Peddlers

Interview 1977

Subjects covered in interview include: Family coming to America, education, learning about Judaism Lawyer, Practicing Judaism, Jewish Community, Zionism Jewish Organizations, Politics, Hartford Community, wife, children Judge, about family, personal philosophies

Interview 1973

Subjects of interview include: Growing up in Hartford, Family Life, zionism, creation of Israel, Jewish education, Jewish community.

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Subjects covered in interview include: Family coming to America, education, learning about Judaism Lawyer, Practicing Judaism, Jewish Community, Zionism Jewish Organizations, Politics, Hartford Community, wife, children Judge, about family, personal philosophies

Scope and Contents Materials include: Xerox copy of typed oral transcript; handwritten note by Gloria Bein; Printed copy of Kotler's accunt of surviving the Hartford Cirucs Fire; release form; black-and-white copy of newspaper article summarizing Kotler's account; black-and-white copy of newspaper article about Kotler teaching creative writing; black and white copy of Bristol Press article about Kotler teaching an ESL class; black and white copy of photo of wedding, "Emanuel Syn. 1951 Greenfield...

Subjects Subjects of interview include: early life in Springfield MA; father's settling on being a Peddler; religious observance; work for a newspaper; Springfield Boy's Club; Springfield Chassidim; brother's experience as a military morgue supervisor in Wold War II and as a glazier; Family involvement with zionism; Orthodox burials; funeral services; courtship and marriage; work in sales; membership in Agudas Achim; journey to Israel; Oxies; banking; Emanual Minyanaires; Meals on Wheels; Chevra...

Scope and Contents Folder 1 contains: Correspondence; handwritten note; news clippings; photocopies of news clippings; photocopy of certificate of membership in INternational Mark Twin Society; various play scripts for TV and Radio as written and performed by Maskell's class; poetry; essays; photo of grave of Dag Hammarskjold; sheet music written in memory of Dag Hammarskjold; "The Meaning of Freedom and Responsibility of Judaism" monography by Abarahn I. Kaish; essay by Anna Maskel.Folder 2...

Scope and Contents

Subjects covered in interview include: Family coming to America, education, learning about Judaism Lawyer, Practicing Judaism, Jewish Community, Zionism Jewish Organizations, Politics, Hartford Community, wife, children Judge, about family, personal philosophies

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Contents of folder include: Handwritten correspondence; stationery and bill slips for Perl Company; photcopies of correspondence; newspaper clippings; transcript of talk about 17th-century Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, at B'Nai Sholom in Newington; 2 copies of Accredidation certificate from The Instutite of Real Estate management; 2 copies of biography of Hillel Perlstein; note directing researcher to other file on Hotel Perl.