Loewentheil Family and Brevda Family Genealogy
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a family member-written biographical and narrative genealogy of the Loewentheil and Brevda families entitled, An American Dream: The Story of the Loewentheils and the Brevdas in America, documenting the family slightly before their arrival in America prior to 1906 to approximately to 2003. The text is 125 pages long and includes family historical narrative and color photograph pages. The author is Stephen Loewentheil. Photograph pages include family members, death certificates, transcripts, correspondence, and ephemera. The narrative weaves the Loewentheil's and Brevda's family history from the viewpoint of an immigrant family in America.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- Loewentheil family (Family)
- Brevda family (Family)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
Use Restrictions
No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.
For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org
Biographical Note
Loewentheil Family and Brevda Family
The Loewentheil Family and the Brevda Family are two Jewish immigrant families, one of which hailed from Italy (Leopold Loewentheil from Florence, Italy in 1906) and the other hailing either from the Ukraine or Belarus (Jewel or Yale Brevda with family in 1906). Both families immigrated to New York.
Extent
1 Folders (.01 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a family member-written biographical and narrative genealogy of the Loewentheil and Brevda families entitled, An American Dream: The Story of the Loewentheils and the Brevdas in America, documenting the family slightly before their arrival in America prior to 1906 to approximately to 2003. The text is 125 pages long and includes family historical narrative and color photograph pages. The author is Stephen Loewentheil. Photograph pages include family members, death certificates, transcripts, correspondence, and ephemera. The narrative weaves the Loewentheil's and Brevda's family history from the viewpoint of an immigrant family in America.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series as follows:
Physical Location
Collection is located in Consolidated Box P26.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Stephen Loewentheil, 2010.
Subject
- Brevda family (Family)
- Lowentheil family (Family)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Loewentheil Family and Brevda Family Genealogy, undated *P-921
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Tanya Elder
- Date
- © 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- November 2020: RJohnstone: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
