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Samuel Ghinsberg papers, 1919-1966.
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Title:
Samuel Ghinsberg papers, 1919-1966Creator/Contributor:
Ghinsberg, Samuel., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 104.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1968.004.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
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:
ee----- -- n-us-ca -- n-us--- -- e-rm--- -- e-ur---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.
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