Description
Sydney Jonah was born in China, and
moved to the United States in the 1930s. In 1935, he married Ruth (Rudy) Cohen in Los
Angeles, California. The collection consists mainly of personal photographs belonging to
both the Jonah and Cohen families, which show some of Sydney's time in China, their life and
travels together as a married couple, and family photos sent to and collected by Sydney and
Ruth. Also included in the collection is a small amount of personal correspondence and
collected papers, most notably letters between Sydney and his family regarding a relative
living in Shanghai during the 1940s.
Background
Sydney Jonah was born in China in 1910, to Ephraim and Gertrude Jonah. He attended the
Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boys in Shanghai, and immigrated to the United States,
settling in San Francisco in the 1930s. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, and
became a naturalized US citizen in 1944.
Restrictions
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) 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 owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Availability
The collection is open for research use.