Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico Collection

Collection

Identifier: B374

Staff Only

Abstract

The booklets are the product of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society's Jewish Pioneer Oral History Video Archive Project, conducted in partnership with the Department of History and the Center for Regional Studies at the University of New Mexico. The booklets are composed of recollections of the family members. The "Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico" (2003) is an exhibit catalogue from an exhibit at the Museum of New Mexico.

Dates

2003-2015

Creator

New Mexico Jewish Historical Society (Organization)

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 letter document box) : 15 booklets and 1 museum exhibit book "Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico.".

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

There are 15 booklets on Jewish families in New Mexico. The families included are Goldsmith, Herzstein, Danoff, Gusdorf, Ilfeld, Nordhaus, Moise, Ravel, Seligman, Spiegelberg, Taichert, Wertheim family of Fort Sumner, Wertheim, Vorenberg, Freudenthal, Lesinsky, Solomon, Loewenstern, Mandell, Weiller, Benjamin, and Dreyfuss. There is also an exhibition catalog from a 2003 exhibit at the Museum of New Mexico: "Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico, 1821-1917."