West Hartford, CT

Scope and Contents This interview covers history of The Emanuel both in Hartford and West Hartford, though by the time Louise came along the congregation had moved. Her grandfather, Lewis Kemler, was one of the founders of The Emanuel in 1919, the same year her father, R. Leonard Kemler was born. Her father was later a founding member at Beth El, which split from The Emanuel, however he remained a member of The Emanuel because of a feeling of loyalty (both of his parents died while he was young and the...

Scope and Contents This interview covers history of The Emanuel both in Hartford and West Hartford, though by the time Louise came along the congregation had moved. Her grandfather, Louis Kemler, was one of the founders of The Emanuel in 1919, the same year her father, R. Leonard Kemler was born. Her father was later a founding member at Beth El, which split from The Emanuel, however he remained a member of The Emanuel because of a feeling of loyalty (both of his parents died while he was young and the...

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File contains information on the life and war service of Stanley Kaufman (son of George and Ida Kaufman), who was in the signal corps in the Pacific Campaign in World War II. He served as a radio and radar repair technician during the saipan and Iwo Jima campaigns.

Color photocopied photograph of Stanley Kaufman, n.d. (ca. 1942-46).

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Most of this file contains newspaper clippings and articles about Joan Kemler's political career. There is also a partial oral history transcript. This interview covers: Coming to the Hartford area from New Haven when she married her husband, the Emanuel/Beth El split and her husband’s role in it, her involvement in state politics, “work-fare” program-welfare program that required recipients to be working, service as first woman state treasurer, running with John Rowland (lost).

Interview

Most of this file contains newspaper clippings and articles about Joan Kemler's political career. There is also a partial oral history transcript. This interview covers: Coming to the Hartford area from New Haven when she married her husband, the Emanuel/Beth El split and her husband’s role in it, her involvement in state politics, “work-fare” program-welfare program that required recipients to be working, service as first woman state treasurer, running with John Rowland (lost).

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The contents of this file document the political career of Sandra (Sandy) Klebanoff.

Not included is an incident in 1993 where her house was defaced with antisemitic graffiti during her re-election campaign: http://www.courant.com/hc-oct-29-1993-west-hartford-a-town-divided-20141022-story.html