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Chicago (Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Geiger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 29
Abstract

The collection contains original autographs as well as photocopied correspondence by Rabbi Abraham Geiger. Also included are a family tree of the Geiger family and a photograph.

Dates: 1839-1903

Abraham Lincoln Funeral Procession Broadside

 Collection — 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

Albert B. Oppenheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6282
Abstract

This collection contains a considerable amount of correspondence relating to Albert Oppenheimer's restitution and inheritance cases, as well as a number of personal, family, and vital records (mostly photocopies) and a large number of photographs.

Dates: 1920-1978

Annual and Mid-Winter National Conventions Records in the Hadassah Archives

 Collection
Identifier: I-578/RG 3
Abstract

The Annual and Mid-Winter National Conventions Records document the proceedings and outcomes of the conventions and conferences attended by Hadassah’s National Board as well as by convention delegates from the various regions of Hadassah. The conventions in particular are where local and regional leaders meet with each other and the National Board and learn about Hadassah’s various projects and committees. This record group also includes annual reports from 1926-2001.

Dates: 1914-2011

Arthur and Ottilie Bleier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25272
Abstract

This collection holds the papers of Arthur and Ottilie (née Schnabl) Bleier. It primarily contains personal documents, such as educational and official papers. Prominent topics are Arthur Bleier's career as a physician and the Bleiers' internment in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. In addition to the textual material, the collection holds some photographic material and some artifacts from the Holocaust, i.e. yellow stars and armbands.

Dates: 1884-1952

Autographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3588
Abstract

The collection contains a wide assortment of correspondence and photographs from actors, authors, musicians and others.

Dates: 1861-1940

Bernhard Felsenthal papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-21
Abstract

This Collection consists primarily of English, German, Hebrew, and French language correspondence concerning Reform Judaism, Zionism; the founding of the American Jewish Historical Society; the Jewish Publication Society; B'nai B'rith; the legal position of Jews in England and the United States with particular reference to the Naturalization Acts; the religious and social life and the history of Jews in Russia and Poland; Bible readings in public schools; the study of Jesus in Jewish Sabbath Schools; anti-slavery issues in the Fremont Campaign in 1856; and other correspondence pertaining to his numerous activities.

Dates: undated, 1844-1922

Carol Davidson Baird Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10302
Abstract

The Carol Davidson Baird Papers contain documentation of her family history. The collection includes copies of photographs, certificates and letters of various family members since 1862. It also contains genealogical charts reaching back to the 15th century.

Dates: 1755-2002; Majority of material found within 1918-1988

Collection of the Jewish Historical Society of Illinois

 Collection — Consolidated Box I1, Folder: I-34
Identifier: I-34
Abstract

This collection contains material relating to the establishment and organization of the Society and the unveiling of a tablet marking the location of the first synagogue in Illinois. Also includes photographs.

Dates: 1918

Commemorating Kristallnacht and Jewish musicians

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6262
Abstract

Newspaper clippings and other published materials about Kristallnacht commemorations and an exhibition about Jewish musicians in Frankfurt am Main.

Dates: 1989-1994

Cricket Media (Firm)

 Organization

Einstein, Exstein, Bloch and Rosenbloom Families Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25686
Abstract

Joan Adams had researched intensively her Jewish family’s history. The collection presents her ancestors since the 18th century and shows the connections between several German Jewish families, which migrated to the United States.

Dates: 1748-2002; Majority of material found within 1850-1915

Elizabeth Jacob Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10568
Abstract

The bulk of this collection documents the emigration of Hermann Jakob and his mother Pauline Hermann from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Chicago in 1940. There are also miscellaneous materials relating to Max Jakob and other family members.

Dates: 1759-1997

Else Lasker-Schüler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 265
Abstract

This collection contains letters and cards sent by Else Lasker-Schüler to Carl Seelig, Georg Koch, members of the Asher family and others, as well as 3 handwrittens drafts of poems which appear in Lasker-Schüler's Hebräische Balladen .

Dates: circa 1913-2002; Majority of material found within 1913-1942

Emigration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1989 / MF 894 / MM 129
Abstract

Emigration 1864-1952: This collection - encompassing about 90 years - contains papers about the situation and persecution of Jews in Eastern European countries (Russia, Poland, Roumania, Bulgaria, Lithuania). Papers describe the activities of various relief organizations. There are more than 170 papers (ca.900 pages), about half of them written in German, about 30 each in French or English, over 20 in Yiddish and some in Polish. A printed appeal of the Reichsausschuss fuer Russisch-Juedische Fluechtlingshilfe, Berlin (1929) carries among others the signatures of Leo Baeck and ALbert Einstein. (VI, 16).

Dates: 1864-1995

Ernest A. Grunsfeld Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7149
Abstract

The collection contains diaries and other private and business related documents of the businessman Ernest A. Grunsfeld and his family, 1894-1927.

Dates: 1894-1927

Ernest W. Michel (1923-2016) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-901
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Ernest W. Michel, Holocaust Survivor Journalist and public speaker,including clippings of newspaper articles written by and about Michel, correspondence between Michel and many important Jewish and political figures and autograph files, which Michel collected. Many of these files concern Michel’s Holocaust experiences, speaking engagements, the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and Michel’s work with the United Jewish Appeal.

Dates: 1698, 1938-1996; Majority of material found within 1946-1987

Eva Krafft Kahn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25749
Abstract

This collection pertains to the life of Eva Kahn (née Krafft) and members of her extended family. It encompasses documents of her life as a child and teenager in Eger (today Cheb, Czech Republic) and later in Chicago, Illinois. Included in her personal papers are school materials and a friendship book. The collection furthermore documents the lives of family members of Eva Kahn and her husband Stephen Martin Kahn with correspondence, photographs, a baby journal and an autograph album. Two letters written by Eva Kahn's cousin Martin Wels who was killed in the Holocaust are part of the collection.

Dates: circa 1911-circa 1940; Majority of material found within 1932-1940

First Zelechover Progressive Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1025
Scope and Contents

Minutes. Expense book for the Weissenberg book fund. Publications, 1940s-1960s. Membership list of the New York society. Photographs.

Dates: 1944 - 1974

Fred Cahnmann Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25508
Abstract

The Fred Cahnmann Family Collection documents portions of the lives of Fred Cahnmann and other Cahnmann family members. In addition it provides genealogical research on the Cahnmann and related families. The collection includes many family trees, correspondence, photographs, official documents, articles and newspaper clippings and research notes.

Dates: 1859-1992; Majority of material found within 1920-1985

Frederick Ritter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBI-JMB-2014.1
Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of Frederick (Fritz) Ritter, an actor, writer, and academic. Included are manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, articles, reviews, clippings, notes, personal documents, and photographs.

Dates: 1903-2011; Majority of material found within 1915-1987

Fritz Bamberger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 349
Abstract

This collection documents the life and scholarly interests of Fritz Bamberger, scholar and former vice-president of the Leo Baeck Institute. Much of the collection focuses on his professional and scholarly activities. It includes many newspaper clippings and articles, official documents, correspondence, a scrapbook, family papers, a few photographs and notes.

Dates: 1901-2001; Majority of material found within 1955-1980

Fritz Seckel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25596
Abstract

The Fritz Seckel Collection contains the correspondence between Fritz Seckel (Seckelsohn) and his family during World War I and the correspondence to his daughter Irene during World War II.

Dates: 1915-1946; Majority of material found in 1915-1916, 1939-1946

George W. Rabinoff, papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-58
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, reports, and other material relating to both Rabinoff's work with the Jewish Welfare Federations of Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Chicago; and as a field representative of the Jewish Welfare Board in Texas during the First World War. It also includes correspondence from the professional social work groups Rabinoff served in various capacities, most relating to the National Social Welfare Assembly of which he was the Assistant Director, and the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service of which he was the director of the New York Training Bureau; extensive material on the Australian Jewish Community, where he served as a Fulbright Lecturer in the Dept. of Social Studies of the University of Queensland in 1962, and as a consultant to the Australian National Red Cross; diaries, speeches, published material, reports, and general correspondence.

Dates: undated, 1912-1971

Ghitzis, M. (Moisey), 1894-1968

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1894-04-29

Hans and Edith Baron Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 26021
Abstract

This collection documents the life and career of the historian Hans Baron (1900-1988), along with the lives of his wife Edith née Alexander Baron (1903-1994) and their children Rinehart Baron (1932-2009) and Renate Baron Franciscono (1934–). The collection consists of handwritten and typewritten correspondence; family albums, histories, and photographs; and scholarly articles on the Italian Renaissance.

Dates: 1880s-1990s

Henry Heinrich Otto Berolzheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25020
Abstract

This collection holds documents, correspondence and some visual material related to Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer and his family. Prominent issues are the real estate business and genealogy. The papers in this collection form a heterogeneous corpus of official and legal papers as well as personal and genealogical correspondence.

Dates: 1785-2006; Majority of material found within 1887-1979

Herman Muehlstein Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-519
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the Herman Muehlstein Foundation from 1947 to 2007. The Herman Muehlstein Foundation was a philanthropic organization that gave generously to educational institutes and agencies that supported Herman Muehlstein’s mission to improve the life and quality of young men and women in need of financial assistance. The Herman Muehlstein Foundation was established in 1947 and closed in 2005. The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal papers, and grant proposals.

Dates: undated, 1947-2007

Israel Chaim Pomerantz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 238
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence with organizations such as Workmen's Circle, Jewish Education Committee, Jewish Teachers' Seminary, YIVO. Correspondence with individuals including Menahem Boraisha, Daniel Charney, Mendl Elkin, Abraham Golomb, Peretz Hirschbein, David Ignatoff, H. Leivick, David Pinsky.

Dates: 1925-1960s