Abraham Judah Lyons collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Abraham Judah Lyons collection, Collection # M 151, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Summary

Extent:
3 Items
Creator:
Lyons, Abraham Judah, 1850-1933
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Abraham Judah Lyons collection, Collection # M 151, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes a prayer book, prayer shawl, and yarmulka which belonged to Abraham Judah Lyons.

Biographical / historical:

Abraham Lyons was born in 1850 in Buttik, Kovno Guberna, Lithuania. In 1910 he emigrated to the United States where he lived in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Brina. While residing in Baltimore, Lyons worked as a tailor in a men's clothing factory. After the death of his wife, Lyons moved to Roanoke, Virginia to live with his children until his death in 1933. His grandson is Dr. Harry Lyons, former Dean of the School of Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard