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Isaac Meyers papers, 1904-1959.
BANC MSS 2010/668 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/668
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Title:
Isaac Meyers papers, 1904-1959Creator/Contributor:
Meyers, Isaac., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 209.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1971.013.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, a travel diary (1959), miscellaneous papers, and photographs. The correspondence
of Isaac Meyers and his wife-to-be, Annie (Khanka), illustrates how two members of an anarchist group were able to immigrate
to the U.S. without money or friends and make a secure place for themselves and their daughter Ida (Kheike).
Date:
1904 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- e------ -- n-us---Meyers, Isaac -- Archives
Meyers, Annie -- Correspondence
Meyers, Ida
Jewish anarchists -- California
Voyages and travels
Europe -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 209.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1971.013.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Isaac Meyers papers, BANC MSS 2010/668, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
In 1906, Isaac Meyer Handelsman (later Isaac Meyers) emigrated from London, England to Montreal, Canada. By 1908, Meyers was
in Warren, Michigan, where he worked as a farmer. Eventually, he made his way west to California and, in 1928, his name appears
as Isaac Meyers on a Workmen's Circle Camp lease in San Bernardino County, California.
Primarily in Yiddish, with translations into English.
Type:
Business records-California.Diaries-California.
Correspondence-California.
Photographs-California.
Physical Description:
1 box (.4 linear feet)
Language:
yid
English
Identifier:
2006585269
BANC MSS 2010/668 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/668
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.