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Ben Press - Awards, Publications, Remembrances & Newspaper Clippings, 2008 - 2016

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17

Dates

  • Creation: 2008 - 2016

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (One records carton)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Materials Specific Details

Edith (Edie) Press Greenberg and Ben Press (1924-2016) grew up in North Park. Freda Nestor was Ben's late wife's mother. Their families were very active in the Jewish community. Edie Greenberg is an exceptional chef who taught cooking and wrote a Jewish cooking column in the "San Diego Jewish Times" for many years. Ben Press "Mr. Tennis" was a well-known tennis pro at many hotels and resorts in San Diego including the Hotel del Coronado and the Balboa Park Tennis Club where he coached professional and amateur tennis players, including visiting celebrities and tennis champion Maureen Connolly. His book "100 Years of Tennis at the Hotel del Coronado" is included in this collection. The Press Family Pavilion at the Balboa Park Tennis Club honors Edie and Ben's parents Pauline and Charles Press. Edie Greenberg donated her materials in 2015. The family of Ben Press donated his materials in 2017. The collection includes digital images of scrapbooks containing his tennis columns in the "San Diego Union", his publications and newspaper clippings. Edie included reproductions and digital images of photos from her childhood and young adult years. Much of the Press and Nestor Family memorabilia and history is held by photographer Paul Nestor in his personal family archives.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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