Temple Beth El (Birmingham, Mich.) Records
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a file of The Temple Bulletin (scattered issues 1927-1933, 1941-1942, complete 1935-1941, 1942-1944, 1949- ); various pamphlets on its history; the Temple Beth El dedication issue of The Jewish American (September 18, 1903); programs, brochures and publications on the Woodward-Gladstone Street Synagogue and materials on the relocation to Birmingham, Michigan.
Also includes the Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Jubilee issue of The Jewish Chronicle (July 24, 1919); sermons and materials relating to Rabbis B. Benedict Glazer, Richard C. Hertz, and Morton M. Kanter; incomplete sets of programs of confirmation services (1905-1974); material on the Beth El College of Jewish Studies (1926-1950); the Beth El annual-religious school yearbook (1953-1966, 1969, 1971); Temple Yearbooks (1911-1915, 1917-1918, 1920-1922, 1924-1945); congregational by-laws (1942, 1966), annual reports (1944-1966); programs for special temple services and music festivals, and miscellaneous material on other synagogue activities.
Dates
- undated, 1885-1994
Creator
- Temple Beth El (Birmingham, Mich.) (Organization)
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
Extent
9 Manuscript Boxes
4.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a file of The Temple Bulletin (scattered issues 1927-1933, 1941-1942, complete 1935-1941, 1942-1944, 1949- ); various pamphlets on its history; the Temple Beth El dedication issue of The Jewish American (September 18, 1903); programs, brochures and publications on the Woodward-Gladstone Street Synagogue and materials on the relocation to Birmingham, Michigan.
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
- Title
- Guide to the Records of Temple Beth El (Birmingham, Mich.), undated, 1885-1994 I-111
- 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
- 2016-09-12: PDF box list converted to dsc. Finding aid encoding revised. Sarah Glover
- February 2021: RJohnstone: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
