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Harold Rome
Collection
Identifier: 0012-001-005e
Scope and Contents
Contains research materials, drafts, and other materials relating to Tighe Zimmer's book "Lyrical Satirical Harold Rome". Also contains audio and video materials.
Dates:
1938 - 2013
Harriet I. Samuels family collection
Collection
Identifier: M.36
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises mostly loose snapshot photographs of Harriet Samuels as a child and adolescent and of her family before her birth, spanning c. 1915 - 1950. Subjects include Samuels' early childhood birthday parties, travel and tourism with her family, and her high school proms. Few larger photographs include professional portraits and veiws of Samuels' uncle Morris Samuels' restaurant in Sydney, Australia. Some ephemera and mostly blank postcards are included among the photos. In...
Dates:
1910s-1990s
Hart Family
Collection
Identifier: 0012-002-008
Hartford District, Zionist Organization of America
File
Identifier: M 26
Scope and Contents Note
The Hartford District, Zionist Organization of America collection (1919-1996; 1 c.f.) documents local Connecticut chapters of the Zionist Organization of America, including their reports, minutes, and activities. It also contains various publications from the ZOA.
Dates:
1919 - 1996
Hartford Workingmen's Sick Benefit Association
Collection
Identifier: Org-0008-002-004b
Abstract
The Hartford Workingmen's Sick Benefit Association (also known until 1924 as Arbeiter Kranken Unterstitzungs Verein) provided an early form of disability insurance as well as burial expenses. The Association was founded in January 1896 to provide income to members in the event that they were unable to work due to illness and to provide a cemetery for members and their families. Members were obligated to pay an initiation fee, a physician’s examination fee, banquet fees, levies...
Dates:
1919-1969
Hebrew Home and Hospital -- Hebrew HealthCare
Collection
Identifier: Institution-0008-002-004a
Scope and Contents
This collection is strongest in recent materials; it contains relatively little early material. One very interesting component of this collection is the material relating to Sophie Tucker whose mother, Jennie Abusa, and friends in Hartford supported the Home and arranged for her to do benefit shows here. Another useful component is the photos and printed material that show the Home residents during the early 20th century, giving a sense of some of the religious observance that obtained...
Dates:
1898 - 2012
Herrup family papers
Collection
Identifier: SM-14
Samuel Hoffenberg papers
Collection
Identifier: 0012-003-016k
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous documents relating to Samuel Hoffenberg including newspaper clippings, photographs, and minutes from local organizations. The bulk of the collection focuses on the 1920s and 1930s.
Dates:
1913 - 1950
Hog River Journal ~ Connecticut Explored
Collection
Identifier: 0015-003-001
Holocaust collection
Collection
Identifier: M 27
Scope and Contents
M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...
Dates:
1937-2008