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Selma Cohn papers, 1881-1971.
BANC MSS 2010/476 oversize folder 1; BANC MSS 2010/476 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/476 carton 1; BANC MSS 2010/476
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Title:
Selma Cohn papers, 1881-1971Creator/Contributor:
Cohn, Selma Ruth Miguel, 1893-1972, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Congregation Beth Israel (San Francisco, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)Creator/Contributor:
Santa Clara College (Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 67.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, 1972.005.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains diaries; date books; personal financial information; correspondence; photographs; medals for Sabbath
attendance and a kaddish card from Congregation Beth Israel; religious instruction booklets from San Francisco's Congregation
Sherith Israel; and high school and college publications. Also includes a copy of the "Redwood," a journal published by Santa
Clara College (May 1906), after the San Francisco earthquake and fire; a copy of the "Mission Graduate," a publication published
by Mission High School students (1907); Girls' High School journals (1907-1910); and an issue of "Alumnus" (Oct. 1907), a
journal for Jewish youth from Congregation Beth Israel, together with a booklet from the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society,
of Denver, Colorado.
Date:
1881 (issued)Subject:
n-us-tx -- n-us-caCohn, Selma Ruth Miguel -- 1893-1972 -- Archives
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (California : 1906)
Church attendance -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish religious education -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish women -- California
Jewish youth -- California -- San Francisco -- Periodicals
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Business enterprises
Church attendance
Jewish religious education
Jewish women
Jewish youth
California
California -- San Francisco
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 67
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number 1972.005
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Selma Cohn papers, BANC MSS 2010/476, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Selma Ruth Miguel was born in 1893. In 1919, she married Percy E. Cohn of Lafayette, Calif.
Materials in English.
Type:
Medals-California.Postcards.
Student newspapers and periodicals-California.
Diaries-California.
Correspondence-California.
Financial records-California.
Photographs-California.
Prayers-California.
Periodicals.
Postcards.
Physical Description:
1.5 (1 1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585272
BANC MSS 2010/476 oversize folder 1
BANC MSS 2010/476 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/476 carton 1
BANC MSS 2010/476
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.