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Altman and Spiewak Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-831
Abstract
The Altman and Spiewak Family Papers primarily document the Altman family of Boston through the lens of Barbara Altman Spiewak. Frank and Ethel Task Altman raised their children, Barbara and Stanley, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Barbara was a graduate of Simmons College and was a librarian in the Boston area. This collection includes Frank Altman’s Navy records, baby books, yearbooks, family photographs and a memoir written by Barbara Altman Spiewak. It also includes a memoir written by Robert...
Dates:
undated, 1920-1985
Philip W. Lown Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-162
Abstract
Philip W. Lown was a businessman, philanthropist, and leading figure in the Jewish Community. In 1926, he became a joint owner of the Pilgrim Shoe Company in Auburn, Maine, and later president of Penobscot Shoe Company and Lown Shoes Inc. Starting in 1937 and up to his death, Lown worked philanthropically within the Jewish community, most notably in Jewish education. He served on such boards as the American Association for Jewish Education, the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations, and the World...
Dates:
undated, 1913-1975
Stanley Canner Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-731
Abstract
Stanley Canner was a 24 year old pilot in World War II, when his plane was shot down over Normandy on July 14, 1944. Canner, along with Alfred Sutkowski from Portland, Connecticut and Russell Leith of Australia were rescued by members of the French underground, and were hidden in a farmhouse owned by Jean and Renee Renault. The couple hid the three soldiers for six weeks, until they were liberated by the Canadian Allied Forces. This collection includes his book, Missing...
Dates:
undated, 1943-1988
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- Girls’ Latin School (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982 1
- Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 1
- Kallen, Horace M. 1
- Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 1
- Konvitz, Milton R. (Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003 1
- Lown, Philip W., 1890- 1
- Maine Jewish Council 1
- Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 1
- Simmons College (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Sonneborn, R. G. (Rudolf Goldschmidt), 1898- 1
- Spiewak, Barbara Altman 1
- Spiewak, Murray, 1906-1985 1
- Spiewak, Philip, 1871- 1
- Spiewak, Robert, 1896- 1
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