Kagan Family
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Kagan Family Papers
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