Jews, Russian
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:
Kaplan, Vladimir_1999, Oral History, November 9, 1999
File — Box 34, Box: 744
Identifier: 0014 001 001744
Scope and Contents
Interview clarifies some points of 1998 interview, focusing on Kaplan's war experience and his experience in the Russian educational system. The transcript is not complete as the tape ended abruptly.
Dates:
November 9, 1999
Karpman, Unknown
File — Box 2
Scope and Contents
This account details the life of Charles Karpman, starting from his childhood in a shtetl called Narovlya, Russia. He discusses Jewish life as well as daily life of a child in Russia.The family immigrated in 1916(?) when he was five through the east through Japan, then Seattle, then eventually to Hartford where his father and other family members had settled. This route was taken because passage west was blocked due to World War I.The milkman gave the Karpmans English...
Dates:
Unknown
Kassow, Sam and Lisa Pleskow, 1978 - 2016
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
File contains information on the projects undertaken by the Kassows through Trinity College and the Hillel group, including working with Ugandan (Abayudaya) Jews. Samuel is a Trinity grad, as well as the child of Holocaust survivors. Many of the articles discuss Samuel's academic work and lectures, particularly his study of Easter European/Polish/Russian Jews and his book on the Warsaw Archives, "Who Will Write Our History?".The file also contains information on Lisa Pleskow...
Dates:
1978 - 2016
Katz, Abraham and Ida (Farber), August 26, 1974
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains two seperate oral history interviews, both conducted on the same day. One is with Abraham Katz, the other is with his wife Ida.Topics covered in Abraham Katz's interview:
Growing up (Orthodox) Jewish in Hartford, regular and Jewish education, keeping kosher, time at Hartford Public High, going to Yale when very few Jews could (some undergrad, special degree to Law school), helped getting Jews into the YMCA, changing Hartford after war/people moving out,...
Dates:
August 26, 1974
Katz, Captain Roslyn, October 4, 1983
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Oral history outlines Roslyn Katz's life as told by her sister Gertrude after Roslyn's passing. Covers childhood as well as service in Calcutta, India, as well as her life after the service. Katz earned her degree at UCONN in Home Economics, became a teacher for a short time at the John Fitch High School in Windsor, which she disliked. She then worked in several New York Hospitals and learned to be a dietician. When World War II was gearing up, she signed up to join the WACS, serving as a...
Dates:
October 4, 1983
Katz, Harriette and Greenberg, Avrom, April 6, 1987
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This biographical sketch covers a variety of topics including immigration from feudal Russia, farming and peddling in Hartford area, as well as information about Agudas Achim and Greenberg's time as a cantor there.
Dates:
April 6, 1987
Katz, Ida_1974, Oral History, August 26, 1974
Item — Box OHC-4, Box: 8, Box: 2
Identifier: 77
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 77
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Ida Katz (Mrs. Abraham)
Date of Interview: August 16, 1974
Occupation: Homemaker
Date of Birth: circa 1894
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 15Abstract:
Mrs. Katz lived first on Morgan Street and then on Pleasant Street and her neighbors and friends were the Dr. Winick family and Abe and Bessie Bordon. She went...
Dates:
August 26, 1974
Katz, Rosalyn Natalie, 1944 - 1983
File — Box 10, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Contains transcript of interview with Katz's sister, Gertude, from 1983, photocopies of Katz in uniform, newspaper clippings, and memorial honors bestowed by President Ford.
Dates:
1944 - 1983