Box 1
Container
Contains 15 Results:
“Memoirs of Maurice Moses Maisel”, 1962-1964.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
“Memoirs of Maurice Moses Maisel”, 1962, typed manuscript with hand-written editing, 71 pages, along with a two-page epilogue dated May 21, 1964. Includes biographical information for numerous Jewish families in Albuquerque, including the Marcus, Livingston, Elias, Ravel, Rosenwald, Grunsfeld, Lewinson, Ilfeld, Meyer and Shalit families. “Memoirs of Maurice Moses Maisel”, revised copy, dated 1963, 42 pages.
Dates:
1962-1964.
“Memoirs of Cyma Minin Maisel”, 1962-1963.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript with hand-written editing, 50 pages, dated 1962-1963. Includes extensive information on the families, rabbis and temple of the Jewish community in Albuquerque. Folder also includes a photocopy of the original.
Dates:
1962-1963.
Seymour L. “Bud” Maisel, 1891-2008.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
includes Seymour Maisel’s 1986 resume; two copies of a “World War II Honoree” certificate detailing Seymour’s service in the Army; typed copy of the eulogy for Seymour, April 21, 2008, 6 pages; one photocopied page of an 1891 deed between Jacob (“Jac”) Kranzthor and John and Katie Mulhern for property in Presidio County, Texas.
Dates:
1891-2008.
Miscellaneous Family Papers, 1921-1986.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Letter of researcher Floyd Fierman of the El Paso Jewish Historical Society to Seymour “Bud” Maisel posing 17 questions regarding the Maisel family and business, with a four-page reply by Seymour Maisel, 1986. “Maurice Maisel: The Merchant Prince of the Indian Jewelry Trade,” by Cara Goldenberg (note: great-granddaughter of Maurice and Cyma), sixth grade, 11 pages, with photos, undated. “My Autobiography”, photocopy of a hand-written autobiography with a notation identifying the author as Irene...
Dates:
1921-1986.
Photographs, 1890-ca. 2000.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Photographs of family and friends, some identified and dated. Native American employees of Maisels are depicted, including a 1938 group photograph of “Our Indian Silversmiths”. There are also interior and exterior photos of Maisel’s stores, including an exterior view of the store at 402 Central Avenue SW. There is also a Cobb photograph of the ATSF train depot in Albuquerque, ca. 1890.
Dates:
1890-ca. 2000.
Photocopies of family photos and newspaper articles, ca. 1890s-ca. 1970s.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
The articles relate to family in El Paso and Eagle Pass, Texas, and to the history of the El Paso area. Families mentioned included Schutz, Kranzthor and Schwartz.
Dates:
ca. 1890s-ca. 1970s.
Audit Reports for Maisel’s Indian Trading Post, 1938-1940.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Four audit reports, including: Financial Statements, 1938; Report on Examination, Maisel’s Indian Trading Post, for calendar year 1939; Report on Audit, for calendar year 1939; Financial Statements, January 1940.
Dates:
1938-1940.
Maisel’s Kachina Doll Trademark, 1971-1972.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Documents pertaining to the registration of the Maisel’s Indian Trading Post Kachina Doll trademark.
Dates:
1971-1972.
Jewelry Designs, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Four hand-drawn and painted color designs of jewelry pieces.
Dates:
undated.
Correspondence, 1948-1949.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Contract Bond documents pertaining to a 1949 claim by Margaret Keleher against Lembke Construction and Maisel’s Indian Trading Post asserting damage caused by the construction of a new J. C Penney building on Central Avenue. Correspondents include John F. Simms, attorney, and Albuquerque insurance firm Savage and Sganzini.
Dates:
1948-1949.
Miscellaneous Business Papers, 1937-1999.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
State of New Mexico Real Estate Salesperson License certificates of Seymour L. Maisel; Bill of Sale of miscellaneous items by Maurice “Rick” Maisel, 1999; three Maisel’s Indian Trading Post checks, marked paid, 1951; Internal Revenue Service documents for Maisel’s Indian Trading Post, 1937. 1099 forms, Partnership Return of Income form and associated documents for 1937.
Dates:
1937-1999.
Maisel’s publications, ca. 1965-1972.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
“Jewelry by Maisel’s”, incomplete catalog, date unknown. (Missing pages 1-10, 49-54); “Jewelry by Maisel’s of Albuquerque”, June 15, 1965 catalog, with 8-page insert of “Maisel’s Dealer’s Confidential Wholesale Net Price List, same date; “Maisel’s of Albuquerque”, Fall 1970 catalog; “Maisel’s of Albuquerque”, 1971 catalog; “Maisel’s of Albuquerque”, 1972 catalog.
Dates:
ca. 1965-1972.
Maisel’s publications, ca. 1953-1963.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Maisel’s Indian Trading Post catalog, jewelry and gifts, undated. “Gifts from Maisel’s”, catalog, 1953-1954. Maisel’s gift catalog, 1954-1955. “Gifts from Maisel’s”, catalog, 1955-1956. “Unusual Gifts from Maisel’s”, catalog, 1960. “Edie”, unpublished book of poetry by Edie Maisel. “Charm Bracelets are Sweeping the Country”; “Maisel’s Dealer’s Confidential Wholesale Net Price List”, October 1, 1963; “Jewelry by Maisel’s”, Catalog Insert E, undated; “Exceptional Beauty and Profit with Maisel’s...
Dates:
ca. 1953-1963.
General publications, 1928-1970.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Postcard of Downtown Albuquerque and Central Avenue, with Maisel’s prominently depicted, undated. Thunderbird Trading Post, Palm Springs, California, catalog, #8. “This Week in New Mexico”, December 19, 1947, with full-page advertisement for Maisel’s on the back cover. Southwestern Romance Jewelry catalog, undated. Playbill/program for the “Farewell Appearance of Madame Schumann-Heink”, January 6, 1928, Albuquerque, including an advertisement for Maisels Indian Trader on First Street. “A...
Dates:
1928-1970.
“Industry on Parade”, 1956.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Episode #304, August 11, 1956. Two DVD copies of the weekly newsreel produced by the National Association of Manufacturers, including a feature on Maisel’s. 13:41 minute runtime, with the feature on Maisel’s beginning at 10:52.
Dates:
1956.