Hurricane of 1938

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Oral History Transcript.

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Photocopy of book "I'll Give you a Nickled if You'll Listen to Me: The Gordon Family History" compiled and Edited by Zelda Gordon Schuman.

Book contains transcripts of various interviews of Charles Gordon, Zelda's father.

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Herman Holtz discusses his involvement in Ados Israel, detailing the history of that as well as various other shuls in Hartford. Some anecdotes are the dedication of the synogogue (as well as the death of the Rabbi Kram two days later), the floods of 1936 and 1938, and the schnudder book made my Herman's uncle Louis Price.

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Vertical reference files for individuals.

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Subjects of interview include: Tape One: Family History in Connecticut/Connecticut Jewish History Growing up Jewish in Hartford, Flood of 1936/Creation of New Synagogue, Funeral Involvement Tape Two: Jewish Education of Children Future of Jewish Community, Shoestring Contributions Book

Scope and Contents Folder 1 contains: 2 photcopies of 7.5x10 black and white photo "Sept. 1951 -- Judges for Queen of Tobacco Harvest"; 2 photocopies of newspaper article about Gerber's invention and sale of Variable Scale; 2 photocopies of newspaper clipping "Jewish Congress postponed"; 2 photocopies of newspaper clipping "Scholarship won by Jacob Neusner"; 4 photocopies of newspaper photograph "new gate for cemetery"; 2 photocopies of post card picture; 2 photocopies of article from Endowment Fund of Greater...