Music
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Kalmis, Jack_1987,Oral History, July 18, 1987
Item — Box 23, Box: 409
Identifier: 409
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses Jack Kalmis' life growing up in Ukraine until the Russian Revolution, which led him to leave with his sister to Poland and later to America where they had some family. Kalmis started in the delicatessen business in New York, where he also met his wife Fannie. They moved to Hartford around 1944/45 when Kalmis became part owner of Platt's Delicatessen on Albany Ave.. After retirement, Kalmis wrote poetry on a variety of topics, ranging from violence in Israel and the...
Dates:
July 18, 1987
Kantrowitz, Gussie, October 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.
Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.
Dates:
October 1968
Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 1
Identifier: 5
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel)
Date of Interview: October, 1968
Occupation: Homemaker
Date of Birth: Circa 1895
Place of Birth: Russia
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 13Abstract:
Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...
Dates:
October, 1968
Karas, Joza, "Research on Music Composed in Terezin.", 1977-02-17-1994-04-17
File
Identifier: 7358
Scope and Contents
Joza Karas experienced WW2 who is known for his written work, "Music in Terezin 1941-1945". A violinist and instructor of music at the Hartt School, Mr. Karas was raised in Poland, raised in Chechoslovakia. Newspaper clippings from; Bloomfeild Journal, Jewish Ledger, and Hartford Courant, discussing Mr. Karas' biography, community works, and the music from Terezin. This folder includes a musical program to the Hartford Symphony Orchestra presenting "Brundibar". Also, two photocopies of...
Dates:
1977-02-17-1994-04-17
Karpman, Unknown
File — Box 2
Scope and Contents
This account details the life of Charles Karpman, starting from his childhood in a shtetl called Narovlya, Russia. He discusses Jewish life as well as daily life of a child in Russia.The family immigrated in 1916(?) when he was five through the east through Japan, then Seattle, then eventually to Hartford where his father and other family members had settled. This route was taken because passage west was blocked due to World War I.The milkman gave the Karpmans English...
Dates:
Unknown
Kaschmann, Truda, 1935 - 1987
File — Folder 3
Interview
This interview covers Truda Kaschmann's life growing up in Germany, her family's departure upon the Nazi rise to power, and settling into America in both Boston and Hartford. In Hartford, she taught dance to support her family (including her parents and in-laws who came from Germany in 1936). She taught at the Hartford Conservatory starting in 1935 and at the Hartford School for Women starting in 1940. As of the 1982 interview, she was still teaching. Was on many school's dance faculty (Miss...
Dates:
1935 - 1987
Kaschmann, Truda_1982, Oral History, January 24, 1982
Item — Box 15, Box: 275
Identifier: 275
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Truda Kaschmann's life growing up in Germany, her family's departure upon the Nazi rise to power, and settling into America in both Boston and Hartford. In Hartford, she taught dance to support her family (including her parents and in-laws who came from Germany in 1936). She taught at the Hartford Conservatory starting in 1935 and at the Hartford School for Women starting in 1940. As of the 1982 interview, she was still teaching. Was on many school's dance faculty (Miss...
Dates:
January 24, 1982