Businesses & Professions -- Dentistry

Folder contains: The Pasternack Family Story, 1978, 1991, and 2003 edition; photocopies of newspaper clippings;photocopies of black-and-white photographs; CD of the Pasternack Family Tree

This collection consists of newspaper clippings, advertisements, and memorabilia documenting the activities of Jewish business people and Jewish professionals (physicians, attorneys, artists, musicians, etc.) throughout the Hartford area.

Subjects of interview include: operations of the Honis Oyster House; arrival of parents in Hartford during the 1888 blizzard; early life and education in Hartford; family life and community in Hartford; father's founding of a small shul on Market Street; doing the accounting for the Hobis Oyster house.

Subjects of interview include: teaching profession; difference between German and Russian Jews; family's lack of religious observance; small businesses including jewelry and real estate; commuynity leadership activities; early life in hartford; lack of anti-semitism; athletics including horse-riding and boxing.

Contains obituary, discharge paperwork, and service record.

Contents of folder include: acquisition form with :Morton Ward WWII 1944" and "Harry Ward WWI 1917" written on the back; typed biography "The Paternal sSide of My Father's Family"; pohotocopy of photograph of Morton and Beatrice Ward; photocopy of page from "Hartford Jews 1659-1970"

Folder contains: photographs of Weinstein; release form; obituary; Certificate of army service