Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Processing Note
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Harriet Rochlin Collection of Western Jewish History,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1800-1991
Collection number: 1689
Extent: 82 boxes (41.0 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Harriet Shapiro (1924- ) was a freelance writer and contributor of articles, feature stories, and reviews to magazines and
scholarly journals. The collection consists of biographical information relating to Jewish individuals, families, businesses,
and groups in the western U.S. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, book excerpts, correspondence, advertisements, interviews,
memoirs, obituaries, professional listings, affidavits, oral histories, notes, maps, brochures, photographs, and audiocassettes.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harriet Rochlin Collection of Western Jewish History (Collection 1689). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harriet Rochlin, 1991 - .
Biography
Harriet Shapiro was born in Los Angeles, California, November 4, 1924; BA, UC Berkeley, 1947; married Fred Rochlin, 1947;
freelance writer and contributor of articles, feature stories, and reviews to magazines and scholarly journals; published
novel,
So far away (1981) and photodocumentary,
Pioneer Jews: a new life in the far west (1984).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of biographical information relating to Jewish individuals, families, businesses, and groups in Alaska,
Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, book excerpts, correspondence, advertisements,
interviews, memoirs, obituaries, professional listings, affidavits, oral histories, notes, maps, brochures, photographs, and
audiocassettes.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by state, then by name of subject.
Processing Note
Processed by Harriet Rochlin staff, 1991, and Bernadette Roca, 2006.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Jews--West (U.S.)--History--Archival resources.