Cemetery

Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: early life in Hartford; father's shoe business; Jewish education; fundraising for Jewish Federation; Trinity Hillel house

Scope and Contents Contents of folder include: Obituary for Lewis Pessin and Harold Pessin (unrelated); pamphlets with locations of American military cemeteries overseas; booklet with information about disposition of dead soldiers and arrangements for survivors; change-of-address card; correspondence from the government detailing options for final burial place of Lewis; map of basic path of battles in the Ardennes; program for memorial service at Columbi University; "Trees in Memoria" certificates for trees...

Scope and Contents Contents of folder include: photocopy of yearbook page for Emanuel Synagogue class of 1938; note directing reseearcher to file for Postman's military service; handwritten note explaining context of photographs, attached to typed copy; photocopies of photographs showing Benjamin and Esta Postman at wedding 6/29/1919; certificate of study for deontamination squad in Connecticut State Defense Council; Certificate of instruction in basic training for ROTC; Temporary certificate of instruction in...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Beth Jacob existed as a burial society until 1999, when it turned its cemetery over to the care of the Jewish Cemetery Association. The records in the collection consist of correspondence, financial statements, and dues records from the 1950s until 1999. The collection does not contain any information regarding the founding of the society.

Simon Weinstein of Weinstein Mortuary in West Hartford was Secretary of Beth Jacob for many years.

Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: operations of the Honis Oyster House; arrival of parents in Hartford during the 1888 blizzard; early life and education in Hartford; family life and community in Hartford; father's founding of a small shul on Market Street; doing the accounting for the Hobis Oyster house.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Beth Jacob existed as a burial society until 1999, when it turned its cemetery over to the care of the Jewish Cemetery Association. The records in the collection consist of correspondence, financial statements, and dues records from the 1950s until 1999. The collection does not contain any information regarding the founding of the society.

Simon Weinstein of Weinstein Mortuary in West Hartford was Secretary of Beth Jacob for many years.

Scope and Contents

Folder 2 contains:Photocopy of "Four To Remember" biography compilation; currency from the Theresienstadt/Terezin Ghetto printed in 1943; program for Victor Chenkin's performance at the Bushnell 3/16/1930; memo to Tager from Hartford Jewish Federation; news clipping imploring Tager's radio program to come back; postcard with a picture of Akatui prison; clipping of Hartford Courant title line

Scope and Content Note From the File:

Vertical reference files for individuals.