sons Meat Market). They briefly touch on their civic activities and employment. Of note, Doris served as a WAC in World War II.