TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Leon Schwarz Papers. 1872-1957.

Manuscript Collection No. 570



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Schwarz, Leon, 1872-1943.
Title: Leon Schwarz Papers.
Dates: 1872-1957.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet.
Abstract: Autobiography and other biographical materials relating to Schwarz's experiences as U.S. Army officer during the Spanish-American War and World War I, and his career as an insurance agent in Mobile, Ala.
Collection Number: MS-570
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Soldier and insurance agent, of Mobile, Ala.


Scope and Content Note

Autobiography and other biographical materials relating to Schwarz's experiences as U.S. Army officer during the Spanish-American War and World War I, and his career as an insurance agent in Mobile, Ala.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Leon Schwarz 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

Property rights are held by the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Leon Schwarz and his 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 Leon Schwarz Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-570. Leon Schwarz Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

Donor information for the Leon Schwarz Papers is not available.

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.

Autobiographies -- Alabama -- Mobile
Insurance agents -- Alabama -- Mobile
Jews -- Alabama -- Mobile
Schwarz, Leon, -- 1872-1943
Soldiers -- United States
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives, Jewish
United States. -- Army -- Officers
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Personal narratives, Jewish