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Helen Motto papers, 1930-1972.
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Helen Motto papers, 1930-1972Creator/Contributor:
Motto, Helen, 1889-1977, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 216.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1982.007.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of personal and organizational correspondence; a scrapbook that chronicles her many organizational
involvements; a manuscript called "History and Development of the Jewish Community of Santa Barbara, 1923-1969," written by
Motto; and papers that document Motto's work with refugee resettlement between 1945 and 1950.
Date:
1930 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Jews -- California -- Santa Barbara -- History -- 20th century
Jews, Polish -- California -- Santa Barbara
Jewish women -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Societies and clubs
Jewish women -- United States -- Societies and clubs
Jewish refugees -- United States
Zionism -- United States
Juifs -- Californie -- Santa Barbara -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Juifs polonais -- Californie -- Santa Barbara
Juives -- Californie -- Santa Barbara -- Associations
Juives -- États-Unis -- Associations
Réfugiés juifs -- États-Unis
Emigration and immigration
Jewish refugees
Jewish women -- Societies and clubs
Jews
Jews, Polish
Zionism
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Emigration and immigration
California -- Santa Barbara
United States
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America.
National Council of Jewish Women.
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America.
National Council of Jewish Women.
Motto, Helen -- 1889-1977 -- Archives
Zionists
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 216.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1982.007.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Helen Motto was born in Warsaw, Poland and immigrated to the United States as a child. She married Jacob Motto and moved to
Santa Barbara in 1923. In time, she became a central figure in that city's Jewish religious, philanthropic, and cultural life.
She was active in the National Council of Jewish Women, the sisterhood of Santa Barbara's B'nai B'rith Congregation, and Hadassah.
Preferred citation: Helen Motto papers, BANC MSS 2010/693, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
correspondence.Archives.
History.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585551
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.