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James Maas papers, 1866-2007 (bulk 1989-2007).
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Title:

James Maas papers, 1866-2007 (bulk 1989-2007)

Creator/Contributor:

Maas, James, 1920-2010, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1989.006.

Creator/Contributor:

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Abstract:

The bulk of the collection consists of copies of letters that Maas sent to his granddaughter, Julia, from 1989-2007. The letters may include photocopies of other correspondence, photographs, programs, family trees, and additional documents and writings. The collection also contains a citizenship certificate for Zadock Abraham Koenigsberg issued in San Francisco (1866) and a genealogy of the Maas-Koenigsberg family made by James Maas.

Date:

1989 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Jews -- California
Jewish men -- California
Jewish women -- California
Jewish families -- California -- Correspondence
Juifs -- Californie
Hommes juifs -- Californie
Juives -- Californie
Familles juives -- Californie -- Correspondance
Jewish families
Jewish men
Jewish women
Jews
California
Maas, James -- 1920-2010 -- Archives
Maas family
Maas family

Note:

Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1989.006.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
James Maas was born in New York in 1920. He migrated to California with his family in 1930. He graduated from UCLA in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army Air Corp in England during World War II. After receiving his doctoral degree in public health administration from UC Berkeley, he worked as a Public Health Administrator in San Francisco; was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Francisco; and served as the executive assistant to the chief of police in San Francisco. He was a life-member of the Sierra Club and served as the editor of its national outings newsletter.
Preferred citation: James Maas papers, BANC MSS 2010/919, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.

Type:

correspondence.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

0.4 (1

Language:

English

Identifier:

2006585599

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

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