Alch family photographs
Collection Overview
Folder of biographical information on the Solomon Brown Alch family including birth, death and marriage dates; color photocopies of Alch family photographs (1910s-1990s); includes original wedding photograph (1928) of Joe Brown Alch and Rose Berloe; photocopies of Alch family news clippings (1930s-1950s) include mentions (1932) of Ted Brown Alch's involvement as Master of Ceremonies at a New Jersey Marathon Dance Contest; Private Jerry Alch's participation as an emcee for military functions, ca. 1940s; Ted Brown Alch's death, 1952.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1940s
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Both originally from Lithuania, Solomon Brown Alch (1880-1953) and Anna Levine (1881-1948) met in Manchester, England, and were married in 1901. Two of their thirteen children were born in Manchester. The Alch family immigrated to the United States in 1904 and had eleven more children. The family lived in Boston, Massachusetts, for several years and settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1913. Their tenth child, Jerome Alch, moved to Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife Gladys during the 1990s.
Extent
61 items
Language of Materials
English
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated by Gladys Alch.
Subject
- Alch family (Family)
- Alch, Jerome B., 1914-1997 (Person)
- Alch, Ted Brown, 1902-1950 (Person)
Source
- Alch, Gladys (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Alch Family Photographs, 1920-1940s
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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