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Sara Cogan research files, 1969-1980.
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Sara Cogan research files, 1969-1980Creator/Contributor:
Cogan, Sara G., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1980.011.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection consists of research materials Sara Cogan gathered during her work on the three bibliographies that she published
for the Western Jewish History Center: "Pioneer Jews of the California Mother Lode, 1849-1880" (1968); "The Jews of San Francisco
and the Greater Bay Area 1849-1919" (1973); and "The Jews of Los Angeles 1849-1945" (1980). In addition to Cogan's correspondence
with members of the staff of the Judah L. Magnes Museum and others, the collection also has many copies of primary documents,
interviews, theses and index card notes, and microfilm reels containing research materials. The bulk of the materials in the
collection pertain to Cogan's research on her Los Angeles bibliography.
Date:
1969 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJews -- California -- Bibliography
Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- Bibliography
Jews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Bibliography
Juifs -- Californie -- Bibliographie
Juifs -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Bibliographie
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Bibliographie
Ethnic relations
Jews
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations -- Bibliography
California
California -- Los Angeles
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Judah L. Magnes Museum.
Western Jewish History Center.
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Western Jewish History Center
Cogan, Sara G -- Archives
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1980.011.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Sara Cogan worked as a bibliographer for the Western Jewish History Center of the Judah L. Magnes Museum from 1967 through
the mid-1970s. She compiled three annotated bibliographies during her tenure. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1939, Cogan attended
public schools in Portland, Oregon and received a B.A. From Mills College in Oakland, California in 1960. In 1966, she received
her M.L.S from UC Berkeley. She married Nathan F. Cogan and had three children. She served as reference librarian at the University
of the Pacific and on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Historical Society of Oregon.
Preferred citation: Sara Cogan research files, BANC MSS 2010/672, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
bibliographyAcademic Dissertation
Interview
correspondence.
theses.
interviews.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Archives
Bibliographies
Interviews
Interviews.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Interviews.
Physical Description:
print
1 carton, 1 box, and 1 cardfile box (1.6 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2005585982
http://magnes.org/scholars/research-information/research-request-form
http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156756
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.