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Jacob Solis-Cohen Jr. papers
Jacob Solis-Cohen was a member of a prominent Philadelphia Sephardic Jewish family. He was a real estate appraiser with the real estate company Mastbaum Brothers and Fleisher, eventually serving as vice-president of the firm. He became president of Albert M. Greenfield and Company when that firm mer...
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| Collection: | Jacob Solis-Cohen Jr. Papers |
| Collection Number: | MSS014 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Italian |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Solis-Cohen, Jacob, Jr., 1890-1968 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Jacob Solis-Cohen Jr. papers |f 1925-1960 | |
| 300 | |a 1.6 Linear feet |f 4 boxes | ||
| 520 | |a Jacob Solis-Cohen was a member of a prominent Philadelphia Sephardic Jewish family. He was a real estate appraiser with the real estate company Mastbaum Brothers and Fleisher, eventually serving as vice-president of the firm. He became president of Albert M. Greenfield and Company when that firm merged with Mastbaum Brothers and Fleisher in 1929. Solis-Cohen was also active in several Jewish organizations. He served as president of the Jewish Publication Society and of the Mikveh Israel Congregation and was a member of the boards of directors of the Foster Home for Hebrew Orphans and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the executive council of the American Jewish Historical Society. The collection consists primarily of correspondence relating to genealogical matters and to Solis-Cohen's activities with the Foster Home for Hebrew Orphans and other charitable organizations. Also present are writings, chiefly on historical topics, and scrapbooks documenting Solis-Cohen's personal and business life and the genealogy of the Silva-Solis family and related families. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Maxwell Whiteman.; 1974 acquired | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Foster Home for Hebrew Orphans. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Genealogical correspondence. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewish businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewish Publication Society. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewish Theological Seminary of America. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jews--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Genealogy. | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Jacob Solis-Cohen Jr. Papers |c MSS014 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/solis-cohen.html |