Businesses -- Clothing/Tailors

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Folder contains: outline of transcript; draft of transcript introduction attached to short bio; photocopy of news article about celebrating Women of Valor; assorted materials paperclipped together including song lyrics, photocopies pf photographs, photocopies of news articles, program for Sisterhood induction cermony; correspondence from representative Barbara Kennely.

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Subjects of interview include: early life in Palestine; immigration to the United States; life in Hartford; work at a clothing store; strict observance of the Sabbath; learning English; ability to speak a little French and Arabic; zionism; the Achuza; migration to Israel; marriage.

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Subjects of interview include: Life in New Jersey; family life in Hartford; Jewish education; Yiddish as a language spoken at home; Hartford history.

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Folder contains: autobiography by Minnie Solomon, including subjects such as family life in Poland, immigration, family life in Hartford, child labor as a cigarette-roller, and marriage.

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Subjects of interview include: Hartford history circa 1900; family life in Hartford; father's immigration from Austria; father's business as cattle dealer and butcher; early Jewish education and inability to go to college; husband's music career

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of this collection focuses on Jewish War Veterans Hartford Laurel Post #45 and Ladies’ Auxiliary. Materials related to the national Jewish War Veterans of the United States organization, as well as the Jewish War Veterans Harry Berson Post #56 and Eddy Glover Post #6, are also documented. A large portion of this collection also documents the activities of other organizations, including the Jewish Welfare Board and the USO in the Greater Hartford area. In addition to...

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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