ORT Educational Center award with box

Identifier
irn564181
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.311.4 a-b
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

a: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)

b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)

Archival History

The award was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith, the children of Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith

Scope and Content

Engraved brass key-shaped award owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Brass key-shaped award engraved with the names Gladys and Joe Spivack and the ORT Educational Center Holon. Hebrew words are engraved on the back of the award. The award is housed inside a blue velvet lined wooden box.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.