Samuel H. Auerbach memoir and other papers, [ca.1897-1912].

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Samuel H. Auerbach memoir and other papers, [ca.1897-1912].

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Consists primarily of memoirs of Samuel H. Auerbach, composed late in life, recounting family history, including detailed anecdotal account of youthful experiences in Germany, migration to New York, voyage to California via Panama, and life in La Porte, California, Austin, Nevada and, finally, Salt Lake City. He also recounts travel experiences in the U.S. and elsewhere. The memoir offers detailed observations on business practices and conditions, social conditions, and relations among religious groups, as well as extremely detailed physical descriptions of buildings and businesses in Salt Lake City. His son, Herbert S. Auerbach, expanded on Samuel's memoirs and incorporated a large-scale account of the history of the Mormons in Utah.

Originals : 3 boxes.Copies of Box 1, folders 11-15, Memoir and notebook of Samuel H. Auerbach : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2586) and positive.

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Auerbach, Samuel H., 1847-1920

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Samuel Hillel Auerbach, of Jewish descent, was born in Fordon am der Weichel, Germany, in 1847. In 1862 he migrated to the United States, joining his brothers in business as merchants in the California mining country, and eventually settling in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he carried on a prosperous dry goods business with his brothers. From the description of Samuel H. Auerbach memoir and other papers, [ca.1897-1912]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 86132463...

Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945

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Utah businessman. From the description of A brief history of Utah, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638662 Herbert Auerbach received degrees in mining engineering and electrometallurgy from Columbia University and became president of his family's Salt Lake City department following World War I. He was a historian by avocation and translated Father Escalante's journal, authored several articles in Western history, and was president of the Utah Historical Society's Boar...

Auerbach, Eveline Brooks, 1859-1924

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Eveline Brooks Auerbach, of Jewish descent, was the first caucasian child born in the California mining town of Timbuctoo in 1859. Her family lived as merchants in various towns and camps in the western U.S., eventually settling in Salt Lake City. In 1879 she married Samuel H. Auerbach, a German-Jewish immigrant in the dry goods business in Salt Lake City. She raised a family and lived in Salt Lake City for most of the rest of her life, residing for some periods in the eastern U.S. and in German...