Lipton, Harry and Mandelbaum, Rachel

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Authority Biography/Administrative History

Harry LIPTON and Rachel MANDELBAUM

Housing: 1 box Period: 1940-1979

Harry Lipton, a printer by trade, was a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai and subsequently Australia. He married Rachel Mandelbaum (Jorden) in the fifties. The collection includes correspondence, family photographs and personal documents.

Rachel Mandelbaum was the daughter of Reverend Bezalel Mandelbaum who served as the minister of Broken Hill, assistant minister in Perth to Rabbi Freedman, and for eleven years as minister in Ballarat. Rachel obtained her B.A. and M.A. in literature from Sydney University, and taught for a number of years. An excellent businesswoman, she bequeathed $750,000 for the establishement of a Jewish College in sydney. This project was realised in 1996, with the opening of Mandelbaum House, a small Jewish college attached to the University of Sydney. Her files contain personal papers, photos and correspondence, as well as a photocopy of a letter she received from Sigmund Freud. Rachel Mandelbaum also established a music scholarship in memory of her sister, Rose Mandelbaum.

ProvenanceLIPTON, Harry & MANDELBAUM, Rachel (MANDELB-LIPTON)
Dates(s)1940 to 1979
Scope & ContentHer files contain personal papers, photos and correspondence, as well as a photocopy of a letter she received from Sigmund Freud. Rachel Mandelbaum also established a music scholarship in memory of her sister, Rose Mandelbaum.