Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Robinson family papers
6130
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Language of Material:
Polish
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Robinson family papers
creator:
Robinson family
Identifier/Call Number: 6130
Physical Description:
0.21 linear feet.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1936-1941
Abstract: Letters, documents, and postcards addressed primarily to Louis, Abraham and Harold Robinson, U.S. residents who were attempting
to aid Jewish relatives in Poland to flee persecution under the Germans in Europe. The collection includes documents describing
and explaining the American immigration visa process for Jews attempting to leave Poland immediately preceding and during
the German invasion; letters of introduction vouching for character; a passport; and some printed ephemera (business and visiting
cards, some school records).
Language of Material: The materials are in Polish, English and Hebrew.
Container: 1
Letters, documents, and postcards addressed primarily to Louis, Abraham and Harold Robinson, U.S. residents who were attempting
to aid Jewish relatives in Poland to flee persecution under the Germans in Europe. The collection includes documents describing
and explaining the American immigration visa process for Jews attempting to leave Poland immediately preceding and during
the German invasion; letters of introduction vouching for character; a passport; and some printed ephemera (business and visiting
cards, some school records).
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Robinson family papers, Collection no. 6130, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from The Bookshop, January 4, 2017.
The collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jews, Polish -- Poland -- Archival resources
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Ephemera
Robinson family -- Archives