Finding Aid to the Isabel Wiel Papers

Presley Hubschmitt

The Bancroft Library

February 2024

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/bancroft

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 .

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Accruals

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.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Preferred Citation

[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.

Processing Information

Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2024 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies

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

Personal and Family Materials

carton 1, folder 1

Family correspondence 1875-1959

carton 1, folder 2

Isabel Wiel correspondence 1930-1998

carton 1, folder 3

Isabel Wiel - personal documents 1916-1922

carton 1, folder 4

Isabel Wiel - Baby book undated

carton 1, folder 5

Passports, ID's, Bank books, Vaccine cards undated

carton 1, folder 6

Sayings - Miscellaneous undated

carton 1, folder 7

Harry and Sarah Wiel - Automobile Record Booklet 1910s-1920s

carton 1, folder 8

Sarah Wiel - Longfellow Birthday Book undated

carton 1, folder 9

Isabel Wiel - Gift notebook undated

carton 1, folder 10

Royal Bijou Birthday Book undated

carton 1, folder 11

Isabel Wiel - Guest Books 1980s-1990s

carton 1, folder 12

Family marriage license, publications, miscellaeous 1901-1959

carton 1, folder 13

Family - Weddings 1910-1998

carton 1, folder 14

Family - Obituaries 1919-1993

carton 1, folder 15

Family Reunions - Invitations 1907-1994

carton 1, folder 16

Family Trust Funds and Settlements 1880-1951

carton 1, folder 17

Appraisal - Contents of 3511 Clay Street 1927

carton 1, folder 18

Sarah Lilienthal Wiel - Kirmess materials 1909

carton 1, folder 19

Sarah Lilienthal Wiel - Will and estate 1957-1968

carton 1, folder 20

Greenebaum and Sloss Family History 1914, 1952

carton 1, folder 21

Geneaological research 1968-1992

carton 1, folder 22

Geneaological research (Stephen Wiel) 1991

carton 1, folder 23

Lilienthal Family - Clippings 1881-1984

carton 1, folder 24

Gerstley family and others - Clippings 1955-1995

carton 1, folder 25

Historic/Family Buildings - Clippings undated

carton 1, folder 26

Subject Files - Art (including photography) undated

carton 1, folder 27

Subject Files - Art/Architecture undated

carton 1, folder 28

Subject Files - Biographies undated

carton 1, folder 29

Subject Files - Cable Cars undated

carton 1, folder 30

Subject Files - California History undated

carton 1, folder 31

Subject Files - Golden Gate National Recreation Area undated

carton 1, folder 32

Subject Files - Golden Gate Park undated

carton 1, folder 33

Subject Files - Lick, James (Lick Observatory) undated

carton 1, folder 34

Subject Files - Muir Woods undated

carton 1, folder 35

Subject Files - Music undated

carton 1, folder 36

Subject Files - Oakland Museum undated

carton 1, folder 37

Subject Files - San Francisco History undated

carton 1, folder 38

Subject Files - Society of California Pioneers undated

carton 1, folder 39

Writings - "Education" 1-3 1995

carton 1, folder 40

Writings - "Volunteering" undated

carton 1, folder 41

Writings - "Went to Work" Chapters 1-6 undated

carton 1, folder 42

Writings - San Francisco History and Early Life undated

carton 1, folder 43

Writings - "Houses of Prostitution" Parts 1-2 1994-1995

carton 1, folder 44

Writings - "Steinway Piano" 1994

carton 1, folder 45

Writings - "Harry I. Wiel" - Notes undated

carton 1, folder 46

Writings - "My Charm Bracelets" undated

carton 1, folder 47-48

Writings - Autobiographical Writings undated

carton 2, folder 1

Writings - Trips - Panama 1935-1936

carton 2, folder 2

Writings - Trips - Hawaii 1959

carton 2, folder 3

Writings - Trips - New Orleans and Ecuador 1962

carton 2, folder 4

Writings - Trips - Denmark, Italy, and Spain 1963

carton 2, folder 5

Writings - Trips - Guatemala 1964

carton 2, folder 6

Miscellaneous notes undated

carton 2, folder 7

Recipe Book undated

carton 2, folder 8-10

Miscellaneous recipes undated

carton 2, folder 11

Bohemian Club Mid-Summer Jinks - Photograph Book 1909

carton 2, folder 12

Bohemian Club Plays - Joan, Sorcerer's Drum 1931-1932

carton 2, folder 13

Bohemian Club Plays - Ivanhoe, Lifkronan 1936-1937

carton 2, folder 14

Bohemian Club Plays - The Piper 1938

carton 2, folder 15

Bohemian Club Plays - The Golden Talisman 1941

carton 2, folder 16

Bohemian Club Plays - Johnny Appleseed 1946

carton 2, folder 17

Bohemian Club Plays - Rip Van Winkle 1960

carton 2, folder 18

"Wild Orchard" and "Wild Birds" by Dan Totheroh 1925, 1927

carton 2, folder 19

"The Last Dragon" by Dan Totheroh 1927

carton 2, folder 20

"Deep Valley" by Dan Totheroh 1942

carton 2, folder 21

Plays by Dan Totheroh undated

carton 2, folder 22

Scrapbook of telegrams about Harry and Sarah Weil's marriage 1910

box 1, folder 1

Wiel/Lilienthal Wedding Photographs (Copies) undated

box 1, folder 2-3

Family Photographs (Wiel, Lilienthal, Sloss, Dunn) 1910-1990

box 1, folder 4

Photographs - Other People and Places undated

box 1, folder 5

Negatives and Photograph Order Forms undated

box 1, folder 6-7

Photograph Album - "Rememberance of Things Past" 1967

box 1, folder 8

Scrapbook undated

flat_box 1

Family Photograph Album 1926-1933

flat_box 2

Bohemian Club plays 1931-1936

flat_box 3

General (Mother: Sarah Wiel) Photograph Album 1925-1960

flat_box 5

Photograph Album - "First 40 Years of Isabel's Life" undated

flat_box 6

Family Photograph Album - Family Trip 1909-1926

flat_box 7

Family Photograph Album - "European Trip" 1926

flat_box 9

Theodore M Lilienthal Memorial booklet, drawings of drapery at 3511 Clay Street undated

flat_box 9

Miscellaneous photographs and wood cut-outs undated

flat_box 9

Family Photograph Album - Family Trip approximately 1920

flat_box 10

Framed photographs and postcard (3 items) undated

Isabel Wiel Photograph Albums

carton 3, folder 1

Photograph Album - Miscellaneous San Francisco undated

carton 3, folder 2

Photograph Album - Unidentified undated

carton 3, folder 3

Photograph Album - Public Relations undated

carton 3, folder 4-5

Photograph Album - Unidentified undated

carton 3, folder 6-7

Photograph Album - Isabel and Birthday undated

carton 3, folder 8-11

Photograph Album - General 1971-1975

carton 3, folder 12-17

Photograph Album - General 1978-1979

carton 3, folder 18-21

Photograph Album - Art 1978-1983

carton 4, folder 1-3

Photograph Album - General 1979

carton 4, folder 4-6

Photograph Album - General 1980

carton 4, folder 7-9

Photograph Album - General 1980-1981

carton 4, folder 10-11

Photograph Album - General 1981-1982

carton 4, folder 12-14

Photograph Album - Art 1983

carton 4, folder 15-18

Photograph Album - General (1) 1983

carton 5, folder 1-5

Photograph Album - General (2) 1983

carton 5, folder 6-8

Photograph Album - Zoo 1983-1986

carton 5, folder 9-11

Photograph Album - Ballet 1983-1987

carton 5, folder 12-14

Photograph Album - General (1) 1984

carton 5, folder 15-16

Photograph Album - General (2) 1984

carton 5, folder 17-18

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1984

carton 5, folder 19-22

Photograph Album - General 1985 May-September

carton 6, folder 1-4

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1985-1988

carton 6, folder 5-6

Photograph Album - General 1986

carton 6, folder 7-11

Photograph Album - General 1986-1987

carton 6, folder 12-14

Photograph Album - Unidentified 1986 September - 1987 March

carton 6, folder 15-16

Photograph Album - Art 1986-1989

carton 6, folder 17-19

Photograph Album - General 1987 April-June

carton 6, folder 20-21

Photograph Album - General 1987 June-September

carton 7, folder 1-2

Photograph Album - Angel Island 1987 November-December

carton 7, folder 3-4

Photograph Album - General 1987-1988

carton 7, folder 5-6

Photograph Album - Ballet 1987-1988

carton 7, folder 7-8

Photograph Album - General 1988

carton 7, folder 9-10

Photograph Album - General 1988 July-October

carton 7, folder 11-12

Photograph Album - Angel Island 1988 March-October

carton 7, folder 13-15

Photograph Album - General 1988 September-1989 October

carton 7, folder 16-17

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1988 April-1989 September

carton 7, folder 18-19

Photograph Album - General 1989

carton 8, folder 1-3

Photograph Album - General 1989 October-1990 May

carton 8, folder 4

Photograph Album - Dittman's 1989-1990

carton 8, folder 5-6

Photograph Album - Angel Island 1989-1991

carton 8, folder 7-8

Photograph Album - Art 1989 October-1991 June

carton 8, folder 9-10

Photograph Album - General 1990 May 5-October 12

carton 8, folder 11-13

Photograph Album - General 1990 October 13-1991 June 22

carton 8, folder 14-15

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1990 August-1992 September

carton 8, folder 16-18

Photograph Album - General 1991 June-December

carton 8, folder 19-20

Photograph Album - General 1991-1992

carton 9, folder 1-2

Photograph Album - Art 1991-1993

carton 9, folder 3-4

Photograph Album - Dittman's Wedding 1991-1994

carton 9, folder 5

Photograph Album - General 1992 June-November

carton 9, folder 6-8

Photograph Album - General (1) 1992-1993

carton 9, folder 9-10

Photograph Album - General (2) 1992-1993

carton 9, folder 11-12

Photograph Album - Art 1992-1996

carton 9, folder 13-15

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1993

carton 9, folder 16-18

Photograph Album - General 1993 April-October

carton 10, folder 1-3

Photograph Album - General 1993 November-1994 April

carton 10, folder 4-6

Photograph Album - General 1994 May-1995 December

carton 10, folder 7-9

Photograph Album - General 1995 January-October

carton 10, folder 10-11

Photograph Album - Ballet 1995 February 20

carton 10, folder 12-13

Photograph Album - General 1995 October-1996 March

carton 10, folder 14-15

Photograph Album - General 1996 January-May

carton 10, folder 16-17

Photograph Album - General 1996 May-October

carton 10, folder 18

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1996 January-October

carton 11, folder 1

Photograph Album - San Francisco 1996 January-October

carton 11, folder 2-3

Photograph Album - General 1996 October-1997 January

carton 11, folder 4-5

Photograph Album - Ballet 1996 May-2000 January

carton 11, folder 6

Photograph Album - The Randall Museum Halloween 1996

carton 11, folder 7-8

Photograph Album - General 1997 January-August

carton 11, folder 9-10

Photograph Album - General 1997 January-March

carton 11, folder 11-12

Photograph Album - General 1997 April-May

carton 11, folder 13-14

Photograph Album - General 1997 May-August

carton 11, folder 15-16

Photograph Album - General 1997 July-November

carton 11, folder 17-18

Photograph Album - General 1997 November-1998 January

carton 12, folder 1-2

Photograph Album - General 1998

carton 12, folder 3-4

Photograph Album - General 1998 January-April

carton 12, folder 5-6

Photograph Album - Potomac 1998 March-September

carton 12, folder 7-8

Photograph Album - General 1998 November 26

carton 12, folder 9-10

Photograph Album - General 1999 February-April

carton 12, folder 11-12

Photograph Album - General 1999 April-July

carton 12, folder 13-14

Photograph Album - General 1999 July-October

carton 12, folder 15-16

Photograph Album - General 1999 October-2000 March

carton 13, folder 1-2

Photograph Album - Art 1999-2000

carton 13, folder 3-4

Photograph Album - General 2000 March-May

carton 13, folder 5-6

Photograph Album - General 2000 May-August

carton 13, folder 7-8

Photograph Album - General 2000 July-December

carton 13, folder 9-10

Photograph Album - General 2000 December-2001 July

carton 13, folder 11-12

Photograph Album - General 2001

carton 13, folder 13-14

Photograph Album - Unidentified 2001

carton 13, folder 15-16

Photograph Album - General 2001 October-December

carton 14, folder 1-2

Photograph Album - General 2001 December-2002 May

carton 14, folder 3

Photograph Album - Ballet 2002 March

carton 14, folder 4-5

Photograph Album - General 2002 May-June

carton 14, folder 6-7

Photograph Album - General 2002 July-November

carton 14, folder 8-9

Photograph Album - General 2002 November-2003 February

carton 14, folder 10-11

Photograph Album - General 2003 February-May

carton 14, folder 12-13

Photograph Album - General (1) 2003 May-September

carton 14, folder 14-15

Photograph Album - General (2) 2003 May-September

carton 14, folder 16-17

Photograph Album - General 2003 December-2004 March

box 2, folder 1-2

Photograph Album - General (1) 2004

box 2, folder 3-4

Photograph Album - General (2) 2004

box 2, folder 5-6

Photograph Album - General 2005 May-August

box 2, folder 7-8

Photograph Album - General 2005 August-December

carton 15

Photograph Album - Art 1977

carton 15

Photograph Album - General 1976-1977

flat_box 4

General Photograph Album 1963, 1967

flat_box 4

General Photograph Album 1968-1971

flat_box 8

General Photograph Album 1957-1963

flat_box 8

General (Mother: Sarah Wiel) Photograph Album 1959-1966