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This series contains Jacob Levin’s naturalization certificate as well as receipts for donations to the Boston Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews and Orphanage, and the Benoth Israel Sheltering Home.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains Jacob Levin’s naturalization certificate as well as receipts for donations to the Boston Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews and Orphanage, and the Benoth Israel Sheltering Home.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters from Jewish communal leaders around the United States, thank you notes for charitable donations, notices regarding Jewish organizations and mementos such as a ballot from the 1910 election in which he was a candidate. Also included are the two volumes of autobiography that Morris’s son Sidney put together: Shtetl Tintypes (covering his birth until his immigration) and M.L. (a primarily...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters from Jewish communal leaders around the United States, thank you notes for charitable donations, notices regarding Jewish organizations and mementos such as a ballot from the 1910 election in which he was a candidate. Also included are the two volumes of autobiography that Morris’s son Sidney put together: Shtetl Tintypes (covering his birth until his immigration) and M.L. (a primarily...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters from Jewish communal leaders around the United States, thank you notes for charitable donations, notices regarding Jewish organizations and mementos such as a ballot from the 1910 election in which he was a candidate. Also included are the two volumes of autobiography that Morris’s son Sidney put together: Shtetl Tintypes (covering his birth until his immigration) and M.L. (a primarily...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters from Jewish communal leaders around the United States, thank you notes for charitable donations, notices regarding Jewish organizations and mementos such as a ballot from the 1910 election in which he was a candidate. Also included are the two volumes of autobiography that Morris’s son Sidney put together: Shtetl Tintypes (covering his birth until his immigration) and M.L. (a primarily...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters from Jewish communal leaders around the United States, thank you notes for charitable donations, notices regarding Jewish organizations and mementos such as a ballot from the 1910 election in which he was a candidate. Also included are the two volumes of autobiography that Morris’s son Sidney put together: Shtetl Tintypes (covering his birth until his immigration) and M.L. (a primarily...

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This series contains the personal papers of Ralph Morrison, including a Hebrew certificate authorizing him as a shochet, a ritual slaughterer of kosher meat, and some letters from rabbis in Boston and New York, written in Yiddish.

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This series includes the correspondence of Robert Morrison, both personal (e.g. a confirmation from the cantor for his wedding) and official (appointments to positions in various Jewish/Zionist organizations). Also included are a program from the 1954 40th anniversary convention of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, of which Robert and his brother Ralph were apparently members, and one from the dedication of the Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman Wing at Temple Israel of Boston, at which Robert spoke.

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This series has a personal document in the form of an invitation to Community Night at Congregation Agudas Achim (Sidney acted as a member of the committee) and a “collection of thoughts” entitled The Saga of Sid Morrison, most of which pertain to Morrison’s work opportunities over the years.