Immigration
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 457 Collections and/or Records:
Kleinman, Leo_2008, Oral History, April 1, 2008
File — Box 38, Box: 980
Identifier: 0014 001 001980
Scope and Contents
Subjects covered in interview are: Family history, parent’s immigrating to America from Russia, growing up in Hartford, childhood friend & actor Mike Kellin, baseball, education, newspaper route, career in accounting, famous people he interacted with (a pitcher for the Yankees for whom he did taxes, Angela Lansbury), home life, getting married, athletic coaching, children and their accomplishments, World War II.
Dates:
April 1, 2008
Konover, Simon and Doris, 1985 - 2015
File — Flat_file_folder 4
File
This file contains information on Simon Konover’s experience fleeing the Nazis as well as his career in real estate and his philanthropic endeavors. There is some information about his wife Doris Konover and their there children. This file also contains the transcripts of Konover’s 1985 and 2004 interviews. 1985 Interview Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war,...
Dates:
1985 - 2015
Konover, Simon_1985,Oral History, April 25, 1985
Item — Box 19, Box: 346
Identifier: 346
Scope and Contents
Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war, escaping a labor camp to Lumza, Russia where he joined the army driving trucks, experience during the war, being sent to Siberia, experience after the end of the war returning to Poland, immigration to America via Cuba to join brother David, last name change, information about his surviving brothers David and Harold, working in New York, moving to Hartford and working at...
Dates:
April 25, 1985
Kopelman, Joseph_1968/07/15, Oral History, July 15, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 2, Box: 2
Identifier: 14
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Immigrant, growing up Jewish in Hartford, synagogues, Jewish community, organizations, dedication of the Ados Israel Synagogue, assignation of President McKinley, father was the Cantor.
Dates:
July 15, 1968
Koppelmann, Abraham_1972/07/11, Oral History, July 11, 1972
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 25, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 33
Abstract
Tape No.: 33
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Abraham Kopplemann
Date of Interview: July 11, 1972
Occupation:
Date of Birth: December 20, 1889
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 29Abstract: Mr. Kopplemann’s parents emigrated from Odessa, Russia, to the United States in 1881 along with his two sons, Marcus and Herman. Three children were born in the United States, Doris, Sarah and Abraham. When they arrived at Ellis Island, they...
Dates:
July 11, 1972
Kopplemann, Abraham, July 11, 1972
File — Flat_file_folder 4
interview
This interview contains Abraham Koppelmann's account of his life growing up in Hartford, his employment selling newspapers, working as an elevator operator at the Hartford Courant, his career discussion with G.F. Heublein, his work as a liquor salesman and honesty as a jewelry store employee, his acquaintance with Mark Twain, his family's immigration from Russia, his brother Herman Koppelmann's political career, involvement in the Jewish community, and his involvement with Zionist...
Dates:
July 11, 1972
Korduner, 1971-1994, bulk: 1979 - 1979
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Interview
Topics include pre-war Soviet Ukraine, experience during the holocaust, resistance to the Germans, testifying at a war crimes tribunal, and immigration to the United States. Korduner took his surname from his wife. Korduner talks a bit about his family and how he thinks the holocaust ought to be taught to children. Scope and Contents Publicity materials for 1979 interview: newspaper clippings, flyer.
Newspaper clipping publicizing 50th...
Dates:
1971-1994; Majority of material found in 1979 - 1979