James and Ethel Montag Family Papers

James Montag was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1936. He is the son of Louis and Jane Montag. Louis was one of the founders of Montag Brothers, the creator of Blue Horse school supplies and Montag Stationery. James Montag is a descendant of Abraham Levy who immigrated to the United States from Holland in c.1818. He settled with his wife Rachel in Richmond, Virginia. Ethel Montag was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Her great-grandfather, Sam Brown was the first Jewish mayor of Albany, Georgia and founder of the first bank in Albany. The collection consists of the travel diary of Lee Bloom of Eufaula, Alabama detailing a voyage to Europe and his return with future wife Emile Weil, 1888; the autograph book of Emile Weil Bloom, 1887-1888; the recipe book of Ernestine Marie Brown, undated; a genealogy chart for the descendants of Abraham Levy and Rachel Cornelia Bernard, 1983; a commemorative book from the Frank-Meinhard-Weil family reunion celebration, 1989; and miscellaneous newspaper articles and genealogical material copied from the Goldberg-Rich family bible, 1843-2006.