Philip and Samuel Drachman Samuel H. Drachman Philip Drachman 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. 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 Ann 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. [27K] photo courtesy of Ann Tartaul (SWJA) Rosa's daughters Becky, Myra, Lilly, Phyllis, Esther, and Minnie Read exerpts from Rosa Katzenstein's journal in an SJH article "The Drachman Brothers: Arizona's Pioneers with Courage and Faith." On March 19, 1996, Melissa Amado interviewed Royers "Roy" Drachman, grandson of Rosa and Philip Drachman. Mr. Drachman was the son of 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. What follows are audio clips from Melissa's interview. In December 1997, Roy P. Drachman's book, Just Memories, was added to the Library's Electronic Texts Project. The early chapters describe the family and Tucson life in the early part of the twentieth century. Roy Drachman remembers, ... Note: your browser needs to support playing .au audio files to hear these. other Jewish families at the time he was in school [248K, 30 seconds] his grandmother, who was active in the community [246K, 30 seconds] his great uncle Sam Drachman, who arrived in Tucson in the 1860's (part I) [212K, 25 seconds] great uncle Sam, (part II) [412K, 50 seconds] that none of his brothers and sisters found Jewish spouses [132K, 15 seconds]