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  • Title: Nathan Mallory Jacobs papers
    Identifier/Call Number: Mss 349
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Language of Material: Multiple languages
    Physical Description: 2 linear feet (2 document boxes, 1 flat box)
    Creator: Jacobs, Nathan Mallory
    Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1922
    Abstract: Personal papers of Nathan Mallory Jacobs, World War I veteran and salesman in Oil City, Pennsylvania.
    Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
    Language of Material: The collection contains materials in English and Hebrew.

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Phyllis Swerilas, 2018.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Nathan Mallory Jacobs papers, PA Mss 125. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Scope and Content

    Personal papers of Nathan Mallory Jacobs, World War I veteran and salesman in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The bulk of the material dates to the 1910s and includes business (Improved MFG Company, Cresco Coveralls) and personal correspondence as well as personal items such as bank account books and ledgers, stationery, invitation cards, World War I badges, Hebrew prayer books, tefillin, and tefillin bag.

    Arrangement

    These materials have been arranged into two series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Personal items.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Jewish soldiers -- United States
    Jews -- United States -- History -- 20th century
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Jewish
    Color patches (military patches)
    Correspondence
    Invitation cards
    Ledgers (account books)
    Prayer books
    Stationery
    Tefillin
    Jacobs, Nathan Mallory -- Archives