Scope and Contents
Researchers studying the Mendel Gordon Family papers will gain insight into Jewish life in Atlanta, Georgia in the mid-twentieth century. The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronologically within each folder.
Dates
- Creation: 1938 - 1994
Creator
- Gordon, Helen Citron, 1927- (Person)
- Gordon, Mendel T., 1926-2010 (Person)
- Citron, Irvin, 1924-2005 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Mendel Gordon (1926-2010) moved to Atlanta in 1942 when his father Julius got a job as a guard at the Atlanta Penitentiary. His father emigrated from Russia as a child, and his mother Sadie was the child of Russian immigrants. Mendel attended Boys’ High and Georgia Tech, where he completed his bachelors’ and masters’ degrees in chemical engineering. He married Helen Citron Gordon (b. 1927) in 1954 at Ahavath Achim and the couple moved to Delaware shortly after. Helen was born in Atlanta and attended Commercial High School. While working at the Georgia Department of Public Health, she attended the University of Georgia night school. Her brother Irvin Citron (1924-2005) attended Boys’ High and Emory University, served in WWII, and moved to Israel in the 1940s.
Extent
2.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Helen Citron Gordon and Mendel Temkin Gordon lived in Atlanta in the mid-twentieth century. The Citron family belonged to Ahavath Achim synagogue and the Gordon family belonged to Shearith Israel. Most of the records detail the educational and employment history of Helen and Mendel as well as that of Helen’s brother, Irvin Meyer Citron, and Mendel’s parents, Julius Gordon and Sadie Temkin Gordon. The records contain yearbooks, scrapbooks, certificates, report cards, and newspaper clippings.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronologically within each folder.
Physical Location
The Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
Separated Materials
Oversize materials removed to oversized collection, photographs removed to Visual Arts Collection, and artifacts removed to Artifact Collection.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Technique
Topical
- American Chemical Society
- Boys High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Commercial High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Congregation Ahavath Achim (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Congregation Shearith Israel. Sisterhood (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Emory University
- Employment references
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Penitentiary
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Jewish women
- Jews -- Migrations
- United States Civil Service Commission
- Title
- Helen Gordon Family Papers, Mss 422
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hannah Helmey
- Date
- 2018
- 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
