SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Family Papers, 1894-1967 (20 folders)

These folders contain information on individual members of the family, including William Goldstein, David and Flora Goldstein, Bernard and Evelyn Goldstein, and Leah Goldstein Weise. While these include items such as financial statements and individual tax returns, of most interest here are William Goldstein’s naturalization papers from 1894, which provide a brief history of how he ended up in Murfreesboro.  The bulk of this series pertains to Bernard and Evelyn Goldstein.

Department Store, 1921-1965 (5 folders)

These folders contain a wide variety of information pertaining to the Goldstein’s Department Store in Murfreesboro and Goldstein’s Tullahoma, Inc.  The most common types of documents found here are financial and governmental, such as business licenses and tax returns.

Other Businesses, 1919-1965 (7 folders)

The information in these folders pertains to other businesses owned wholly or in part by members of the extended Goldstein family, including Aultman’s, Carolyn's, Joy’s Jewelers, Howard’s and Freidburg’s.  One file contains a list of other Murfreesboro businesses, and the areas in which they were located.

Publications and Printed Materials, 1923-1924, 1956, 1964 (5 volumes)

This series includes a yearbook and commencement program for the Staunton Military Academy in 1923, the year Bernard Goldstein graduated.  Also included are a 1924 Vanderbilt yearbook, the 1964 Annual Report of the Mount Sinai Hospital of New York (one of the charities that Bernard Goldstein supported), and a book entitled Shopping Centers: Planning and Management, by Paul E. Smith, published by the National Retail Dry Goods Association in 1956.

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