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Silberman family papers and photographs, circa 1870-1940.
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Silberman family papers and photographs, circa 1870-1940Creator/Contributor:
Silberman, Lou H., 1890-1979Creator/Contributor:
Silberman, Lou, 1915-1996Creator/Contributor:
Mueller, Myrtle, 1893-Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2009.7.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Abstract:
Consists of vital documents and photographs of the families of Lou Silberman and Myrtle Mueller. Included are a marriage license
for Lou Silberman and Myrtle Mueller, birth certificates, an 1879 naturalization certificate for Albert Mueller (Myrtle's
father), an 1888 invitation to the San Francisco wedding of Albert Mueller and Augusta Ash, and a folder of correspondence
and Boy Scouts material from Lou H. Silberman, Jr. Among the photographs are portraits of Aaron and Louisa Mueller (parents
of Albert), Albert and Augusta Ash Mueller (parents of Myrtle), Jacob and Minna Kadish Ash (grandparents of Myrtle), Esther
Rosenblatt Silberman (mother of Lou H. Silberman) and some unidentified family snapshots.
Date:
1870 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJewish families -- California -- San Francisco
Familles juives -- Californie -- San Francisco
Jewish families
California -- San Francisco
Silberman family -- Archives
Mueller family
Ash family
Mueller, Albert -- 1856-1937
Ash family
Mueller family
Silberman family
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number 2009.7.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Prayer books transferred to the museum holdings of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life for separate handling and
cataloging.
Lou H. Silberman was born in 1890 in Ohio. He married Myrtle Mueller, daughter of Albert and Augusta Mueller of San Francisco.
Albert Mueller came to San Francisco in the early 1880s and established one of the largest cloak and suit manufacturing companies
in the Western United States. Lou H. Silberman, Jr., son of Lou H. and Myrtle Silberman, was born in San Francisco in 1914
and became a prominent scholar of the Hebrew Bible. He taught Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University from 1952 to 1980.
Preferred citation: Silberman family papers and photographs, BANC MSS 2010/621, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Photographfamily papers.
photographs.
naturalization records.
marriage certificates.
Photographs
Archives
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.