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Frank and Eleanor Sloss family papers and photographs, 1899-1985.
BANC MSS 2010/734 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/734 oversize box 1; BANC MSS 2010/734 oversize box 2; BANC MSS 2010/734
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Title:
Frank and Eleanor Sloss family papers and photographs, 1899-1985Creator/Contributor:
Sloss, Frank H., 1908-1986Creator/Contributor:
Sloss, Eleanor Lieberman, 1913-1993Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 2002.002.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
This collection consists of papers and photographs relating to the families of Frank Sloss and Eleanor Lieberman Sloss, including
Frank Sloss' research materials on the Hecht, Sloss, and Livingston families, Frank Sloss' correspondence on the history of
the Sloss family, an oral history of Frank Sloss, materials on Judge M.C. Sloss, and a scrapbook on David Livingston and his
business, Livingston Brothers. The scrapbook includes clippings, ephemera, and photographs. The collection also includes a
photo album created by Richard and Frank Sloss entitled "Around the World in One Hundred and Eighty Days: Photographs Taken
by Richard and Frank Sloss." Other oversize items include materials relating to the launch of the S. S. Louis Sloss and David
Livingston's naturalization certificate (1907) as well as oversize photographic portraits of Hattie Hecht Sloss and M.C. Sloss
as children. The portrait of Hattie Hecht Sloss is painted (circa 1881). There are also lithograph portraits (by Max Pollack)
of M.C. Sloss and Hattie Hecht Sloss (circa 1930s).
Date:
1899 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSloss, M. C. (Marcus Cauffman) -- 1869-1958
Sloss, Hattie Hecht
Livingston, David -- approximately 1856-
Schlosser family
Hecht family
Livingston family
Livingston Brothers (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish businesspeople -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Jewish merchants -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 2002.002.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Frank and Eleanor Sloss family papers and photographs, BANC MSS 2010/734, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Record albums and lithograph of Rabbi Elias Grü̈nebaum by Wentzel transferred to the museum holdings of The Magnes Collection
of Jewish Art and Life for separate handling and cataloging.
Frank Sloss was born to Judge Marcus Caufman Sloss and Hattie Hecht Sloss in 1908. His siblings were SImon, Margaret, Richard,
and Sally Sloss. Frank married Eleanor Lieberman (b. 1913), daughter of Moses Lieberman and Helen Livingston Lieberman of
Philadelphia. Helen Livingston was daughter of David and Lina Livingston of San Francisco. David Livingston was the proprietor
of Livingston Bros., a pioneering high-end women's clothing store founded in 1876.
Type:
Photographs-California-San Francisco.Family papers-California-San Francisco.
Scrapbooks-California-San Francisco.
Physical Description:
1 box and 2 oversize boxes (1.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2010/734 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/734 oversize box 1
BANC MSS 2010/734 oversize box 2
BANC MSS 2010/734
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.