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- catalog abstract "Photocopy of a typed memoir (76 p.) entitled The Autobiography of Mary Davidson, 1869-1940, and a sequel (4 p.) by daughter Jennie (Davidson) Levitt, 1972. Also typed letter with family information from great-granddaughter Judy Smith, 2001.".
- catalog contributor b12037068.
- catalog coverage "Des Moines (Iowa) Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "Des Moines (Iowa) Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog date "1940".
- catalog description "Gift of her granddaughter, Beth Kulakofsky Smith and her great-grandchildren, Sarah Smith Malino, Judith Smith, Deborah Smith, and James David Smith, 2001.".
- catalog description "Mary Cohen Davidson Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.".
- catalog description "Mary Cohen Davidson was born in Lithuania in 1869 and emigrated to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1881, where her parents kept cows and ran a boarding house. She married Saul Davidson (b. 1863), peddler and later owner of a secondhand store; they had four children: Jennie, Sarah, Abe, and Hyman. Their business evolved into Davidson's Furniture, with stores throughout the Midwest. One of the founders of the Hebrew Ladies Aid Society in 1894, Davidson was an active member of the Des Moines Jewish community. She died in April 1940.".
- catalog description "Photocopy of a typed memoir (76 p.) entitled The Autobiography of Mary Davidson, 1869-1940, and a sequel (4 p.) by daughter Jennie (Davidson) Levitt, 1972. Also typed letter with family information from great-granddaughter Judy Smith, 2001.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent "1 folder.".
- catalog issued "1940".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog provenance "Gift of her granddaughter, Beth Kulakofsky Smith and her great-grandchildren, Sarah Smith Malino, Judith Smith, Deborah Smith, and James David Smith, 2001.".
- catalog spatial "Des Moines (Iowa) Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Des Moines (Iowa) Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Iowa Des Moines.".
- catalog subject "Davidson, Mary Cohen, 1869-1940.".
- catalog subject "Immigrants Iowa Des Moines.".
- catalog subject "Jewish women Iowa Des Moines.".
- catalog subject "Levitt, Jennie Davidson, 1889-1980.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1940-2001 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Memoirs. aat".
- catalog type "collection".