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Arthur S. Obermayer Papers

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Identifier: P-1019
Abstract Arthur S. Obermayer was a scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He established his own research and development company, Moleculon Research Company, in the Boston area and was involved in numerous philanthropic and professional organizations, especially through his foundation, the Obermayer Foundation. Obermayer was also a political activist, and played a key role in establishing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. This collection...
Dates: undated, 1897-2016

Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

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Identifier: I-494
Abstract Created to provide mutual aid and education, The Workmen's Circle was established in New York in 1900 and officially chartered in 1905. Massachusetts established an Independent Workmen's Circle in 1903 to maneuver around prohibitive insurance laws, but was able to unify with the national organization in 1921. Several chapters were operational in Massachusetts by 1911. The Boston District often mirrored National's development, including the establishment of cemeteries, a chorus, a camp, and...
Dates: undated, 1927-1999

Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-313
Abstract

The Chelsea-Revere School was established by Monas Berlin in 1896 and served the Chelsea, Massachusetts Jewish community until 1979. The collection contains the records of the institution and its activities including meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, personnel manifests, memos, publications, photographs, memorial documents, and school function notices, as well as press materials in the form of newspaper clippings.

Dates: undated, 1939-1981

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

Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-534
Abstract

The Farband Labor Zionist Order was a Jewish fraternal organization founded in 1910 and chartered in New York in 1913. With branches across the United States and Canada, it functioned as a mutual aid society aligned with the Socialist and Zionist political party Poale Zion. The material in the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and memos.

Dates: undated, 1941-1984

Henry Wise Papers

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Identifier: P-944
Abstract Henry Wise was a Boston-area lawyer whose practice focused mainly on housing, fishing, and labor, three areas in which he crafted important local legislation. In 1942 he wrote to the Institute of Jewish Affairs, a research branch created by the American and World Jewish Congresses, inquiring after membership. The Institute of Jewish Affairs was made up primarily of scholars, who took a scientific approach towards researching Jewish life from the previous 25 years. They hoped to better...
Dates: 1941-2010

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

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Identifier: I-123 and I-123A
Abstract This collection includes material preceding and relating to the founding of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC), including early papers of the local American Jewish Committee and the Central Advisory Committee (a predecessor agency),the constitution and by-laws of the JCRC, material relating to organizational membership in and representation in the organizations, correspondence of the officers and staff, minutes of meetings and proceedings of its Administrative...
Dates: undated, 1933-2008

Jewish Family & Children’s Service (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-218
Abstract The Jewish Family and Children’s Service was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946. It is the oldest social service agency in Boston devoted to serving the Jewish community, and it is one of the largest non-profit organizations in the United States. A major constituent agency of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, the JF&CS traces its origin to the United Hebrew Benevolent Association, founded in 1864. This collection contains governance and activity records of...
Dates: undated, 1922-1995

Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-336
Abstract The records provide material relating to the accreditation, fundraising, management, planning, policies, programs, and public relations of a hospital that continues to serve the Greater Boston area. The records includes correspondence of various Presidents, Board Members, and Executive Directors; Board and committee minutes; scrapbooks, photographs, videotape, and film created by the Public Relations department; records of various Auxiliary groups; correspondence, reports, surveys, and other...
Dates: undated, 1915-1999

Jewish Vocational Aid Society (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-216
Abstract The Jewish Vocational Aid Society of Boston, founded by Mrs. Margaret Davidson and incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in 1907 as the Jewish Children's Aid Society; original purpose was in aiding destitute Jewish children. In 1936 became known as the Jewish Vocational Aid Society; members focused efforts on raising funds for needy Jewish students. Later, eligibility for scholarships was expanded to include non-Jewish students as well. In 1973 was forced to transfer most of its funds...
Dates: undated, 1910-1985

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 9
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 4
Brandeis University 3
American Jewish Congress 2
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Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 2
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 2
United Jewish Appeal 2
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Jewish Committee 1
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Babson College 1
Band, Maurice 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Berlin, Monas 1
Bernstein, Julius 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Biden, Joseph R. 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Boston University 1
Boston Workers Circle (Brookline, Mass.) 1
Boxer, Barbara 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Brandeis University,. Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry 1
Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919-2015 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Brown, Meyer 1
Burke, James A., 1910-1983 1
Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
Carter, James E. 1935- 1
Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 1
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Davidson, Margaret, d. 1912. 1
Dodd, Christopher 1
Donohue, Harold 1
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order (U.S.) 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order (U.S.). E-S Department 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order. Boston Branch. 1
Fertel, Stanley M. 1
Filene, A. Lincoln, b. 1865 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Food Marketing Institute 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Goldberg, Avram J. 1
Goldberg, Carol R. 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Boston Chapter 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Harvard University 1
Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation 1
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 1
Hyams, Ben 1
Institute for Jewish Policy Research 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Children's Aid Society (Boston, Mass.) 1
Jewish Community Relations Council (New York, N.Y.) 1
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 1
Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Roxbury, Mass.) 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jewish Vocational Aid Society (Boston, Mass.) 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jüdisches Museum Creglingen 1
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Katz, Label A., 1918- 1
Katzman, Jacob, 1911- 1
Kerry, John F. 1943- 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Labor Zionist Alliance (U.S.) 1
Levy, Beryl Harold, 1908-1995 1
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 1
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