Selected Acquisitions

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1 1990 Selected Acquisitions Congregational and Community Records and Histories Baltimore, Md. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. Charters and constitution, 1830,1910; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore) Charleston, S.C. Two studies by James W. Hagy, "Merchant Womenof Charleston, '' and "Not Subject to His Control: Jewish Women as Free Traders in South Carolina, ," ; Typescript (Received from James W. Hagy, Charleston) Detroit, Mich. Temple Beth El Hebrew Relief Society. Constitution and bylaws, 1878; Printed; (Received from Jonathan D. Sarna, Cincinnati) Newport, Ky. United Jews of Newport. Invitation to Torah dedication ceremony; and untitled Yiddish manuscript, 1903; Manuscript and Printed; English and Yiddish; (Received from Jacob R. Marcus, Cincinnati) New York, N.Y. Congregation Shaaray Tefila (West End Synagogue). Constitution and bylaws, 1838; Manuscript; (Received from Jonathan D. Sarna New York, N.Y. Daniel Webster Literary Social Union. Minutes of a literary society of Congregation Rodeph Sholem, the Daniel Webster Literary Social Union, ; Manuscript; (Received from Rabbi Harold I. Saperstein, New York, N.Y.) Records and Papers of Societies and Institutions Cincinnati, Ohio. CincinnatiTalmud Torah. Minutes of the Ladies Auxiliary, ; short history and financial report of the Ladies Auxiliary, ; dedication programs, May -June, 1916; and insurance certificates, December, 1898 and December, 1903; Manuscript and Typescript (Received from Miriam Peerless, Cincinnati) Cincinnati, Ohio. Labor Zionist Alliance. Records and minutes of the Cincinnati chapter of the LZA, ; Manuscript and Typescript; Original and (Received from Doris Zipperstein, Cincinnati) Cincinnati, Ohio. Young Men's Hebrew Association. Minutes of the Y.M.H.A. Literary Circle, 1884; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Jacob R. Marcus) Cleveland, Ohio. Bellefaire. Board of Trustees minute books, , and 50th anniversary commemorative publication, 1918; Manuscript, Printed, and Typescript; Microfilm (Received from Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland) Indianapolis, Ind. Jewish Family and Children's Services. Board of Directors minutes, ; Typescript; Microfilm (Received from Jewish Family and Children's Services, Indianapolis) Intercollegiate Menorah Association. Constitution and bylaws, 1913; Printed; (Received from Jonathan D. Sarna)

2 104 American Jewish Archives International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Two labor agreement contracts with the Dress and Waist Manufacturers' Association, January I 8,191 3; and one contract with the Cloak, Suit & Skirt Manufacturers' Protective Association, September 2, 1910; Typescript; Xerox (Received from Labor-Management Documentation Center, Ithaca, N.Y.) Kuhn, Netter and Company. Document announcing the formation of Kuhn, Netter and Company, May, I 8 5 5; and a letter announcing the moving of their store to the corner of Third and Vine Streets, July, 1861; Printed and Manuscript. (Received from Mrs. Ivan Fischer, Cincinnati) Philadelphia, Pa. Women's Society, Jewish Sheltering Home for Homeless and Aged. Constitution and bylaws, 1890; Printed; (Received from Jonathan D. Sarna) Documents Hebrew Union College. Article in the Chicago Daily Tribune concerning resolutions presented at a meeting of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations calling for the establishment of the Hebrew Union College, August I, 1875; Typescript; (Received from Gary P. Zola, Cincinnati) Israel, Clare. Ohio Senate resolution in memory of Mrs. Israel; and letter of condolence to her husband, Mr. Clarence Israel, from a relative, March, 1990; Typescript; Original and Xerox (Received from Clarence E. Israel, Cincinnati) Letters and Papers Baeck, Leo. Correspondence with Louis H. Epstein, 1951; Manuscript and Typescript (Received from Henry D. Epstein, Newton Centre, Mass.) Dreller, Louis. Series of letters to his grandchildren giving biographical data and family history, ; Manuscript; (Received from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, Cal.) Feinberg, Louis. "The Spiritual Foundations of Judaism and Other Essays," by Feinberg, n.d.; Typescript (Received from Miriam Peerless) Goldstein, Israel. Inventory, with alphabetical index, to the papers of Dr. Goldstein, n.d.; Typescript; English and Hebrew; Microfilm (Rece~ved from the Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem, Israel) Harby, Isaac. Speech by Harby before the Reformed Society of Israelites of Charleston on their first anniversary; and a collection of prayers and hymns, November 21, 1825; Manuscript and Typescript; English and Hebrew; (Received from Gary P. Zola) Hoffheimer Family. Correspondence, articles, and other materials concerning the history of the Hoffheimer family, ; Manuscript, Printed, and Typescript; (Received from Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati) Llfshitz, Jacob. Papers concerning the homestead of Lifshitz in the Lasker Colony in Kansas, I; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Ann Lewin Diament, Toronto, Ontario) Mack, William J. Letters from General George S. Patton and his wife concerning the death of Mack's son Leon during World War 11, February 10 and March 13,1945; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Millard W. Mack, Cincinnati)

3 Selected Acquisitians 105 Reagan, Ronald. Letter of congratulations to Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion on the 25th anniversary of the College-Institute's Jerusalem Campus and dedication of the new library in Jerusalem, March 4, 1988; Typescript; Original and (Received from Alfred Gottschalk, Cincinnati) Sommerfield, Adolph W. Correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous papers concerning Sommerfield's business experiences and as founder of the National Association of Manufaaurers, ; Manuscript and Typescript; Original and (Received from Mrs. Philip T. Cohen, Cincinnati) Autobiographies, Biographies, Diaries and Memoirs Alpert Family. "The Alperts and Cohens of Bangor, Maine", by Jordan S. Alpert, 1990; Typescript; (Received from Jordan Alpert, San Francisco, Cal.) Brav, Ruth E. Autobiography, "Memoirs of Ruth E. Brav: Mostly Family Recollections by a 20th Century Reform Rebbitzen," with introductory remarks by her husband, Rabbi Stanley R. Brav, ; Typescript; (Received from Stanley R. Brav, St. Petersburg, Fla.) Heymont, Irving. "As I Remember," memoirs of Heymont's childhood in New York City and his experiences in the U.S. Army during and after World War 11, July, 1989; Typescript (Received from Irving Heymont, Alexandria, Va.) Kohn, Abraham. Family correspondence and papers, including a biography of Josef Kohn and his descendants, n.d.; Manuscript and Typescript. English, German and Yiddish (Received from Lee Harrison Corbin, White Plains, N.Y.) Riave, Louis R. Autobiography detailing his childhood in Russia and his personal and business life in California, n.d.; Typescript; (Received from Albert Lewis, Los Angeles, Cal.) Schiff, Herbert H. Letter from Schiff's wife, Ursula, giving biographical and family data, November 4, 1989; Typescript (Received from Ursula Schiff, Sarasota, Fla.) Vital Statistics Feinberg, Louis. Marriage records, ; Manuscript (Received from Miriam Peerless) Kingston, Jamaica. Kahal Kodosh Shaangare Yosher. Register of births and marriages, I 8; Manuscript; (Received from Ernest H. de Souza, Kingston) Kingston, Jamaica. Kaal Kadosh Shahar Ashamaim. Register of births, deaths and marriages, ; Manuscript; (Received from Ernest H. de Souza) Proskauer, Adolph. Service records from the Civil War, 1863 and 1865; Manuscript; (Received from Melvin Young, Chattanooga, Tenn.) Genealogies Cardozo Family. Correspondence and genealogical materials for the Cardozo family, ; includes correspondence of Rachel Hart Cardozo with her family in London, England, I; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Jay R. Brickman, Milwaukee, Wis.) Morgenthau Family. Family tree, ; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Robert M. Morgenthau, New York)

4 I 06 American Jewish Archives Schwab Family. Family genealogy; Manuscript and Typescript (Received from Abram J. Schwab, Memphis, Tenn.) Shlesingel; Sigmund. List of descendants, ; and newsclipping, Decembel; 1923; Typescript; (Received from Carol M. Portman, University City, Mo.) Oral History Alschulel; Alfred S. Oral history interview conducted by Rabbi Elliot B. Gertel on Alschuler's family, his work as an architect, and on synagogues in the Chicago area designed by the Alschulers, August 6, 1989; Tape recording (Received from Elliot B. Gertel, Chicago) Bergel; Elmer. Oral history interview of Rabbi Berger conducted by Mark Glickman concerning the American Council for Judaism and anti-zionism, November 29-30,1989; Tape recording (Received from Mark Glickman, Cincinnati) Poliel; Justine Wise. Oral history interview conducted by Thomas E Soapes, primarily concerning Eleanor Roosevelt, September 14, 1977; Typescript; (Received from Roger Daniels, Cincinnati) Theses Chaplains. "The American Jewish Chaplains and the Remnants of European Jewry: ," Ph.D. thesis by Alex Grobman, n.d.; Typescript; (Received from Abraham J. Klausnel; Yonkers, N.Y.) Sonneschein, Rosa. "Unraveling an American-Jewish Synthesis: Rosa Sonneschein's The American Jewess, ," senior honors thesis submitted by Carole B. Balin to Wellesley College, May I, 1986; Typescript; (Received from Carole B. Balin, New York) Weiss-Rosmarin, Trude. Rabbinic thesis, "Rebel for a Cause: A Study of Trude Weiss-Rosmarin," submitted by Suzanne Griffel to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1990; Typescript; (Received from Suzanne Griffel, Cincinnati) Miscellaneous England, Lois H. Acceptance speech given at the presentation of the Aunt Minnie Goldsmith Award from the Women's Auxiliary of the Hebrew Home, April 5,1990; Typescript; Xerox (Received from Richard England, Washington, D.C.) Holocaust ( ). Community history and genealogical materials pertaining to the German town of Oberwesel, containing a map of the local Jewish cemetery and articles documenting the Jewish residents of the town, including relatives of Dr. Alfred Gomchalk, n.d.; Printed; German; (Received from Alfred Gottschalk) Judaism, Orthodox. "Early Orthodox Jewish Immigrant Experiences in the United States: A Bibliography of Articles Published in Havetzelet, , compiled by the Orthodox Jewish Archives of the Agudath Israel of America, 1989; Typescript; (Received from the Agudath Israel of America, New York)

5 Selected Acquisitians 107 Lenkoff, Leon G. "The America I Want," a prize-winning essay in the American Magazine Youth Forum contest; and a newsclipping concerning Lenkof f and the prize-winning essay, January, 1938; Typescript; (Received from Claire Lenkoff, Louisville, Ky.) Peck, Abraham J. "Message of Israel" broadcast on the American Jewish Archives exhibit, "Blacks and Jews: The American Experience," with commentary by Dr. Peck, April, 1990; Tape recording (Received from Abraham J. Peck, Cincinnati) Wise, Stephen S. Index of recordings of Wise's sermons at Carnege Hall, ; Manuscript and Typescript; (Received from Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion) Workman's Circle. "The Workman's Circle: Its New Jersey Story," by Ruth Marcus Patt, 1989; Printed (Received from Ruth Marcus Patt, Somerset, N.J.)