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James Maas papers, 1866-2007 (bulk 1989-2007).
BANC MSS 2010/919 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/919
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Title:
James Maas papers, 1866-2007 (bulk 1989-2007)Creator/Contributor:
Maas, James, 1920-2010, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1989.006.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The bulk of the collection consists of copies of letters that Maas sent to his granddaughter, Julia, from 1989-2007. The letters
may include photocopies of other correspondence, photographs, programs, family trees, and additional documents and writings.
The collection also contains a citizenship certificate for Zadock Abraham Koenigsberg issued in San Francisco (1866) and a
genealogy of the Maas-Koenigsberg family made by James Maas.
Date:
1989 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMaas, James -- 1920-2010 -- Archives
Maas family
Jews -- California
Jewish men -- California
Jewish women -- California
Jewish families -- California -- Correspondence
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1989.006.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
James Maas papers, BANC MSS 2010/919, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
James Maas was born in New York in 1920. He migrated to California with his family in 1930. He graduated from UCLA in 1942
and served in the U.S. Army Air Corp in England during World War II. After receiving his doctoral degree in public health
administration from UC Berkeley, he worked as a Public Health Administrator in San Francisco; was a Professor of Anthropology
at the University of San Francisco; and served as the executive assistant to the chief of police in San Francisco. He was
a life-member of the Sierra Club and served as the editor of its national outings newsletter.
Materials in English.
Type:
Correspondence-California.Physical Description:
0.4 (1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585599
BANC MSS 2010/919 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/919
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.