Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein collection
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
Subject
- Silverstein, Max 1879-1955 (Person)
- American Jewish Congress (Organization)
- Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America (Organization)
- Recotta, Orazio (Person)
- 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
