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Samuel Ghinsberg papers, 1919-1966.
BANC MSS 2010/504
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Title:

Samuel Ghinsberg papers, 1919-1966

Creator/Contributor:

Ghinsberg, Samuel., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Western Jewish History Center, 104.

Creator/Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1968.004.

Creator/Contributor:

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Abstract:

Correspondence; articles and clippings; and My Exciting Exodus, a manuscript by Ghinsberg that describes both how, in 1900, he led thousands of Jews from Romania and Russia to the U.S. and his meeting with Theodor Herzl.

Date:

1919 (issued)

Subject:

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Ghinsberg, Samuel -- Archives
Herzl, Theodor -- 1860-1904
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Europe, Eastern
Jews -- California
Jews -- Migrations
Zionism -- United States
Romania -- Emigration and immigration
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration

Note:

Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 104.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1968.004.
Samuel Ghinsberg papers, BANC MSS 2010/504, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Samuel Ghinsberg was born in Romania and emigrated to the U.S. in 1900. He served as the first executive director of the Oakland Jewish Welfare Federation (1918-1922) and as a district manager for the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association of California. During World War I, he worked for the Jewish Welfare Board.
Materials in English.

Type:

Correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 folder.

Language:

English

Identifier:

2006585248
BANC MSS 2010/504

Origin:

California

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My exciting exodus