Maurice Warshaw photograph collection, 1970
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Maurice Warshaw photograph collection
- Dates
- 197019701970
- Quantity
- 0.25 linear feet, (1 archives box) : 2 items
- Collection Number
- P1973
- Summary
- Maurice Warshaw (1898-1979) was a Utah businessman and philanthropist. This collection contains two photographs depicting awards being given to Warshaw in 1970.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Maurice Warshaw was born in 1898 in Dubossar, Ukraine, to Rivka Rample and Nathan Warshaw. He was named Samuel Warshawsky at birth, and called "Little Mieche" or "Little Mouse." His father was a Jewish businessman and community leader. The family immigrated around 1906 to escape the wave of pogroms, or violent anti-Jewish riots, that occurred between 1903 and 1906 in the Russian empire. After immigration, Mieche Warshawsky was renamed Maurice Warshaw.
When Maurice Warshaw was a teenager, the family moved from Pennsylvania to the Jewish colony of Clarion near Gunnison, Utah. After two years, the family settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the 1930s, Maurice Warshaw opened the Grand Central Market, a grocery store located at Ninth South and Main Street. The business became a chain, Grand Central Inc., and spread throughout Utah and into Idaho and Wyoming.
Warshaw was involved in local, national, and international humanitarian and civic projects, including the international aid organizations CARE and UNICEF. Warshaw was given a doctor of humanities degree from Westminster College in 1970. Maurice Warshaw died on 1979 January 5.
Content Description
The Maurice Warshaw photograph collection consists of 1 archives box containing 2 black-and-white photographs depicting Maurice Warshaw receiving awards for his humanitarian work. One image depicts Vice President Spiro Agnew giving Maurice Warshaw an award for his work with the disabled in April 1970 and the second depicts Warshaw in graduation regalia when he received an honorary degree at Westminster College in May 1970.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Arnie and Pat Warshaw Ferrin in 2016.
Processing Note
Processed by Special Collections staff.
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Separated Materials
See also the Maurice Warshaw papers (ACCN 2717) in the Mansucripts Division of Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Award, Honorary DegreeDates: 1970Container: Box 1, Folder 1
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Jewish philanthropists--Utah--Archives
- Jews--Utah--Photographs
Personal Names
- Warshaw, Maurice, 1898-1979
Form or Genre Terms
- black-and-white photographs
