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Western Jewish History Center, "San Francisco Jews: Old Traditions on a New Frontier" Exhibition records, 1907-1992 (bulk
1972-1976).
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Western Jewish History Center, "San Francisco Jews: Old Traditions on a New Frontier" Exhibition records, 1907-1992 (bulk 1972-1976)Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 251.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1976.002.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The "San Francisco Jews: Old Traditions on a New Frontier" was a special traveling exhibition prepared, in 1976, by the Western
Jewish History Center. It was created in commemoration of the United States' bicentennial, and it was developed with the assistance
of the American Issues Forum and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The collection consists of photographs
and supporting information utilized in the exhibition, as well as additional biographical material received after the exhibition.
Subjects of the exhibition include: David Belasco, Sol Bloom, Mortimer and Herbert Fleishhacker, Rube Goldberg, Isaias Hellman,
Joshua ("Emperor") Norton, Abraham Ruef, Gertrude Stein, Joseph Strauss, Philo Jacoby, Anne Bremer, Joseph Choynski, and Jessica
Peixotto.
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1972 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGoldberg, Rube -- 1883-1970
Stein, Gertrude -- 1874-1946
Norton, Joshua Abraham -- 1818-1880
Strauss, Joseph B. (Joseph Baermann) -- 1870-1938
Goldberg, Rube -- 1883-1970
Stein, Gertrude -- 1874-1946
Strauss, Joseph B. (Joseph Baermann) -- 1870-1938
Western Jewish History Center -- Archives
Judah L. Magnes Museum.
Judah L. Magnes Museum.
Western Jewish History Center.
Jewish museums -- California -- Berkeley
Jews -- California -- Berkeley
Jewish museums
Jews
California -- Berkeley
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Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 251.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1976.002.
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Western Jewish History Center, "San Francisco Jews: Old Traditions on a New Frontier" Exhibition records, BANC MSS 2010/799,
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The Western Jewish History Center (WJHC) was established in 1967 at the Judah L. Magnes Museum to collect, preserve, and provide
access to archival and oral history documentation about the Jewish community in the American West. The center was created
by Seymour Fromer under the direction of Moses Rischin, and from an early stage saw the involvement of a series of archivists
and local historians, including Ruth Kelson Rafael, Fred Rosenbaum and Ava Kahn. The archival collections collected by the
Western Jewish History Center are now part of the Western Jewish Americana archives of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art
and Life at the Bancroft Library, and encompass the entire western United States beginning with the 1849 Gold Rush and continuing
to the present, with a specific focus on the Jewish experience in California and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Materials in English.
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