Dr. Jack W. Goldenkranz papers, 1875-1983.

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Dr. Jack W. Goldenkranz papers, 1875-1983.

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The collection includes correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, newsletters, speeches, pamphlets, brochures, certificates, convention badges, and awards. Papers include meeting notices and miscellaneous correspondence of the New York Fireman's Cycle Club, 1967-1980 and records of fire alarms in the Bronx, 1875-1921. Newsletters include Tuesday, issued by the Bronx Rotary Club, Fire Department orders (New York Fire Dept.), and those of the Fire Bell Club and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Organized into 5 series: I. Correspondence and printed material. II. Photograph albums. III. Framed photographs. IV. Awards. V. Oversize photograph albums and scrapbooks. The bulk of the photographs falls in the period 1920-1982; the bulk of the correspondence and other papers, 1942-1982.

ca. 4.5 cubic ft.

Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library

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Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library

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New York (N.Y.). Fire Department

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Goldenkranz, Jack W.

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Born in 1897, Goldenkranz was a physician, fire buff, and member of the Bronx Rotary Club (president, 1970-1971). During World War II, he was a physician in the army, serving at military hospitals in Texas and Virginia, attaining the rank of major. He arranged for a set of fire bells to be installed in his office and home, and would rush to the scene of fires, offering medical assistance to firemen and civilians free of charge. He created the Goldenkranz Award for valor (awarded annually to a fi...