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Finding Aid to the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks records, 1962-2008
BANC MSS 2010/716
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Collection Title: Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks records
Date (inclusive): 1962-2008
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/716
Creators :
Judah L. Magnes Museum. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 cartons, 2 boxes, and 1 oversize folder
(Linear feet: 4.6)
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 administrative records, legal records, correspondence, research and publicity materials, some financial
records, and photographs of the commission at work and of the pioneer Jewish cemeteries (the photos date mainly from circa
1963 through 1995).
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is 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:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is
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:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition,
the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor
restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public
domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
[Identification of item], Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks records, BANC MSS 2010/716,
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks--Archives
Jewish cemeteries--California
Jewish pioneers--California
Jews--California
Jews--California--Genealogy
Jackson (Calif.)
Mokelumne Hill (Calif.)
Sonora (Calif.)
Grass Valley (Calif.)
Nevada City (Calif.)
Placerville (Calif.)
Western Jewish History Center. 069
Judah L. Magnes Museum. WJHC 1968.031
Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
The Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks records were gifted to The Bancroft Library
by the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
No future additions are expected.
Collection is arranged into 7 series: Administrative, Legal, Correspondence, Cemetery Files, Research and Outreach, Financial,
and Photographs.
Processed by the Judah L. Magnes Museum staff in 1968. Additional processing by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
staff in 2011.
The Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks was formed in 1962 to assist in the preservation
of pioneer Jewish cemeteries located in the California Mother Lode. It currently holds title to six pioneer Jewish cemeteries
at Jackson, Mokelumne Hill, Sonora, Grass Valley, Nevada City, and Placerville, California, marking the Gold Rush era beginning
of Jewish settlement in northern California. Following tradition, the Jewish pioneers' first communal activity was to found
burial societies. Their cemeteries are today's major link to the vanished Jewish communities of that time and place.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of administrative records, legal records, correspondence, files on individual cemeteries, research
and outreach materials, some financial records, and photographs of the commission at work and of the pioneer Jewish cemeteries
(the photos date mainly from circa 1963 through 1995).