Harris (Jennie) papers, 1902-1972

Born in Vilna, Lithuania; immigrated to the U.S. and lived briefly in San Francisco, before settling in Oakland (1903). She went to work at an early age to help support her family.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Harris, Jennie, 1893-1973
Size: 
1 box (.2 linear feet)
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/643
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
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Magnes ALM Database record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Open to researchers. Stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.

Helbing (August) political campaign ephemera and obituary, 1892, 1896.

August Helbing was born in Munich, Germany in 1823 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1844.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Helbing, August, 1823-1896
Size: 
1 folder.
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/530
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full Record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
Collection Database Links: 
Magnes ALM Database Record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Open to researchers. Stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.

Heyman (Agnes) papers, 1978-1992.

Agnes Heyman was born in Czechoslovakia in 1923 and was a Holocaust survivor.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Heyman, Agnes
Size: 
1 folder.
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/535
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full Record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
Collection Database Links: 
Magnes ALM Database Record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Open to researchers. Stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.

Hirsch (Samuel) family papers and photographs, circa 1890-1983

Samuel Hirsch was an orthodox rabbi and educator who was the son of another San Francisco rabbi, Mayer Hirsch.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Hirsch, Samuel, 1902-1985
Size: 
4 boxes and 1 oversize folder (1.6 linear feet)
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/738
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
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Magnes ALM Database record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Collection is being processed and is not currently accessible

Johanna Mayer Hirschfelder letter, 1856

Collection Information

Author / Creator: 
Hirschfelder, Johanna Mayer, 1831-1869.
Size: 
1 oversize folder
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/718
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
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Magnes ALM Database record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Open to researchers

Hoffman (Seligman) citizenship document, 1851

Seligman Hoffman emigrated from Germany to the U.S. He first settled in North Carolina, where he became an American citizen.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Hoffman, Seligman
Size: 
1 folder
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/558
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
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Magnes ALM Database record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Open to researchers

Holcenberg (Samuel G.) papers, 1747, 1916-1957

Samuel G.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Holcenberg, Samuel G.
Size: 
2 linear ft. (3 document boxes and oversize items)
Collection #: 
WJHC 1981.006 AR1
Dates: 
1747 - 1957
Links
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Link to Magnes ALM Database record for WJHC 1981.006 AR1
Collection Database Links: 
Full record at UC Berkeley OskiCat
Repository: 
Magnes Collections, Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
The Bancroft Library

Hyman (Hyman Wolf) papers, 1873-1877

Contains an 1873 San Francisco ketubah and marriage certificate for Hyman Wolf Hyman and Rose Friedlander in oversize folder

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Hyman, Hyman Wolf
Size: 
1 folder and 1 oversize folder
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/505
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full Record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
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Magnes ALM Database Record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Access: 
Open to researchers.

Luzzatto (Samuel David and Isaia) papers

Samuel David Luzzatto (also known under the acronym of SHaDaL, Heb.

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Luzzatto, Samuel David
Author / Creator: 
Luzzatto, Isaia
Size: 
.5 Linear feet (2 half-size document boxes; 367 items)
Collection #: 
LIB 91.18
Dates: 
1812 - 1894
Place of Creation/Publication: 
Italy
Location: 

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Links
Collection Database Links: 
Magnesalm.org record
Collection Database Links: 
Online Archive of California finding aid
Repository: 
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Access: 
Collection is being processed and is not currently accessible

Israel Golden Gate Lodge records, 1907-1942

Also known as Chevra Kadusha, Israel Golden Gate Lodge in Oakland, California was founded in 1886 to provide its members and

Collection Information
Author / Creator: 
Israel Golden Gate Lodge (Oakland, Calif.)
Size: 
2 boxes (.8 linear feet)
Collection #: 
BANC MSS 2010/611
Links
Collection Database Links: 
Full Record in UC Berkeley's Oskicat
Collection Database Links: 
Magnes ALM Database Record
Repository: 
Bancroft Library
Access: 
Open to researchers. Stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.