Zivin, Edna Kean, 1906-2000
Biography
b. 1906 June 20, d. 2000 June 27
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Box 10, 1879-2008
(10) file folders include: Bennett M. Wayne, Frank and Marion Weinberg, Herman Weinberg, Jacob Weinberger, Joseph Weitz, Rabbi Martin M. Weitz, Freda and Charles Wenger, Morey and Georgia Wolfson, Max Zall, Edna Kean Zivin.
Edna and Morris Zivin, 1978 January 7
Edna and Morris Zivin sit together in a living room.
Edna Kean Zivin, 1949-1979
Edna Kean was born June 20, 1906 to Max and Millie Kean, immigrants from Russia, and married Morris Zivin in Denver. She was very active in the Ladies Auxiliary of Beth Israel Hospital and volunteered with them for many years prior to her death on June 27, 2000.
Edna Zivin and Children Norma and Larry Zivin, 1938
Edna Zivin poses with her children Norma and Larry for a studio portrait.
Max and Millie Kean, 1908
Max and Millie Kean and their daughter Edna pose for a studio portrait.
Oral History Interview with Edna Zivin, 1982 December 16
Begins talking about how father came to Philadelphia from Russia, then to Denver in 1901 and worked as a tailor. Mother came as a governess from Poland. Father a unionist and mother a suffragette. Yiddish speaking home, went to East high, talks about work life, marriage, children and financial hardships.
Zivin and Joselewitz Families Correspondence
The Zivin and Joselewitz were Russian Jewish immigrant families who settled in Denver, Colorado. Collection contains correspondence, playing cards, news clippings, and Russian booklets related to the Zivin and Joselewitz families from 1900.
Zivin Family, circa 1945
Left to right: Larry, Morris, Norma, and Edna Zivin pose together outside a stone building. Morris Zivin wears a World War II United States Army uniform.
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