East Hartford, CT

Scope and Contents

This file contains a breif biographical sketch on Louis Hoffman and his family, including a newspaper picture of his daughter-in-law on her 80th birthday.

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.

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...

Subjects

Subjects include: Krugman's earlier life in Springfield and Brooklyn; Size of family (6 children); Move to East Hartford and then Hartford; grocery business; later college eduaction.

Contents

Folder consists of 1 handwritten sheet containing Mr. Krugman's biography.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of this collection focuses on Jewish War Veterans Hartford Laurel Post #45 and Ladies’ Auxiliary. Materials related to the national Jewish War Veterans of the United States organization, as well as the Jewish War Veterans Harry Berson Post #56 and Eddy Glover Post #6, are also documented. A large portion of this collection also documents the activities of other organizations, including the Jewish Welfare Board and the USO in the Greater Hartford area. In addition to...