Box Special Collections Oversize Box 5

Scope and Contents

Includes a class 2 slaughterer license, and certificates from The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (renamed Shriners International), and the Scottish Rite of the Freemasons.

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Peggy's materials focus on her education and career in Judaica librarianship and at the Library of Congress through awards, publications, correspondence, and ephemera. Also included are audiovisual materials including lectures, presentations, and interviews. Also included are a few family artifacts.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Assorted family photographs and personal and legal papers relating to Solomon Heydenfeldt, first elected justice and first Jewish justice to the Supreme Court of California. Papers consist primarily of approximately 350 black and white photographs, mostly from the turn of the century of family and friends related to the Heydenfeldts. Some are identified; many are not. Papers also include clippings related to the Heydenfeldt family, newspapers containing birth announcements, genealogical...

Collection Overview From the Collection: Assorted family photographs and personal and legal papers relating to Solomon Heydenfeldt, first elected justice and first Jewish justice to the Supreme Court of California. Papers consist primarily of approximately 350 black and white photographs, mostly from the turn of the century of family and friends related to the Heydenfeldts. Some are identified; many are not. Papers also include clippings related to the Heydenfeldt family, newspapers containing birth announcements, genealogical...

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The third series contains the papers of Dr. Wendell M. Levi Jr. and includes a few legal and military documents, correspondence, photographs, publications, diplomas and awards reflecting his education and accomplishments, and his interest in pigeons. Also present is his memoir, Fifty Yeras of Surgery in both draft and final published form.

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The final small series consists of documents related to the Palmetto Pigeon Plant, said to have been the largest squab farm in the world at one time. Wendell Levi Sr. founded it with his partner Harold Moise in 1923. and Jr. were instrumental in the operation of the plant. Clippings and photographs comprise most of the series, but there are also some legal and organizational documents as well.

Series Overview From the Series: The first series focuses on genealogical documents and historical records collected by various family members, tracing the family history of the Levi, D'Ancona, and Greenwald/Gruenwald families. It consists of many clippings and photocopies of legal legal documents as well as a large variety of photographs. Writings by and correspondence between various family members is also represented. In addition, artistic portraits, including some of considerable size, and 18th and 19th century books...

Series Overview From the Series: The first series focuses on genealogical documents and historical records collected by various family members, tracing the family history of the Levi, D'Ancona, and Greenwald/Gruenwald families. It consists of many clippings and photocopies of legal legal documents as well as a large variety of photographs. Writings by and correspondence between various family members is also represented. In addition, artistic portraits, including some of considerable size, and 18th and 19th century books...

Series Overview From the Series: The first series focuses on genealogical documents and historical records collected by various family members, tracing the family history of the Levi, D'Ancona, and Greenwald/Gruenwald families. It consists of many clippings and photocopies of legal legal documents as well as a large variety of photographs. Writings by and correspondence between various family members is also represented. In addition, artistic portraits, including some of considerable size, and 18th and 19th century books...

Series Overview From the Series: The second series contains documents related to Wendell M. Levi Sr., including those reflecting his education, military service, and civic participation. The bulk of the contents documents his lifelong interest in pigeons. Among these are various writings, publications, and books published by both Levi and his friends. Most correspondence is on the subject of pigeons, and is accompanied by a wide array of scrapbooks/albums and other graphic images of pigeons. Also included are many clippings...