Hartford, CT

Subjects of interview include: Fleeing Russian Pogroms at age 12; Establishing life in Hartford; ethnic relations of Hartford; learning English; Accellerated path through schooling; involvement with zionism; meeting wife through Zionist gatherings.

Subjects of interview include: Life as jewish child in Russia; Jewish education; occupation of town by Germans in World War i; immigration to the United States; Zionism; Jewish orphans in the United States being raised non-Jewish; creation of Jewish orphanage, the Children's Orphan Home; teaching orphans; writing career; teaching at the YMHA and YWHA; Hartford Talmud Torah; Jewish literature.

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.

Celie discusses with Emma Cohen growing up in Hartford, organizations (such as Hadassah), the Jewish Community, Working with Mother with the Sick Education, Nursing children, and Family. She also talks about her Son fighting in WWII. The start of the interview includes Cohen listing off Pessin's Honors.

Subjects of interview include: Growing up Jewish in Hartford; immigration of parents from Lithuania to London to Hartford; family life in Hartford; association with youh organizations such as the Judith Club; religious training; orthodox observance at home; association with P.T.A; work with Red Magen David; work with the Hebrew Home.