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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Zellerbach family papers
Creator:
Zellerbach family
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/690
Physical Description:
12 linear feet
(5 cartons, 1 box, 3 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1887-1980
Language of Material:
English
Collection is open for research.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Zellerbach family papers were transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Judah L.
Magnes Museum in 2010.
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.
[Identification of item], Zellerbach family papers. BANC MSS 2010/690. Magnes Collection of
Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA 94704.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2023 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
Foundation.
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).
8mm and 16mm films (home movies), dvds, slides, and objects transferred to the museum
holdings of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life for separate handling and
cataloging. Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1990.005.
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U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th
century
Jews--California--San Francisco
Jews, German--California--San Francisco
Jewish businesspeople--California--San Francisco
Jewish families--California--San Francisco
Paper industry--California--San Francisco
Photographs
Address books
Business records--California--San Francisco
Correspondence--California--San Francisco
Family papers -- California -- San Francisco
Portraits
Zellerbach
family--Archives
Zellerbach, Anthony,
1832-1911--Family
Zellerbach, Isidore.
1866-1941
Zellerbach, Jennie (Baruh).
1940-1965
Saroni, Claire
(Zellerbach)
Zellerbach, James David,
1892-1963
Zellerbach, Harold
Zellerbach, Doris
(Joseph)
Zellerbach, Stephen A.
1927-
Zellerbach, Merla
(Burstein)
Zellerbach,
Richard--Family
Zellerbach Paper
Company