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Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

 Collection
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

Frederick P. and Lucille Muhlhauser Family Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-015
Abstract

This collection documents the Muhlhauser, Einstein, Goodman, and to a lesser extent, the Warshing families. The collection primarily contains genealogical records, vital records, books, and photographs.

Dates: undated, 1863-1976

Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-488
Abstract The Kehillath Israel Synagogue Collection includes numerous photographs, publications and event information pertaining to services, fundraisers and anniversaries at the Synagogue from its first official year in 1924 to more recently, 2001. The primary bulk of the papers consist of photographs, K.I. Brotherhood papers and ephemera, and activities supported by the Synagogue. Kehillath Israel was home to noteworthy Rabbis, including Louis M. Epstein, Judah Nadich, and Manual Saltzman....
Dates: undated, 1924-2001

Lionel Spiro Papers

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Identifier: P-1032
Abstract This collection contains business records, correspondence, news clippings, photographs, meeting minutes, memoranda, architectural plans, promotional materials, publications, and reports documenting the personal, professional, and charitable life of Lionel Spiro. It contains materials on the 1964 founding of Charrette, an art and architectural supply company he co-founded, and its subsequent growth into a national enterprise, as well as Spiro’s work with various organizations, including the...
Dates: undated, 1909-2013

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

New England Jewish Music Forum Records

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Identifier: I-270
Abstract

The New England Jewish Music Forum was a non-profit organization created in 1958 committed to presenting performances of Jewish music in the Boston area. The organization closed its doors in 1990 after thirty-two years due to financial hardship and low membership. The collection includes meeting minutes, by-laws, and finances, as well as photographs of forum events, performance programs and brochures, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and concert files.

Dates: undated, 1953-1990

Oscar and Celia Sterman Papers

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Identifier: P-875
Abstract Oscar and Celia (Kredenzer)Sterman both immigrated to the United States in 1906 from present day Ukraine and settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts after their marriage in 1910. They later moved to Brookline, Massachusetts where they raised their family and became increasingly involved in the establishment of the State of Israel. The Stermans donated funds for the construction of several buildings in Beersheba and Eilat, Israel, including a library, sports center, youth center, and also provided...
Dates: undated, 1939-2009

Percy Brand Papers

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Identifier: P-865
Abstract Percy Brand was a violinist by profession and Holocaust survivor. Born in Liepaja, Latvia on April 2, 1908, he began playing violin at the age of ten. In 1941, when the Germans took control of Latvia and other Baltic countries, Brand was concertmaster of the Riga Latvian Symphony Orchestra. After the SS Einsatzgruppen units occupying Latvia killed his first wife and two children, Brand was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Playing the violin saved his life during the...
Dates: undated, 1949-1995

Robert Irwin Sperber Papers

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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

Scheinfeldt Family Papers

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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

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Harvard University 3
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
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Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Field Service 1
American Wrecking Company 1
Baratz, Yosef 1
Ben-Zvi, Itzhak, 1884-1963 1
Bernstein, Julius 1
Berry, Yale J. 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Boston Athenæum 1
Boston College. School of Nursing 1
Boston Higher Education Partnership 1
Boston Leadership Academy 1
Boston Redevelopment Authority 1
Boston Society of Architects 1
Boston University. School of Education 1
Boston University. School of Nursing 1
Boston Workers Circle (Brookline, Mass.) 1
Brand, Gertrude 1
Brand, Percy 1
Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919-2015 1
Brookline Early Education Project 1
Brookline Public Schools 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Burke, James A., 1910-1983 1
Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
Carter, James E. 1935- 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Donohue, Harold 1
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 1
Einstein, Alfred 1
Einstein, Miriam Goodman 1
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 1
Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation 1
Fromm, Herbert 1
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Boston Chapter 1
Hamlin, Isaac 1
Harvard Alumni Association 1
Harvard Club of Boston 1
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design 1
Harvard University. Graduate School of Education 1
Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation 1
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1
Jewish Community Relations Council (New York, N.Y.) 1
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 1
Kerry, John F. 1943- 1
Kessler, Minuetta 1
Latvijas nacionālais simfoniskais ork̦estris 1
Levittown (N.Y.). Board of Education 1
Lowell Model for Educational Excellence 1
Massachusetts College of Art 1
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 1
Max Pine Trade Center 1
McCarthy, Eugene J. 1916-2005 1
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Boston, Mass.) 1
Muhlhauser, Frederick 1
Muhlhauser, Frederick P. 1
Muhlhauser, Lucille 1
Muhlhauser, Sigmund 1
Nadich, Judah, 1912-2007 1
National Association of Teachers of Singing (U.S.) 1
New England Chassidic Center 1
New Israel Fund 1
O’Neill, Tip 1
Pittsburgh Board of Public Education (Pa.) 1
Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District (Plainview, N.Y.) 1
Republicans for McCarthy 1
Ritz-Carlton Hotels (Firm) 1
Saltzman, Manual 1
Scheinfeldt, Florence Calish, 1895-1968 1
Scheinfeldt, Jean, 1924-2000 1
Scheinfeldt, Joseph Henry, 1894-1965 1
Shawmut Mills 1
Shawmut Woolen Mills 1
Shawmut, Inc. 1
Sperber, Robert Irwin 1
Spiro, Lionel 1
Sterman Health Center 1
Sterman, Celia Kredenser, 1886-1974 1
Sterman, Oscar, 1885-1969 1
Trustees of Public Reservations (Mass.) 1
Tufts University 1
Tuviahu, David, 1898-1975 1
Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1
United Way of Massachusetts Bay 1
Weiner, Lazar, 1897-1982 1
Workmen's Circle (U.S.). Cemetery Department 1
Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring 1
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 1
Wyner, George 1
Wyner, Gertrude (Gussie) Edelman 1
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