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Report from the Stamford Citizens Committee to Study De Facto Segregation in the Public Elementary Schools about the segregation status of the Stamford public schools in 1966. The committee studied the segregation situation as it existed in 1965 and…

Poem written for Mort Lowenthal by one of his grandchildren for his 80th birthday.

Booklet for the 2011 JHS Heritage Award presented to Mort and Eleanor Lowenthal from the Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County. The award was presented on June 12, 2011 at the Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut. The booklet…

Recording of interview with Mort Lowenthal at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut. He talks about his time serving on the Stamford Human Rights Commission and how it would listen to and adjudicate human rights complaints. Mr. Lowenthal…

Brochure for the 2011 JHS Heritage Award presented to Mort and Eleanor Lowenthal from the Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County. The award was presented on June 12, 2011 at the Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut.

Recording of interview with Diane Smith Strain at the Bell Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. She talks about being born in Stamford and growing up as a Catholic in the city. She discusses the schools and churches she attended as well as some of…

Recording of interview with Omar Perez at the Martin Luther King Jr. Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. He talks about how growing up in Stamford made him ready to accept and blend into a multicultural society. He mentions how much of Stamford…

Gwen Ketchum plays with childhood friends.

Gwen Ketchum stands with her grandparents in a park.

Gwen Ketchum feeding chickens near a barn.