Family History
Subject
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Found in 328 Collections and/or Records:
Kantrowitz, Samuel, October, 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Sam Kantrowitz discusses his immigration from Russia first to New York then to Hartford to join his sister. He left because of violence and pogroms. He became a furrier, which had been his family's trade in Russia and was the owner of Connecticut Furriers into the 1960s. He met his wife Gussie in 1910 and they married in 1912.
Dates:
October, 1968
Kantrowitz, Samuel and Gussie, 1912 - 1952
File — Box 7
Scope and Contents
8x10 black and white engagement photograph of Sam and Gussie (Cooper) Kantrowitz, 1912. 8x10 black and white photograph, Sam and Gussie Kantrowitz's 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1962.
Dates:
1912 - 1952
Kantrowitz, Samuel_1968/10, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 2
Identifier: 6
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 6
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Samuel Kantrowitz
Date of Interview: October 1968
Occupation: Furrier
Date of Birth: Circa 1897
Place of Birth: Pinsk, Lithuania
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 8Abstract:
Mr. Kantrowitz has been in the furrier business known as Connecticut Furriers for 50 years in partnership with Israel Neiditch. He came to America in 1906 at age 17...
Dates:
October, 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
Kaplan, Samuel and Ethel (Marcus), 1925 - 1933
File — Box 7
Scope and Contents
One negative, one 3.5x5 black and white photo and one 5x7 black and white mounted print of Samuel Louis Kaplan, age 33, ca. 1925.
One negative, one 3.5x5 black and white photo and one 5x7 black and white mounted print of Samuel and Ethel Kaplan, joint passport photograph to Palestine, 1925.
Photocopy (For original, see Photos/Israel & Zionism/Aliyah-Kaplan, Samuel L.) Lunch on terrace of home in Bet Adam, Haifa. "Villa Nadia"?. (L-R) Samuel L. Kaplan, Ethel M. Kaplan, Gertrude (Mrs....
Dates:
1925 - 1933
Kaplan, Vladimir_1998, Oral History, August 20, 1998
Item — Box 33, Box: 708
Identifier: 708
Scope and Contents
Interview focuses on Kaplan's experiences as a Soviet soldier during World War II as well as his career after the war, commenting on the ways in which anti-semitism impacted his life.
Dates:
August 20, 1998
Karpe, Marietta and Dr. Richard, 1898 - 1988
File — Folder 3
Oral History
This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...
Dates:
1898 - 1988
Karpe, Marietta_1984, Oral History, February 9, 1984
Item — Box 18, Box: 324
Identifier: 324
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...
Dates:
February 9, 1984