Edith Schoenberger Kaufman papers, 1870-2006
Finding Aid written Lara Michels.
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University of California, Berkeley
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Finding Aid to the Edith Schoenberger Kaufman papers, circa 1873-2006
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/729
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Lara Michels.
- Date Completed:
-
October 2011
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Edith Schoenberger Kaufman papers
Date (inclusive): 1870-2006
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/729
Creators :
Kaufman, Edith Schoenberger, 1904-1995
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 carton, 3 boxes, 13 oversize boxes
(linear feet: 8)
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The collection consists of Edith Schoenberger Kaufman's family papers, photographs, and photo albums/scrapbooks. The materials
document Edith's family life in Germany, the experience of Edith and her first husband, Eugen Schoenberger, in Nazi Germany
and in France under Germany occupation, her immigration to the United States, and Edith's work in the Jewish community in
Missouri and California.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
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given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edith Schoenberger Kaufman papers, BANC MSS 2010/729, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kaufman, Edith Schoenberger, 1904-1995--Archives
Kaufman, Bernard, 1914-2008
Schoenberger, Eugen, 1871-1970
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America
American Friends of the Hebrew University
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Concentration camps--France
Jews--Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Jews--Missouri--Saint Louis
Jews--California--San Francisco
Jewish women--California--San Francisco
Jews--Claims
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Ephemera
Judah L. Magnes Museum. 2008.24 AR1
Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Edith Schoenberger Kaufman papers were given to The Bancroft Library by the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Lara Michels in 2009. Additional processing by Lara Michels in 2011.
Biography
Edith Falk was born in 1904 in Berlin. In 1933, she married Eugen Schoenberger (1871-1970) and moved to Mainz. Schoenberger
ran a successful sparkling wine business called Schoenberger Cabinet. The Nazis seized the company and changed its name to
Sectkellerei Alt Mainz shortly before Edith and Eugen fled Germany for France in 1939. Edith was arrested in France and spent
time in Camp de Gurs before her husband managed, with much difficulty, to secure her release and obtain the visas necessary
to enter Spain and Portugal. The couple arrived in the United States in 1941 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where they
remained for ten years and where Edith was quite active in the Jewish community and especially in the local chapter of Hadassah,
for which she served as President from 1949 through 1951. The Schoenbergers moved to San Francisco in 1952. By then, all of
Schoenberger’s assets that had been seized by the Nazis had been returned to him. The mayor of Mainz reportedly wanted to
return the sparkling wine company to Schoenberger, but the couple did not wish to return to live in Germany. The company was
later purchased by Seagram and Company. Eugen Schoenberger died in San Francisco in 1970. Edith married Dr. Bernard Kaufman,
a San Francisco physician, in 1974. She remained active in the Jewish community of San Francisco through her work chairing
the local chapter of Hadassah from 1956 through 1958 and her work on behalf of the American Friends of the Hebrew University
where she created an endowment for the study of enology and viticulture in memory of her first husband. Edith Kaufman was
also an avid art collector and donated much of her collection to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Edith Kaufman died in 1995.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of family papers, photographs, and photo albums/scrapbooks. Family papers range from personal documents
and correspondence to materials relating to Holocaust restitution. There are also papers relating to Edith Schoenberger Kaufman’s
work with Hadassah. Files on Eugen Schoenberger’s company, Schoenberger Cabinet, are particularly rich both with information
about the Nazi seizure of a Jewish company and with ephemera and materials documenting the company’s products. The collection
includes a large number of photo albums and scrapbooks documenting Edith Schoenberger Kaufman’s family, travels, and philanthropic
work. Particularly noteworthy are the early travel photo albums from the 1930s, the family photo album (circa 1870-1951),
which documents the World War II era emigration of Edith's extended Jewish family from Germany, and the scrapbooks and photo
albums documenting Eugen Schoenberger’s life and his company.
Series 1:
Family Papers and Loose Photographs.
circa 1873-2000
Physical Description:
Carton 1; Boxes 1-2
Carton 1, Folder 1
Personal documents of Edith Kaufman and Eugen Schoenberger,
1904-1976
Carton 1, Folder 2
Falk family correspondence and miscellany,
1873-1915
Carton 1, Folder 4-6
Correspondence with family and other family related materials,
circa 1940-1990
Carton 1, Folder 7-9
Correspondence with friends,
circa 1940-1990
Carton 1, Folder 10-11
Rabbi Max Nussbaum and Ruth Nussbaum,
circa 1942-1979
Carton 1, Folder 12
Correspondence with Rudolph and Estelle Oppenheimer,
1970-1976
Carton 1, Folder 13
Correspondence with rabbis and material regarding rabbis,
circa 1945-1971
Carton 1, Folder 14
Correspondence with Flori Durlacher,
circa 1950-1980
Carton 1, Folder 15-16
Miscellaneous materials on Kaufman children and Bernard Kaufman,
circa 1970-1985
Carton 1, Folder 19
Death of Eugen Schoenberger (correspondence and materials on),
circa 1970
Carton 1, Folder 20
Camp de Gurs research materials,
circa 1970-1990
Carton 1, Folder 21
Holocaust Restitution file,
circa 1980-2000
Carton 1, Folder 22
Hans Kornell Champagne,
circa 1970-1990
Carton 1, Folder 23
Schoenberger Cabinet ephemera and clippings,
circa 1920-1975
Carton 1, Folder 24
Materials re: Christian Adalbert Kupferberg,
circa 1967-1982
Carton 1, Folder 25
"Odds and Ends,"
circa 1926-2008
Carton 1, Folder 26-27
Condolence Cards sent upon death of Edith Kaufman,
1995
Box 1, Folder 1
Edith Kaufman correspondence from Bernard Kaufman files,
1995
Box 1, Folder 1
Bernard Kaufman file on Edith Kaufman and French Restitution,
1995
Box 1, Folder 2
Bernard Kaufman file on Edith Kaufman and Restitution, New York Banking Dept.,
1999-2006
Box 1, Folder 3
Bernard Kaufman file on Edith Kaufman (assorted),
circa 1950-1990
Box 1, Folder 4
Bernard Kaufman file on Edith Kaufman's estate,
circa 1995-2001
Box 1, Folder 5
Bernard Kaufman file on Schoenberger Foundation,
circa 2000-2006
Box 1, Folder 6
Bernard Kaufman file of memorial contributions upon death of Edith Kaufman,
1995
Box 1, Folder 7
Bernard Kaufman file: In Memorium book for Edith Kaufman,
1995
Box 2, Folder 1-3
Photographs,
circa 1940-1990
Scope and Content Note
Includes portaits of Edith Kaufman, photographs of the Kaufman children, and many photographs of Edith Kaufman's friends (some
of whom are represented in this collection's correspondence).
Oversize Folder 1A
Photograph of Hadassah 1950 National Convention Banquet,
1950
Series 2:
Scrapbooks and Photo Albums.
circa 1901-1991
Physical Description:
Box 3; Oversize Boxes 1-13
Oversize Box 1
Family photo album of Edith (Falk Schoenberger) Kaufman,
circa 1870-1951
Scope and Content Note
Includes members of families with the following surnames: Dreyer, Heinemann, Falk, Grunebaum, Offenstadt, Durlacher, Leuchter,
Katzenstein, Kornblum, Deschere, Harmon, Oppenheimer. Photo album documents the World War II era migration of an extended
Jewish family from Germany to a range of countries, including South Africa, Argentina, England, and the United States.
Oversize Box 1
Schoenberger Cabinet scrapbook,
circa 1915-1936
Scope and Content Note
Includes ephemera from the Schoenberger Cabinet company, such as bottle labels and marketing materials, as well as some correspondence.
Oversize Box 1
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Germany,
1951
Oversize Box 2
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Europe, New York, Caribbean, Saint Louis, Catskills, Canada,
circa 1970-1972
Oversize Box 2
Hebrew University Wall of Life photo album,
circa 1975
Oversize Box 3
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Europe,
circa 1956
Oversize Box 3
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Hawaii,
circa 1955
Oversize Box 3
Travel photo album/scrapbook: France, Switzerland,
circa 1964
Oversize Box 4
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Mexico,
circa 1959
Oversize Box 4
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Canada and Mexico,
circa 1959-1965
Oversize Box 4
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Europe, Israel, Around the World Trip, Pyrenees, Egypt,
circa 1959-1981
Oversize Box 5
Travel photo album/scrapbook: South America, South Africa, Germany,
1972
Oversize Box 5
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Hawaii, Coronado, St. Helena,
1966-1972
Oversize Box 6
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Orient,
1972
Oversize Box 6
Eugen Schoenberger's 95th birthday scrapbook,
1966
Oversize Box 7
Hadassah and Israel Bonds scrapbook,
1962-1970
Scope and Content Note
Clippings and other ephemera relating to Edith Schoenberger's work with Hadassah and Israel Bonds.
Oversize Box 7
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Europe,
1958
Oversize Box 8
Hadassah and Israel Bonds scrapbook,
1959-1962
Oversize Box 8
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Europe, Israel, Texas,
1984-1991
Oversize Box 9
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Wedding, Europe, Israel,
1976-1978
Oversize Box 10
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria,
1933-1936
Oversize Box 10
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg
1937-1938
Oversize Box 10
Travel photo album/scrapbook: USA,
1937
Oversize Box 11
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Europe,
1954
Oversize Box 11
Eugen Schoenberger's 90th birthday scrapbook,
1961
Oversize Box 11
Eugen Schoenberger: A Life in Documents (Ein Lebensbild in Dokumenten),
circa 1920-1955
Oversize Box 12
Family photo album,
circa 1961-1989
Oversize Box 12
Travel photo album/scrapbook: USA,
circa 1941-1953
Oversize Box 13
Travel photo album/scrapbook: Norfolk-Germany,
1982
Oversize Box 13
Hebrew University (presented to ESK in remembrance of her visit to the Faculty of Agriculture,
1974
Oversize Box 13
Hebrew University (presented to ESK in remembrance of her visit to the Faculty of Agriculture,
1974
Box 3
Photo album of art collected by Edith Kaufman,
circa 1980
Box 3
Photo album of Eugen Shoenberger,
1903-1970
Scope and Content Note
Consists of portraits and photographs of Eugen Schoenberger.
Box 3
Kaufman family photo album,
1982-1989
Box 3
Kaufman family photo album,
1974-1985
