Guide to the Aber Family Papers
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Collection Overview | |
Creator: | Aber family |
Title: | Aber Family papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1900-1992 |
Bulk Dates: | 1943-1991 |
Size: | 0.75 linear feet |
Number of Boxes: | 2 manuscript boxes |
Abstract: | The Aber family collection primarily consists of material relating to the personal and Jewish non-profit activities of Joshua and Ita Aber of Yonkers, New York. The collection includes correspondence between the Abers and members of the Rosner family. The collection also includes a transcript of an interview with Egyptian-born Vicky Namad conducted by Ita Aber in 1982. |
Languages: | Materials are in English. |
Call No: | 1995.004 |
Finding aid encoded January, 2009
Finding aid encoded in English.
The Aber family collection primarily consists of material relating to the personal and Jewish non-profit activities of Joshua and Ita Aber of Yonkers, New York. Joshua works as a not-for-profit lawyer and Ita is an artist, textile designer and conservator and art historian.
The collection contains the memorabilia of the Abers, an American Jewish family, mainly from important dates in the family's history. It includes correspondence with members of the Rosner family. Lt. Col. Albert Rosner served in the United States military at the time and some of the letters in the collection were written while on tours of duty in Vietnam and Ethiopia. Two copies of a typescript of Rosner's autobiography as a Jewish serviceman are included in the collection. The collection also contains papers concerning Ita Aber's various projects, such as the restoration of Ellis Island. The collection also includes a transcript of an interview with Egyptian-born Vicky Namad conducted by Ita Aber in 1982. Namad belonged to a well-to-do Sephardic family from Alexandria and fled Egypt to the United States during the 1940s.
This collection has been indexed under the following terms:
Persons:Collection is available to researchers deemed to be qualified by the Archivist.
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