Warshaw family papers
Scope and Content Note
Contains genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, oral histories, and other information documenting the history and activities of the Warshaw family.
Dates
- undated, 1949-2000
Creator
- Warshaw family (Family)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
Use Restrictions
No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.
For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org
Biographical Note
Thayer S. Warshaw co-wrote Russian Refuseniks: Their Plight, Their Plea with Rabbi Harry A. Roth, the rabbi for Temple Emanuel in Andover, Massachusetts, of which Warshaw was a member for many years.
Warshaw was also proponent of teaching the Bible as an critical part of understanding literature, for which he helped craft standards for curriculum and guidelines for teachers. He was the co-author of The Bible as/in Literature with James S. Ackerman. Their book was also turned into a workshop at Indiana University with the same name.
Extent
2.8 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes + 2 audio cassette boxes + 1 OS folder)
Abstract
Contains genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, oral histories, and other information documenting the history and activities of the Warshaw family.
Arrangement
The original (and still current) physical arrangement of this collection is organized alphabetically by subject/personal name, collection-wide.
In order to increase ease of use and research, this collection has been intellectually organized by series, alphabetizing each series separately. Original box and folders numbers still apply.
- Series I: Correspondence, 1936-1996
- Series II: Documents, 1950-2000
- Subseries 1: Family history, 1990-2000
- Subseries 2: Miscellaneous, 1950-1998
- Series III: Photographs, 1991-1996
- Series IV: Oral Histories, undated, 1985, 1993
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Acquisition Note
Marcia Scheinin 2000.043
- Boulton, Bernhard E.
- Correspondence
- Genealogies (histories)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews -- Genealogy
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Photographs
- Varshavski, Dov Tevye
- Warshaw International
- Warshaw, Lewis, 1854-1940
- Warshaw, Moses Aaron, 1842-1929
- Warshaw, Solomon, 1846-1926
- Warshaw, Thayer S., 1915-
- Title
- Guide to the Warshaw family papers, undated, 1949-2000 P-768
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by marc2ead_ajhs.xsl
- Date
- © 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2016-09-28: PDF box list converted to dsc. Finding aid encoding revised by Janine Veazue.
- December 2020: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
