Flora Spiegelberg papers, 1919-1975.

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Flora Spiegelberg papers, 1919-1975.

This small collection consists primarily of reminiscences of Flora Speigelberg, including original typewritten manuscripts of brief articles and published articles. Also included is a manuscript written in 1975 about Flora Spiegelberg and the Spiegelberg family, one of the region's most successful merchant families. The articles by Spielberg primarily concern life in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century including her life as a pioneer Jewish woman in Santa Fe as well as tales about the Santa Fe Trail. Other articles are about New York City where the Spiegelbergs lived after leaving New Mexico.

1 folder (46 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416027

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Spiegelberg, Flora, 1857-1943.

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Flora Spiegelberg was born Flora Langermann in New York City in 1857. She grew up in San Francisco, New York, and Germany. She married Willi Spiegelberg and moved to New Mexico in 1875. She was accepted into Santa Fe society as a member of one of its wealthiest, commercially successful families, quickly became a leading socialite and civic leader. In the 1890s she and her family relocated to New York City. She continued her active community life there, becoming a civic reformer, vocational educa...

Spiegelberg, Willi.

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Spiegelberg family.

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