Adoption
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Kessler, Irving_2003, Oral History, July 28, 2003
File — Box 31, Box: 646
Identifier: 0014 001 001646
Scope and Contents
Early involvement in Zionism/supporting Israel upon its creation in college years. Went to graduate school Columbia, undergraduate at Tufts. Wanted to go to Tufts for graduate school (specifically the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) but war delays prevented this-mentioned several times. Involvement in Boston Federation. Discusses moving to the Hartford Federation working under and eventually taking over from Bernie Gottlieb who was director of the Federation before him....
Dates:
July 28, 2003
Marlow, George and Lillian (Bayer), undated
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: growing up Jewish in Hartford; ethnic makeup of Hartford's South End; George's service as an attorney at law in World War II; father's grocery business; struggles to have children; activities in Keney Park; working at Pratt and Whitney during the war; the Jewish community in Manchester; local and regional politics; the great depression.
Dates:
undated
Matt, Max, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
Contents of folder include: photocopy of commemorative plaque; photocopy of photograph of Matt; photocopies of book pages about Jewsih orphans; photocopy of advertisement for book; 2 copies of newslatter column; sealed envelope; oral history transcript.
Dates:
undated