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Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein collection

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P19, Folder: P-671
Identifier: P-671

Scope and Content Note

Collection includes newspaper clippings, articles, an excerpt from an oral history interview, and a short biographical summary of Elizabeth Blume and her husband, Max Silverstein. Of interest is Ms. Blume's oral history excerpt, where she describes an opinion she helped prepare for the American Jewish Congress concerning the Balfour Declaration.

Dates

  • Creation: undated, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1929, 1932, 1935-1936, 1953, 1977, 1982

Creator

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

Elizabeth Blume Silverstein was the first female lawyer to practice in Essex County, to represent a defendant in a murder case in New Jersey without an associate counsel, and to serve as a delegate to the 12th Congressional District to the Republican Convention (1932).

Extent

1 Folders : 1 folder in consolidated box #2

Language of Materials

English

Yiddish

Abstract

Collection includes newspaper clippings, articles, an excerpt from an oral history interview, and a short biographical summary of Elizabeth Blume and her husband, Max Silverstein. Of interest is Ms. Blume's oral history excerpt, where she describes an opinion she helped prepare for the American Jewish Congress concerning the Balfour Declaration.

Physical Location

Collection is located in Consolidated Box P19.

Acquisition Note

unknown 2003.012

Title
Guide to the Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein collection, undated, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1929, 1932, 1935-1936, 1953, 1977, 1982 P-671
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

  • October 2020: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.

Repository Details

Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository

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