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Boris David Bogen family papers and photographs, 1895-1940.
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Boris David Bogen family papers and photographs, 1895-1940Creator/Contributor:
Bogen, Boris David, 1869-1929, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 051.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1985.004.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of genealogies, correspondence (from the early 1920s); materials from Boris Bogen's relief work in
Europe with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the American Relief Administration after World War I; a substantial
number of family photographs; and some drawings and other works on paper. The correspondence includes both correspondence
with family and with colleagues involved in post-war European relief work. Correspondents include: M.A. Shoan, Elizabeth Bogen,
I. Rubinstein, Colonel Herbert Lehman, M.B. Hexter, A. Lucas, Jessie Bogen, S.J. Rosenblatt, Max Senior, H.S. Gans, Morris
Lewis, I. Irving, Alex A. Landesco, M.E. Boynton, M.D. Waldman, I. Prince, J.N. Rosenberg, I.M. Kowalsky, H.H. Rosenfelt,
S.H. golter, Joseph Rosen, Colonel William R. Grove, J. Hyman, Colonel William Haskell, M.J. Rosenau, L. Rabinovich, C.G.
Grey, S.A. Goldsmith, and J.J. Golub. The photographs, which date from circa 1895 until 1940, include images of the Bogen,
Scholtz, Bromberg, Kochman, Shohan, and Mayers families, mainly in Russia and in Arcadia, California. Among these family photographs
are portraits and photographs of cinematographer Abe Scholtz, including one of Abe Scholtz with actor Douglas Fairbanks on
the set of the 1927 film The Gaucho. There are particularly fine images of the Bogen family home (called Amawaga) in Arcadia,
California during the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
1895 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- e------Jews -- Europe -- Charities
Jews, Russian -- United States
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Europe
Juifs -- Europe -- Œuvres de bienfaisance
Juifs russes -- États-Unis
Reconstruction, 1914-1939 -- Europe
Jews -- Charities
Jews, Russian
Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Social conditions
Europe -- Social conditions -- 1918-1945
Arcadia (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- Arcadia
Europe
United States
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
American Relief Administration.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
American Relief Administration.
Bogen, Boris David -- 1869-1929 -- Archives
Bogen, Elizabeth
Scholtz, Abe -- Portraits
Fairbanks, Douglas -- Photographs
Bogan family -- Photographs
Schultz family -- Photographs
Bromberg family -- Photographs
Kochman family -- Photographs
Shohan family -- Photographs
Myers family -- Photographs
Bogan family
Bogen, Boris David -- 1869-1929
Fairbanks, Douglas
Myers family
Schultz family
Social workers
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 051.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1985.004.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Boris Bogen was a social and Jewish communal worker as well as an editor and author. He was born in Moscow and immigrated
to the U.S. in 1888. For a time, he worked as an instructor at the Baron de Hirsch Trade School and at the Hebrew Technical
Institute. Eventually, he became a superintendent of the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School, in Woodbine, N.J. He was also
an international secretary of B'nai B'rith and a director of the United Jewish Charities in Cincinnati. As a director of the
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) and a member of the American Relief Administration (ARA), he organized
Jewish relief operations in Europe during and after World War I. During the 1920s, Bogen moved to Southern California, where
he worked as the Superintendent of Jewish Charities in Los Angeles and established a home in Arcadia.
Preferred citation: Boris David Bogen family papers and photographs, BANC MSS 2010/712, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art
and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English and Russian.
Type:
correspondence.Drawings.
financial records.
Genealogies.
memorandums.
photographs.
reports.
Archives.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
1 carton (1 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Russian
Identifier:
2005585983
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.