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Guide to the Atlas Family Papers, 1908-2002
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- Title
- Atlas family papers 1908-2002 papers
- Subject
- Atlas family, Atlas, Ralph, 1908-1998, Atlas, Paula Skirble, Levinson, Aaron, 1915-2002, Levinson, F. James, Apollo Steel (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Levinson Steel (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Carnegie Mellon University. School of Engineering., Three Rivers Arts Festival (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Description
- The Atlas family papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks, programs, photocopies, vital records and obituaries. They include indormation about the family, military service, education, professional and community activities of Ralaph Atlas in Palestine and Pittsburgh. They also include personal correspondence of the Aaron Levinson family and the involvement of Paula Atlas with the Three Rivers Arts Festival., Ralph Atlas was a native of Poland who emigrated to Palestine with his familly. He received an engineering degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1936 and returned to Palestine to work with the Haganah. He served with the British Army during World War II. He was a professional engineer in Pittsburgh after the war. He later earned a Master's degree in Russian philology from the University of Pittsburgh and translated technical documents. He traveled to Israel and spoke in Pittsburgh on issues related to Israel. His second wife Paula Skirble Atlas served as efxecutinve assistant to the Three Rivers Arts Festival., These materials were given in three accessions. Gift of Paula Atlas., Processed MSS 0397 1/7/2004 M.L. Berg, Inventory available.
- Contributor
- Atlas family., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1908-2002
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 2.0 linear ft.
- Identifier
- pitt:US-QQS-mss397
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS397
- Coverage
- Israel
- 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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