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Lily and Nathan Edelman correspondence, 1927-1944.
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Lily and Nathan Edelman correspondence, 1927-1944Creator/Contributor:
Edelman, Lily.Creator/Contributor:
Edelman, Nathan, 1911-Creator/Contributor:
Petaluma High School (Petaluma, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 078.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1981.005.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists primarily of love letters exchanged between Lily and Nathan Edelman that express their feelings for
each other and in which they discuss their emotional life; intellectual and cultural interests and activities; philosophical
views; opinions on economic and political systems; and their reactions to world events. The correspondence, which provides
a look into traditional courtship styles between men and women in an era of social change, also reveals the cousins' thoughts
from adolescence to adulthood. The letters also reveal Lily's growth in understanding herself and her relationship with Nathan;
glimpses of Jewish life in Petaluma and of the Menuhin family, to whom Lily was related. Also contains an autograph book with
photographs of pupils from Petaluma High School (1927).
Date:
1927 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCourtship -- California -- Petaluma
Jews -- California
Jews -- California -- Petaluma
Jews -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Jews -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Jewish women -- California
Amours -- Californie -- Petaluma
Juifs -- Californie
Juifs -- Californie -- Petaluma
Juifs -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
Juifs -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle
Juives -- Californie
Courtship
Jewish women
Jews
Jews -- Intellectual life
Jews -- Social life and customs
California
California -- Petaluma
Menuhin family
Menuhin family
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 078.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1981.005.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Lily Podvidz (1915-1981) was born in San Francisco and lived in Petaluma, California during the 1920s. She later worked in
Washington, D.C. She was an educational administrator, author, editor, and an officer in national educational associations.
In 1961, she became the director of B'nai B'rith's Department of Adult Jewish Education and she edited Jewish Heritage. Her
husband, Nathan Edelman, was also her first cousin. Nathan was born in Paris in 1911 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1922. Also
an educator, he taught at Columbia University, was a professor and the chair of the Romance Languages Department at Johns
Hopkins University, and authored and edited scholarly publications on Romance languages.
Preferred citation: Lily and Nathan Edelman correspondence, BANC MSS 2010/683, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
Autograph albumsPhotograph
photographs.
love letters.
Photographs
Love letters
Love letters.
Photographs.
Photographies.
Lettres d'amour.
Physical Description:
print
1 carton and 1 box (1.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585543
http://magnes.org/scholars/research-information/research-request-form
http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156761
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.