Trinity College

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Subjects covered include: About father: Gustave A. Feingold; immigrant, immigration, family, education, New York, Davidson Society for the Improvement of Immigrant Boys, Underwood Typewriter Factory, Trinity College, Harvard, (wife)Etta Ruffkess (1890), education, secretary, suffragist, League of Women Voters, Principal of Bulkley 1925-1948, teachers, Organizations, publications, Recordings by Gustave about studying, Four Freedoms, poetry, Underwood typewriter, teaching, etc.

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One black and white photo of the 1929 Trinity College baseball team

Interview Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, father of modern Hewbrew), participated in the Royal Army Service co. as a civilian and in the Haganah, patrolled the shoreline and sometimes helped illegal...

Scope and Contents A hard copy transcript exists but is in poor conditionEdit: New typed transcription attached. Interview Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer...

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Folder contains publicity material and correspondence for the oral history panel featuring Arnold and Leonard Greenberg.

Oral history transcript not in file. Hardcopy located in people files, digital files attached to database records.

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Focuses on his work in the sports community. Most documents were acquired to aid his posthumous induction into the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Hall of Fame for Greater Hartford Jewish Athletes and Sport Figures (1987)

Scope and Contents One small black and white photo of Isadore and Ida Davidson (married) One small black and white photo of Isadore and Ida Davidson with their children David and Francis (1925) One small b&w - David Davidson class photo from Trinity College (Class of 1930) One small b&w - Frances Davidson class photo from Bulkeley High (Class of 1939)DIFFERENT FAMILY One medium b&w photo of Herman Davidson, businessman from Pyne-Davidson (1960)DIFFERENT FAMILY (?) One small...