Sports

Interview [Written abstract in the folder but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read.]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....

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The files contains two images, each with a photograph and corresponding negative.

6.5x10.5 black and white photograph of Phillip Isenberg, captain of the Harvard football team, 1950.

3.5x5 black and white photograph of Isenberg with two other men, presumably at the Sports Hall of Fame induction in 1983.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...

Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping about Harold Greenbaum, June 19, 1946. Obituaries for Jack Greenbaum, 1984. Newspaper clipping about Memorial Squash Tournament in Jack Greenbaum's honor, 1985. Hartford Courant Envelope addressed to Greenbaum. Biography form. Induction materials to Hall of Fame for Hartford Jewish Athletes, 1985. Photocopies of newsclippings from New York Times, The Lookout, and the Courant about Greenbaum's time at Weaver High, 1926-1930. Note from Lore Greenbaum about accepting the Hall...

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This folder contains one article. For more biographical information, see People/Individuals files on Arnold Greenberg as well as his oral history transcript.

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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.

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The contents of the folder covers Walter Harrison's inauguration and presidency at the University of Hartford, primarily forcusing on his early years.

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This file contains information on Harry Herbert's athletic career, including being honored by the JHSGH Sports Hall of fame. It also documents his work in the National Jewish Welfare Board during World War Two, particularly his work in China-Burma-India theater.