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Guide to the Burton Hirsch Papers and Photographs, c1890-2002, MSS 1053

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Title
Burton Hirsch Papers and Photographs c1890-2002
Subject
Hirsch, Burton L , 1918-2011, Hirsch, Ruth Leff , 1920-2010, Hirsch, Helene , 1825-1909, Hirsch, Max , 1834-1962, Hirsch, Louis , 1862-1935, Hirsch, Isaac , 1859-1942, Hirsch, Max , 1887-1952, Hirsch, Jane Goldberg, Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home., Neeb-Hirsch Publishing Company., Shady Side Academy (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Washington and Jefferson College., United States. Army. Medical Corps., Jewish Funeral Directors of America., Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors., Jews--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Undertakers and undertaking, Funeral homes
Description
The Burton Hirsch Papers and Photographs consists of photographs of the Hirsch and Goldberg families and the papers of Burton Hirsch. The bulk of the collection is housed in seven scrapbooks and photograph albums, including two that have been dismantled and rehoused in folders. The volumes contain cartes de visite and other portraits of the Hirsch and Goldberg families; images of the children and extended family of Ruth and Burton; materials assembled during Burton's education at Shadyside Academy and Washington and Jefferson College; service records, correspondence and photographs taken during the World War II service of Burton; and conventions of the Jewish Funeral Directors Association, of which Burton Hirsch was once president. Additional papers included in the collection consist of diplomas and certificates documenting his education, professional achievements, and donations to the Jewish Funeral Directors of America Forest in Israel., Burton Hirsch Papers and Photographs, c1890-2002, MSS 1053, Rauh Jewish Archives, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Estate of Burton Hirsch gift 10/20/2011 2011.0276 papers, Burton L. Hirsch (BH), founder of Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home, Inc., was born to Max and Jane Goldberg Hirsch in Homewood in 1918. BH attended Taylor Allderdice High School, Shady Side Academy, Washington and Jefferson College and the Eccles College of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia. During World War II, BH served in the Army Medical Administrative Corps. He was eventually promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. BH founded the Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home in 1947. His wife, Ruth Leff Hirsch, became his partner in the business after their marriage in 1948. The business advertised itself as "the only Jewish funeral home in Squirrel Hill" for several decades. The couple were members of Rodef Shalom congregation, where Ruth Hirsch was active in the Sisterhood. Both were active members of the Jewish Funeral Directors of America, which elected BH to its presidency in 1964. BH also chaired the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors. Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home was later sold to a mortuary chain when the couple retired. Burton and Ruth Hirsch had two children, Maxine and Loren. Through his father, Burton was the grandson of Louis and Rose Rice Hirsch, and the great-grandson of Max and Helene Einstein Hirsch. The brothers Louis and Isaac Hirsch were co-owners of the Neeb-Hirsch Publishing Company, publisher of the widely-read nineteenth-century German-American newspaper Volksblatt und Freiheits-Freund., Gift of the Estate of Burton Hirsch., Processed MSS 1053 3/31/2015, Finding aid available.
Contributor
Hirsch, Burton , 1918-2011, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Date
1890-2002
Type
Collection, Text, encyclopedia
Format
manuscript, 2.25 linear feet
Identifier
oclc:1057121652, pitt:US-QQS-MSS1053
Relation
http://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:US-QQS-mss1053/viewer
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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