Businesses -- Sewing and Notions

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of newspaper clippings, advertisements, and memorabilia documenting the activities of Jewish business people and Jewish professionals (physicians, attorneys, artists, musicians, etc.) throughout the Hartford area.

Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: Parents, Moving, Friends, Growing up in Hartford.

Abstract JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 59 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Fanny Gross (Mrs. James E.) Date of Interview: Nov. 5, 1973 Occupation: Date of Birth: (Circa) 1893 Place of Birth: Bulkeley Bridge area (?) Hartford Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 15Abstract: Father came from Ludmir, Russia about 1820. Father owned Harris Express. The first place she remembers is Pleasant Street. The Boardman’s also lived on...

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One 4x6 color photograph is of Serene Hackel. Rest of photos are of various objects inside her house, pieces of art made by her father, including a ceramic dish with the names of people he fought. January 18, 2012.

Topics discussed in interview: Father's (Johnnie Sheppard) career as a Prize fighter, his immigration to London from Roumania, then later to America via Canada, and his career as a furrier and an artist. Also includes her family history in New York and Connecticut.

Scope and Content Note From the File:

Vertical reference files for individuals.

Scope and Contents

Subjects of intervierw include: family, family businesses, early education, involvement with change in Emanuel and Beth El congregations, authorship of children's book, fundraising, work as executive at Hebrew Home.