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| Genre/Form: | Photographs Scrapbooks Wedding books Archives |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Levy family; Goodman family; Parez Levy; Aaron Goodman; Estelle Goodman Levy; Amelia Levy Lemmon; Guy Lemmon |
| Document Type: | Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | Western Jewish History Center.; Judah L. Magnes Museum.; Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. |
| OCLC Number: | 764674893 |
| Notes: | Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 184. Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1972.003. |
| Description: | 11 cartons and 10 oversize boxes (14.6 linear feet) |
| Other Titles: | My Parents, Joseph Hillel Goodman and Sarah Rothschild Goodman. In the Beginning: The Jewish Community of El Paso Texas. |
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Abstract:
The collection contains the following: a few items relating the life of Parez Levy in Tennessee, including a scrapbook and a Masonic certificate; items relating to the life of Aaron Goodman in El Paso, Texas, including family scrapbooks with documents and correspondence from Aaron's Lion Grocery Company and an 1889 legal document (in Spanish) relating to a Goodman's interests in a mine in Juarez; the handwritten diaries of Estelle Goodman Levy (Aaron's daughter); a wedding book and marriage certificate from the wedding of Estelle Goodman and Charles Levy; a number of scrapbooks documenting the life of Estelle Goodman Levy in El Paso; and a significant number of items relating to the life of Amelia Levy Lemmon, including 48 scrapbooks and photo albums dating from Amelia's school years through 2003. These document Amelia's experience at UC Berkeley and in the San Francisco Bay Area, her activities in the Sisterhood of Oakland's Temple Sinai and in the Brandeis University National Women's Committee, and her travels around the world. Amelia's childhood is also documented in the Goodman family scrapbooks in the collection. The collection includes genealogical information about members of the Goodman, Levy, Frank, Lederer, Baruch, Brandt, Schenck, and Sattinger families. Also included are some historical writings, including "My Parents, Joseph Hillel Goodman and Sarah Rothschild Goodman" by Isidore B. Goodman and "In the Beginning: The Jewish Community of El Paso Texas" by Fanny Sattinger Goodman.
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Related Subjects:(21)
- Levy family -- Archives.
- Goodman family -- Archives.
- Levy, Parez.
- Goodman, Aaron.
- Levy, Estelle Goodman -- Diaries.
- Lemmon, Amelia Levy.
- Lemmon, Guy.
- El Paso Grocery Company.
- Brandeis University. -- National Women's Committee.
- Temple Sinai (Oakland, Calif.). -- Sisterhood.
- Temple Sinai (El Paso, Tex.). -- Sisterhood.
- Woman's Club of El Paso.
- National Council of Jewish Women.
- Cloudcraft Baby Sanitarium.
- University of California, Berkeley.
- California Institute of Technology.
- El Paso High School.
- Jews -- Texas -- El Paso.
- Jewish women -- Texas -- El Paso.
- Jewish merchants -- Texas -- El Paso.
- Jewish merchants -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
