Jewish Congregations and Organizations Collection Scope and Content

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1 Scope and Content The Jewish Congregations and Organizations Collection consists of material from several different congregations and organizations in Toledo. The dates span from 1915 to The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the congregation or organization. The major part of the collection consists of material on the Toledo Chapter of. It includes minutes ( ), treasurer s report ( ), correspondence, and printed programs from their activities. Other organizations include B nai B rith, Council of Jewish Women, Jewish Community Center, and the Toledo Federation of Jewish Charities. The folder for Jewish Women s Organizations includes material pertaining to more than one organization. Two congregations, Anshai Sfard and Shomer Emunim, are included. Photocopies of newspaper clippings are included. The majority of the clippings were not dated or identified by newspaper. Loose clippings were grouped by organization. Many of the clippings had been pasted into a scrapbook; thus it was not possible to arrange them in any order.

2 Box 1 Folder 1 B nai B rith, Toledo Lodge No Toledo Edition B nai B rith News, January 5, Program, Matzo Ball Review, Program, Matzo Ball Review, 1954 (2 copies) 4. Page of program, B nai B rith district Grand Lodge Two annual convention, n.d. Folder 1A Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Collingwood Avenue Temple 1. Program, Concert, January 24, 1964 Congregation Anshai Sfard 1. Dedication program, August 29, Congregation Shomer Emunim (Collingwood Avenue Temple) (Transferred from Churches of Toledo collection) 1. Dedication invitation 2. Service of dedication 3. Dedication program, January 25, 1952 Congregation Shomer Emunim 1. Program, Diamond Jubilee, April 28, Program, Sabbath School Orchestra Concert, May 21, Program, Sunday School Orchestra Concert, February 4, Chanukah Program, Sunday, December 9, [?] 5. Collingwood Avenue Temple Bulletin, The Temple Messenger, n.d. 7. Notice of Sisterhood meeting, postmarked November 28, Invitation to presentation of automobile to Rabbi Kornfeld, June 19, Notice of Temple Bazaar, December 4, [?] 10. Songs, n.d. 11. Pamphlet, Tribute to Rabbi Alan Mayor Sokobin, Pamphlet, 125 Years of Life: From 10 th Street to Sylvania, 2000 Council of Jewish Women 1. Annual meeting invitation, May 16, 1921

3 Box 1 (cont.) Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder Minutes, Treasurer s Report, September 1, 1930 to September 1, Three Year Review by Hannah Kasle, n.d. 4. List of Board members (Bon Voyage card), n.d. 5. List of officers (letterhead), n.d. 1. Incoming correspondence, Opening remarks, Seventh Annual Donor Dinner, [1935], probably made by Hannah Kasle 1. Bulletin, May, 1930, 5 issues, n.d. 2. Fifth Annual Reciprocity Day Program, December 7, Third Annual Donor Luncheon Program, January 28, Fourth Annual Donor Luncheon Program, March 29, Seventh Annual Donor Dinner Program, January 13, Junior presents the Chatter Box Revue, program, May 20, Toledo Chapter of presents Mrs. Lester D. Alexander and Mrs. Jules J. Roskin in a joint recital, program, May 15, Leaflet, Have You Heard About? 9. Poem describing activities of Jewish Community Center (transferred from the Churches of Toledo collection) 1. Invitation, Dedication, September 13, Dedication Program, September 13, Program, Annual meeting, March 29, Program, Annual meeting, May 1, Annual report, Program of activities, Programs, Annual Institute on Judaism, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961 Jewish Community Center 1. Book Fair Invitation, November 17, Program, Center Players, A Hole in the Head, 1959

4 Box 1 (cont.) Folder 11A Folder 12 Folder 12A Folder 13 Jewish Community Center 1. Concert Programs, , n.d. Toledo Federation of Jewish Charities 1. Annual Report, March 31, 1915 Jewish Welfare Federation 1. Primary source inventory, 4 pp. Jewish Women s Organizations 1. Reciprocity Day Reports, December 8, 1924 and December 17, 1928 Folder 14 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1929, 1941, 1957 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Newspaper clippings (photocopies) Toledo Section, National Council of Jewish Women 1. Program, Council Spree of 53 Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo 1. Program, Concert Sunday, March 29, Pamphlet, 80 th Anniversary: from Generation to Generation, 1987 National Home for Jewish Children, Toledo Chapter 1. Program, Donor Luncheon, January 14, 1947 Pioneer Women s Organization for Palestine 1. Program, Annual Donor Lunch, February 25, Program, Annual Donor Lunch, February 18, 1953 Toledo Zionist District 1. Letterhead, n.d. (2 copies) 2. Envelope, n.d. Congregation Etz Chayim 1. Pamphlet, Rabbi Edward H. Garsek Book of Tribute, 2012

5 Oversize Box A1 Package 1 Toledo Israelite [?], 1924, pp. 1-2 [1925?], pp (2 copies) [December (8-12?), 1925], pp [(May 21-June 9?), 1926], pp. 5-6 November, 1925, pp. 1-2

Elaine Anderson Collection Notes and Inventory

Elaine Anderson Collection Notes and Inventory This collection of materials that Elaine Anderson amassed while writing her dissertation was donated to the Local History Department in 1996. Her dissertation, The Jews of Toledo, 1845-1895, was completed