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Etting family collection
Contains the personal papers, including correspondence and documents, of Elijah Etting, his sons, Solomon and Reuben, and his three grandchildren, Samuel Etting, Kitty (Etting) Cohen, and Elijah Gratz Etting (frequently referred to as Gratz Etting).
Eugene Leoni family papers
This collection contains the correspondence, official documents, and the German passports of Eugene and Cecilia Leoni. The passport documents the addition of their Jewish names, and their efforts to leave Austria after the Nazi occupation. Collection also includes their son Leon's school report cards, textbooks, exercise books from Vienna, and a school certificate from Havana, Cuba. One of the report cards indicates that Leon was transferred to another school for Jewish children in 1938, and the exercise books also reflect Hitler's occupation.
Everett P. Wheeler papers
Consists of letters written to Wheeler on various matters by the following individuals: Samuel Greenbaum and David Levintritt, New York State Supreme Court judges; Jonathan J. Freedman, New York State Superior Court judge; Simon Adler, majority leader of the New York State Assembly (1915-1926); Henry Morgenthau, Felix M. Warburg, and Julius Mayer, judge of the New York State District Court.
Ewenczyk Family Genealogy Collection
Contains the Evenchik newsletter, with charts of the family history.
Executive Functions Records in the Hadassah Archives
This record group includes documents created and maintained by the Office of the President, the Office of the Executive Director and the Chair of the Division Coordinators/Directors Committee. Prominent is the Henrietta Szold series, containing correspondence by and to Szold as well as printed materials written by and about her. The files in this record group were created by a national president or executive director, or for their use, or maintained in their office during their years in office. Included are correspondence, minutes, memos, publications, reports and subject files on topics with which these individuals were involved.
Ezekiel Leavitt Papers
This collection contains correspondence with A.N. Marquis & Co. regarding Leavitt's entry in the 1910-1911 edition of "Who's Who in America".
Factor family genealogical charts
Genealogy of Fischel Factor and his descendants.
Fairview Country Club 100th Anniversary Bulletin
This collection consists of one item, a souvenir journal commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Fairview Country Club.
Family history newsletter collection
Collection includes the following newsletters: Abravanel Family Newsletter 1987-1998; Berman Reunion, A Family Chronicle 1988; Breakstone World 1930; Family Chronicles 1987-2000 (Budnitzky/Glanz-Chafets/Knoppow families); Gamsu Family 1991; Gimpel-Wnuk Family 1987-1993; Grad Family 1995-1999; Indianer Mishpoche 1988-1999; Klein Klippings 1995-1998, 2004; Meyers Mishpoche 1989-1996; Minovitz Minutes 1996-2001, 2012; Mischpacha Memo 1999-1994 (Uknown family); Mishpocheh 1990-1994 (Friedberg-Buten-Zipnick families); Pasenker Family 1992-2006; The Pearl 1985-1996 (Gradsonossky family); Relatively Speaking 1987-2000 (Birkenwald/Langsdorf/Rosenstock/Weinberg families); Rock Candy Gazette 1994-1997 (Zuckerkandel family); SaroNewS 1987-1988 (Saron Family); Ser-Charlap Family Newsletter 1989-1999; The Stein Family 1988; Straus Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter 1999-2000; Wholedamfam 1993-1996 (Straus family); Wirtshafters World 1990-1991.
Family Location Service collection
This collection consists of annual reports, name change announcements, invitations, programs for miscellaneous events, and general informational pamphlets.
Fannie Hurst papers
Contains printer's proof of Hurst's entry in Who's Who in America, 1920-1921; two letters to Louis Wiley, business manager of the New York times, regarding personal matters; a signed typescript of a story entitled "Quicksand;" and a program for her play, "Back Pay."
Fannie Levy Letter
This collection consists of a letter to a Mr. Simons regarding personal matters. In her letter, Levy notes the condition of Savannah after the Civil War.
Faye Weinstein Campbell genealogical chart and wedding photograph
Collection lists the descendants of Julius and Millie Pashalinsky (c. 1810, Russia), Joe Lomberg, Fanny Goldberg, and Alex Weinstein. It also includes an alphabetical index of descendants of the Pashalinsky and Weinstein families; a kinship index for Faye Weinstein Campbell; and a photograph taken at Faye Weinstein Campbell's 1926 wedding in New Haven, CT, where the family lived, depicting Faye's parents, Hyman and Ida Weinstein, and her brothers, sisters, and sister-in-law. Accompanying the photograph is an historical summary of Hyman and Ida Weinstein's family.
Feibelmann Family Genealogical Charts
Consists of the family tree for the Feibelmann family who originated in Rulzheim, Pfalz, Germany; the charts indicate where family members came from and where they are now located.
Felix Adler correspondence
The collection contains three letters of a routine nature.
Felix Frankfurter Papers
The collection consists of five letters and six articles. Of special interest is a letter to "Mr. Filene" (probably E.A. Filene), regarding a proposed mass meeting to be held in Boston in support of the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916?).
Fern family papers
A 1997 family tree and family directory, and a directory and family trees of 5 branches of the Fern Family (added April 2000).
Fidanque family genealogy
A printed genealogy and a short family history prepared by Elias Alvin Fidanque and J.M.L. Maduro.
First Baltimore Hebrew Guards letter
Contains a letter written by Thomas Karroll, captain of the First Baltimore Hebrew Guards, to William Marcy, Secretary of War, offering the services of the Guards during the Mexican War.
First Radomer Congregation (New York, N.Y.) Minute Books
This collection contains the minute books, in Yiddish, of the meetings of the congregation for the years 1944 to 1969, describing its activities, finances, and information about the membership. Includes information on the synagogue's assistance given to refugees in Europe during World War II and aid to Israel. Of special interest are the activities carried out with Radomer landsleit in Montreal, Toronto, Baltimore, Washington, and Chile.
Fisher Family Papers
Contains ethical wills of Max Fisher and Jennie Marcus Fisher from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Also includes a newspaper article (photocopy) about their 50th wedding anniversary, and a photograph (photocopy) of their family.
Fleischer Family Papers
The Fleischer Family papers document the family of Simon and Lilly (née Hammerschlag) Fleischer. Simon and Lilly emigrated from Poland to New York City in the early 1920s and married in 1928. They became naturalized United States citizens in the late 1960s. The Fleischers had two sons, Martin and Bernard. The Fleischers owned Fleischer Brothers Butchers in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as well as Fleischer’s New Star Mountain Hotel in the Catskills area of Monticello, NY. The collection contains correspondence, passports, marriage records, naturalization records, some business documents, and many family photographs dating from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Florence Lowenstein Marshall (1873-1916) Diaries, 1890-1916; 2019
The personal and social engagement diaries of Florence Lowenstein Marshall (1873-1916), wife of Constitution and civil rights attorney Louis Marshall and mother of lawyer James and conservationists Robert and George Marshall and daughter Ruth, span the years of 1894 until her death in 1916 of cancer. Her diaries record the events of her life—without the benefit of commentary on them—regarding social and family gatherings, theatre and music performances, her children's activities (including illnesses and vaccinations), her philantrophic meetings, and a meticulous recording of Louis's life as a leader.
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Collection
The collection consists of Jack Cohen and Mosco Tzechoval’s papers relating to their involvement at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, New York, 1944-1946. Materials include correspondence, sermons, minutes, reports, notes, clippings, and photographs.
Frank Brodsky Papers
The papers of Frank Brodsky reflect his work as co-chairman of the Soviet Jewry Council of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Philadelphia. The collection includes two reports by Mr. Brodsky on trips to the U.S.S.R. that he and several other members of the Philadelphia Jewish community took in 1985 and 1987, in order to deliver material aid and moral support to the Soviet Jewish Refuseniks. Also included are two calendar books with forewords by Mr. Brodsky, featuring photographs, profiles, contact information of, and updates on, Soviet Jewish Refuseniks. The books also contain photos and articles on the Soviet Jewry movement rallies, lectures and other related events in Greater Philadelphia.
Frankel Brothers (Rochester, N.Y.) Death Notices Collection
This collection consists of death notices, as well as acknowledgement cards and notes for condolences offered by the firm of Frankel Brothers, on the occasion of a death in the family of a business contact, and announcements of memorials and funeral services. Contains information of Jewish businesses across the United States.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Letters
Consists of signed letters to Max L. Hollander (undated), Maurice Rodesk of the New York journal (1931), Irving B. Feinson (1936).
Franklin J. Moses Papers
Contains a receipt for a payment and two letters on legal matters.
Franks Family Papers
Originally from England, the Franks family were colonial merchants who settled in New York City in the 1700s. This collection documents parts of their life through correspondence, legal documents, and financial records. The correspondence is primarily written by Abigail Franks in New York to her son, Naphtali, in England. Also included in the collection are the notes and correspondence of Dr. Leo Hershkowitz, who co-edited a book on the letters of the family entitled the Lee Max Friedman Collection of American Jewish Colonial Correspondence: Letters of the Franks Family (1733-1748), written with Isadore S. Meyer in 1968.
Franks family research collection
Collection consists of research notes, transcriptions, photostats, correspondence, and similar materials compiled by Friedman during the course of his research on the Franks family of London, New York, and Philadelphia.
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