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Samuel H. Auerbach memoir and other papers, [ca. 1897-1912].
BANC MSS 92/758 cpLOCALBANC FILM 2321LOCAL
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Title:
Samuel H. Auerbach memoir and other papers, [ca. 1897-1912]Creator/Contributor:
Auerbach, Samuel H., 1847-1920, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945Abstract:
Consists primarily of memoirs of Samuel H. Auerbach, composed late in life, recounting family history, including detailed
anecdotal account of youthful experiences in Germany, migration to New York, voyage to California via Panama, and life in
La Porte, California, Austin, Nevada and, finally, Salt Lake City. He also recounts travel experiences in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The memoir offers detailed observations on business practices and conditions, social conditions, and relations among religious
groups, as well as extremely detailed physical descriptions of buildings and businesses in Salt Lake City. His son, Herbert
S. Auerbach, expanded on Samuel's memoirs and incorporated a large-scale account of the history of the Mormons in Utah.
Date:
1897 (issued)Subject:
n-us-utJews, American -- Utah
Juifs américains -- Utah
Jews, American
Utah -- Biography
Utah -- History
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
Utah -- Biographies
Utah -- Histoire
Utah
Utah -- Salt Lake City
Auerbach, Eveline Brooks -- 1859-1924
Auerbach, Eveline Brooks -- 1859-1924
Note:
Copies of Box 1, folders 11-15, Memoir and notebook of Samuel H. Auerbach : Also available on microfilm with call number BANC
FILM 2321.
Memoir edited and published as: Utah pioneer merchant, the memoirs of Samuel H. Auerbach. Berkeley : Bancroft Library, 1998.
The Bancroft Library also holds the Eveline Brooks Auerbach memoir and other papers (BANC MSS 92/757 p).
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1992.047--PIC).
Samuel Hillel Auerbach, of Jewish descent, was born in Fordon am der Weichel, Germany, in 1847. In 1862 he migrated to the
United States, joining his brothers in business as merchants in the California mining country, and eventually settling in
Salt Lake City, Utah, where he carried on a prosperous dry goods business with his brothers.
In English and German.
Type:
Biographies.History.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
3 boxes
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2586) and positive
Language:
English
German
Identifier:
BANC MSS 92/758 cpLOCAL
BANC FILM 2321LOCAL