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BANC MSS 2010/879
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Isabel Wiel papers
Creator:
Wiel, Isabel, 1916-2007
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/879
Physical Description:
34.5 linear feet
(15, cartons, 10 flat boxes, 2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1875-2005
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Isabel Wiel papers were transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
Existence and Location of Copies
There are some digitized photographs related to this collection on The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life website.
Isabel Wiel, born on March 11, 1916, was the second daughter of Dr. Harry Isaac Wiel and Sarah Sloss Lilienthal Wiel, who
married in 1910. Her maternal grandparents were Ernest R. Lilienthal and Hannah Isabelle [Bella] Sloss. Wiel graduated from
Miss Burke's School [Katherine Delmar Burke] in San Francisco and attended Mills College in Oakland for two years. Her sister,
Barbara, married Frank Dunn on 26 Oct. 1935. After leaving Mills, Wiel worked for Paul Elder & Company (1938-1941), before
opening the Personal Bookshop with Gladys E. Seymour (also a former Paul Elder employee). Their partnership dissolved in 1946.
Wiel then worked for the San Francisco Museum of Art (1946-1948), the Mills College Shop (1948-1954), White House (1954-1956),
Grace Bell Secretarial College (1956-1957) and finally worked for McGraw-Hill, as Regional Benefits coordinator (1957-1973),
before retiring. An active volunteer since the age of seven, Wiel volunteered for a variety of arts and cultural organizations,
which included: the Oakland Museum, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (as a docent), the Golden Gate Park Carousel, and
Angel Island. Isabel passed away on July 27, 2007.
[Identification of item], Isabel Wiel papers, BANC MSS 2010/879,The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2024 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.
This collection contains documents and photographs relating to both Isabel Wiel's work and volunteer activities, and to the
Sloss, Lilienthal, Gerstley, and Wiel families. The majority of the collection consists of photograph albums from later in
Isabel Wiel's life and loosely depicts her daily activities. The collection also includes some correspondence, photographs,
some family photo albums, some family documents, wedding invitations, birth and death certificates, obituaries, Gerstley/Sloss
reunion invitations, Wiel family genealogical research, three family trees, clippings, recipes, and a medical pamphlet by
Harry Wiel. The collection also includes materials from the Bohemian Club (to which Harry Wiel belonged) and a series of drafts
of writings by Isabel Wiel describing her childhood, her education, and her work and volunteer activities, as well as a series
of trips.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wiel, Isabel, 1916-2007
Lilienthal family
Lilienthal, Ernest Reuben, 1850-1922
Lilienthal, Hannah Isabelle Sloss
Wiel, Harry Isaac
Wiel, Sarah Sloss Lilienthal
Photographs.
Personal correspondence.
Jews -- California -- San Francisco.
Jews -- California -- San Francisco -- Social life and customs
Jewish families.
Ballet -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Photographs--California--San Francisco