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A Voice still heard

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25668
Abstract The collections contains two variously annotated typescripts of Eric Werner’s book ‘A voice still heard : the sacred songs of the Ashkenazic Jews’, New York, G. Schirmer, 1978. Also included are various related materials as well as the correspondence between Eric Werner and Fred Grubel at the Leo Baeck Institute.
Dates: 1974
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute

Aaron B. Cohen autograph book

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P2, Folder: P-105
Identifier: P-105
Abstract An autograph book belonging to Aaron Cohen, this collection contains photographs, autographs, and personal remarks addressed to Cohn by his principal professors, and friends from his time as a student at Fort Edward Institution in Fort Edward, New York.
Dates: 1862
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Hershfield collection

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P9, Folder: P-322
Identifier: P-322
Abstract Letter from an agent of the Great Northern Express Company, Helena, MT to Aaron Hershfield, cashier, Merchant's National Bank, quoting rates for shipping currency and gold to different points. Also includes 3 pages of background material from the Montana Historical Society.
Dates: 1894, 1977
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Kramer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-533
Abstract This collection contains a sampling of the life and work of poet Aaron Kramer. The collection documents the life and work of American poet Aaron Kramer through biographical sketches, copies of his poetry, as well as a copy of his Master of Arts Thesis for the faculty of Brooklyn College.
Dates: undated, 1943-1968
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Levy papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P4, Folder: P-124
Identifier: P-124
Abstract Collection contains five legal documents pertaining to land purchases, including one concerning Robert Morris; three items related to business matters (1781-1804); an unidentified manuscript inscribed in Hebrew; and Levy's last will and testament (1815). Also includes estate document of Benjamin Levy.
Dates: 1781-1815
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Lifschitz graduation documentation

 Collection
Identifier: P-655
Abstract Collection consists of diploma and graduation photograph from the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia marking completion by Lifschitz of a course of study in the English language, dated May 1906.
Dates: 1906
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Lopez Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-11
Abstract Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) was a member of the Converso (converted) community of Portugal. In order to freely practice Judaism, he and his family left Portugal and relocated to British North America, settling in Newport, Rhode Island and later, Massachusetts. He began a successful mercantile business and eventually became a key supplier of the American revolutionary forces.

The collection contains numerous shipping records along with correspondence and accounts with merchants, mercantile families, and firms including Henry Lloyd of Boston, Henry Cruger of Bristol, George Hayley of London, William Stead of Sheffield and New Bedford whaler Joseph Rotch. The collection contains manifests, mercantile accounts, notations, correspondence and inventories of estates for several of the children of Aaron Lopez.
Dates: 1752-1994, 1846, 1852, 1953
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Louzada papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P5, Folder: P-188
Identifier: P-188
Abstract Contains briefs filed by Louzada against Evert Duyckink (1746), John Deare (1747), and the estate of John Parker (1756) for the non-payment of debts.
Dates: 1745-1756
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Aaron Reuben Charney papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P17, Folder: P-617
Identifier: P-617
Abstract Collection consists of minutes of meetings at the Congregation Beth Abraham, Bayonne, N.J., 1918-1938; and a marriage register maintained by Charney when he was rabbi in Revere Beach, MA (1921-1924), and at the Congregation Beth Abraham in Bayonne (1928-1956).
Dates: 1918-1956
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abba Eban collection

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P20, Folder: P-718
Identifier: P-718
Abstract The collection consists of 4 items relating to Abba Eban's career as one of Israel's foremost statesmen. Contains a pamphlet of a 1955 address delivered at University of Notre Dame entitled "Modern Israel," and a reprint of an essay on Jewish Heritage from the 1962 New Jewish Encyclopedia. Also contains two programs from events held in Eban's honor, one, a 1959 testimonial dinner upon Eban's return to Israel after 10 years in the United States while serving as Israel's representative to the United Nations and her Ambassador to the United States, which is autographed by Eban. The second is a program from a memorial lecture at the Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaism, NY, at which Eban was a guest speaker in 1987.
Dates: 1955,1959, 1962, 1987
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abba Hillel Silver collection

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P22, Folder: P-755
Identifier: P-755
Abstract Collection consists of 7 items relating to Silver's efforts to further the Zionist cause during the 1940s and 1950s. It contains a 1940 letter from Silver as Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal to the Joint Distribution Committee with respect to a proposed joint fundraising campaign. Also included are 3 pamphlets relating to the controversy of 1944-45 regarding what the wartime approach of the Zionist's cause to the American government should be and over which Silver resigned as co-chairman of the American Zionist Emergency Council due to his advocacy of a more aggressive approach than was being taken. A 1955 Zionist Organization of America bulletin, dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Jews in North America, which contains an essay by Silver entitled "Zionism in American Jewry" is also included. Also contains documents regarding two tribute dinners held in Silver's honor, one in 1947 on his departure to Palestine, and one in 1954 sponsored by the Brookline-Brighton-Newton Zionist District in Massachusetts.
Dates: 1940-1955
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abe Cohen papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P20, Folder: P-709
Identifier: P-709
Abstract Contains the copies of letters of Abe Cohen to his family in Liverpool, of his experiences in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he had gone to try to recuperate from Tubercolosis.
Dates: 1912-1913, 1992
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abe Fortas papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P8, Folder: P-279
Identifier: P-279
Abstract Consists of three signed excerpts from his pamphlet, "Concerning dissent and civil disobedience," and a letter to Philip Sang declining an invitation to participate in the dedication of the new headquarters of the American Jewish Historical Society.
Dates: undated, 1968
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abe Grubère Papers

 Collection
Identifier: YUM 01
Abstract The Abe Grubère collection documents the work of Abe Grubère (also known as Abraham Gruber), a New York City fashion designer, active in the field of fashion from the 1920s to the 1960s. The papers reflect the work of Grubère as a designer and also document his involvement with the Central High School for Needle Trades, where he helped to organize a class that was held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in the summer of 1942. Although the bulk of the documents found in the collection consists of sketches, the collection also includes clippings, booklets, correspondence, financial documentation, and materials pertaining to Grubère's teaching activities.
Dates: 1841-1949, 1921-1966; Majority of material found within 1930-1959
Found in: Yeshiva University Museum

Abel Eliyahu Abelson Letter

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P16, Folder: P-569
Identifier: P-569
Abstract Consists of a letter written by Abelson from Nemaksht, Lithuania, in a beautiful script and unusually elegant language, to his friend Louis Wigdor in Missouri, describing his personal condition and some aspects of Jewish life in Eastern Europe and inquiring about conditions and job opportunities in America. Of interest are references to anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe and the revival of Hebrew as a living language.
Dates: 1902
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abendanone family papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-91
Abstract Consists of two documents from Grave Abendanone, one undated, describing the family relationships and the other consisting of a bequest to Jacob De La Motta; the third document is the oath of American citizenship administered to David Abendanone.
Dates: undated, 1805
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Charles Myers Papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P13, Folder: Collection P-463
Identifier: P-463
Abstract The collection consists of three letters signed by Myers in his capacity as quartermaster general of the Confederate Army, and a printed circular concerning mileage for discharged soldiers and the use of the telegraph.
Dates: 1861-1862
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Ellstein (1907-1963) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-32
Abstract This collection contains Hebrew, Yiddish and English sheet music compositions, programs, playbills, and reviews, with extensive files relating to the operas "The Golem" and "The Thief and the Hangman" and the musical "Great to Be Alive." There are also some photographs and correspondence.
Dates: undated, 1925-1965
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Hart papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P12, Folder: P-414
Identifier: P-414
Abstract The collection contains a power of attorney for the firm of Carey & Hart, signed by Hart (1830); two letters to the firm on literary matters (1849, 1853); two loan certificates; and a letter from Thomas Carlyle to Hart in Philadelphia, discussing a royalty payment for Carlyle's miscellanie printed by Hart. Letter contains mention of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Dates: 1830-1854
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham I. H. Bernal Letter

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P16, Folder: P-581
Identifier: P-581
Abstract In this letter to Judah L. Hackenburg of Philadelphia, Bernal writes of his efforts to secure a teaching position in Louisville, KY and mentions a Jewish seminary in Louisville "with 30 to 40 pupils."
Dates: Sept. 5, 1850
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Jonas estate and legal papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-377
Abstract The majority of the collection consists of Jonas' will and the papers related to settlement of his estate. Of interest is his exhortation to his children not to dispute his leaving the entire estate to his wife. Simeon P. Cohen was a witness to his will.
Dates: 1847-1866
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Klausner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-879
Abstract This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Abraham Klausner, including articles written by and about him, research materials for his articles and his memoir, correspondence, and Klausner’s personal and military records. These materials reflect his active involvement with Displaced Persons and the DP Camps in Postwar Germany as well as his sometimes complicated relationships with the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). The collection also contains issues of Fun Letstn Hurbn (From the Last Extermination).
Dates: 1942-2002
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Liebmann Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25571
Abstract The collection mainly pertains to Abraham Liebmann and his son Wilhelm, as well as on Abraham's grandson Siegfried and his great-grandson Albert, including their wives. It contains various documents, poetry and a large amount of correspondence from the 19th century. Prominent topics are related to the education, professional and military careers, politics, and marital lives of the family members. Also included are two restitution cases.
Dates: 1809-1981; Majority of material found in 1830-1918, 1947-1960
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute

Abraham Lincoln Funeral Procession Broadside

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box I1, Folder: I-198
Identifier: I-198
Abstract This collection contains a broadside giving the order of procession honoring the remains of President Lincoln as they passed through Chicago en route to Springfield, Illinois. Among the organizations listed are the Chevra Kaddisha Ubikkur Cholim and the Hebrew Benevolent Association.
Dates: 1865
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Lopez letter

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P11, Folder: P-381
Identifier: P-381
Abstract A letter to Capt. Enoch Hobart in Kingston, Jamaica, regarding payment on account of a judgement against the firm of Touro and Tavarius.
Dates: 1766
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Selz Collection

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P11, Folder: P-385
Identifier: P-385
Abstract Photocopy of the Record book of Abraham Selz of Niederstettin, Germany (and later of Baltimore, MD) contains records in Hebrew, Yiddish, and German regarding the circumcisions of over 450 boys in Niederstettin and its surrounding towns. Also includes one folder of background information on Abraham Selz.
Dates: 1853-1881, 1981
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Shoenfeld Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-884
Abstract Under the employ of the New York Kehillah, detective Abraham Shoenfeld infiltrated and documented Jewish crime rings, prostitution houses and gambling establishments from 1912 to 1917. For the American Jewish Committee from 1938 to 1964, he investigated anti-Semitic organizations and individuals. He also authored a controversial book about the New York crime world, The Joy Peddler, and he was at work on other pieces of fiction and his memoirs. The bulk of his papers consist of investigative reports and research for the American Jewish Committee, his manuscripts, and his collection of anti-Semitic literature.
Dates: 1892, 1920-1978, 2010; Majority of material found within 1927 - 1964
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Silverstein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-947
Abstract The collection contains papers Abraham Silverstein, an American Soviet Jewry movement activist who co-founded and co-chaired the Academy of the Air for Jewish Studies, an agency that prepared educational shortwave radio programs for Jews in the Soviet Union. The materials include correspondence, memos, project descriptions and reports, news clippings, transcripts of lectures, research materials and 18 audiocassettes with recordings of the programs.
Dates: undated, 1975-1976, 1985, 1987-1989, 1994
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abraham Wolff Papers

 Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P13, Folder: Collection P-491
Identifier: P-491
Abstract Letters to Thomas Jones Co. regarding the sale of pencils for Wolff, and a souvenir book from 1895 fair in aid of the Educational Alliance and the Hebrew Technical Institute.
Dates: 1817, 1895
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Abrahams Family Genealogical Chart

 Collection
Identifier: P-807
Abstract Lists the descendants of Mordecai (b. 1735) and Sarah (Levy) Abrahams (b. 173?), who emigrated from Europe to Virginia in the 1700s.
Dates: 1990
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

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