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Ruth Frey Axe papers, 1883-1973.
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Ruth Frey Axe papers, 1883-1973Creator/Contributor:
Axe, Ruth Frey., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 014.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1974.001.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection contains an original letter from and a photocopy of a memorial service for Egon Frey, a cousin; and programs,
including one for a piano concert given by Hephzibah Menuhin (1928) and two for the Distribution of Annual Awards and an Entertainment
by the Children given by the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society (February 25, 1934; March 3, 1935). The collection
also has materials about Washington Bartlett (1824-1887), a printer from Georgia who arrived in San Francisco in 1849 and
became the city's mayor, and, later, the governor of California. These include Frey's research notes about Bartlett and early
California history; a copy of the May 1962 issue of Pacific Historical Review, which contains H. Brett Melendy's article,
California's Washington Bartletts; and a copy of a Memorial of the Life and Services of Washington Bartlett (Late Governor
of California), Adopted by the Society of California Pioneers at a Regular Meeting, Held Monday, May 7, 1888. The collection
also has copies of various published essays and speechs: Horace Stern's Louis Marshall: An Appreciation (February 1930); Justin
G. Turner's A Note on Solomon Nunes Carvalho and his Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (printed in Los Angeles by The Plantin Press,
1960); Placed as a Link in this Chain: A Medley of Observations by Ernst Toch (published by the Friends of the UCLA Library,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1971); a copy of remarks given at the Inauguration of Alfred Gottschalk as the fifth
President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, in Cincinnati (February 24, 1972); and a copy of A Jubilee
of the Spirit, an address given by Gottschalk on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Institute of Religion
(May 31, 1972).
Date:
1883 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJews -- California
Jewish women -- California
Juifs -- Californie
Juives -- Californie
Death and burial of a person
Jewish women
Jews
California -- History -- 1850-1950
California -- History -- 1950-
Californie -- Histoire -- 1850-1950
Californie -- Histoire -- 1950-
California
Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society.
Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society
Axe, Ruth Frey -- Archives
Bartlett, Washington -- 1824-1887
Frey, Egon -- 1892-1972 -- Death and burial
Menuhin, Hephzibah -- 1920-1981
Axe, Ruth Frey
Bartlett, Washington -- 1824-1887
Frey, Egon -- 1892-1972
Menuhin, Hephzibah -- 1920-1981
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 014.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1974.001.
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Curator
of Collections, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, using the Online Research Request form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Ruth Frey Axe was the secretary, for thirty years, of Henry R. Wagner, a historian of the West. She taught in Los Angeles
public schools for fifteen years and was a contributor to scholarly journals.
Preferred citation: Ruth Frey Axe papers, BANC MSS 2010/684, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
booklets.family papers.
Programs.
Archives
History
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2005585975
http://magnes.org/scholars/research-information/research-request-form
http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156679
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Curator
of Collections, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, using the Online Research Request form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.