Isaac Meyers papers, 1904-1959.

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Isaac Meyers papers, 1904-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74983534

The collection consists of correspondence, a travel diary (1959), miscellaneous papers, and photographs. The correspondence of Isaac Meyers and his wife-to-be, Annie (Khanka), illustrates how two members of an anarchist group were able to immigrate to the U.S. without money or friends and make a secure place for themselves and their daughter Ida (Kheike).

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Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8125135

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Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Meyers, Ida

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Meyers, Annie

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Online Archive of California

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Judah L. Magnes Museum

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Meyers, Isaac

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In 1906, Isaac Meyer Handelsman (later Isaac Meyers) emigrated from London, England to Montreal, Canada. By 1908, Meyers was in Warren, Michigan, where he worked as a farmer. Eventually, he made his way west to California and, in 1928, his name appears as Isaac Meyers on a Workmen's Circle Camp lease in San Bernardino County, California. From the description of Isaac Meyers papers, 1904-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74983534 From the description of Isaac Meyers papers...

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...