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Martha R. Loeffler papers, approximately 1990-2009.
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Martha R. Loeffler papers, approximately 1990-2009Creator/Contributor:
Loeffler, Martha, 1920-, creator, creator.Abstract:
Contains correspondence, magazine articles relating to Loeffler's career as a freelance writer, many in Jewish publications,
and her childhood in Berkeley, California.
Date:
1990 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWomen authors
Jewish women authors -- California -- Berkeley
Écrivaines
Écrivaines juives -- Californie -- Berkeley
authors
Women authors
Jewish women authors
California -- Berkeley
Loeffler, Martha -- 1920- -- Archives
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Gift of Martha R. Loeffler; 20100920.
Martha Loeffler (1920-2012) was born and raised in Berkeley, California. Her parents were Polish immigrants and ran a Berkeley
market called the Euclid Market. She received her B.A. in history and and advanced degree in Social Work from the University
of California, Berkeley. In the 1980s, Loeffler began to write and publish in newspapers and magazines, including The Modesto
Bee, in which she published a regular column entitled "My Turn." She wrote numerous books including Boats in the Night, a
biography of Knud Dyby. She was an active member of Congregation Beth Shalom in Modesto.
Martha R. Loeffler papers, BANC MSS 2010/175, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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