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Marinoff, Jacob, 1869-1964

 Person

Biography

Jacob Marinoff was a founder and the first superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium in 1906. He served as the field secretary for four years, doing press and propaganda work in Yiddish. He was also involved in The Sanatorium, a journal from the JCRS Press and Propaganda Committee. Jacob Marinoff was born in Russia in 1869 and immigrated to the United States in 1893. He came to Denver in 1895. He married May Charsky, the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, in 1899. They were divorced and Jacob Marinoff went to the New York JCRS office in 1909. In New York he collected money for the JCRS from Jewish fraternal orders, unions, ladies' auxiliaries, and many more sources. After he moved to New York, he began publication of the “Big Stick,” a Jewish magazine of satire, humor, and cartoons, which he operated for 19 years. The magazine included such authors as Sholom Aleichem, Sholem Asch, I. J. Singer and Alexander King. Jacob Marinoff also wrote many volumes of poetry and prose in Yiddish. In 1948, he returned to the JCRS in Denver for the 25th anniversary. He died in 1964 at the age of 94 in the Bronx, New York.

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, 1906 June 25

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0097.0163.00002
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, on June 25, 1906. The letter informs Mr. Marinoff that Mr. Isaac Goldstein will take his meals at the Sanatorium until further orders. The letter is not signed, but "Secretary" is typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 June 25

Letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, 1906 July 11

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0169.00004
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, on July 11, 1906. The letter instructs Mr. Marinoff to admit Mr. Litman to board only (underlined). The letter is not signed, but "Secretary" is typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 July 11

Letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, 1906 July 2

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0175.00002
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, on July 2, 1906. The letter requests to admit the bearer, Mrs. B. Lipman (Mrs. Lizzie Lippman), to the Sanatorium. The letter is not signed, but "Secretary" is typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 July 2

Letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, 1906 July 17

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0159.00010
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Mr. J. Marinoff, on July 17, 1906. The letter instructs JCRS to admit Philip Stern to the Sanatorium. The letter is not signed, but "Secretary" is typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 July 17

Letter from JCRS to Mr. Jacob Marinoff, 1906 November 5

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0210.00008
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Mr. Jacob Marinoff, on 5th, November 1906. The letter informs Mr. Marinoff that Mr. Abe Fishman has been admitted to the Sanatorium. The letter is not signed, but "Secretary" is typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 November 5

Letter from Joseph Barondess to Dr. C. D. Spivak, 1906 October 23

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0193.00007
Abstract

Typed letter from Joseph Barondess to Dr. C. D. Spivak, on Oct. 23rd, 1906. The letter informs Dr. Spivak that he is glad Mr. Perlman is improving. The letter concludes with informing Dr. Spivak that Mr. Barondess has promised Mr. Marrinoff (Mr. Marinoff) that after election time, Mr. Barondess will go out and hustle for some money for the institution. The letter is signed Jos. Barondess.

Dates: 1906 October 23

Marinoff Family, 1893

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Identifier: B420.01.0001.0002.00002
Abstract The photograph shows Meyer Marinoff, his second wife Schonechaya, her daughter Sarah at the left of the photograph, and the children of Meyer and his first wife Leah Marinoff. The children of Meyer and Leah Marinoff identified in the photograph are Israel (Mike), Jacob, Louis, Sam and Fania. Leah Marinoff died shortly after Fania was born. A women in the photograph is identified as Libby. The Marinoffs in the photograph immigrated to Boston in the mid 1890s. Fania Marinoff was orphaned at...
Dates: 1893

Marinoff Papers, 1913-1970

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Identifier: B420.01.0001.0004
Abstract

The folder contains a 1913 letter from Jacob Marinoff to Dr. Spivak, articles, a poem, a certificate for donations to a hospital when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, and a letter to a Marinoff in Pennsylvania about Fania and her husband's estate.

Dates: 1913-1970

Photographs of Jacob (Jack) Marinoff, circa 1915 - 1948

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Identifier: B420.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Contains seven photographs of Jacob Marinoff.

Dates: circa 1915 - 1948