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Mount Sinai Hospital

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:

Historical Highlights, 1950's

 File — Box 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The great strength of the Mt. Sinai collection is the compilation of key documents made by Dr. Isidore S. Geetter for the 50th anniversary of the hospital. These include minutes for the early establishment of Abraham Jacobi Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Dr. Geetter also preserved annual reports and staff memos from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s that provide a continuous narrative during its major growth and decline cycle. Though compact, this collection offers a substantial amount of vital...
Dates: 1950's

Hoffenberg, Samuel, 1968 - 1978

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

These interviews cover much of the same material, focusing on Hartford's Jewish community in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1968 - 1978

Hoffenberg, Samuel_1972, Oral History, December 13, 1972

 Item — Box OHC-2, Box: 13, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 43
Abstract JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 179 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Samuel Hoffenberg Date of Interview: Occupation: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Transcript (yes/no): Yes No. of Pages: 26Abstract: This interview is designed to bring up to date information obtained in a previous interview of 9/9/68. Mr. Hoffenberg stated that Chesed Emes, now known as the Hebrew Funeral Home, had existed in the early 1900s. A...
Dates: December 13, 1972

Hoffman, Burt (Phyllis Wiessen), 1978

 File
Scope and Contents

This file contains news information regarding Burton "Burt" Hoffman being honored as Man of the Year in 1978 by the Hebrew Academy for outstanding and continuing service to the school.

Dates: 1978

Hoffman Motors (Burton and Phyllis), undated

 File
Scope and Contents

This file mostly contains information regarding the Hoffman auto group, though some items are more specifically about certain members of the family. One article of note discusses a charity lunch that Jeffrey Hoffman won with actress Jean Stapleton.

Dates: undated

Hurwitz Family Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: hurwitz family_1993

Hurwitz Family (Rabbi Isaac, David, Jacob, and Morris, Raymond), 1891 - 1998

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents This file has a variety of items, from newspaper articles to passports to oral histories of the Hurwitz Family. Note that it seems like there may be two different Hurwitz families, one connected to Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz and another consisting or Morris and Raymond and their families. Most of the information is connected to Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz's family. This Hurwitz family has several family trees that map out the generations.The oral history focuses on life in the home...
Dates: 1891 - 1998

Hurwitz, Joe_2008, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: hurwitz, joseph_2008
Dates: March 4, 2008

Hurwitz, Joe_2008, Oral History, March 4, 2008

 File — Box 38, Box: 973
Identifier: 0014 001 001973
Scope and Contents

This interview focuses on Joe's grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz (also spelled Hurwitz), an early leader of the Hartford Jewish community. He also reflects on life growing up in Hartford, particuialrly focusing on Keney Park. He also touches on his war service in Korea and that of some of his other family members.

The interview is somewhat disjointed and repetitious, in part because of the way it was transcribed, but also because Hurwitz started repeating himself.

Dates: March 4, 2008

Hurwitz, Joseph, 1955 - 2008

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents The 2004 interview focuses on Hurwitz's time in the Korean War as well as his involvement in the Hartford Jewish community and the Federation. The additional materials in the file speak to these topics and well.The topics covered in the 2006 interview include: Family history/his children. His childhood growing up Jewish in Hartford. His grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurwitz (Hurewitz). his Bar Mitzvah at the Emanuel in Hartford. Zionism in Connecticut. Emanuel renting out space in...
Dates: 1955 - 2008