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Abraham Alpert Papers

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Identifier: P-544
Abstract Born in Kovno, Lithuania, Abraham Alpert immigrated to the United States, and in 1886 settled in Boston, Massachusetts. He learned English while attending night school and would later become an internationally known writer. Outside of his writing, he also rose to become a prominent Jewish figure and leader, not just in Boston but nationally, as well. One newspaper wrote that there was not a synagogue on the Atlantic Coast that had not heard Alpert talk. He helped organize the Boston branch...
Dates: undated, 1900-1947

Abraham Bornstein Papers

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Identifier: P-937
Abstract Abraham Bornstein was a well-known publisher and collector of art and art books. In 1923, Bornstein founded the Boston Book and Art Shop, which distributed art books from leading publishers of Europe, as well as published books, portfolios and monographs. Abraham and his wife, Rachel, used their publishing house to help encourage and promote many Jewish artists and writers in the United States, among them, Chaim Grade, a Yiddish poet. This collection contains materials from the Boston Book...
Dates: undated, 1914-1992

Alpha Phi Pi, Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-562
Abstract

Organized in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1931, the Alpha Delta Chapter was accepted into the national Alpha Phi Pi Jewish high school fraternity in 1932. After a period of dormancy, the Chapter was briefly reactivated in 1953 and an Alpha Delta Alumni group was formed in 1954. The material in this collection includes event programs and invitations, correspondence, photographs, news clippings and bulletins, Convention yearbooks, and a map and guide to Boston.

Dates: undated, 1932-1993

Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-559
Abstract Organized in April, 1924, the records of Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) of Lynn, Massachusetts span from 1924 to 1945. During World War II, the scouts participated in an Emergency Service Corps, and were invited to participate in the Boy Scout - General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign. The material in this collection includes weekly meeting programs and reports, newspaper clippings, scout assignments and certificates, correspondence, financial records, a photograph, and the American flag used...
Dates: undated, 1924-1945

Bromberg Family Papers

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Identifier: P-519
Abstract

This collection relates primarily to the political and social activities of Edward J. Bromberg (a lawyer and politician) and some members of his family. A scrapbook contains items regarding Edward’s sons, Justine and Bertram, and his daughter, Pauline. Other Bromberg family members in the collection are Lev, Henrietta Livingston, Anna Insoft, and Alice Goldstein. The collection includes clippings, programs, and photographs.

Dates: undated, circa 1886-1977

Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-568
Abstract

Incorporated in 1901, Congregation Ahabat Sholom constructed a German Romanesque synagogue on Church Street, which was dedicated in 1905 during a ceremony lead by the congregation's first cantor, Benjamin Gordon. The congregation was one of Lynn’s several Jewish Orthodox congregations in the early 1900s. This collection contains administrative records, photographs, scrapbooks, and programmatic materials.

Dates: undated, 1982-2001

Dewey D. Stone Papers

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Identifier: P-529 and P-529A
Abstract Contains papers and photos including correspondence and other materials relating to work as Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (and Israel), as National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, as a leading campaigner for Israel Bonds, and as co-founder of and Chairman of the Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science; 2 texts of radio broadcasts made in 1948 informing America about the Israeli war for independence and the new Israeli republic; a list of military equipment supplied by...
Dates: undated, 1916-1984

Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-564
Abstract

The Jecomen Club was a fraternal organization established in 1925 and based in Lynn, Massachusetts. Men over the age of twenty-one with a college degree were eligible to apply for membership. The group hosted both social and philanthropic events, including an annual fundraising theatrical production for the Jecomen scholarship fund. The material in the collection describing the club’s operations includes meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and program books.

Dates: undated, 1925-1945

Jewish Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-580
Abstract

This collection contains a range of materials documenting the Jewish community of Lynn, Massachusetts. Included are materials from Jewish-owned businesses, Jewish individuals and families, and Jewish organizations in Lynn.

Dates: undated, 1855-2010

Jewish Culture Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-179
Abstract

The Jewish Cultural Club (Boston) was established in 1924 upon the initiative of six young local Jews who wished to hold regular meetings to discuss cultural and social problems related to Jewish life. The club was founded as a branch of the Jewish National Workers’ Alliance. This collection contains meeting minutes and a few other materials that illustrate the goals the club members set for their organization and the different initiatives they took to achieve them.

Dates: undated, 1924-1963

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Brochures 3
Brookline (Mass.) 3
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Essays 2
Invitations 2
Jewish theater 2
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Obituaries 2
Pamphlets 2
Sheet music 2
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Synagogues 2
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Young Men’s Hebrew associations 2
Zionism 2
Administrative reports 1
Announcements 1
Art 1
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Israel 1
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States 1
Audiocassettes 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Brickyard (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 1
Business cards 1
Business records 1
CD-ROMs 1
Camping 1
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Concert agents 1
Concerts -- New England 1
Conservative Judaism 1
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Fliers (printed matter) 1
Folk songs, Yiddish 1
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Greek letter societies -- Massachusetts -- Lynn 1
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Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 1
Hiking 1
Holocaust 1
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Israel 1
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Jewish businesspeople 1
Jewish composers 1
Jewish dance 1
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Jews -- New England -- Music. 1
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Libraries 1
Liepaja (Latvia) 1
London (England) 1
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Marlborough (Mass.) 1
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Music stand 1
New York (N.Y.) 1
North Shore (Mass. : Coast) 1
Notebooks 1
Orthodox Judaism -- Massachusetts 1
Paintings 1
Peabody (Mass.) 1
Phonograph records 1
Physical education and training 1
Poetry 1
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Yiddish 4
German 3
Hebrew 3
French 2
Italian 1
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Names
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
New England Jewish Music Forum 2
Weiner, Harry 2
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
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B'nai B'rith 1
Babson College 1
Backman, Jack H. 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Berry, Yale J. 1
Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
Bornstein, Abraham 1
Bornstein, Rachel 1
Boston Book and Art Shop 1
Boston Public Schools 1
Boston University 1
Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Boy Scouts of America. Bay Shore Council (Mass.) 1
Brand, Gertrude 1
Brand, Percy 1
Brandeis University 1
Bromberg Family 1
Bromberg, Alice Goldstein 1
Bromberg, Anna Insoft 1
Bromberg, Bertram F. 1
Bromberg, Edward J. 1
Bromberg, Henrietta Livingston 1
Bromberg, Justin L. 1
Bromberg, Levi 1
Bromberg, Pauline 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Food Marketing Institute 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Fromm, Herbert 1
Gass, Nathan 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Gold, Abraham 1
Goldberg, Avram J. 1
Goldberg, Carol R. 1
Goldstein, Maurice 1
Grade, Chaim, 1910-1982 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Israel Bloch, 1906- 1
JCC Association 1
Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Culture Club (Boston, Mass.) 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish National Workers’ Alliance (U.S.) 1
Jewish National and University Library (Jerusalem) 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kaplan, Joseph 1
Katzeff, Morris, 1885-1940 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kessler, Minuetta 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
Latvijas nacionālais simfoniskais ork̦estris 1
Lipsky, Bernard 1
Lynn Classical High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn English High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn Hebrew Benevolent Society 1
Lynn Hebrew School Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Margolskee, Abraham Z., 1897-approximately 1975 1
Massachusetts. General Court 1
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ 1
Morris High School 1
Morros, Boris, 1891-1963 1
National Association of Teachers of Singing (U.S.) 1
National Scout Jamboree 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Parker House (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pruss, William 1
Rabb Family 1
Rabb, Irving W., 1913-2011 1
Rabb, Jane M. (Jane Marjorie), 1938- 1
Rabb, Norman S., 1905-1997 1
Rabb, Sidney R., 1900-1985 1
Rabinovitz, Joseph, 1878-1967 1
Rehovot Israel. Weizmann Institute of Science 1
Ross, Sidney 1
Solar, Philip 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 1
Stop & Shop Companies 1
Suffolk University. Law School 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Ner Tamid (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
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