Zellerbach family papers, 1887-1980

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Summary

Creators:
Zellerbach family
Extent:
12 linear feet (5 cartons, 1 box, 3 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Zellerbach family papers. BANC MSS 2010/690. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA 94704.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of Zellerbach family papers and photographs. Included are materials from Isidore and Jennie (Baruh) Zellerbach, Harold and Doris (Joseph) Zellerbach, J.D. and Hannah (Fuld) Zellerbach, Claire Zellerbach Saroni, and Stephen A. and Merla (Burstein) Zellerbach. Family papers relating to Isidore Zellerbach include files on his estate and five bound volumes: three "In Memoriam" volumes of condolence letters sent in the wake of Isidore's death in 1941; one volume of materials relating to the 1938 celebration of Isidore's 50th anniversary with Crown Zellerbach; and one volume of Christmas holiday greetings received by Isidore. Stephen A. Zellerbach's files in the collection consist of materials from his childhood, his college years, his time in the U.S. Navy, his marriage, and his tenure at the Zellerbach Paper Company. Photographs and pictorial items in the collection include images of Anthony Zellerbach, Isidore and Jennie, Harold and Doris, J.D. Zellerbach (especially in his role as Ambassador to Italy in the late 1950s), Stephen A. and Merla, and other members of the Zellerbach, Saroni, and Baruh families. In addition, the collection includes documents, blueprints, a scrapbook, photographs and a photo album relating to Isidore Zellerbach's yacht, Janidore (and other Zellerbach family vessels).

Biographical / historical:

Anthony Zellerbach (1832-1911) was born in Bavaria and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1840s. He initially lived in Philadelphia but came to San Francisco via the isthmus of Panama in 1856. He settled in Moores Flat, California (a Gold Rush town). In March of 1863, he married Theresa Mohr (b. 1840). The couple would have nine children (Jacob, Isadore, Henry, Edward, Eugene, Bella, Lillian, Hazel, and Arthur). Isidore Zellerbach was born in Moores Flat in 1866. In 1868, Anthony, faced with decreasing opportunities in gold mining, moved his family to San Francisco, where he began dealing in paper. Anthony founded his own paper business, A. Zellerbach & Sons, in 1876. The company changed its name to the Zellerbach Paper Company in 1907. Isadore joined his father's company in 1888 and would be the major force behind the company until his death in 1941. Isadore married Jennie Baruh in 1891 and they had two sons, James David (J.D.) and Harold Lionel (H.L.), and one daughter, Claire (later Mrs. A.B. Saroni). After Isidore's death, sons J.D. and Harold assumed prominent positions in the Zellerbach company. J.D. married Hannah Fuld in 1916 and Harold married Doris Joseph in 1917. Harold and Doris had three children, Rolinda (b. 1918), William J. (b. 1920), and Stephen A. (b.1927). Both William and Stephen played prominent roles in the Zellerbach Paper Company (and the Crown Zellerbach Corporation). Stephen A. Zellerbach married Merla Burstein, daughter of Rabbi Burstein of San Francisco's Congregation Beth Israel, in 1950.

Acquisition information:
The Zellerbach family papers were transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
Processing information:

Arranged to the folder level.

Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2023 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.

Accruals:

No future additions are expected.

Rules or conventions:
DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Zellerbach family papers. BANC MSS 2010/690. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA 94704.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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