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Samuel G. Holcenberg papers, 1916-1957.
BANC MSS 2010/673 carton 1; BANC MSS 2010/673 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/673
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Title:
Samuel G. Holcenberg papers, 1916-1957Creator/Contributor:
Holcenberg, Samuel G., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991Creator/Contributor:
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968Creator/Contributor:
B'nai B'rith, District Grand Lodge No. 4.Creator/Contributor:
B'nai B'rith, District Grand Lodge No. 4., Anti-Defamation Committee.Creator/Contributor:
B'nai B'rith, Peninsula Lodge No. 1312 (San Mateo, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 137.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1981.006.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
Personal and professional correspondence; minutes; speeches; publications and reports; photographs; and newspaper clippings.
Also contains legal papers, many of which relate to immigration; correspondence about particular prisoners; and photographs
of San Quentin inmates; photographs of San Francisco's Golden Gate Exposition (1939); a menu for Yom Kippur from San Quentin
prison (1931); a constitution of B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 4 (1938); a report from the Grand Lodge Committee of
the Council of Lodges; administrative rules of the Anti-Defamation Committee of Lodge No. 4 (1939); bulletins of B'nai B'rith's
Peninsula Lodge, No. 1312, San Mateo (1939-1942); the wills of Samuel and Miriam Wasserman Holcenberg (1938); a birth certificate
of Moris Schneider; an English-language translation of Elvira Bauer's Bilderbuch (1936), a children's book written by the
Nazi Party; and a script of a debate between Upton Sinclair and Hamilton Fish, Jr.
Date:
1916 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- n-us-ca -- n-us-waHolcenberg, Samuel G -- Archives
Holcenberg, Miriam Wasserman -- 1903-1983 -- Will
California State Prison at San Quentin.
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.); -- Photographs
Debates and debating -- United States
Emigration and immigration
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Prisoners -- Correspondence
Prisoners -- California -- San Rafael -- Photographs
Yom Kippur
California -- Religious life and customs
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 137.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1981.006.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Samuel G. Holcenberg papers, BANC MSS 2010/673, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Attorney; (1899-1978); born in New York City; he and his family moved to the West Coast when he was a child; he became the
executive director (1926-1939) of the San Francisco-based Jewish Committee for Personal Service (JCPS). This organization
considered mentally and physically disabled Jews, as well as Jewish prison inmates, the responsibility of the Jewish community,
and it worked with them in California institutions. Under Holcenberg's leadership, the JCPS introduced new ideas into social
welfare, including an innovative rehabilitation program for young offenders. In 1940, Holcenberg joined the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds (CJFWF), as a field representative for the western states region. As such, he helped small communities
establish Jewish agencies. During years of increasing antisemitism at home and abroad, Holcenberg and the CJFWF helped convince
the leadership of the local Jewish community of its responsibility to world Jewry. In 1943, Holcenberg was appointed the executive
director of the Seattle Federation Jewish Fund and Council. During this time, he also served as the director of the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith for both the city of Seattle and the state of Washington, and he guided the public relations efforts
for both organizations. Holcenberg married Miriam Wasserman (1930), who was one of the first psychiatric caseworkers employed
by the state of California and who later was associated with San Francisco's Jewish Family Service Agency and its Homewood
Terrace.
Related papers (1957-1980) located at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Indenture, 1747 Nov. 2, between John, Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, and Benjamin Timbrell (BANC MSS 2012/129) removed
from collection and cataloged separately.
Type:
Birth certificates.Children's books.
Legal documents.
Menus.
Photographs.
Scripts.
Wills.
Physical Description:
1 carton and 1 box (1.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585544
BANC MSS 2010/673 carton 1
BANC MSS 2010/673 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/673
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.