Linda Schloff
Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
320 Elmer L. Anderson Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0192
Email: schlo025@tc.umn.edu
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Title: 'My Story," by Rachel Bella Calof
Access No.: 0159
Genre Material: paper
Amount: 1 ff.
Language: Engl
Restrictions: No
Location: box 34, Photo collection
Inventory Notes: Yes
Dontated By: Calof, Stanley
Summary Note: This autobiography chronicles the childhood and early adulthood in Russia of Rachel Bella, her arranged marriage with Abe Calof, her meeting him in NewYork, and her impressions of his family and the farm they homesteaded near Devil's Lake, North Dakota. She chronicles extensively her life on the farm and the birth of her children as well as her relations with Abe's family. The dates are roughly 1880-1917.
Bio History Note: an autobiography of one woman's early life in Russia and her life as the wife of a North Dakota homesteader.
Subject Name: Calof
Subject Topic 1: Immigration Narrative
Subject Topic 2: Homesteading
Subject Topic 3: Women
Subject Topic 4: Autobiographies
Subject Topic 5:
Subject Geography 1:Russia
Subject Geography 2:North Dakota
Subject Geography 3:Devil's Lake
