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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Katzenstein, Julia, 1955 - 1955

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Article reflects on the role of the Deborah Society in Hartford about fifty years after the organization's 50th Anniversary celebrations. At the time of the 50th, Julia Katzenstein was president of the society.

Dates: 1955 - 1955

Kaufman, E. Jerome

 Digital Record
Identifier: kaufman, e. jerome_1977
Dates: May 7, 1977

Kaufman, E. Jerome, May 7, 1977

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents Topics included in this interview: Family history/death of his father/location of various relatives, growing up as a Jewish boy in Romania, immigration to Hartford to join brother Jack Kaufman, learning English and education in Hartford, working as a child, path towards career in pharmacies/drug stores including education and following in his brothers' (Jack and Irving) footsteps, membership at The Emanuel and religious life, active in Masonic Lodge Number 88 (Fifty-Fifty club-half Jewish,...
Dates: May 7, 1977

Kaufman, E. Jerome, Oral History, May 7, 1977

 Item — Box 9, Box: 161
Identifier: 161
Scope and Contents Topics included in this interview: Family history/death of his father/location of various relatives, growing up as a Jewish boy in Romania, immigration to Hartford to join brother Jack Kaufman, learning English and education in Hartford, working as a child, path towards career in pharmacies/drug stores including education and following in his brothers' (Jack and Irving) footsteps, membership at The Emanuel and religious life, active in Masonic Lodge Number 88 (Fifty-Fifty club-half Jewish,...
Dates: May 7, 1977

Kaufman, Leo, 1930 - 2003

 File — Folder 3
People File This file contains the oral history interview release form from the 2003 interview, signed about a month after it took place. There is also a partial transcript from the 1997 interview (see corresponding Scope & Contents for more information) as well as a photocopied newspaper article about Kaufman's participation in an oratory competition sponsored by the Aleph Zadik Aleph organization. There are also two photocopied photographs of Leo Kaufman in various clubs at Weaver High as listed...
Dates: 1930 - 2003

Kaufman, Leo_1997, Oral History, October 30, 1997

 Item — Box 29, Box: 572
Identifier: 572
Scope and Contents

Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Springfield, parent's immigration, family, employment in Hartford area, service in World War II and veterans organizations, advertising agency.

Dates: October 30, 1997

Kellin, Sam, Mike, and Sophie, 1952 - 1989

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents The programs, acting resume, and many of the newspaper articles document the achievements of Mike Kellin's acting career and his death.Advertisement for The Warner & Bailey Co, run by Samuel Kellin.Several atricles detail Sam Kellin's involvement in various Hartford institutions, particularly B'nai Brith.Several articles discuss the Sophie Kellin Yiddish Literary Society, which was founded in the late 1980s after her death.Sophie Keller was...
Dates: 1952 - 1989

Kellin, Samuel

 Digital Record
Identifier: kellin, samuel_1973
Dates: March 21, 1973

Kellin, Samuel, March 21, 1973

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Topics covered in this interview include: B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, World War II, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on local Jews, Jewish women, Jewish humor/entertaining.

Dates: March 21, 1973

Kellin, Samuel and Sophie, August, 1972

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: B'Nai B'Rith, Awards, Flood of 1955, community service, Jewish education and upbringing, ethics & values, differences in Jewish/Gentile communities, adoption, retail.

Dates: August, 1972