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Stephen Kinsey Collection on Jewish Life in San Jose, California photographs, approximately 1970-1973.
BANC MSS 2010/902 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/902
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Title:
Stephen Kinsey Collection on Jewish Life in San Jose, California photographs, approximately 1970-1973Creator/Contributor:
Kinsey, Stephen, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 252.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1974.010.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains copies of photographs of people, documents, and buildings that were collected by Stephen Kinsey for
his 1973 Master's thesis, "They Called It Home: Development of the Jewish Community of San Jose, 1850-1900." The photographs
include images of leading San Jose families, various documents, and Congregation Bikur Cholim.
Date:
1970 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caKinsey, Stephen -- Archives
Congregation Bikur Cholim (San Jose, Calif.)
Jews -- California -- San Jose
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 252.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1974.010.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Stephen Kinsey Collection on Jewish Life in San Jose, California photographs, BANC MSS 2010/902, The Magnes Collection of
Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
In 1973, Stephen Kinsey wrote his Master's thesis about the development of the San Jose Jewish community. Per his findings:
a small Jewish community in San Jose, California received land from the city for a cemetery in 1857. In 1861, Congregation
Bikur Cholim, which became the focus for Jewish activities, was organized. That early Jewish community and congregation was
the basis for the present day Jewish community in San Jose.
Materials in English.
Type:
Photographs.Physical Description:
print
0.2 (1
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2010/902 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/902
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.