Papers of Ezekiel Leavitt
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from individuals: Cyrus Adler, Joseph Barondess, Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Louis D. Brandeis, Alexander Harkavy, Mordecai Kaplan, Judah L. Magnes, Max Nordau, David de Sola Pool, Solomon Schechter, Abba Hillel Silver, Upton Sinclair, Israel Joshua Singer, Henrietta Szold, Stephen S. Wise. Correspondence from organizations. Personal documents. Manuscripts of Leavitt's writings. Photographs of friends and relatives.
Dates
- Creation: 1890 - 1945
Biographical / Historical
Conservative rabbi, teacher, principal, newspaper editor, author and lecturer. New York City.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Yiddish
Alternate Form Available
MK 280.13 (folders 112-117 only)
Legacy Finding Aid
A digitized version of the legacy finding aid is available at http://digipres.cjh.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2079188.
Subject
- Leavitt, Ezekiel, 1878-1945 (Person)
- Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 (Person)
- Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 (Person)
- Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 (Person)
- Singer, Israel Joshua, 1893-1944 (Person)
- Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940 (Person)
- Barondess, Joseph, 1867-1928 (Person)
- Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934 (Person)
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 (Person)
- Pool, David de Sola, 1885-1970 (Person)
- Sinclair, Upton (Upton Beall), 1878-1968 (Person)
- Harkavy, Alexander, 1863-1939 (Person)
- Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983 (Person)
- Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948 (Person)
- Nordau, Max Simon, 1849-1923 (Person)
- Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915 (Person)
- Leavitt family (Family)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository
