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Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:

Hyman, Eileen_2012/04/26, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: hyman, eileen_2012
Dates: 2012
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Jacobs, David, 1981 - 2011

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Most of the articles contain information on David Jacobs during his time as the director of the Jewish Community Center starting in 2002. The material in the file also touches on his time in the Greater Hartford Jewish community in his younger years as a counselor and later Youth Services Director at Camp Shalom, including photocopied photographs.

Dates: 1981 - 2011
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Jewish Women in WWII Project/Oral Histories/Katz, Rosalyn Natalie

 Digital Record
Identifier: katz, roslyn
Dates: October 4, 1983
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kantrowitz, Gussie, October 1968

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.

Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.

Dates: October 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: kantrowitz, gussie_1968/10
Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

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
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1968

Kaplan, Louis “Kid”, 1925 - 2011

 File — Folder 3
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...
Dates: 1925 - 2011
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kaschmann, Truda

 Digital Record
Identifier: kaschmann, truda
Dates: 1935 - 1987
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kaschmann, Truda, 1935 - 1987

 File — Folder 3
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...
Dates: 1935 - 1987
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kaschmann, Truda_1982, Oral History, January 24, 1982

 Item — Box 15, Box: 275
Identifier: 275
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: January 24, 1982
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1982

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