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Selma Cohn papers, 1881-1971.
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Title:

Selma Cohn papers, 1881-1971

Creator/Contributor:

Cohn, Selma Ruth Miguel, 1893-1972, creator

Creator/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:

Mission High School (San Francisco, Calif.)

Creator/Contributor:

Girls' High School (San Francisco, Calif.)

Abstract:

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, Colo., and a picture postcard of Michelson's store in El Paso, Tex.

Date:

1881 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-tx -- n-us-ca
Business enterprises -- Texas -- El Paso
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
Entreprises -- Texas -- El Paso
Pratique religieuse -- Californie -- San Francisco
Éducation religieuse juive -- Californie -- San Francisco
Juives -- Californie
Jeunesse juive -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Périodiques
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906
Business enterprises
Church attendance
Jewish religious education
Jewish women
Jewish youth
California
California -- San Francisco
Texas -- El Paso
Michelson's (El Paso, Tex.)

Note:

Formerly known as Collection Number 067.
Selma Ruth Miguel was born in 1893. In 1919, she married Percy E. Cohn of Lafayette, Calif.
Materials in English.

Type:

Medals-California.
Student newspapers and periodicals-California.
Postcard.
Diaries-California.
Correspondence-California.
Financial records-California.
Photographs-California.
Prayers-California.
Periodicals.
Postcards.
Postcards.
Cartes postales.

Physical Description:

1.5 linear ft.

Language:

English

Identifier:

2006585272

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Alumnus
Mission graduate
Redwood