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Bromberg Family Papers

 Collection
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

Dewey D. Stone Papers

 Collection
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

Elihu Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-555 and P-555A
Abstract This collection contains speeches, essays, correspondence, resolutions, and photographs documenting the professional, political, and personal life of Elihu David Stone. Included are materials pertaining to Stone's Zionist activities and his associations with the New England Zionist Region, World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization of America, Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod, and the passing of the Palestine and Lodge-Fish resolutions. Also included are speeches from Louis Lipsky,...
Dates: undated, 1881-2015

Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-685
Abstract This collection contains items relating to the Roskin, Borofsky, and Grosbayne families, with special focus on the musical contributions of Evelyn B. (née Borofsky) and Janot S. Roskin, which make up the bulk of the collection. A smaller portion of the collection comes from the Borofsky and Grosbayne families, including Jacob and Ida Borofsky, Evelyn's sister, Edith Borofsky and her husband, Mitchell Grosbayne and his brother, Benjamin. The collection includes publicity photographs,...
Dates: undated, circa 1903-1989

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-96
Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...
Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

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

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 3
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 3
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
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Keren Hayesod 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
Stone, Elihu David 2
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
Allen, Frank G. 1
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, Helen 1
American Zionist Council 1
Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 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
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
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 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
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 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
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Boston 1
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 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
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 1
Lewis, William M. 1
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 1
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 1
Massachusetts. General Court 1
McDonald, James G. (James Grover), 1886-1964 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ 1
Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 1
Morganthau, Henry, 1891-1967 1
Morros, Boris, 1891-1963 1
National Association of Teachers of Singing (U.S.) 1
New England Jewish Music Forum 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Pill, Hyman 1
Poorvu, Harris 1
Rehovot Israel. Weizmann Institute of Science 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Roskin, Evelyn Borofsky, 1903-1967 1
Roskin, Janot S. 1
Rothenberg, Morris, 1884-1950 1
Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927 1
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 1
Silverman, Robert 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 1
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 1
United Israel Appeal 1
United Jewish Appeal 1
United Jewish Campaign (Boston, Mass.) 1
United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) 1
United States. Congress 1
Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920 1
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927 1
Weizmann, Vera, 1882-1966 1
Wyzanski, Max 1
Zionist Congress 1
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