Wise, Smith, & Co.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Clare, Gertrude, March 6, 1983
File — Flat_file_folder 1
Interview
Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, father of modern Hewbrew), participated in the Royal Army Service co. as a civilian and in the Haganah, patrolled the shoreline and sometimes helped illegal...
Dates:
March 6, 1983
Clare, Gertrude_1983, Oral History, March 6, 1983
Item — Box 17, Box: 304
Identifier: 303
Scope and Contents
A hard copy transcript exists but is in poor conditionEdit: New typed transcription attached. Interview Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer...
Dates:
March 6, 1983
Isidore and Selma Wise
Collection
Identifier: 0012-003-016f
Scope and Contents
Collection Contents by Folder:Awards and Honors/Beth Israel Celebrations of Wyse’s BirthdaysAwards and Honors/Connecticut State Prison Board of Directors, 1954Awards and Honors/Hartford Courant Tribute Scrapbook, 1940Awards and Honors/Jewish War Veterans Interfaith Relations Award, 1943Awards and Honors/Newington Home for Crippled Children, Building of the Isidore Wise Wing, 1951Awards and Honors/Newington Home for...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Kashman, Marshall, 1993 - 1993
File
Scope and Contents
Obituary outlines Kashman's career starting with buying jewelry and silver for Wise-Smith Co., serving in World War I, and his forty plus years as an executive at G. Fox & Co.. Additionally, it highlights his involvement in trying to get a zoo started in Keney Park.
Dates:
1993 - 1993
Kotler, Alvin, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
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...
Dates:
undated
Lewis, Ralph (Neistat), February 12, 1978
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
Folder contains: oral history transcript.
Dates:
February 12, 1978