Ellington, CT
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Cantor, Debra, January 24, 2018
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains oral history interviews with rabbis in the Greater Hartford area on cassette tape as well as detailed abstracts of the interviews.
Dates:
January 24, 2018
Ellington Synagogue Sisterhood_1976/3/8, Oral Event History, March 8, 1976
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 161
Scope and Contents
Subject: Ellington Sisterhood
Anecdotes, Profiles, and histories of the early Ellington and area Jews by descendents History of Synagogue
Speaker: Dorothy Cohen
Dates:
March 8, 1976
Agriculture & Farming
Collection
Identifier: 0007-003-004
Abstract
With deteriorating conditions in Eastern Europe, many Jews came to the United States with the dream of becoming farmers. Various charities, especially the Baron de Hirsch Fund provided guidance and support and Jewish farming communities appear throughout Connecticut. Many small farms eventually developed into hotels and resorts. This collection documents the Jewish farming community in the Greater Hartford area through family and oral histories, records, newspaper articles, and...
Dates:
1890 - 2006
Goldman, Robert, 1944 - 2013
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
1944 - 2013
Goldman, Robert_1985,Oral History, December 4, 1985
Item — Box 21, Box: 378
Identifier: 378
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
December 4, 1985
"Knesseth Israel Synagogue 75 Years"_1981/3/29, Oral Event History, March 29, 1981
Item — Box 13, Box: 243
Identifier: 243
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Recordings of JHSGH sponsored/attended programs pertaining to all aspects of Jewish History as related to the Greater Hartford area. The majority of the tapes do not have transcripts or abstracts. Special topics include building dedication, informational lectures, and performances.
Dates:
March 29, 1981