Businesses & Professions -- Artist

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This collection consists of newspaper clippings, advertisements, and memorabilia documenting the activities of Jewish business people and Jewish professionals (physicians, attorneys, artists, musicians, etc.) throughout the Hartford area.

Abstract Esther Sima Cohen (1900- ) is a an artist and teacher who worked in ceramics in both New York City and Connecticut. She started working in pottery as a child, learning at the Henry Street Pottery, part of the settlement system of neighborhood centers. She earned her BS and MA in art at New York University, and did additional work in ceramics at Alfred University. Following her training, Cohen taught at a wide variety of schools in New York City, including the Lenox Hill Pottery (another...

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One 4x6 color photograph is of Serene Hackel. Rest of photos are of various objects inside her house, pieces of art made by her father, including a ceramic dish with the names of people he fought. January 18, 2012.

Topics discussed in interview: Father's (Johnnie Sheppard) career as a Prize fighter, his immigration to London from Roumania, then later to America via Canada, and his career as a furrier and an artist. Also includes her family history in New York and Connecticut.

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Vertical reference files for individuals.

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Subjects of interview include: Tape One: Family History in Connecticut/Connecticut Jewish History Growing up Jewish in Hartford, Flood of 1936/Creation of New Synagogue, Funeral Involvement Tape Two: Jewish Education of Children Future of Jewish Community, Shoestring Contributions Book

Interview Topics include family history, Bea's professional art career and personal craft work, involvement in Emanual Synagogue and Yeshiva of Hartford, marriage to Arthur Koret, and current disposition of her children. Scope and Contents Materials include partial transcript of oral interview; printed black-and-white photographs of Bea's life and work; printed black-and-white photo of photograph of parents next to photograph of maternal grandparents;...

Scope and Contents Folder contains: One newspaper article about Sam Laden; One newpaper article about Nelson Lassiter, Jr; One newpaper article about Dr. Douglas M. Lawson; One newpaper article about Rabbi Gary Lavit; One newpaper article about Dr. Rene Lerer; One newpaper article about Madelon Arla Levine; One newspaper article about Marc Nathaniel Levine; One newspaper article about Gretchen Levitz; One obituary for Edith "Cookie" Libbin; One newspaper article about Hannah Libman; One newspaper article about...