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Alice Salomon Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3875 / MF 1044
Abstract
Professional and vital certificates, diplomas, honors, awards, and essays on feminism and social work.
Dates:
1877-1961
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alicia Latzer Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25471
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, vital records, and other materials pertaining to restitution claims against Austria by Alicia Latzer on behalf of herself, her sister, Renata Latzer de Davids, aka Renée Latzer, and their parents Aladár and Elsa Latzer. Also included are Hungarian land ownership records and Spanish translations of various vital documents. It also contains a small amount of personal material, and genealogical materials about the descendents of Moses Latzer (1810-1905) and Albert Löwy (1836-1902).
Dates:
1868-2008
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Papers of Aliza Greenblatt (1885-1975)
Collection
Identifier: P-855
Abstract
The papers of Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt include copies of published and unpublished songs, poems and articles in both typed and handwritten manuscript form, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, scrapbook pages, and sheet music. There are also drafts and correspondence regarding her autobiography, including original letters sent to her from her husband Isidore when he visited Palestine in 1920, which form a portion of her autobiography. The collection also contains correspondence and legal documents from Greenblatt’s family, documents relating to her Zionist and charitable activities, and correspondence from other Yiddish writers and poets.
Dates:
undated, 1882-1983, 1993
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Allan T. Hirsh, Jr. Family Trees Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 5284
Abstract
The Allan T. Hirsh, Jr. Family Trees Collection holds the family trees of the Hirsch and related families, compiled by Allan Hirsch.
Dates:
1985-2001
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Allon Gal collection
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P7, Folder: P-251
Identifier: P-251
Abstract
Contains a bibliography of articles by Borochov published in 6 Yiddish newspapers in New York City, 1914-1917; and copy of lecture given by Gal at American Jewish Archives (1990).
Dates:
undated, 1990
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Alois A.F. Marcus Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25297
Abstract
This collection consists of family and education documents, correspondence and genealogical materials, such as passports, report cards, burial plots and confirmation speeches.
Dates:
1806-1941; Majority of material found within 1908-1941
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alpha Delta Epsilon Collection
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box I6, Folder: Collection I-342
Identifier: I-342
Abstract
The collection contains the following publication: Bamagram (1940).
Dates:
1940
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Alpha Epsilon Phi Collection
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box I9, Folder: Collection I-489
Identifier: I-489
Dates:
March 1947
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Alpha Epsilon Pi Collection
Collection
Identifier: I-341
Abstract
The collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, announcements of those killed in the service, directories of national officers and alumnae chapters and alphabetical and geographical rosters of members. Also included is the following publications: Alumni News (1934-1956).
Dates:
1934-1956
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Alpha Omega Collection
Collection
Identifier: I-343
Abstract
This collection is comprised of invitations, programs, fliers, and reports. The documents in this collection describe annual conventions, the Boston Chapter's various events, award and annual dinners and memorial services. Also included is a report of the National Council meeting and a fiftieth Anniversary celebration program.
Dates:
1947-1970
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Alsace and Lorraine; Jewish Communities Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2863 / MF 509 / MF 438 / MF 220 / MF 356
Abstract
Records of the Consistoire Central des Israélites de France, as well as of the local consistories for the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin (Alsace) and Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lorraine), in Strasbourg, Colmar, Metz and Nancy, including minutes, tax-lists, lists of rabbis, cantors, and notables, censuses of Jewish communities, and correspondence.
Dates:
1809-2000
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alten Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 7198
Abstract
This collection contains materials about Kurt Alten, his parents Emil Aron and Selma Aron-Alten, and the family of his sister, Elli Loewenthal. The bulk consists of restitution files for Kurt Alten and Selma Aron-Alten. Other materials include documents about Kurt Alten and his family. Most of these are of an administrative or official nature. There are also documents about Alten's extended family and some genealogical information about the Aron and Cohn families. There is little personal material in this collection.
Dates:
1882-1968; Majority of material found within 1943-1967
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Altschüler Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3801
Abstract
The collection contains a family tree of the Altschüler family of Grünstadt from 1760 to 1969, including birth, death, marriage, and emigration dates and locations. The family tree is accompanied by related correspondence. Also included is a certificate in memory of Henry Altschuler's work with the Jüdischen Jugendverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
Dates:
1920-1972
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25333
Abstract
The Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection includes materials related to the history of these families prior to World War II as well as materials that shed light on the fate of various members of the Altschuler and Weinberger families during the Holocaust. The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, documents, photographs, genealogical materials such as charts and family trees, stammbuch (most likely belonging to Helen Altschuler), and a handwritten cookbook.
Dates:
1884-2007
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Collection
Collection
Identifier: I-330
Abstract
This collection contains almanacs, programs, newsletters, pamphlets and local and regional publications issued by the clothing workers union. Includes material relating to the union's conventions, insurance fund, cultural activities, cooperative housing, and health and welfare programs.
Dates:
undated, 1923-1964
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Academic Association for Peace in the Middle East (N.Y.) Collection
Collection
Identifier: I-321
Abstract
This collection contains publications relating to research and statements made by scholars responding to the Israeli-Arab conflict. Publications include articles, papers, pamphlets, posters, reports, newsletters, bulletins, fact sheets, public statements, and the first annual conference proceeding.
Dates:
undated, 1967-1984
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Academy for Jewish Research, records
Collection
Identifier: I-508
Abstract
Consists of correspondence from the formative years of the American Academy for Jewish Research from 1930 to 1936, fellows files and correspondence, ledgers and notebooks of membership dues and fellowship grants, minutes of the various committee meetings, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, and photographs. Correspondents include Salo Baron, Isaac E. Barzilay, Robert Chazan, Louis Finkelstein, Louis Ginsberg, David Weiss-Halivni, Arthur Hyman, Saul Lieberman, Alexander Marx, Harry Orlinsky, and Harry Austrin Wolfson.
Dates:
undated, 1928-2001; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1999
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Association of Former European Jurists Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6546
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, circular letters, reports, and lectures of the American Association of Former European Jurists. The materials are from the files of member Hans Teutsch.
Dates:
1945-1977
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
American Federation of Jews from Central Europe Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 4420
Abstract
This collection consists mainly of responses to a 1944 questionnaire sent by the American Federation of Jews from Central Europe to collect information on the communal property owned by Jewish communities in Germany prior to November 1938. Materials include completed questionnaires, correspondence, lists of reporting congregations, addresses, charts of data collected, and a final report. A small amount of materials related to other functions of the Federation is also included.
Dates:
1942-2005; Majority of material found within 1944-1947
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
American-Israel Pavilion, New York World's Fair (1964-1965) Collection
Collection
Identifier: I-585
Abstract
The records of the World’s Fair American-Israel Pavilion consists of materials relating to the American-Israel Pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair. The collection contains numerous pictures of the Pavilion, both while it was under construction and while it was in use during the Fair, as well as newspaper articles. The collection also contains a souvenir guide and press releases from the opening. The collection also details the disagreement between the American-Israeli World’s Fair Corporation and the Jordanian Pavilion regarding an inflammatory mural through correspondence, press releases, and articles from various sources.
Dates:
1961-1965
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish Committee - Office of Jewish War Records
Collection
Identifier: I-9
Abstract
This collection consists of the American Jewish Committee's project to document Jewish participation in the United States Armed Forces during World War I. The bulk of the material consists of questionnaires the AJC sent to servicemen to determine Jewish identity, which contain information on personal identification and details of military service. Responses to the questionnaire come from both Jews and non-Jews. In addition, the collection contains office papers concerning the project and a ledger of manuscripts documenting the distribution of records collected by the Office of Jewish War Records, as well as lists Jews who died or were given military honors.
Dates:
undated, 1918-1921, 1962
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish Committee Records, Domestic and Geographic Files
Collection
Identifier: RG 347.17.13
Abstract
The American Jewish Committee Records, Domestic and Geographic Files consists of materials created by executive offices, departments, local offices and chapters of the committee concerning a variety of matters, primarily Jewish civil and religious rights, integration, Jewish communal organizations and communal issues. However, materials found in this collection encompass other civil, racial, and religious minority groups as well. The records consist of briefs, conference proceedings, correspondence, legal documents, memoranda, minutes of meetings, printed materials, reports, resolutions, statements, studies, and surveys.
Dates:
1921, 1941-1962, 1995
Found in:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
American Jewish Committee Records, Subject Files
Collection
Identifier: RG 347.17.10
Abstract
The collection documents American Jewish Committee’s efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against the Jews in the United States. Additionally, there are materials pertaining to AJC’s work regarding other minority groups in the United States. The collection offers researchers a unique chance to see how and what was done prior to the changes in public opinion and civic and legal laws. The American Jewish Committee Records, Subject Files consists of materials created by executive offices, departments, local offices and chapters of the Committee concerning a variety of matters; foremost Jewish civil and religious rights, immigration, and the Holocaust.
Dates:
1930-1973
Found in:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
American Jewish Conference, records
Collection
Identifier: I-67
Abstract
The collection contains background materials pertaining to the formation of the Conference, the election of delegates, financial records, memoranda, reports, and incomplete minutes of the Conference and its committees. It also includes extensive correspondence of the Administrative Secretary Jesse B. Calmenson, for March-December, 1943. The major portion of the collection consists of transcripts of the first through fourth sessions (1943-1947) of the Plenum and committees of the Conference. The published material in the collection includes the Bulletin of the activities and Digest of the press.
Dates:
undated, 1943-1949
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish Historical Exhibition, records
Collection
Identifier: I-21
Abstract
Contains the minutes, reports, and financial records of the Executive Committee for the American Jewish Historical Exhibition pertaining to the planning and execution of the Exhibition, as well as printed material and member correspondence, arranged alphabetically; also includes also a collection of printed material relating to the International Exposition at St. Louis, in 1904.
Dates:
undated, 1888-1889, 1900-1905
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish Historical Society; Pre-1851, Post-1850, and Miscellaneous Newspapers, Collection
Collection
Identifier: I-531; I-531A; I-531B
Abstract
This collection contains newspapers designated as Pre-1851 (I-531), Post-1850 (I-531A) and Miscellaneous (I-531B) Newspaper Collections. The newspapers are primarily from cities within the United States with some from world locales such as London, Grenada, Barbados, Curacao, Mexico, Montreal and Toronto. A few newspapers are from the Jewish press, though the greater majority of newspapers are not Jewish in origin but contain articles, references, advertisements, or other printed matter regarding Jews. The collection has a downloadable article index that can be used to pinpoint material in the first portion of the collection (Pre-1851) designated as I-531.
Dates:
undated, 1760-1948; Majority of material found within 1800-1899
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: I-1
Abstract
The records of the American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest national ethnic historical organization in the United States, include correspondence of officers and staff as well as inter-office memos, multiple versions of the constitution and by-laws of the society, meeting minutes of administrative branches and committees, membership and financial records, reports, exhibit materials, records relating to the society’s library and archival holdings, press releases and newspaper clippings, and publications and newsletters created by the society. There are also materials from various programs, such as meetings and conferences, tours, lectures, awards and dinners, films, and educational programs.
Dates:
1883-2003; Majority of material found within 1892-2000
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Collection
Identifier: AR 7196
Abstract
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (also known as the JDC) was founded on November 27, 1914, in order to facilitate and centralize the collection and distribution of funds by American Jews for Jews abroad. This collection consists of the German case files of the JDC (dating from 1929 to 1947). The records document various individuals’ immigration attempts. Although the JDC was at first reluctant to aid individuals directly, this became necessary after the outbreak of World War II. Documents concerning many prominent individuals may be found in this collection.
Dates:
1929-1949; Majority of material found within 1933-1947
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, collection
Collection
Identifier: I-345
Abstract
This collection is comprised of annual reports, budget reports, cables, calendars of events, catalogs, correspondence, minutes, memorandum, lists of Board of Director members, photographs of speakers, and a chart of the organization’s Geneva Headquarters. The documents in this collection describe the many and varied activities of the committee such as fundraising, relief distribution, general information concerning Russian farm colonies and immigration. Also included are cables of congratulation on JDC’s 33rd anniversary. The collection also includes a bound volume of the financial, statistical and general data relating to the committee's activities since its inception which is located at the end of the Miscellaneous Collections.
Dates:
undated, 1914-1988
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
American Jewish League for Israel (AJLI), records
Collection
Identifier: I-537
Abstract
Contains records on the formation, purpose, and activities of the American Jewish League for Israel, as reflected in organizational documents (including minutes), event literature, publications (including the AJLI newsletter, AJLI Bulletin, later called the AJLI News Bulletin and other titles), scholarship material, financial information, membership appeals, correspondence, media coverage, and photographs.
Dates:
1927, 1957-2009
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
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