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Sara Prager Brenner papers, 1923-1981.
BANC MSS 2010/487 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/487
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Title:
Sara Prager Brenner papers, 1923-1981Creator/Contributor:
Brenner, Sara Prager, 1904-1986, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, 1987.007.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collections consists of three folders: two folders contain a memoir by Sara Brenner describing her experiences growing
up in Austrian Galicia, World War I, and her emigration to Canada and the U.S. The third folder contains eight photographs
of Sara, members of her family, including Jack and two of her sons, and the family store.
Date:
1923 (issued)Subject:
n-us-or -- n-cn-on -- e-pl--- -- e-un--- -- n-us---Brenner, Sara Prager -- 1904-1986 -- Archives
Brenner family -- Photographs
Brenner's Furniture (Firm) -- Photographs
Furniture industry and trade -- Oregon
Jews, Austrian -- Oregon
Jews -- Migrations
Jewish women -- Oregon
Stores, Retail -- Oregon -- Photographs
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women
Toronto (Ont.) -- Emigration and immigration
Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number 1987.007
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Sara Prager Brenner papers, BANC MSS 2010/487, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.5525
Sara Prager was born in the part of Galicia that was in the Austro-Hungarian empire. She emigrated from there to Toronto at
the age of seventeen. She married Karl Gendrich, and they moved to Portland and Eugene, Ore. After Gendrich died, she married
Jack Brenner. They became owners of Brenner's Furniture, a store formerly known as the Eugene Bargain Store.
Materials in English.
Type:
Memoirs.Photographs.
Physical Description:
.25 (1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585588
BANC MSS 2010/487 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/487
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.