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Item ID | 156573 | |||
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Accession Number | BANC MSS 2010.504 |  |
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Other Number | WJHC 1968.004 AR1 (legacy) | |
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| · Number | WJHC 1968.004 AR1 | |
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| · Type | legacy | |
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Level of description | Collection | |
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Samuel Ghinsberg | |
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Title | Samuel Ghinsberg papers | |
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Date Created | 1919-1966 | |
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Extent and Quantity | 1 folder | |
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Biographical History | 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. | |
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Scope and Content | 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. | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156573 | |
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Link to UC Berkeley OskiCat | http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b18275626~S1 |
