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Leland Lazarus papers, 1879-1977 (bulk 1920-1960).
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Title:
Leland Lazarus papers, 1879-1977 (bulk 1920-1960)Creator/Contributor:
Lazarus, Leland, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 176.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1975.004.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains documents (originals and copies), photographs, newspaper clippings, and articles relating to Leland
Lazarus and his family. The collection also contains scrapbooks with articles and clippings regarding the National Recovery
Administration and the Young Democrats.
Date:
1920 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLazarus, Leland -- Archives
United States. -- National Recovery Administration.
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 176.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1975.004.
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Leland Lazarus papers, BANC MSS 2010/903, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Leland Lazarus worked as both an attorney and a judge. During his early career, he was a reporter for the San Francisco News
and a field administrator for the National Recovery Administration. He sat on San Francisco's Municipal and Superior Courts,
and he served on the San Francisco Board of Education. He was also a member of the Democratic Central Committee of San Francisco
and an officer of the Press Club, the Lawyers' Club, the Jewish National Fund, B'nai B'rith's Lodge No. 21, the San Francisco
Histadrut Council, and the American Jewish Congress.
Materials in English.
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Photographs.Physical Description:
print
0.45 (1 1
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
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