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Lilienthal family papers and photographs, 1840-1961.
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Title:
Lilienthal family papers and photographs, 1840-1961Creator/Contributor:
Lilienthal family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942Creator/Contributor:
Gerstley, Elizabeth Lilienthal.Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.), Sunday School.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 196.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1971.011.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection contains a miscellany of Lilienthal family materials, including genealogical and biographical information;
correspondence, including originals of Rabbi Max Lilienthal's letters from Russia sent to members of his family, fiancée and
friends in the 1840s (in German), photocopies of letters (1880) from Theodore Max Lilienthal in New York to his brother Ernest
Reuben Lilienthal in San Francisco discussing family matters and business problems, and photocopies of letters of congratulation
on the occasion of the wedding of Sophie Gerstle and Theodore Max Lilienthal, and a photocopy of a letter from the artist
Toby Rosenthal to Sophie Gerstle Lilienthal (1912) in which he describes the progress of her husband's portrait; a collection
of Elizabeth Lilienthal's handwritten notes from the Sunday School of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El; a copy of a speech
by Jesse Lilienthal; and photographs (including a photographic portrait of Pepi Lilienthal Samuels by Arnold Genthe).
Date:
1780 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- e-gx--- -- e-ur--- -- n-us---Lilienthal, Ernest Reuben -- Correspondence
Lilienthal, M. E. (Max E.) -- 1812-1885 -- Correspondence
Lilienthal, Sophie Gerstle -- 1859-1934 -- Correspondence
Lilienthal, Theodore Max -- 1847-1891 -- Correspondence
Lilienthal, Theodore Max -- 1847-1891 -- Portraits
Sr -- Lilienthal, Philip -- Death and burial
Jr -- Lilienthal, Philip -- Death and burial
Rosenthal, Toby Edward -- approximately 1848-1917 -- Correspondence
Samuels, Pepi Lilienthal -- Photographs
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- Germany
Jews -- Russia
Jews -- United States
Jewish religious schools -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish women -- United States
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 196.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1971.011.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Lilienthal family papers and photographs, BANC MSS 2010/614, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
The Lilienthal family came from a valley in Schnaittach-Huttenbach, Germany, near Munich. The original family name was Seligmann.
In 1814, Loew Seligmann registered his surname as Lilienthal (lily of the valley). The western branch of the family was descended
from Rabbi Max and Dr. Sam Lilienthal (sons of Loew) and their wives, the sisters Pepi and Caroline Nettre. They all emigrated
from Germany to the United States in the 1840s.
Materials in English and German.
Type:
Correspondence-California.Family papers-California.
Genealogies-California.
Lithographs-California.
Obituaries-California.
Photographs-California.
Physical Description:
1 box, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder (.8 linear feet)
Language:
English
German
Identifier:
2006585268
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.