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Moses Wahrhaftig papers, 1848-1967.
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Moses Wahrhaftig papers, 1848-1967Creator/Contributor:
Wahrhaftig, Moses, 1857-1930, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Stern, Norton B.Creator/Contributor:
Wahrhaftig, Felix S.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 282.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1969.030.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Volumes of professional correspondence (1903-1906), including letters to Jacob Voorsanger, Jacob Nieto, Samuel Dinkelspiel,
and others concerning the successes and failures of the agricultural settlement of Jews from Kishinev near Colusa, Calif;
land deeds and titles; photographs of Moses and Irma Wahrhaftig; a history of Mosaic Law Congregation, Sacramento; a book
of caricatures of Sacramento personalities; and the transcript of an interview between Felix S. Wahrhaftig and Norton Stern,
which took place on 22 July 1967.
Date:
1848 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- e-mv---Agriculture -- California -- Colusa
Jews -- California -- Sacramento
Jews -- Moldova -- Chișinău
Jews, Moldovan -- California -- Colusa
Jewish farmers -- California -- Colusa
Jewish lawyers -- California -- Sacramento -- Biography
Real property -- California
Juifs -- Californie -- Sacramento
Juifs -- Moldavie -- Chișinău
Avocats juifs -- Californie -- Sacramento -- Biographies
Biens réels -- Californie
Agriculture
Jewish farmers
Jewish lawyers
Jews
Jews, Moldovan
Manners and customs
Real property
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Genealogy
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
California
California -- Colusa
California -- Sacramento
Moldova -- Chișinău
Mosaic Law Congregation (Sacramento, Calif.)
Mosaic Law Congregation (Sacramento, Calif.)
Wahrhaftig, Moses -- 1857-1930 -- Archives
Dinkelspiel, Samuel -- Correspondence
Nieto, Jacob -- 1863-1930 -- Correspondence
Voorsanger, Jacob -- 1852-1908 -- Correspondence
Dinkelspiel, Samuel
Nieto, Jacob -- 1863-1930
Voorsanger, Jacob -- 1852-1908
Jewish lawyers
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 282.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1969.030.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
In 1882, Moses Wahrhaftig emigrated to the United States from Russia. He worked as a printer in California and Oregon, before
being admitted to the California bar in 1897. He was the first Russian Jew to become an attorney on the West Coast and he
practiced law in Sacramento. He also helped found the Mosaic Law Congregation and he served as a secretary-treasurer of Sacramento's
Hebrew Free Loan Society. In addition, the Wahrhaftig family had strong ties, through friendship and marriage, to David Lubin.
Preferred citation: Moses Wahrhaftig papers, BANC MSS 2010/677, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
Caricatures and cartoonsLand titles
Interview
correspondence.
property records.
deeds.
interviews.
Archives.
Biographies.
Caricatures and cartoons.
Deeds.
Genealogy.
Interviews.
Personal correspondence.
Deeds.
Interviews.
Actes formalistes.
Interviews.
Physical Description:
1 carton and 1 box (1.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585250
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.