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Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
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Portland, OR 97205
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Hirsch family papers
Hirsch family
Coll 850
1.46 cubic feet
1 legal document case; 1 card file box (12x5x3); 1 flat box (11x14); 1 flat box (16x20)
1871-2016
Papers and memorabilia of the Hirsch family and related families, including scrapbooks and photographs. Max S. Hirsch (1871-1959) was a Jewish German immigrant to the United States. He founded the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company in Portland, Oregon. His son Harold S. Hirsch (1907-1990) founded the White Stag brand of skiwear, and renamed the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company as White Stag Manufacturing Company.
Max S. Hirsch (1871-1959) was born in Worms, Germany, to a Jewish family. He immigrated to the United States in 1886 at age 15, and settled in Portland, Oregon, where his aunt Jeannette Hirsch-Meier lived. Hirsch worked at the Meier and Frank department store for nearly 20 years, rising to the position of superintendent. He left Meier and Frank in 1907, and purchased the Willamette Tent and Awning Company with Henry Weis; they renamed the firm Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company.
Max Hirsch married Clementine Seller, and the couple had two children: Harold Seller Hirsch and Helene Hirsch. Harold S. Hirsch (1907-1990) worked at Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing after studying at Dartmouth and Oxford University, and founded the White Stag brand of skiwear. Hirsch-Weis' name would later be changed to White Stag Manufacturing Company. Harold S. Hirsch married Barbara Honeyman in 1934. They adopted two children, Frederic and Janet.
The collection consists of papers and memorabilia of the Hirsch family, particularly of Max S. Hirsch, his son Harold S. Hirsch, and his grandson Fred S. Hirsch. Materials include scrapbooks that Max S. Hirsch compiled, a photograph album of the Seller and Hirsch families, and biographical and genealogical materials. The collection also contains materials relating to the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company, which Max S. Hirsch co-founded. Related families represented in the collection include the Seller family, the Meier family, the Frank family, and the Honeyman family.
Collection is open for research.
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Hirsch family papers, Coll 850, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Gift of Kim Everett-Hirsch, August 2019 (RL2019-112).
Records of Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company are designated Mss 1436, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Correspondence and memorabilia of Harold S. Hirsch is designated Coll 838, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Hirsch, Harold S., 1907-1990
Hirsch, Fred S. (Frederic Seller), 1937-2019
Hirsch, Max S., 1871-1959
White Stag Manufacturing Company
Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company (Portland, Or.)
Hirsch family
Families--Oregon--Portland
Business enterprises--Oregon--Portland
German Americans--Oregon--Portland
Jews--Oregon--Portland
German Americans
Jewish Americans
Fred S. Hirsch - NRA marksmanship diplomas
1949-1950
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Harold S. Hirsch biographical materials
1978-1990
1
2
Harold S. Hirsch materials sent to Fred S. Hirsch
1957-2000
1
3
Photograph album of Portland Japanese Garden given to Harold S. Hirsch
1981
4
1
Photocopies of Max S. Hirsch's personal ledger and Meier & Frank account statements
1888-1906
1
4
Photographs of Max S. Hirsch
circa 1940-1955
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5
Max S. Hirsch scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs
1917-1957
4
2
Max S. Hirsch scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera
1927-1958
4
3
Family tree of Moses and Fannie Hirsch
circa 1995
2
Biography of Gerry Frank, "Oregon's Own Gerry Frank"
2013
1
6
Materials concerning Honeyman family
1934; 1983
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4
Issue of the Oregonian with article about Meier and Frank family reunion
1994 September 11
4
4
Seller and Hirsch family photograph album
circa 1875-1940
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1
Certificate of company name change from Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company to White Stag Manufacturing Company
1947 December
1
7
Correspondence
1972-1987; undated
1
8
Drawing of a house
undated
1
9
Ephemera
1871; 1955-1997; undated
1
10
Family information and history
1952-2016
1
11
Newspaper clippings
1956; undated
1
12
Photographs
1888-1917; circa 1948-1998
1
13-14
Promissory notes from Cascade Ski Club to Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company
1933 May 1
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15
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photographs
1934-1960
3
2