Goldsmith Schiffman Holocaust Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC-32

Staff Only

Personal correspondence (Lichtenstine, Levi, Kahn, Marx, Kretsch, Elbert, Heinz, Ludwig, Meinhard, Moritz, Otto), business correspondence, background files, SHOAH Foundation materials, white papers, oral interviews, news articles, program notes, Holocaust Remembrance materials.

Dates

1922 - 1954

Creator

Goldsmith, Margaret Anne (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Conditions Governing Use

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

Extent

75 Linear Feet (107 boxes.)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

The Goldsmiths and the Schiffmans played a major role in the development of Huntsville, Alabama. Arriving in Huntsville before the Civil War, each family found ways of prospering within a small community of diverse backgrounds. This collection is a testimony to the families’ spirits of caring and concern.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Margaret Anne Goldsmith, 2007.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, and competing priorities. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.