TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Schwab Family Papers.

Manuscript Collection No. 431



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Schwab family of Memphis, Tenn.
Title: Schwab Family Papers.
Quantity: 0.8 linear ft.
Abstract: Collection consists of family group sheets and genealogical charts for Schwab and related families including Johl, Ottenheimer, and Schwartz families. Also includes newspaper clippings about the Schwab 100-year-old hardware and dry goods business in Memphis.
Collection Number: MS-431
Language: Collection material in English.

Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of family group sheets and genealogical charts for Schwab and related families including Johl, Ottenheimer, and Schwartz families. Also includes newspaper clippings about the Schwab 100-year-old hardware and dry goods business in Memphis.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Schwab Family Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Abram J. Schwab, by the act of donating the Schwab Family Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Schwab Family and their heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Schwab Family Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-431. Schwab Family Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Schwab Family Papers were received from Abram J. Schwab, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1990.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

Genealogies
Jews -- Tennessee -- Memphis
Johl family -- of Memphis, Tenn. -- Genealogy
Ottenheimer family -- of Memphis, Tenn. -- Genealogy
Schwab family -- of Memphis, Tenn. -- Genealogy
Schwartz family -- of Memphis, Tenn. -- Genealogy