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Joy Kacher Tressan, known as "Mimi," was a Philadelphia public school teacher. She was born in Philadelphia in 1939 to Leon Kacher and Hester Ziserman. She graduated from the Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion in 1957 and later attended Marywood College (Scranton, PA) and St. Joseph's Uni...
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| Collection: | Joy Radin Photographs and Papers |
| Collection Number: | 4605 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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5.7 Linear feet 4 cartons, 1 volume |
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Joy Kacher Tressan, known as "Mimi," was a Philadelphia public school teacher. She was born in Philadelphia in 1939 to Leon Kacher and Hester Ziserman. She graduated from the Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion in 1957 and later attended Marywood College (Scranton, PA) and St. Joseph's University. In 1973, she began working for the School District of Philadelphia as the 8th grade social studies teacher at the Henry H. Houston School in Mt. Airy. Around this same time, she married a local interior designer named Harris Radin (died 2013). In the early 1980s, she made local headlines with her "Week at Work" program, which she devised to help students better understand the workforce. Joy Radin passed away in 2019.
Radin's family photographs, which date from the early to late 20th century make up the majority of the collection. Most are in albums but many are also loose. In addition, there are a copies of family records, Radin's own school records along with those she gathered while with the local school district, papers she saved from students, programs and photographs from an Akiba class reunion she attended, clippings, and other miscellaneous items. |