Scope and Contents
Researchers studying the Blumberg Family Papers will gain insight into Jewish life in Atlanta during the first part of the 20th century. All material is arranged in alphabetical order and chronologically within each folder.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1906 - 1976
Biographical / Historical
Jacob Amon Blumberg was born on June 10, 1889 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1913, he married Miriam Saul (1892-1983). They had three children, Evelyn Blumberg Janko Litt (1915-2001), Betsy Blumberg Teplis (b. 1926), and Marvin W. Blumberg (1919-2018). Jacob was a retired partner of Briarcliff Mills where he had been a salesman for 55 years. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masons, the Shriners and the King Solomon Lodge No. 460 in Birmingham. He died at age 87 in Atlanta on October 13, 1976.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Jacob A. Blumberg was a native Atlanta and salesman at Briarcliff Mills for 55 years. The papers include telegrams from the marriage of Miriam Saul and Jacob Blumberg, 1913, and the genealogy of the Saul family.
Arrangement
All material is arranged in alphabetical order and chronologically within each folder.
- Title
- Jacob A. Blumberg Family Papers, Mss 45
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Erin L Wright
- Date
- June 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Repository
1440 Spring St. NW
Atlanta Georgia 30309 United States
678-222-3700
