M. Pejji Golden Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0985

Staff Only

Finding aid note:

Content Description

One box containing correspondence, certificates, photographs, booklets, and Masonic / Shriner materials documents the life and activities of M. Pejji Golden from 1944 to 1986.

Forms part of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives.

Dates

Creation: 1944 - 1986

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the M. Pejji Golden Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

M. Pejji Golden was born on December 4, 1926. Pejji worked on an assembly line during WWII wrapping the blades of propellers on B-24s. Later in life she worked as a buyer for hotels in Washington D.C. and San Francisco purchasing furnishing for hotel rooms, lobbies, restauraunts, etc. She later married Leon Spitzer and lived in Tucson, Arizona, where she owned her own shop working as a seamstress.

Pejji Golden died February 2, 2021, in Tuscon, Arizona.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, certificates, photographs, booklets, and Masonic / Shriner materials that document the life and activities of M. Pejji Golden from 1944 to 1986.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged into six series as follows: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Family Documents; Series III: Photographs; Series IV: Booklets; Series V: Texas Shriners Memorabilia; Series VI: Memorabilia