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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith
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Also in Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers collection
The collection consists of a charm bracelet, handkerchief, wooden jewelry box, a patch, napkin holder, and ORT key award, correspondence, documents, identity papers, and photographs related to the experiences of Ruth Engelhardt Spivack (later Meyers) and her mother Helene Engelhardt, during and after the Holocaust when Ruth lived in Montmorency OSE home in France prior to being sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
Date: 1934-2015
Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers papers
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The Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth Engelhardt who lived in the Montmorency OSE home in France prior to being sent on a 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland. After the war, her mother, Helene Engelhardt, immigrated to the United States and they lived in New York. Biographical materials include a certificate of naturalization for the United States, a United States passport, and ID photographs for Helene Engelhardt as well as a baby book, birth certificate, certificate of naturalization for the United States, and a death certificate for Ruth Engelhardt. Correspondence includes Ruth's wartime and post-war correspondence with her mother. During the war they were able to exchange several Red Cross letters and after the war Ruth wrote weekly letters to her mother. This series also includes letters from Joe, Gladys, and Sherry Spivack to Helene and Ruth. Subject files include school records relating to Ruth’s education and career as a nurse and certificates for Helene and Ruth’s inscriptions on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor from The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. This series also includes material regarding the Spivack’s involvement in the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT). They were very involved in Jewish philanthropy. Photographs include wartime photographs of Ruth and the Spivack’s and post-war photographs of Ruth as well as several photo books and a photo album.
Charm bracelet and charms
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Silver charm bracelet with numerous charms owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
Embroidered pink handkerchief
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Pink handkerchief embroidered with her name owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
ORT Educational Center award with box
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Engraved brass key-shaped award owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
Jewelry box with lock and keys
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Decorated wooden jewelry box owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
Red felt heart with name Ruth
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Red felt patch with her name, Ruth, owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
Silver napkin ring engraved Ruth
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Silver napkin ring engraved Ruth owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
