Fred Phillips family papers and photographs, circa 1900-1970.

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Fred Phillips family papers and photographs, circa 1900-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773308939

The collection includes genealogical information about the Wartelsky and Benioff families, materials relating to Fred Phillips' campaigns and work as a Nevada State Assemblyman (including scrapbooks documenting his political and civic activities), materials relating to Webster Phillips' service in World War II (including a series of letters from Webster to his mother Ida in 1944 and 1945), and a large series of family photographs. Among these photos are some depicting Fred Phillips' life and work in San Francisco during the 1910s, photos of Fred Phillips serving in the Army in Texas in 1904, photos of the groundbreaking for Reno's Temple Emanu-El in 1921, photos of Phillips doing the work of a Nevada State Assemblyman, and photos of the Phillips family in Reno during the 1920s and 1930s.

1 carton, 2 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder (2.2 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8191881

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Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Phillips, Webster

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Wartelsky family.

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Benioff family.

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Judah L. Magnes Museum

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Benioff, Ida d. 1949.

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Phillips, Ethel

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Phillips, Fred, 1882-1944.

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Fred Phillips was born in 1882 into the Wartelsky family, which immigrated to the United States from Russia around the turn of the century. Fred Phillips, who in 1904 went by the name Phillip Bottelsky, seems to have lived first with his father in Chicago. In 1905, Phillip Bottelsky enlisted in the United States Army (and served in Company G of the 26th Infantry). In 1906, he officially changed his name to Fred Phillips. By the 1910s, Phillips had relocated to San Francisco, where he lived with ...