Showing Collections: 61 - 70 of 80
Philip W. Lown Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-162
Abstract
Philip W. Lown was a businessman, philanthropist, and leading figure in the Jewish Community. In 1926, he became a joint owner of the Pilgrim Shoe Company in Auburn, Maine, and later president of Penobscot Shoe Company and Lown Shoes Inc. Starting in 1937 and up to his death, Lown worked philanthropically within the Jewish community, most notably in Jewish education. He served on such boards as the American Association for Jewish Education, the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations, and the World...
Dates:
undated, 1913-1975
Rabb Family and Stop & Shop Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-679
Abstract
The Rabinovitz/Rabb family arrived in Boston from Russia in the 1890s. Around 1914 they founded Economy Grocery Stores, which became Stop & Shop in 1946. In addition to building their grocery company into a successful business, the family is known for its philanthropy and active involvement in the Jewish community. The collection contains materials relating to the Rabb family and to the business operations of Stop & Shop until 1989. The materials in this collection include historical...
Dates:
1912-1989
Rabbi Meyer Azriel Rabinovitz Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-367
Abstract
Contains photocopies of four Hebrew letters endorsing Rabbi Rabinovitz, three of which were written by Rabbis Jacob Widrewitz, Ph. Klein and Joshua Siegel in New York in 1907. One is specifically addressed to Cong. Tzemach Tzedek and Agudas Achim of Chelsea, Mass. Also includes the photocopy of a Hebrew contract signed by ca. 50 members of the congregation in 1907, photocopies of two requests for funds from Poland, a photograph of Rabinovitz, an announcement of his son's wedding in 1925, and...
Dates:
1906-1929, 1981
Richard Kaplan and Lou Carter Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-1038
Abstract
Max and Anna Kaplan immigrated to the United States from Russia between 1899 and 1902, settling in the Boston area. The bulk of the collection focuses on the activities of their sons Richard S. Kaplan, an attorney, judge, and author in Gary, Indiana, and Louis Kaplan (known professionally as Lou Carter), a jazz drummer and band leader. The collection contains official documents, including Max and Anna’s naturalization papers, news clippings concerning the two brothers, and photographs,...
Dates:
undated, 1923-2014
Robert Irwin Sperber Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-976
Abstract
Dr. Robert Irwin Sperber is an educator, former superintendent of Brookline Public Schools, professor and administrator at Boston University School of Education. He was responsible for pioneering and implementing a variety of programs, including Brookline Early Education Program (BEEP), the the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) inter-district busing program, and Facing History and Ourselves. This collection contains curriculum, speeches, meeting minutes, handbooks,...
Dates:
undated, 1952-2010
Robert Silverman Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-1014
Abstract
Robert Silverman was an early leader in American Zionism, taking part in and establishing multiple Zionist organizations in his more than forty years in the movement. This collection consists primarily of documents and photographs related to Silverman’s Zionist work. Documents include correspondence and printed materials from various organizations with which Silverman was involved and pamphlets, maps, and newspaper clippings related to Israel and Palestine. The photographs mainly depict...
Dates:
undated, circa 1899-1965
Scheinfeldt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-1006
Abstract
The collection contains papers of the Scheinfeldt and Calish families with the bulk of the materials chronicling the achievements and nursing career of Jean Scheinfeldt, the daughter of Joseph Henry and Florence Calish Scheinfeldt. The materials in this collection include birth and death certificates, a marriage certificate, other certificates and awards, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts.
Dates:
undated, circa 1882-2000
Stanley Canner Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-731
Abstract
Stanley Canner was a 24 year old pilot in World War II, when his plane was shot down over Normandy on July 14, 1944. Canner, along with Alfred Sutkowski from Portland, Connecticut and Russell Leith of Australia were rescued by members of the French underground, and were hidden in a farmhouse owned by Jean and Renee Renault. The couple hid the three soldiers for six weeks, until they were liberated by the Canadian Allied Forces. This collection includes his book, Missing...
Dates:
undated, 1943-1988
Steven Kellerman Synagogue Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-931
Abstract
At the time these photographs were taken in 1981 and 1985, Steven Kellerman was a machinist with an interest in synagogue history. This particular collection of photographs started with Kellerman’s visits to former synagogues in Dorchester and Roxbury, Massachusetts; the project expanded to include most of Massachusetts and other states.
Dates:
undated, 1980s-1990s
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts Records
Collection
Identifier: I-454
Abstract
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts was founded in 1941 as the Associated Synagogues of Greater Boston (and later the Associated Synagogues of Massachusetts). The documents in this collection describe the proceedings and activities of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, as well as those of its affiliated organizations, including the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, the Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston, the Kashruth Commission, the Beth Din, and the Jewish Chaplaincy Council....
Dates:
undated, 1908-2014
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Boston (Mass.) 79
- Correspondence 60
- Clippings (information artifacts) 49
- Publications (documents) 29
- Minutes (administrative records) 18
- Reports 17
- Scrapbooks 17
- Programs (documents) 16
- Lynn (Mass.) 12
- Brookline (Mass.) 11
- Financial records 11
- Notes 11
- Legal documents 10
- Awards 9
- Brochures 9
- Memorandums 9
- Business records 8
- Israel 8
- Speeches (documents) 8
- Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 7
- North Shore (Mass. : Coast) 7
- Pamphlets 7
- Rabbis 7
- Zionism 7
- Chelsea (Mass.) 6
- Fraternal organizations 6
- Jewish lawyers 6
- New York (N.Y.) 6
- Newsletters 6
- Synagogues 6
- Advertisements 5
- Cambridge (Mass.) 5
- Diaries 5
- Ephemera 5
- Holocaust 5
- Newton (Mass.) 5
- Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 5
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel 5
- World War, 1939-1945 5
- Audiocassettes 4
- Autobiographies 4
- Certificates 4
- Fall River (Mass.) 4
- Immigrants -- Jews -- United States 4
- Invitations 4
- Jewish families 4
- Jewish judges 4
- Notebooks 4
- Obituaries 4
- Scholarships 4
- Sound recordings 4
- Synagogues -- Massachusetts 4
- World War, 1914-1918 4
- Administrative records 3
- Announcements 3
- Articles 3
- Artifacts (object genre) 3
- Bylaws (administrative records) 3
- Charities 3
- Education 3
- Emigration and immigration 3
- Financial statements 3
- Fliers (printed matter) 3
- Jewish community centers 3
- Maps (documents) 3
- Peabody (Mass.) 3
- Press releases 3
- Printed ephemera 3
- Revere (Mass.) 3
- Salem (Mass.) 3
- Sheet music 3
- Swampscott (Mass.) 3
- Zionism -- United States 3
- Account books 2
- Antisemitism 2
- Audiovisual materials 2
- Belmont (Mass.) 2
- Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Beverly (Mass.) 2
- Biography (genre) 2
- Booklets 2
- Brighton (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Brockton (Mass.) 2
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 2
- CD-ROMs 2
- Civil rights 2
- Clubs -- Massachusetts -- Boston 2
- Color negatives 2
- Concerts 2
- Conservative Judaism 2
- Curricula 2
- Directories 2
- Essays 2
- Everett (Mass.) 2
- Exhibitions 2
- Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 2
- Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 2
- Jerusalem 2
- Jewish businesspeople 2 + ∧ less
- Language
- Hebrew 24
- Yiddish 15
- German 10
- Russian 7
- French 6
- Names
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 10
- Brandeis University 7
- B'nai B'rith 4
- Harvard University 4
- Jewish National Fund 4
- Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 4
- Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 4
- American Jewish Committee 3
- Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 3
- Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 3
- Boy Scouts of America 3
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 3
- Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 3
- Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 3
- McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
- Stone, Elihu David 3
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
- United Jewish Appeal 3
- Zionist Organization of America 3
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 2
- American Zionist Council 2
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 2
- Boston University 2
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
- Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
- Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 2
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 2
- Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 2
- Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
- Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
- Gorfinkle, Bernard 2
- Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 2
- Harvard Law School 2
- Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 2
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
- Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 2
- Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 2
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 2
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
- Keren Hayesod 2
- Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 2
- Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 2
- National Jewish Welfare Board 2
- New England Jewish Music Forum 2
- Poale Zion (U.S.) 2
- Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 2
- Segal, Robert E. 2
- Shubow, Joseph Shalom 2
- Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 2
- Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
- Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 2
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay 2
- Weiner, Harry 2
- Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
- Winer, Louis 2
- Abrams, Ruth I. 1
- Action for Soviet Jewry 1
- Ahabat Shalom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
- Allen, Frank G. 1
- Alpert, Abraham 1
- Alpert, Helen 1
- Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
- Altman, Ethel Task 1
- American Association for Jewish Education 1
- American Association of Small Research Companies 1
- American Bar Association. Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary 1
- American Cancer Society 1
- American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
- American Jewish Congress 1
- American Jewish Historical Society 1
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
- American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel 1
- American Physicians’ Fellowship, Inc. for Medicine in Israel 1
- American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1
- American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division 1
- American Zionist Medical Unit 1
- Americans for Peace Now (Organization) 1
- Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
- Armell, Judy 1
- B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
- Babson College 1
- Backman, Jack H. 1
- Bailen, Samuel L. 1
- Band, Maurice 1
- Barron, Jennie L. (Jennie Loitman), 1891-1969 1
- Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
- Baskin, Elaine 1
- Ben-Zvi, Raḥel Yanait, 1886-1979 1
- Benkovitz, Icik 1
- Berlin, Monas 1
- Bernstein, Israel 1
- Berry, Yale J. 1
- Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim 1
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
- Bevis, Howard L. (Howard Landis), 1885-1968 1
- Bloomfield, Meyer 1
- Bnai Zion (Organization) 1
- Bornstein, Abraham 1
- Bornstein, Rachel 1 + ∧ less
- May Contain Harmful Content
- false 66
∨ more
∨ more
∨ more