Burton Rudolph papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains papers of the Rudolph and Kaner families relating to their family history, businesses, and correspondence in Yiddish with relatives in Lithuania, some of which are translated. The photographs, black and white and in color, are mostly of family members.
Dates
- Creation: 1897-1973
Creator
- Rudolph, Burton (Person)
Use of Materials
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Copyright
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives; please contact the archives for more detailed copyright information.
Historical Note
Burton Rudolph was the owner of Capital Supply Co. of St. Paul and veteran of the United States Navy. His uncle was Oser Shabsie Kaner; Kaner's daughter Evelyn married Maurice Rudolph, Burton's father. Maurice owned Rudolph Superior furniture store.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (2 Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
Yiddish
English
Abstract
This collection consists of documents, letters, and photographs of the Rudolph and Kaner families, Jewish families residing in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into two series:
Series 1: Documents
Series 2: Photographs
Source of acquisition
Donated to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest by Burton Rudolph in 1987, 1995, and 1996
- Title
- Burton Rudolph papers, 1897-1973
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Ashley Skwiera
- Date
- October 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives Collecting Area
