Papers, 1855-1976.

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Papers, 1855-1976.

Correspondence, certificates, testimonials, newspaper articles, and speeches which reflect Hilborn's deep yet diversified communal involvement in both the Jewish and general communities of New York City and Los Angeles, his years as an attorney, and the respect and devotion given Hilborn by community leaders and personal friends. Also includes transcript of an oral interview with Hilborn (1973) and documents and letters of Hilborn's father, Jacob Hilborn, and miscellaneous documents and papers belonging to his grandfather, Julius Heilborn. Correspondents include Stephen S. Wise.

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Hilborn, Walter S. (Walter Stern)

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Lawyer, community leader, and philanthropist, of New York, N.Y., and Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 1879; d. 1976. From the description of Papers, 1855-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133798 Lawyer, community leader, and philanthropist, of New York, N.Y., and Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 1879 in Boston, Mass.; d. 1976. From the description of Walter Hilborn papers, 1916-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 252135077 ...

Hilborn, Jacob

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Hilborn, Julius

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...