Rosalie Braverman papers
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Scope and Contents
The Rosalie Braverman papers date from 1929 to 2010, and measure 3 linear inches. The Rosalie Braverman oral history interview was recorded on June 19, 1996 by Rachel Bohlmann in Braverman’s Iowa City home. A transcript is included in the collection. The papers are arranged in one series, Biographical. The materials include Braverman’s naturalization documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, and Braverman’s memoir of her early life in Poland.
Interview Table of Contents (with counter numbers):
Side One
#000-146 Emigration from Poland to the United States
146-404 Student life and marriage
405-439 Hillel and Jewish fraternities and sororities
440-456 Anti-Semitism and segregation
Side Two
#000-040 Anti-Semitism and segregation (cont.)
041-074 Women's Club of Iowa City
074-164 Jewish organizations
164-193 Housework and family business
193-218 Jewish religious observations
219-267 Jewish community in Iowa City
267-289 Braverman's mother's Shabbat silver
289-319 Conclusion
Dates
- Creation: 1929-2010
Creator
- Braverman, Rosalie, 1910-2010 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
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Biographical / Historical
Rosalie Richman Braverman, Iowa City community activist, was born in Grajewo, Poland in 1910. In September 1921 she embarked on a treacherous trip out of Poland with her mother and two sisters and joined her father in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Richman attended school in Council Bluffs and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1928. She briefly attended University of Nebraska and transferred to the University of Iowa where she met and married David Braverman, a local grocer and they had five children.
While raising her children, Braverman was active in civic and religious community organizations such as the Iowa City Women's Club and the University Club Writers. In addition, she participated in Pioneer Women, was a founding member of the Sisterhood of Agudas Achim Synagogue, and was active in Hadassah. Braverman returned to the University of Iowa and graduated in 1963 with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. Braverman passed away in 2010 at the age of 101.
Extent
3.00 linear inches
1 audio Cassettes ([AC324])
1 videocassettes ([V324])
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.
Method of Acquisition
The papers (donor no. 361) were donated by Rosalie Braverman in 1996 and Jody Braverman in 2015.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Temporal
Topical
- Author
- Rachel Bohlmann, 1996; Jeannette Gabriel, Carla DeWit, 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu