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Hiram Bushell papers, 1921-1935.
BANC MSS 2010/622 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/622
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Title:
Hiram Bushell papers, 1921-1935Creator/Contributor:
Bushell, Hiram, 1882-1953, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 057.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1977.015.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Collection includes diaries kept by Hiram Bushell while at the Civilian Conservation Corps' Yankee Hill Work Camp in Yankee
Hill, California (1934-1935). The diary entries contain his comments on daily life in the camp and on relationships he built
while living there. Bushell's sometimes poetic writings reveal his observations of the hierarchical relations that existed
in the work camp and the ways in which he applied traditional Jewish thought to his experiences there. Also contains Bushell's
correspondence with members of his family and friends and photographs of Bushell (mainly portraits and one photograph of Bushell
outside of his Sacramento hardward store).
Date:
1921 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBushell, Hiram -- 1882-1953 -- Archives
Jews, Russian -- California -- Sacramento
Jewish men -- California -- Sacramento -- Diaries
Work camps -- California -- Sacramento
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 057.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1977.015.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Hiram Bushell papers, BANC MSS 2010/622, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Hiram Bushell, born in Russia in 1882, arrived in Sacramento, California in the 1920s and opened a small hardware store. In
1934, during the Great Depression, he went to the Yankee Hill Work Camp that was located near Sacramento.
Materials in English and Yiddish.
Type:
Diaries-California-Sacramento.Photographs-California-Sacramento.
Physical Description:
1 box (.2 linear feet)
Language:
enm
English
yid
Identifier:
2006585511
BANC MSS 2010/622 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/622
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.