Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 8 of 8

Gaffen and Massirman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-001
Abstract

This collection documents the histories and genealogies of the Gaffen and Massirman families, as well as the Levinthal and Rottenberg families, to a lesser extent. The collection contains correspondence and family group records for each line, while a few family series also include photographs and vital records.

Dates: undated, 1889-1958, 1993-2017

George Clint Frank Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1018
Abstract

George Clint Frank (1917-2000) served in the 826th Bombardment Squadron, 484th Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Corps from 1943 until he was discharged at the end of World War II. The collection consists of one folder containing photographs from Frank’s time in the Army, along with his War Department Identification Card and discharge papers.

Dates: undated, circa 1943-1993

Jacob Beerman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-612
Abstract

Jacob Beerman (1871-1926) immigrated to the United States in 1885 and married Rose Solomon in 1904. The couple had a daughter, Sadie. Jacob owned a stationary company in Boston. The collection contains a book titled The Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel, inscribed to Beerman from Charles Fleischer, former rabbi of Temple Israel in Boston, and a scroll marking the 25th anniversary of the B’nai Zion Educational Society in 1916.

Dates: circa 1899, 1916

Jewish Neighborhood Voices

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-022
Abstract Jewish Neighborhood Voices: Using Oral History to Link Massachusetts’s Past and Present Communities is a pilot project of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC), funded by Mass Humanities/Massachusetts Cultural Council and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. This project conducted approximately 20 oral history interviews with narrators (interviewees) who are the first- or second-generation members of families that came to the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century, and...
Dates: 2022 - 2023

Mildred Minnie Fishman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1000
Abstract Mildred Minnie Fishman was born Sarah Minnie Greenberg in Leeds, England in 1896 to Isaac and Ethel Greenberg. The family immigrated to Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1922, and in 1939, Mildred married Maurice Fishman and became a naturalized citizen of the United States. She died in 1995, and the bulk of this collection contains documents related to her end-of-life arrangements, including estate planning, burial arrangements, and will execution. The collection also contains vital and immigration...
Dates: undated, 1913-1996

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

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

The Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: JHCP-019
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and architectural drawings depicting 14 of the aron kodesh, or holy arks, created by early 20th century Russian woodworker Sam Katz. Also included are dedication programs, 3 snapshot portraits of Katz, and newspaper clippings relating to several congregations which feature Katz's holy arks.

Dates: 1910-1933, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, undated

Filtered By

  • Subject: Chelsea (Mass.) X
  • Subject: Boston (Mass.) X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Boston (Mass.) 7
Photographs 6
Correspondence 4
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 3
North Shore (Mass. : Coast) 3
∨ more
Revere (Mass.) 3
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 3
Brockton (Mass.) 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Everett (Mass.) 2
Immigrants -- Jews -- United States 2
Lynn (Mass.) 2
Newton (Mass.) 2
Peabody (Mass.) 2
Publications (documents) 2
Religious architecture 2
Synagogues 2
Synagogues -- Connecticut 2
Synagogues -- Massachusetts 2
Synagogues -- Massachusetts -- Chelsea 2
West Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 2
Acton (Mass.) 1
Albany (N.Y.) 1
Andover (Mass.) 1
Architectural drawings 1
Attleboro (Mass.) 1
Audiovisual materials 1
Ayer (Mass.) 1
Belmont (Mass.) 1
Beverly (Mass.) 1
Bombardiers 1
Braintree (Mass.) 1
Brighton (Boston, Mass.) 1
Brookline (Mass.) 1
Burlington (Mass.) 1
Canton (Mass.) 1
Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Concord (Mass.) 1
Connecticut--New Haven 1
Dover (Mass.) 1
East Falmouth (Mass.) 1
Estates (Law) 1
Exhibitions 1
Fall River (Mass.) 1
Family-owned business enterprises -- Massachusetts 1
Fellowship -- Religious aspects -- Judaism 1
Financial records 1
Framingham (Mass.) 1
Genealogical tables 1
Gloucester (Mass.) 1
Great Barrington (Mass.) 1
Greenfield (Mass.) 1
Haverhill (Mass.) 1
Hingham (Mass.) 1
Holbrook (Mass.) 1
Holliston (Mass.) 1
Hull (Mass.) 1
Immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston Region -- Social conditions -- 20th century. 1
Immigrants -- United States. 1
Italy 1
Jewish businesspeople -- Massachusetts 1
Jewish community centers 1
Jewish families 1
Jewish families -- Massachusetts 1
Jewish veterans 1
Jews -- Education 1
Jews -- Genealogy 1
Jews -- Massachusetts 1
Jews -- Massachusetts -- History 1
Jews -- Societies, etc. 1
Jews -- Study and teaching 1
Judaism and social problems. 1
Lawrence (Mass.) 1
Leeds (England) 1
Legal documents 1
Leominster (Mass.) 1
Lexington (Mass.) 1
Lowell (Mass.) 1
Malden (Mass.) 1
Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Marlborough (Mass.) 1
Mattapan (Boston, Mass.) 1
Medford (Mass.) 1
Medway (Mass.) 1
Milton (Mass.) 1
Natick (Mass.) 1
Needham (Mass.) 1
New Haven (Conn.) 1
Newburyport (Mass.) 1
Newton Centre (Newton, Mass.) 1
North Chelmsford (Mass.) 1
North Easton (Mass.) 1
Norwood (Mass.) 1
Notes 1
Oral history 1
Pictures 1
Programs (documents) 1
Quincy (Mass.) 1
Rabbinical literature -- Translations into English 1
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Hebrew 4
Russian 1
Yiddish 1
 
Names
Armell, Judy 1
Baskin, Elaine 1
Beerman, Jacob 1
Brumberg, Joanne "ChiChi" (Fox) 1
B’nai Zion Educational Society 1