Zellerbach family papers 1887-1980

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Zellerbach family papers 1887-1980

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The collection consists of Zellerbach family papers, photographs, and home movies. Included are materials from Isidore and Jennie (Baruh) Zellerbach, Harold and Doris (Joseph) Zellerbach, J.D. and Hannah (Fuld) Zellerbach, Claire Zellerbach Saroni, and Stephen A. and Merla (Burstein) Zellerbach. Family papers relating to Isidore Zellerbach include files on his estate and five bound volumes: three "In Memoriam" volumes of condolence letters sent in the wake of Isidore's death in 1941; one volume of materials relating to the 1938 celebration of Isidore's 50th anniversary with Crown Zellerbach; and one volume of Christmas holiday greetings received by Isidore. Stephen A. Zellerbach's files in the collection consist of materials from his childhood, his college years, his time in the U.S. Navy, his marriage, and his tenure at the Zellerbach Paper Company. Photographs and pictorial items in the collection include images of Anthony Zellerbach, Isidore and Jennie, Harold and Doris, J.D. Zellerbach (especially in his role as Ambassador to Italy in the late 1950s), Stephen A. and Merla, and other members of the Zellerbach, Saroni, and Baruh families. In addition, the collection includes documents, blueprints, a scrapbook, photographs and a photo album relating to Isidore Zellerbach's yacht, Janidore (and other Zellerbach family vessels), as well as Zellerbach family home movies (16mm and 8mm), dating back to the late 1920s.

5 cartons and 2 oversize boxes (6.4 linear feet)

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Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life The Bancroft Library

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Zellerbach, Harold

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Zellerbach, Jennie (Baruh). 1940-1965.

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Zellerbach Paper Company

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Saroni, Claire (Zellerbach)

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Zellerbach, Merla (Burstein)

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Zellerbach, Anthony, 1832-1911

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Zellerbach was German-born businessman who immigrated to Philadelphia, and then to Calif. with his brother, Marks Zellerbach, settling in 1856 in Moore's Flat, Nevada County. Here they engaged in several business enterprises together, including a banking house called Marks & Company, and a water ditch company. After these businesses failed, Anthony Zellerbach and his family relocated to San Francisco in 1868, where he began his paper distribution company which eventually developed into Crown...

Zellerbach, James David, 1892-1963

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The European Recovery Program (ERP), better known later as the Marshall Plan (1948-1952), was created to help rebuild Europe following World War II. James David Zellerbach was the Chief of the ERP mission to Italy from 1948-1950. From the description of James David Zellerbach papers : relating to the European Recovery Program mission to Italy, 1948-1950. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 69104929 ...

Zellerbach, Richard

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Zellerbach, Stephen A. 1927-

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Zellerbach family

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Biography Anthony Zellerbach (1832-1911) was born in Bavaria and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1840s. He initially lived in Philadelphia but came to San Francisco via the isthmus of Panama in 1856. He settled in Moores Flat, California (a Gold Rush town). In March of 1863, he married Theresa Mohr (b. 1840). The couple would have nine children (Jacob, Isadore, Henry, Edward, Eugene, Bella, Lillian, Hazel, and Arthur). Isidore Zell...

Zellerbach, Doris (Joseph)

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Zellerbach, Isidore. 1866-1941.

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