Growing up in Hartford

Folder contains publicity material and correspondence for the oral history panel featuring Arnold and Leonard Greenberg.

Oral history transcript not in file. Hardcopy located in people files, digital files attached to database records.

Interview conducted by Debbie with her grandmother Tillie Dansky for the program Family profiles by Emanuel Religious School. Not a true interview but rather a summary of the conversation.

Subjects of interview include: Family life in Hartford, teaching at a Hebrew school

This family's dedication to theater and the arts is boundless. Joseph was a professor of acting and an actor as well. His son Gordon was a director and a producer, including a number of Broadway shows and major productions in Los Angeles. His son Adam directed an award winning film at the Cannes Film Festival.

Minimal information about the rest of the family as most things are accounted for in Morris's books. Morris seems to be the family historian.

Memoir

Most materials included are essays about specific topics that Morris wrote to the Jewish Historical Society These essays were then adapted to fit in his two books about life in Hartford during his youth Other documents spotlight the theatrical talents of his brother Joseph Davidson and Joseph's son Gordon Davidson

One black and white photo of Osher with his horse and fruit cart One black and white photo of a different horse and full fruit cart

Oral History interview partial transcript, interviewer Betty Hoffman; release form. Interview covers life growing up jewish in West hartford, the existence of jews in West Hartford during the 1930s, the shape of West Hartford from the 1930s to the 1970s, and a lack of anti-semitism or strong feelings of Zionism.