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Kagan, Chana Lippmann (Anna), 1877-1944

 Person

Biography

Chana (Anna) Lippmann Kagan was born in Dwinsk, Russia in 1887 and died in New York in 1944. Her son Paul Kagan was born in 1903 in Petrograd, Russia and they moved to Paris in 1905. Her son Alexander Kagan was born in Paris in 1906. The family came to New York in 1922.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Box 6, 1895-1954

 File — Box B187.04.0006: Series B187.04 [Barcode: U186020759297]
Identifier: B187.04.0006
Abstract

(3) file folders include: correspondence, documents, and personal papers. Green velvet book containing ''writers'' from Alexander Kagan to his family and correspondence of the Kagan family.

Dates: 1895-1954

Correspondece, 1913-1935

 File
Identifier: B187.04.0006.0002
Scope and Contents

Contains postcards and letters to Anna Kagan in Paris and New York.

Dates: 1913-1935

Documents, 1895-1936

 File
Identifier: B187.04.0006.0003
Scope and Contents

Folder contains identity papers, work documents, passports, immigration papers, Air Force documents, naturalization papers, and 1938 Nakhshon Limited shares from Haifa.

Dates: 1895-1936

Kagan Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B187
Abstract Alexander Kagan was born in Paris, France in 1906 to Russian parents. At the age of 14, Alexander began work as a fabric and jewelry designer. He came to the United States in 1922 with his mother Chana (Anna) and his brother Haim Persah (Paul). He worked as a fabric designer in New York and in 1930 he became a US citizen. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver in 1954 and died in the Denver area in 1994....
Dates: 1895-1980

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Archival Object 3
Collection 1
 
Subject
Immigrants 2
Jewish families 2
Paris (France) 2
Aviation mechanics (Persons) 1
Correspondence 1