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Florence Friedman papers, 1906-1978.
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Florence Friedman papers, 1906-1978Creator/Contributor:
Friedman, Florence, 1887-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 099.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1986.013.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection primarily contains personal and work-related correspondence and material about the Visitacion Valley Community
Center and Florence Friedman's time working there. Also included are personal and work photographs, work calendars, diaries,
and certificates celebrating Friedman's work in the community.
Date:
1906 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCommunity centers -- California
Jewish women -- California
Centres communautaires -- Californie
Juives -- Californie
Community centers
Jewish women
Manners and customs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Visitacion Valley (San Francisco, Calif.)
California
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Visitacion Valley
Visitacion Valley Community Center (San Francisco, Calif.)
Visitacion Valley Community Center (San Francisco, Calif.)
Visitacion Valley Community Center (San Francisco, Calif.)
Friedman, Florence -- 1887- -- Archives
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 099.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1986.013.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Florence Friedman arrived at Visitacion Valley in 1909, when she was twenty-two years old, in order to teach first through
eighth grades at the Visitacion Valley Elementary School. During World War I, she became the voluntary director of the War
Camp Community Service Center, assisting those American soldiers that the Army had camped in a nearby Southern Pacific Railroad
yard. After the war, Friedman was concerned that she and her fellow residents of Visitacion Valley had a place to meet, a
community center. Soon after, the San Francisco Aquatic Park Recreation League agreed to help sponsor the community center's
continuation. In 1922, she began a drive to raise more money for a larger facility. The creation of the Visitacion Valley
Community Center (1922), located at 66 Raymond Ave., was, in a large part, her doing. Another community center expansion took
place in 1938, when a two-story building was made, at 50 Raymond Ave., to house a ballroom, classroom, and administrative
offices. Florence formally retired as Director of the Visitacion Valley Community Center in 1959.
Florence Friedman papers, BANC MSS 2010/829, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
certificates.calendars (documents)
Archives
Calendars
Calendars.
Calendriers.
Physical Description:
print
1.75 (1 1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585582
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.