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Size | 125 items |
Abstract | Businessman Joseph Ehrlich married Rebecca Smolensky in 1897. Ehrlich owned dry goods businesses in Milledgeville and Manassas, Ga. Rebecca's parents remained in Bialystok, Poland, but corresponded with Rebecca, her sister Minnie, and her brother-in-law Louis, who owned a dry goods businesses in Swainsboro and Savannah, Ga. Frances Ehrlich, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca, married Morris Rabhan (b. 1896) of Savannah, Ga. The Ehrlich and Rabhan Family papers consist primarily of letters in Yiddish from Joseph Ehrlich chiefly in Milledgeville, Ga., to his fiancee, Rebecca Smolensky in Savannah, Ga. Nearly 80 letters written during the span of about one year profess love, express wishes of good health and happiness, and inquire about family members. Topics of discussion also pertain to their upcoming wedding, Ehrlich's dry goods business, and travel. A smaller number of undated letters from Rebecca's parents in Bialystok (also written in Yiddish) request information about the man she is to marry, specifically about his committment to Judaism, and urge her to observe Judaism as best she can. Reproductions of nine Ehrlich family photographs are included, and a CD contains translations of several letters included in the collection. The collection also includes a book prepared by Morris Rabhan, Our Family History, 1840-1979, which extensively documents Rabhan family history and includes genealogical charts, narratives, and photographs. |
Creator | Ehrlich family.
Rabhan family. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | Yiddish English |
Processed by: Jodi Berkowitz, July 2006
Encoded by: Jodi Berkowitz, July 2006
Finding aid updated for born digital processing by Gergana Abernathy, August 2015.
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Businessman Joseph Ehrlich married Rebecca Smolensky in 1897. Ehrlich owned dry goods businesses in Milledgeville, Ga., and Manassas, Ga. Rebecca's parents remained in Bialystok, Poland, but corresponded with Rebecca, her sister Minnie, and her brother-in-law Louis, who owned a dry goods businesses in Swainsboro and Savannah, Ga.
Frances Ehrlich, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca, married Morris Rabhan (b. 1896) of Savannah, Ga. Rabhan family history is extensively documented in a book prepared by Morris Rabhan, Our Family History, 1840-1979, which is included in the collection.
Back to TopThe Ehrlich and Rabhan family papers consist primarily of letters in Yiddish from Joseph Ehrlich, chiefly in Millidgeville, Ga., to his fiancee, Rebecca Smolensky in Savannah, Ga. Nearly 80 letters written during the span of about one year profess love, express wishes of good health and happiness, and inquire about family members. Topics of discussion also pertain to their upcoming wedding, Ehrlich's dry goods business, and travel. A smaller number of undated letters from Rebecca's parents in Bialystok, Poland (also written in Yiddish), request information about the man she is to marry, specifically about his committment to Judaism, and urge her to observe Judaism as best she can. Reproductions of nine Ehrlich family photographs are included, and a CD contains translations of several letters included in the collection. The collection also includes a book prepared by Morris Rabhan, Our Family History, 1840-1979, which extensively documents Rabhan family history and includes genealogical charts, narratives, and photographs.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Letters from Joseph Ehrlich, 1896-1897 |
Folder 2 |
Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Smolensky, undated |
Folder 3 |
Our Family Story, 1840-1979 |
Folder 4 |
TranslationsPartial translations of letters of 19 October 1896, 22 October 1896, 31 January 1897 by Selma Froom of Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2006 |
Digital Folder DF-5129/1 |
TranslationsRough audio translation of a selection of letters by Rabbi Abe Schoen of Raleigh, N.C., undated Migrated from DCD-5129/1 |
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Joseph Ehrlich and Rebecca Smolensky |
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Rebecca, Joseph, 2 store clerks, son Ben, store clerk |
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Rebecca and Ben |
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Rebecca and Joseph's home |
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Party at Ehrlich home: Daughter Frances seated 5th from left in front row, Rebecca is last on right in back row |
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Ehrlich store |
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Leon Ehrlich, farmer |
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Joseph and Rebecca's wedding invitation |
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Rebecca |