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Letters and Memoir, 1908-1917, 1940-1944.
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript ARC MS51
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Boonin Family.
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Russian
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Jews, Belarusian--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
- Jews, Belarusian.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of Harry Boonin, 2000.
- Physical Description:
- 4 boxes
- Other Title:
- Boonin Family Letters and Memoir.
- Place of Publication:
- 1908-1917, 1940-1944.
- Language Note:
- In Yiddish, Russian, Hebrew, and English.
- Biography/History:
- The Boonin family emigrated from Slutsk, Belarus to Philadelphia in 1917.
- Summary:
- The letters, dealing with the family's emigration from Slutsk, date from 1908 to 1917 and were kept by Mendell Boonin, author of the family's memoir.
- OCLC:
- 122490008
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