Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Audrey Karsh Collection
- Dates:
- 1869-2007
- Creators:
- Karsh, Audrey, 1926-2007
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet Two record cartons
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of item, folder title, box number, Audrey Karsh Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection includes research notes, newspaper clippings and copies of original source material on San Diego's Jewish pioneers, and some notables of the 19th & 20th century. There are personal photos and copies of her short stories, articles and plays.
- Biographical / historical:
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Audrey Karsh (1926-2007) was an English teacher who was born in Boston. When she moved San Diego in the 1960's from Tacoma, Washington, she worked in local government. A prolific writer and historian, she published articles on San Diego Jewish history which appeared in Western States Jewish History Journal: "Mothers and Daughters of Old San Diego", "San Diego Pioneering Ladies and Their Contributions", "Hyman Mannasse: San Diego and Arizona Saga", which later appeared in Old Town New, An Enjoyment of San Diego Jewish History. One article, Mannasse Chico: The Enlightened Merchant, for which she won the 1974 Ben B. Rubin Award from the San Diego Historical Society's Institute of History, was included in the American Jewish Historical Society's five-volume work, "Jewish People in America".
Other articles, "Old San Diego: Daughters of the Diaspora" and "Hannah Schiller Mannasse: San Diego Resident", appeared in San Diego's Israel Today newspaper. From the former, Karsh developed a radio program, "Profiles from the Past: San Diego's Daughters of the Diaspora" in which each pioneer woman was a speaker. Her original research continues to be quoted often in the works of western Jewish historians.
In 1980, she was a charter member of the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego, originally called the San Diego Jewish Historical Society. She remained active in that organization and many other Jewish and secular organizations until her death.
She also wrote secular plays and short stories, including science fiction.
- Acquisition information:
- The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego transferred this collection to Special Collections University Archives in August 2021.
- Custodial history:
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In 2001 Audrey Karsh donated correspondence from Sabrina Schiller and the first issue of the San Diego Jewish Historical Society Newsletter from 1980 (JHSSD #2001.01). In April, 2007 upon Audrey Karsh's death her son, Ron Davis donated her personal notes, research, photographs, newspaper clippings, articles, short stories and plays written by Karsh, some concerning people, places and events in San Diego Jewish History, others of a secular nature.
- Accruals:
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August 2021
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- Allan and Fern Kohn, Stan and laurel Schwartz, Paula Landau-Cox, and The Norman G. Levi Family Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation and
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-10-21 08:43:12 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of item, folder title, box number, Audrey Karsh Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Library and Information Access5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, CA 92182-8050, US
- Contact:
- (619) 594-6791