Bushnell Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut is the oldest publicly funded park in the United States. It was conceived by the Reverend Horace Bushnell in the mid-1850s at a time when the need for open public spaces was just starting to be recognized. Today the park comprises 50 acres (20 ha) of green space, and is visited by over one million people each year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushnell_ParkFound in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Kashmann, Beatrice , March 22, 1972
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Beatrice Kashmann's experience moving from Bridgeport to Hartford, which included becoming much more active in the Jewish community through Jewish Women’s Organizations, particularly in the Deborah Society (a group which was local, never national). Also covered are various charities which helped immigrants among others. Participated in the suffrage movement.She also discusses things like her involvement singing in musical groups and Sisterhood, family life,...
Dates:
March 22, 1972
Kashmann, Beatrice_1972, Oral History, March 22, 1972
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 17, Box: 2
Identifier: 27
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Family, Jewish Women Organizations, singing, Charity, ImmigrantsThis interview covers Beatrice Kashmann's experience moving from Bridgeport to Hartford, which included becoming much more active in the Jewish community through Jewish Women’s Organizations, particularly in the Deborah Society (a group which was local, never national). Also covered are various charities which helped immigrants among others. Participated in the suffrage movement....
Dates:
March 22, 1972
Miller, Henrietta (See women in service oral history series)
Digital Record
Identifier: miller, henrietta ann_1985
Miller, Henrietta (See women in service oral history series), undated
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Nursing education and career; Military service: personal experience with anti-semitism and racism in US military; Re-enlistemtnt for Korean war; Moving from Brighton MA to Hartford.
Dates:
undated
Parisky, Sandy, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
folder contains: 2 newspaper clippings that mention Sandy Parisky
Dates:
undated
Weisman, Judith, 1951-2012
File — Flat_file_folder 8
Scope and Contents
Folder contains: short biography; acquisitions form; photocopies of news clippings; photocopy of reunion promotion; photocopy of reunion program page
Dates:
1951-2012