Ephemera (general object genre)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Synagogue Council of America Records
Collection
Identifier: I-68
Abstract
This Collection documents the lifespan (1926-1982, 1990-1992, 1994) and activities of the joint Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Jewish communities' efforts in coordinating Jewish life and activities in America. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera including photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr., Edward Kennedy, and Presidents Eisenhower, Truman, and Johnson, along with Eleanor Roosevelt. Of particular interest is correspondence and photographs documenting the removal, reconsecration, or burial of ritual Synagogue items for repatriation from Europe to the U.S. and South America after WWII; also contains information on damaged synagogues in France.
Dates:
undated, 1926-1982, 1990-1992
Theresienstadt (Concentration Camp) Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2275
Abstract
This is a constructed collection that contains traces of life in Theresienstadt as well as remembrances of it created after World War II. Materials include correspondence, official decrees and notices, money, poems, a map, military reports, lists of prisoners, clippings, accounts of personal experiences, and materials related to a reproduction of the Theresienstadt children's opera Brundibar.
Dates:
1941-1987
- Center for Jewish History
- 15 West 16th St.
- New York, NY 10011
- inquiries@cjh.org
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