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Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-109
Abstract Contains the papers of the Society founded in 1938 by recent German speaking Jewish immigrants to Boston to assist their initial adjustment to the economic, cultural, spiritual, and social life of the American community and subsequently, to provide mutual assistance to its membership and aid to other immigrants.The collection consists of the Society's by-laws (1953, 1956, 1964); handwritten notes with the names of Officers and Directors (1949-1961), plans for cultural and social...
Dates: undated, 1938-1980

Leopold Morse Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-013
Abstract Leopold Morse was a philanthropist, businessman, and politician born in Germany and based in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection contains a number of items related to his personal life and political work, including his naturalization certificate, German vaccination paperwork from 1832, a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photographs, documents from 1882 and 1886 signed by Massachusetts Governors John Davis Long and George D. Robinson, respectively, officially naming him as a...
Dates: undated, 1832-1886

Loewenstein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1043
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence between members of the Loewenstein family, mainly Eric Loewenstein in New York City, his brother Gerhard Loewenstein in London, and their mother Marie Loewenstein in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The collection includes letters about Eric Loewenstein’s struggles at starting a new life in the United States after fleeing Nazi Germany and the brothers’ attempt to find an immigration solution for their mother.

Dates: undated, 1937-1949

Mary Wolfman Epstein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-998
Abstract

Mary Wolfman Epstein was a singer, playwright, director, vocal teacher, and talent manager in the Boston area. Epstein worked with many Jewish and secular organizations, and she co-founded the New England Jewish Music Forum. She wrote over 30 original musicals, most of which were based on Jewish themes or individuals. This collection contains news clippings, photographs, recordings, correspondence, sheet music, scripts, and performance programs.

Dates: undated, 1908-1998

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

Walter Weiner and Jenny Wilk Correspondence

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Identifier: JHCP-006
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence between two Jewish teenage pen pals, Walter Weiner from Boston and Jenny Wilk from Antwerp, Belgium, shortly before and during the first years of World War II. The correspondents share their perspectives on antisemitism in Belgium and the United States, and, after Wilk reports about her ordeal since the start of the war, Weiner looks for ways to console and support her from afar.

Dates: 1938-1941

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Names
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 3
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 3
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
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Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
Stone, Elihu David 2
United Jewish Appeal 2
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
Allen, Frank G. 1
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, Helen 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Field Service 1
American Jewish Committee 1
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
American Zionist Council 1
Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bevis, Howard L. (Howard Landis), 1885-1968 1
Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Bnai Zion (Organization) 1
Borofsky, Ida S., 1883-1982 1
Borofsky, Jacob, 1880-1965 1
Boston Public Schools 1
Boston University 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 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
Butler, William M. (William Morgan), 1861-1937 1
Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Cox, Channing H. (Channing Harris), 1879-1968 1
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Davis, Charles K., 1854-1918 1
Davis, Ida (Fletcher), b. 1855/1856 1
Davis, Max X., b. 1861 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 1
Ehrmann, Sara R., 1895-1993 1
Einstein, Alfred 1
Einstein, Miriam Goodman 1
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 1
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 1
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 1
Federation of Jews of Lithuanian Descent 1
Finkelstein, Louis 1895-1991 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Friedlaender, Israel, 1876-1920 1
Fuller, Alvan T. (Alvan Tufts), 1878-1958 1
Gallivan, James A. 1866-1928 1
Grosbayne, Benjamin, 1893-1976 1
Grosbayne, Mitchell 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Harvard Business School 1
Harvard University 1
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Boston 1
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. 1
Isaacs, Abraham, 1860-1928 1
Isaacs, Ella Davis, 1885-1975 1
Isaacs, Nathan, 1886-1941 1
Isaacs, Rachel Rose (Friedman), 1861-1929 1
Israel Office of Information (New York, N.Y.) 1
Jewish Agency-American Section 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jung, Leo, 1892-1987 1
Jüdisches Museum Creglingen 1
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
Lawson, Eric, 1917-2006 1
Lawson, Gerald A., 1916- 1
Lawson, Jeanne, 1920-2016 1
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 1
Lewis, William M. 1
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 1
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 1
Loewenstein, Eric, 1917-2006 1
Loewenstein, Gerhard, 1916- 1
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