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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
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
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-459
Abstract
Temple Ohabei Shalom was founded on February 26, 1843 by several Boston Jewish families, and is the first synagogue established in Massachusetts. After meeting in the homes of both a founding congregant and the first elected Rabbi, Abraham Saling, Ohabei Shalom dedicated its first building on Warren (now Warrenton) Street in Boston in 1852. In 1855, the German Jewish congregants left Ohabei Shalom and founded Congregation Adath Israel (now Temple Israel in Boston.) The Polish Jewish...
Dates:
undated, 1909-1991
Wyner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-803
Abstract
The Wyner Family Papers document the personal, professional, organizational and philanthropic activities of three generations of a prominent Boston Jewish family. The documents describe the operations of the family knitting and textile businesses, the building and management of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Boston and the development and operations of the Beth Israel Hospital of Boston (1926-2001.) This collection describes the Wyner family's involvement in a wide variety of organizations, both...
Dates:
undated, 1863-2004
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- Borofsky, Ida S., 1883-1982 1
- Borofsky, Jacob, 1880-1965 1
- Brookline Town Meeting 1
- Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
- Carter, James E. 1935- 1
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
- Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 1
- Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 1
- Grosbayne, Benjamin, 1893-1976 1
- Grosbayne, Mitchell 1
- Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Boston Chapter 1
- Harvard University 1
- Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation 1
- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 1
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
- Jewish Community Relations Council (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 1
- Kerry, John F. 1943- 1
- McCarthy, Eugene J. 1916-2005 1
- National Association of Teachers of Singing (U.S.) 1
- New England Chassidic Center 1
- New England Jewish Music Forum 1
- New Israel Fund 1
- O’Neill, Tip 1
- Republicans for McCarthy 1
- Ritz-Carlton Hotels (Firm) 1
- Roskin, Evelyn Borofsky, 1903-1967 1
- Roskin, Janot S. 1
- Shawmut Mills 1
- Shawmut Woolen Mills 1
- Shawmut, Inc. 1
- Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 1
- Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 1
- Tufts University 1
- Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay 1
- Wyner, George 1
- Wyner, Gertrude (Gussie) Edelman 1
- Wyner, Gloria Geller 1
- Wyner, Justin Lawrence 1
- Wyner, Rudolph H. 1
- Wyner, Sara Goldberg 1 + ∧ less
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