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Abram and Katie Braverman papers, 1933-1950.
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Title:

Abram and Katie Braverman papers, 1933-1950

Creator/Contributor:

Braverman, Abram, 1874-1950, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Braverman, Katie, 1884-1963

Creator/Contributor:

Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-ʻovdim be-Erets-Yiśraʼel

Creator/Contributor:

Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring

Creator/Contributor:

Western Jewish History Center, 054.

Creator/Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1969.013.

Creator/Contributor:

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Poetry written by the Bravermans; songbooks and programs of the Workmen's Circle and Histadrut (the Israeli labor federation); clippings about Grodno, Poland (now Belarus); and letters from Braverman to his wife and children, together with letters from the Motles family, relatives of the Bravermans in Grodno to whom the Bravermans sent packages and money. Also a photograph of Abram Braverman.

Date:

1933 (issued)

Subject:

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Braverman, Abram -- 1874-1950 -- Archives
Braverman, Abram -- 1874-1950 -- Photographs
Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring.
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- California -- San Francisco -- Charities
Jewish women -- California -- San Francisco
Labor movement -- United States
Labor movement -- Israel
Labor movement -- Songs and music
Social action -- California -- San Francisco
Women in the labor movement -- California -- San Francisco
Hrodna (Belarus) -- History

Note:

Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 054.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1969.013.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Abram and Katie Braverman papers, BANC MSS 2010/630, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
San Francisco resident and shoemaker who worked in an army goods store. His wife, Katie Keyle Braverman, was involved with the Workmen's Circle.
Materials in Yiddish and English.

Type:

Correspondence.
Poems.
Programs.
Songbooks.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear feet)

Language:

yid
English

Identifier:

2006585215

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.