Philip and Samuel Drachman
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Read "Philip Drachman -- 1867
A Legislator's Devotion: 200 Horse Miles to Work" from
the 1967 Tucson Daily Citizen
Read an online version of "The Drachman's of
Arizona" written by Dr. Floyd S. Fierman and published in 1964 in the
journal, American Jewish Archives. Rabbi Fierman's
article tells of the experience of Jewish pioneers Samuel and Philip
Drachman who came west in the 1850s and 1860s. Samuel and his brother
Philip, his two brothers-in-law Hyman Goldberg and Sam Katzenstein, and
Hyman's brother Isaac, were all closely identified with the growth of the
Arizona Territory.
Read about Sam
Drachman's role in the early history of the Tucson Unified School
District.
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View an image of the 1867 petition that Philip
Drachman signed to the Pima county Board of Supervisors requesting
a "public school in the town of Tucson." |

[35K] photo courtesy of Anne Tartaul (SWJA)
Rosa Katzenstein Drachman, wife of Philip Drachman, sits
with her ten children. The photograph was taken in Santa
Monica, California, in 1915. From left to right standing:
Harry, Becky, Emanuel, Lillian, Mose, Esther, Minnie and
Albert. Seated are Myra, left, and Phyllis.
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[27K] photo courtesy of Anne Tartaul (SWJA)
Rosa's daughters Becky, Myra, Lilly, Phyllis, Esther,
and Minnie
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Read exerpts from Rosa Katzenstein's
journal in an SJH article "The Drachman Brothers: Arizona's
Pioneers with Courage and Faith."
Royers "Roy"
Drachman, Sr., was a grandson of Rosa and Philip Drachman. Mr. Drachman's parents were Emanuel Drachman and Millie Rogers Drachman, who were married in
Tucson in 1905. Emanuel Drachman was the second child born to Philip
and Rosa Drachman. Read an e-text of Roy P. Drachman, Sr.'s book, Just Memories. The early chapters describe the family and
Tucson life in the early part of the twentieth century.
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