Auerbach Department Store photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1867
Scope and Contents
The Auerbach Department Store photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 9 cabinet cards and cartes de visite portraits depicting Herbert S. Auerbach and other members of the Auerbach family. The collection dates from approximatley 1900 to 1944.
Dates
- 1900-1944
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Auerbach Department Store photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Auerbach Department Store photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Biographical Note
The Auerbach family was among the first Jewish residents in Salt Lake City and operated a department store in downtown Salt Lake City from 1864 to 1977. Herbert Auerbach was the son of Samuel Auerbach, one of the founders of the company, and Eveline Brooks, the daughter of another prominent Jewish Salt Lake City family. Herbert S. Auerbach was born on October 4, 1882, in Salt Lake City, Utah. After graduating from high school in Salt Lake City in 1896, he attended classes in Germany and Switzerland receiving diplomas in industrial studies in 1898 and 1899. In 1905, Auerbach graduated from Columbia University with a degree in mining engineering and in the following year he earned a master's degree in electrometallurgy from Columbia University. Prior to serving as a major in the U.S. Army in World War I, he worked as a manager for mining, real estate and department store firms in Idaho, Colorado, and Utah.
Auerbach returned to his pre-war position as an executive in his family's Salt Lake City department store following World War I, and eventually became its president. In addition to his business interests, Auerbach was an avid amateur historian and collector of western Americana. Auerbach translated Father Escalante's journal, authored several articles in western history, and was president of the Utah Historical Society's Board of Control from 1936-1945. Additionally, Auerbach was a concert violinist, a poet, a composer of over one hundred ballads and religious songs, a philanthropist and a state legislator. Herbert S. Auerbach died on March 19, 1945.
Auerbach returned to his pre-war position as an executive in his family's Salt Lake City department store following World War I, and eventually became its president. In addition to his business interests, Auerbach was an avid amateur historian and collector of western Americana. Auerbach translated Father Escalante's journal, authored several articles in western history, and was president of the Utah Historical Society's Board of Control from 1936-1945. Additionally, Auerbach was a concert violinist, a poet, a composer of over one hundred ballads and religious songs, a philanthropist and a state legislator. Herbert S. Auerbach died on March 19, 1945.
Extent
9 Photographic Prints (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Auerbach family was among the first Jewish residents in Salt Lake City and operated a department store in downtown Salt Lake City from 1864 to 1977. Herbert S. Auerbach (1882-1945) served as president of the Auerbach Company from the 1920s until his death in 1945. This collection contains cabinet cards and cartes de visite portraits of Herbert Auerbach and other members of the Auerbach family.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ken Sanders in 2013.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Auerbach Department Store photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu