Great Hartford Circus Fire

Scope and Contents Several different articles speak to Robert Gross's political career in West Hartford, primarily his role on the Town Council and that of deputy Mayor.Several documents related the the Gross family history, including citizenship papers and the documents which started E. Gross Company., which was the first Jewish scrap dealer in Hartford. Later, the company became Gross Paper Co. before being sold in 1979.Folder also contains notes from the 2005 oral history interview...

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...

Scope and Contents This file contians newspaper articles, photos, official army documents, and a personal account of Leo Kaufman's military service in World War II. The Personal account was writing in 1986 to educate his family about his war experience. Topics include: joining the army, basic training, dealing with an injury during training at Camp Hood in Texas, antisemitism, time in the 81st Infantry in San Luis Obispo, California, traveling home for furlough, training in Hawaii, shipping out the...

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Topics covered in this interview include: B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, World War II, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on local Jews, Jewish women, Jewish humor/entertaining.

Scope and Contents Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up Jewish in Hartford, Working organizations, collecting money, B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, Home during World War II, son in navy, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on...

Scope and Contents Materials include: Xerox copy of typed oral transcript; handwritten note by Gloria Bein; Printed copy of Kotler's accunt of surviving the Hartford Cirucs Fire; release form; black-and-white copy of newspaper article summarizing Kotler's account; black-and-white copy of newspaper article about Kotler teaching creative writing; black and white copy of Bristol Press article about Kotler teaching an ESL class; black and white copy of photo of wedding, "Emanuel Syn. 1951 Greenfield...

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Folder contains: newspaper articles related to the Hartford Circus Fire; coming home from world war II.