Glastonbury, CT

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Folder contains a biographical sketch written by Cohen documenting his childhood growing up in Glastonbury and Hartford and his work in radio and advertising in the Hartford area. There also is a newspaper article covering his career and a photocopy of a photo which is filed with the photographs.

The folder also contains two obituaries, one for Alexander's brother Edward Cohen and one for Alexander.

Scope and Contents Collection comprises mostly loose snapshot photographs of Harriet Samuels as a child and adolescent and of her family before her birth, spanning c. 1915 - 1950. Subjects include Samuels' early childhood birthday parties, travel and tourism with her family, and her high school proms. Few larger photographs include professional portraits and veiws of Samuels' uncle Morris Samuels' restaurant in Sydney, Australia. Some ephemera and mostly blank postcards are included among the photos. In...

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Herman Holtz discusses his involvement in Ados Israel, detailing the history of that as well as various other shuls in Hartford. Some anecdotes are the dedication of the synogogue (as well as the death of the Rabbi Kram two days later), the floods of 1936 and 1938, and the schnudder book made my Herman's uncle Louis Price.

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Vertical reference files for individuals.

Scope and Contents This file contains documentation of Irving Kessler’s career as Hartford Jewish Federation Director as well as his work for United Israel Appeal and other Jewish organizations. It also contains information about various JHSGH programs he participated in. 1975 Interview Subjects of the interview include: Parents coming from Gubernia (border between Poland and Russia), arrived in United States in their teens before World War I. Growing up...