Alfred Decker autobiography

  • Creator Names Decker, Alfred, 1871-1943.
  • Title Alfred Decker autobiography [manuscript], ca. 1940.
  • Physical description 49 p.
  • Collection summary Typescript autobiography by Decker, a Jewish immigrant from Germany (Kirchenheimbolanden, Rheinpfalz) in 1886 who became a clothing manufacturer in Chicago (Ill.), discusses family and business practices and working conditions in the clothing industry between 1886 and 1905.
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Donor retains copyright.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Mae Shanhouse in 1980. Filed with a journal kept by T.H. Young, a traveling salesman of clothing in Illinois, Iowa, and St. Louis in 1892.
  • Names
    • Young, T.H.
    • Decker, Alfred, 1871-1943.
  • Subjects
    • Clothing trade Illinois Chicago.
    • Families Illinois Chicago.
    • Germans Illinois Chicago.
    • Jews Illinois Chicago.
    • Prostitution Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Description and travel.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions.
    • Rheinpfalz Description and travel.
    • Rhineland (Germany) Description and travel.
    • Kirchenheimbolanden (Germany : Landkreis) Description and travel.
    • Iowa, 1892.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Description and travel 1892.
  • Genre Autobiographies. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.