Henry Cohn papers, 1852-1953.

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Henry Cohn papers, 1852-1953.

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The collection contains personal documents, including a copy of Henry (Heiman) Cohn's birth certificate, a certificate of his apprenticeship as a furrier (both in the German language), a document from New York City attesting to Henry being a Master Mason (1854), a California gold bullion receipt, and Cohn's passport (1861). The collection also contains photographs of Henry and members of his family, genealogical information about Cohn's family, and copies of English and Hebrew translations of Cohn's Jugenderinnerungen (i.e. Recollections of My Youth), in which he describes his days at Poker Flat and St. Louis, California.

1 box and 1 oversize folder (.2 linear feet)

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Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Freemasons. Saint Louis (Sierra County, Calif.) Saint Louis Lodge no. 86.

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Online Archive of California

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Judah L. Magnes Museum

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Western Jewish History Center

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The Western Jewish History Center (WJHC), a research center based around a library and large archive, was founded in 1967. It is part of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, located in Berkeley, Calif. Its mission is to collect and preserve materials documenting the history of the Jewish community in the western United States. To that end, it has collected a large number of organizational records; personal papers and correspondence; audiotapes; and photographs, graphic art, and motion picture films. It h...

Cohn, Henry, 1831-1915.

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Henry Cohn was born in 1831 in Dobrzyn, a town on the Polish-Prussian border. He came to the United States in 1852 and settled in Saint Louis, California and Poker Flat, California, both of which are located in the Gold Country of California. Cohn became an American citizen in Downieville, California and operated a store in Poker Flat between 1857 and 1863. He was a freemason and member of Saint Louis Lodge No. 86. Henry returned to Germany in 1864 and remained there until his death in 1915. Som...