Bride Lia Weiss welcomes more people to join the wedding party in dance during a Henna party, which explores and celebrates Middle Eastern Jewish wedding traditions, at the Magnes museum in Berkeley on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Stanton family papers, 1906-1985
Piroska Dormann and Erwin Simonovits (a.k.a. Stanton) and their daughter Eva emigrated from Austria in September 1938 and settled in Alameda County.
The collection contains mostly documents produced during the family’s emigration from Austria during the 1930s, including immigration papers, identity documents, birth certificates, naturalization papers, and passports (reisepasses) from Nazi Germany and the United States. The collection also includes some family photographs.
Author/Creator
Stanton family
Size1 box (.2 linear feet)
Collection #BANC MSS 2010/639
Publication DateNovember 3, 1906
Magnes Collection Database
Repository
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
AccessOpen to researchers. Stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.
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