Rodney A. Ross essays relating to the Gordon and Goldberg families
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
Rodney A. Ross
Acquisition
Rodney A. Ross completed "Ethel Nottinger Gordon .." ca. Jun. 1985 and "Yesterday Czarist Lithuania .." ca. Apr. 1987. Both works were received in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Dec. 1987. A United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Donor Agreement was completed by Ross in Aug. 1993.
Scope and Content
Consists of "Ethel Nottinger Gordon, 1886-1966" and "Yesterday Czarist Lithuania, Today the World: The Dispersal of the Children of Raphael and Chana-Rochel Goldberg," both written by Rodney A. Ross. "Ethel Nottinger Gordon..." contains information about Ethel N. Gordon (grandmother of the donor) and her life in Lithuania; Nottinger and Gordon family genealogy; and her life in America. "Yesterday Czarist Lithuania..." contains information about the genealogy of the family of Raphael Goldberg (paternal grandfather of Rodney A. Ross); the Goldberg family in Slobodka, the "Jewish ghetto" near Kaunas; emigration to the United States and to England; and the fate of the Jews in the Kovno (Kaunas) ghetto.
System of Arrangement
Thematic
People
- Goldberg family.
- Gordon family.
Subjects
- Genealogy.
- Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Kaunas.
- Jews--Lithuania.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Document