Ellen Brett Aibel Bierman Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists primarily of the family photographs the Bierman, Bressler, Bretzfelder, Brett, Lieberman and Loeb families. It also includes a significant quantity of the papers of David M. Bressler and the Bretzfelder / Brett family, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. The collection offers a view of the domestic life of a prominent American Jewish family in the first half of the 20th Century.
Dates
- Creation: undated, circa 1865-2002
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1943
- Creation: undated, circa 1865-2002
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1943
Creator
- Bierman, Ellen Brett Aibel (Person)
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
This collection spans three generations of the Bierman, Bressler, Bretzfelder, Brett, Lieberman and Loeb families, offering a personal view of the domestic life of a prominent American Jewish family in the first half of the 20th Century.
A substantial portion of this collection relates to David M. Bressler. David M. Bressler was born in Germany in 1879, immigrating with his parents to the United States as a small child. Bressler was highly active in philanthropic, charity, and social services circles throughout his life, serving as general manager of the Industrial Removal Office from 1901-1917. Bressler also worked integrally with the Jewish Immigration Information Bureau’s Galveston, Texas Immigration Plan. He served as president of the National Association of Jewish Social Workers, was a member of the executive committees of the National Campaign for Jewish War Relief and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, served on the boards of the Joint Distribution Committee, the New York State Planning Board, and the Appeal Board of Unemployment Insurance. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1942.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (2 Manuscript boxes, 1 Photograph box, and 1 Oversized folder)
1.5 Linear Feet (2 Manuscript boxes, 1 Photograph box, and 1 Oversized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of the family photographs the Bierman, Bressler, Bretzfelder, Brett, Lieberman and Loeb families. It also includes a significant quantity of the papers of David M. Bressler and the Bretzfelder / Brett family, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. The collection offers a view of the domestic life of a prominent American Jewish family in the first half of the 20th Century.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series as follows:
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Acquisition Information
Donated by Ellen Brett Aibel Bierman in 2005.
Subject
- Bressler, David M. (Person)
- Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938 (Person)
- Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Black-and-white photographs
- CD-Roms
- Cabinet photographs
- Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Color photographs
- Documents (object genre)
- Invitations
- Marriage records
- Newspaper clippings
- Notes (documents)
- personal correspondence
- speeches (documents)
- Tintypes (photographs)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Collection of the Ellen Brett Aibel Bierman Family, undated, circa 1865-2002 *P-940
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Heather Halliday
- Date
- © 2012
- 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
