Steven M. Lowenstein Collection - Addenda

The Steven Lowenstein Collections documents professional activities of Steven Lowenstein, writer, researcher, historian, and teacher.

Documents comprising the collection reflect Dr. Lowenstein’s interests in a wide spectrum of topics related to Jews and Judaism, such as modernity and tradition and their influence on the religion and common folks, Berlin Jews of the upper strata, similarities and differences between agrarian/rural and urban Jews, popular and official Judaism, secular and religious Jews, and other Jewish related topics.

However, there is a very small amount of materials related to Dr. Lowenstein’s professional activities other than research and writing.

There are two distinct types of materials – correspondence and manuscripts.

There is correspondence with educational, cultural, historical and research institutions such as Leo Baeck Institute, University of Judaism, Hebrew Union College to name just a few.

Correspondence collected here pertain to Steven Lowenstein’s writings and publishing efforts, his teaching activities, conferences, writings by others, and research projects.

Additional correspondence dealing with Steven Lowenstein’s editorial work, writings, and publishing efforts is found in Series II: Writings.

Writings collected here explore a wide spectrum of topics related to Jews and Judaism, such as modernity and tradition and their influence on the religion and common folks, Berlin Jews of the upper strata, similarities and differences between agrarian/rural and urban Jews, popular and official Judaism, and secular and religious Jews.

The writings range from large scale works to short essays, reviews and lectures.

By and large, Steven Lowenstein’s manuscripts are accompanied by very extensive supplementary materials such as notes, research files, correspondence with publishers regarding publications and publication’s rights, small amount of correspondence with colleagues, and printed materials.

However, manuscripts by other authors lack annotations and are not accompanied by supplementary materials.

Additionally, there are legal documents, such as agreements and permissions; small amount of printed materials, and photographs.