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Most fortunate unfortunates : the Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans / Marlene Trestman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trestman, Marlene, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans (New Orleans, La.)--History.
- Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans (New Orleans, La.).
- Isidore Newman School--History.
- Isidore Newman School.
- Jewish orphanages--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Jewish orphanages.
- Jewish orphanages--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.
- Children--Institutional care--United States--History--20th century.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- A permanent home, 1853-1856
- First years: defining roles and rules, 1856-1861
- Civil War and federal occupation, 1861-1868
- A series of superintendents, 1868-1886
- A new home and the dream of a new school, 1887-1903
- Isidore Newman Manual Training School, 1904-1909
- Chester Teller's golden city, 1909-1911
- Rabbi Leon Volmer, 1911-1925
- Ed Lashman steers the home in a new direction, 1926-1929
- "Uncle Harry" Ginsburg takes charge, 1929-1940
- Final years, 1940-1946.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Trestman, Marlene, 1956- Most fortunate unfortunates
- ISBN:
- 9780807180877
- 0807180874
- 9780807180884
- 0807180882
- Publisher Number:
- 40031951488
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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