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Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Edith Anna Strauss papers
Creator:
Strauss, Edith Anna
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Identifier/Call Number: M2845
Physical Description:
.8 Linear Feet
Two manuscript storage boxes
Date (inclusive): 1921-1942
Edith Anna Strauss (born October 3, 1917) was a German Jew from Frankfurt. Her parents were Joseph Strauss and Sophie Strauss.
At 18 Edith started interning at a few Jewish-owned businesses. In 1937 Edith emigrated to New York City to live with her
uncle.
This collection consists of correspondence, official documents, printed materials, schoolwork, ephemera, album amicorums,
and other materials documenting the life of a young German Jew from the 1920s to the early 1940s. The correspondence between
Edith Strauss and her parents includes correspondence between Strauss in New York and her parents who were still in Germany.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials
are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Selected video from this collection has
been digitized and is available in the Special Collections reading room.
Page from catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/14182528
[identification of item], Edith Anna Strauss papers (M2845). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, California.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jews -- United States -- History -- 1789-1945.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20 century
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