Cayton Family Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Union Tansfer and Storage Co.
label: Creator
content: Cayton, Rosa
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content: Cayton, Max
label: Creator
content: Cayton Family
topic: label: Topic
content: Jews -- United States
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content: Immigrants
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content: Family-owned business enterprises
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Hannah E. Cayton, widow of Howard Cayton on July 20, 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Union Tansfer and Storage Co.
label: Creator
content: Cayton, Rosa
label: Creator
content: Cayton, Max
label: Creator
content: Cayton Family
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content: Cayton Family Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Correspondence, photographs, business documents, certificates and advertising materials from the family of Max and Rose Cayton, 1890-1993.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Max Chayuta (See Series 1: Biographical/Background Information for name change from Chayuta to Cayton) emigrated to the United States from Russia in the early 1890s to work in the cotton mills of the American South. While traveling, Max met Rosa Yoffie, also a Russian immigrant. Max and Rosa married in 1897 and moved to Washington, DC to open Union Storage and Transfer Company.  They raised five sons: Albert, Harry, Howard, Leon, and Nathan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1992.
label: Date
content: 1892-1992
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Division of Cultural (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) history to the Archives Center in 2000.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0780
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Correspondence
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content: Certificates
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content: Business records
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content: Advertisements
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content: Family papers
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content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is divided into four series. 

Series 1: Biographical/Background information, 1925-1992
 
Series 2: Correspondence, 1892-1972 
 
Series 3: Union Transfer and Storage Company Records, 1899-1963   
 
Series 4: Photographs, 1895-1983
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Angela Sidman, 2002.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 20th century
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content: Certificates
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content: Business records
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content: Advertisements
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content: Family papers
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content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection consists of personal family and business materials that document the family of Max Chayuta, 1890s-1970s.  

The correspondence, 1892-1972,is further divided into three subseries: Subseries 1: Max Chayuta and Rosa Yoffie (research copies);  Subseries 2: Max Chayuta and Rosa Yoffie (original copies); and Subseries 3: General. The correspondence between Max and Rosa is written in Yiddish and Russian and forms the earliest part of the collection; many illustrated with letterhead stationery from small town dry goods stores.   All correspondence has been translated into English.  Together, these letters chronicle the assimilation of a Russian-Jewish family in twentieth-century America.  The Union Storage and Transfer Company Records, 1899-1963, include records of incorporation, correspondence, receipts, time books, cash books, and photographs documenting the company's activities in Washington, DC.  The photographs, 1895-1983, depict family members from different time periods.