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Southwest Jewish Archives
URL: http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/bloom/

Description:
"Dedicated to collecting and recording the dramatic history of pioneer Jews in the Desert Southwest, covering Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas," including the Crypto-Jews who trace "their family histories back to Spain and Portugal." Features materials on Jewish pioneers, railroad builders, ranchers, and merchants; synagogues and religious objects; Crypto-Jews; finding aids for the archive's collections; and transcripts of over 20 oral histories. Includes photographs. From the University of Arizona.

Publisher:
Through Our Parents' Eyes

Extra Keywords
Sephardim marranos conversos

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Jews -- History
Jews -- Southwest, New
Marranos

LII Database Information:
Record 12972 created by Susan Greening on 05/12/2003
Last modification on 12/24/2004
Published: 05/12/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12972