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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 223 Collections and/or Records:

Leo Herland Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25177 / MF 741
Abstract

This collection describes the work and life of the physiognomist and writer Leo Herland. The papers found here emphasize his written work, and the largest portion of the collection is made up of manuscripts of his compositions. The collection also holds personal and professional correspondence, published articles, some personal documents, diaries, clippings, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1890-2000; Majority of material found within 1924-1960

Leonard S. Cahan Papers

 Collection — Consolidated Box P26, Folder: P-883
Identifier: P-883
Abstract

The papers of Rabbi Leonard S. Cahan focus on the imprisonment of the American Soviet Jewry Movement activist for demonstrating on behalf of Soviet Jews in front of the Soviet embassy in Washington D.C. on May 1st, 1985. Materials include memorandums, correspondence, clippings and brochures.

Dates: 1985-1986

Leopold Stein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3263
Abstract

This collection holds the papers of Leopold Stein, rabbi of the Burgkunstadt and Frankfurt Jewish communities in the mid-nineteenth century. Among the documents here are biographies, official documents, poetry, and correspondence. In addition, there are also some papers, largely correspondence, of the educator Aron Wolfssohn.

Dates: 1802-1968

Levi Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25987
Abstract

This collection documents the genealogical origins of Arthur Levi (1919-2018) and his wife, Kitty Pappenheim Levi (1925-2022).

Dates: 1743-2015; 1980-1995

Lights in Action Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-560
Abstract

Lights in Action (LIA) was a network of students dedicated to inspiring Jewish pride and unity among college students. LIA student activists designed, created, and distributed Jewish/Zionist literature that reached approximately 100,000 students on over 120 campuses. In addition, LIA designed and coordinated national student projects like Shabbat Leumit, a guide to lead students across North America through the rituals during Shabbat. LIA also hosted and sponsored national conferences, summer programs in Israel, leadership training, and seminars on a variety of topics of interest to Jewish students. The records include Lights in Action publications and printed matter, administrative records, photographs and slides, audiovisual material, sound recordings, and born digital material.

Dates: undated, 1982, 1991-2002; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2001

Lili Wronker Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25255 / MF 737
Abstract

This collection houses the papers of members of the Wronker family, including Max and Irma Wronker, Hermann and Alice (née Wronker) Engel, and Erich and Lili Cassel-Wronker. In addition, it holds a few items on the Warenhaus Hermann Wronker AG of Frankfurt am Main. Included in the collection are official papers, correspondence, postcards, guestbooks and other albums, photographs, offprints, and objects.

Dates: 1843-2002

Lillian Foreman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-945
Abstract

The papers of Lillian Foreman reflect her work on behalf of Soviet Jews as a member of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews. The collection includes correspondence with Jews in the Soviet Union, materials used to create a database of the Refuseniks, materials pertaining to Bar and Bat Mitzvah Twinning and Adopt-A-Family projects, clippings collected in order to monitor the situation of Jews in the USSR and newsletters from Soviet Jewry movement organizations.

Dates: undated, 1965, 1967-1976, 1979, 1981-1984, 1987-1990

Lisa Rodewald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25916
Abstract

The collection holds material on the life and art of the German artist Lisa Rodewald. It includes official documents, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, part of a film script, and brochures, which give insights into her personal and professional life as an artist in the U.S. Her focus was embroidery, needle paintings, and watercolors on tissue paper.

Dates: 1912-1981; bulk 1970s

Littauer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10466
Abstract

The collection holds mainly published materials and some original documents pertaining to Lucius Littauer and his family’s endowment for hospitals and study centers in the U.S.A. and in Breslau, Germany. Also included are two documents pertaining to the Littauer relative, Paul Schreyer.

Dates: 1926-1997

Lore Baum Steinitz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6841
Abstract

This collection contains the research and writing of Lore Baum Steinitz. The bulk of the collection focuses on her research into the history of the Wirtschaftliche Frauenschule auf dem Lande in Wolfratshausen and its students and faculty. A smaller portion of the collection relates to the histories of various members of the Baum and Steinitz families, including her own life. Included is research correspondence along with notes and copies of school documentation and publications. Several brief sketches on family members are also present.

Dates: 1860s, 1926-2004 ; Majority of material found within 1986-1992

Lübeck Jewish community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1226
Abstract

The collection holds primarily published or reproduced materials pertaining to the history of the Jewish community in Lübeck, Germany.

Dates: 1816-1995

Ludwig Bendix Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3380 / MF 595
Abstract

Articles

Dates: 1912-1965

Manfred Saalheimer Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3616
Abstract

The collection contains various documents relating to the Jewish communities in Chemnitz, Dresden and Hamburg in the late 1930s, as well as biographical information and personal documents regarding Manfred Saalheimer (1907-1967), legal representative of the Dresden Jewish community, and Josef Kahn (1881-?), president of the Chemnitz Jewish community. Also included are tributes to Otto Hirsch (1885-1941), president of Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland.

Dates: 1932-1957

Margery Sanford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-889
Abstract

Papers of Margery Sanford cover the period from the early 1970s to the late 1980s and document her activities as the Documentation Committee chairperson of South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry, as well as her individual efforts in the American Soviet Jewry Movement. The documents include correspondence, notes, memos, minutes, publications, news clippings, photographs, stickers and a flag.

Dates: undated, 1973-1980, 1984-1986, 1988

Marietta Bach Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10972
Abstract

The collection contains original and published materials pertaining primarily to the family of Marietta Bach in Munich, Germany and their textile company. Also included are mostly published materials about Jews in Bavaria during the Nazi period and the November pogrom.

Dates: 1873-1988

Marion E. Kenworthy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-511
Abstract

Marion E Kenworthy (1891-1980) was one of the founders of the Non-Sectarian Committee for German Refugee Children. Starting in 1938, they organized a lobbying effort to have the U.S. Congress allow for the migration of refugee children from Europe to the United States. This collection documents, through correspondence, depositions, meeting minutes, and more, the group’s activities. Of particular importance is the congressional testimony relating to the 1939 Wagner-Rogers bill.

Dates: undated, 1938-1952

Materials pertaining to social, political and economic history

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3519
Abstract

This collection contains mostly printed documents pertaining to the social, political and economic history in Danzig, Bavaria, Alsace and Westphalia.

Dates: 1696-1858

Max Meyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25644
Abstract

The collection comprises documents related to the Meyer family and Jewish life in Württemberg as well as newspaper clippings from the 20th century. Mostly it features materials about Jewish life in Southern Germany from the 18th century to the 19th century. Moreover, personal notes from Max Meyer on religious topics, Festschriften and items related to the Jewish graveyard in Stuttgart-Hoppenlau are part of the collection.

Dates: 1791-1937

E. Michael Bluestone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-362
Abstract

The E. Michael Bluestone Collection contains primarily the professional writings and correspondence of Michael Bluestone--one of the foremost authorities in the field of medical care and hospital administration--and his associates. Most of the materials in this collection are in bound volumes and scrapbooks arranged by E. Michael Bluestone.

Dates: undated, 1913-1980

Michelsohn Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10392
Abstract

The collection holds various documents pertaining to the Michelsohn family, originally from the town of Hausberge (Minden, Westphalia). These include vital records, a genealogical table, as well as clippings and publications.

Dates: 1919-1991

Morey Schapira Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-906
Abstract

Papers of Morey Schapira reflect the work of the prominent activist of the American Soviet Jewry movement in the years 1965-1993. The collection includes details on Mr. Schapira’s leadership role with organizations Action for Soviet Jewry, the Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry, the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The collection contains files on many other groups, individuals and topics.

Dates: undated, 1963, 1965-1994, 1996-1997, 2010

Moshe Decter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-899
Abstract

The collection contains papers of one of the pioneers of the American Soviet Jewry Movement. Starting in the early 1960s Moshe Decter instigated broad publicity campaigns to raise global awareness about the persecution of Soviet Jews and authored hundreds of articles on the subject in a variety of publications. Mr. Decter established and directed the Jewish Minorities Research bureau, served as the executive secretary of the Conference on the Status of Soviet Jews and as a director of research at the American Jewish Congress. Moshe Decter Papers consist of materials dating from the late 1950s to the early 2000s, with the bulk of the collection dating in 1960s-1970s. The documents include articles, correspondence, transcripts, notes, memoranda, publications, news clippings, broadsides and photographs.

Dates: undated, 1958-1980, 1982, 1989-1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002-2003

Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-37
Abstract

The Mount Sinai Hospital Records document efforts to establish a Jewish hospital in New York City and the subsequent founding and growth of that hospital, the Jews' Hospital in New York, later renamed Mount Sinai Hospital. The Mount Sinai Hospital became one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, clippings, minutes, invitations, pamphlets, programs, publications. Of special note are two folders of compiled memos written by Mount Sinai Hospital staff while serving overseas during World War Two.

Dates: 1851-1994; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1976

Myrtle Sitowitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-908
Abstract

The papers of Myrtle Sitowitz reflect her work on behalf of Jews in the U.S.S.R. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Mrs. Sitowitz was active in The 35's—The Women’s Campaign for Soviet Jewry, an international organization with members throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and New Zealand. Myrtle Sitowitz’s collection contains correspondence, newspaper articles, a children’s guide to Soviet Jewry, profiles and case histories of the Refuseniks and Prisoners of Conscience, community planning information. The materials include notes, memos, correspondence, publications, news clippings and a bumper sticker.

Dates: undated, 1972, 1975-1989

Nate Shapiro Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-893
Abstract

This collection is primarily made up of correspondence and other records of the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) that remained in the possession of its president (from 1982-1993), Nate Shapiro, after the organization dissolved in 1993. The AAEJ worked from 1974-1993 to assist Ethiopian Jews immigrate to Israel. The collection also includes Shapiro's personal papers. The Shapiro Papers fall under the broader AAEJ collection.

Dates: undated, 1980-2000; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1993

Nathan Perlmutter (1923-1987) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1012
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of Nathan Perlmutter, a lawyer, lecturer, author, political activist, and a long-time leader of the American Jewish community. It contains certificates, newspaper clippings, correspondence — including numerous condolence cards and letters sent to his family after his death — manuscripts and drafts of Perlmutter’s writings, obituaries, printed materials, programs, and subject files relating to topics he was interested in and that he wrote about.

Dates: 1934-1989; Majority of material found within 1949-1987

National Citizens' Committee for Fairness to the Presidency, records

 Collection
Identifier: I-177
Abstract

Contains information pertaining to the founding, activities on behalf of President Richard Nixon, correspondence, tape recordings and publications. Also includes the financial records of the National Citizens' Committee.

Dates: 1969-1978

National Jewish Welfare Board, Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-337
Abstract

The collection documents the National Jewish Welfare Board's (JWB) evolution from an organization founded in 1917 to provide support for soldiers in times of war to an agency involved in all aspects of Jewish life both in the United States and abroad. In 1990 JWB recreated itself as the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America.

Dates: undated, 1889-1995 (bulk 1917-1990)

Norman A. Sugarman papers

 Collection — Consolidated Box P18, Folder: P-633
Identifier: P-633
Abstract

The Norman A. Sugarman papers consist of both library-bound volumes and unbound manuscripts of addresses, essays, outlines, and published articles written by Sugarman during his career as a tax attorney, an Assistant Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and general champion for charitable organizations.

Dates: 1939-1983

Norman Salit (1896-1960) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-35
Abstract

This collection contains material relating to Norman Salit's activities with various organizations, including the Synagogue Council of America, the Rabbinical Assembly of America, the Wartime Emergency Commission for Conservative Judaism, the Boy Scouts of America, the Jewish Education Committee, the American Child Guidance Foundation, Religion in American Life, the Valley Forge Foundation, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and the National Community Relations Advisory Council. There are also speeches, writings, sermons, items related to Sharit's legal work and Zionist activities, as well as some letters from Mordecai Kaplan.

Dates: undated, 1916-1965; undated, 1916-1965