Interview with Eunice M. Kelly
IntervieweeInterview with
Eunice M. Kelly
American, 1931 - 2014
InterviewerInterviewed by
Bruce M. Stave
American, 1937 - 2017
InterviewerInterviewed by
Sondra Astor Stave
Date2007 June 12
Mediumdigitized audio cassette tape
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes, 56 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAudio cassette tape of an interview with Eunice M. Kelly. She was interviewed on June 12, 2007 by Bruce M. Stave and Sondra Astor Stave at her home in Simsbury, Connecticut.
Eunice was born in Milford, Massachusetts in 1931. Her family moved to Windsor Locks, Connecticut when she was three years old. She attended St. Mary's School and graduated from Windsor Locks High School in 1948. Both of her parents graduated from college. Eunice began working at G. Fox & Co. after graduating high school. She was hired to work in the Direct Mail Department. Her job was to determine the cost of a newspaper advertisement for each department. She also assisted with the store's newsletter, the Go-Getter. In 1951, she became the editor of the Go-Getter. She discusses the types of stories that were published in the employee newsletter. She then discusses her work training other employees. She interviewed Eleanor Roosevelt for the Go-Getter. She discusses her relationship with Beatrice Fox Auerbach. She discusses the apartment she lived in from 1953-1954 in Hartford. She discusses the Family Circle and food options in and around G. Fox. She directed the plays for G. Fox's Centinel Teen Club. She discusses the elevator operators, who were primarily Black people. She discusses the women employees of G. Fox. She left G. Fox in 1954, to work for the Connecticut Employment Service.
Eunice was born in Milford, Massachusetts in 1931. Her family moved to Windsor Locks, Connecticut when she was three years old. She attended St. Mary's School and graduated from Windsor Locks High School in 1948. Both of her parents graduated from college. Eunice began working at G. Fox & Co. after graduating high school. She was hired to work in the Direct Mail Department. Her job was to determine the cost of a newspaper advertisement for each department. She also assisted with the store's newsletter, the Go-Getter. In 1951, she became the editor of the Go-Getter. She discusses the types of stories that were published in the employee newsletter. She then discusses her work training other employees. She interviewed Eleanor Roosevelt for the Go-Getter. She discusses her relationship with Beatrice Fox Auerbach. She discusses the apartment she lived in from 1953-1954 in Hartford. She discusses the Family Circle and food options in and around G. Fox. She directed the plays for G. Fox's Centinel Teen Club. She discusses the elevator operators, who were primarily Black people. She discusses the women employees of G. Fox. She left G. Fox in 1954, to work for the Connecticut Employment Service.
Object number2009.85.26
NotesSubject Note: From 2006 to 2008, the Connecticut Historical Society carried out an oral history project to collect first-hand impressions of G. Fox & Co. and its long-time president, Beatrice Fox Auerbach. Over thirty former employees, as well as two of Mrs. Auerbach's grandchildren, Dorothy Brooks Koopman and Rena Koopman, contributed their memories in interviews conducted by the Stave Group, Oral History Consultants. Funding Note: In 2006, the Connecticut Historical Society received a grant from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support the collection of oral histories, the cataloging of G. Fox & Co. materials and Fox and Auerbach family materials, and the creation of web pages. Additional funding for the oral histories was provided by The Prospect Fund, The Brookside Fund, and The Maple Tree Fund. The Connecticut Historical Society gratefully acknowledges these generous supporters. Without such generosity, this project would not have been possible.
Subject Terms
- Simsbury
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Department stores
- Employees
- G. Fox & Co.
- Oral history
- Interview transcripts
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Retail trade
- Black people
- People of color
- African American women
- African Americans
- Women
- Advertising
- Editors
- Newsletters
- Education
- Authors
- Human resources and training
- Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962
- Fox, Beatrice, 1887-1968
- Food
- Christmas
- Teenagers
- Fashion shows
- Racism
- Sexual harassment
- Workplace sexual harassment
- Segregation
- Jewish people
- Roman Catholic Church
- Catholicism
- Labor unions
- Lord & Taylor
- Family planning
- Pregnancy
- Birth control
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- G. Fox & Co. Collection
- Remembering G. Fox & Co.
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- G. Fox & Co.
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