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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
Greater Boston Committee of the Massachusetts Observance of the American Jewish Tercentenary Records
Collection
Identifier: I-63
Abstract
The Massachusetts Observance of the American Jewish Tercentenary documents the correspondence, activities, photographs and publications of the Greater Boston Committee’s efforts to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States. Many notable Boston Jewish community members were a part of the planning and implementation of activities, which included a celebration at Symphony Hall and a musical for children entitled, "A Happy Land."
Dates:
undated, 1952-1955 (bulk 1954-1955)
Harold and Romayne Goldberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-861
Abstract
Harold and Romayne Goldberg were active members of numerous Jewish organizations in Boston. Harold Goldberg was a member of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies, American Jewish Committee of Greater Boston and the Combined Jewish Appeal. In 1964 he served as president of the Business Men’s Council of the Combined Jewish Appeal and was also a member of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Romayne Goldberg served as president of the Boston chapter of Hadassah from 1948-1951. She also served as...
Dates:
undated, 1924-1971
Harry Levine Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-592
Abstract
Harry Levine was the Massachusetts President and Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Plastic and Chemical Company. He was highly involved in the establishment of the State of Israel, primarily related to his facilitating the construction and import of Uzi submachine guns into then British-Mandated Palestine. The majority of this collection includes transcribed interviews with Levine, photographs and correspondence. Biographical information, certificates, speeches and news articles are also...
Dates:
undated, 1944-1977
Harry Spiro Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-1005
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, photos, newspapers and clippings, manuscripts, and financial records documenting the life of Harry Spiro following his immigration from the shtetl of Butrimantz in Lithuania, first to Havana, Cuba and then to the United States. Included in the collection are materials relating to his family, his Zionist activism both in Cuba and in the United States, and his building supply business, Best Lumber.
Dates:
undated, 1905-1982
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
Helen Golden Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: JHCP-031
Abstract
Helen Phyllis Golden was born in Boston, Mass. in 1922. This collection contains the scrapbook of Helen's life; featuring her family and friends in Dorchester and Mattapan, as well as vacations to Nantasket Beach.
Dates:
Majority of material found in undated, 1930-1950
Herbert B. Ehrmann Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-94
Abstract
Contains correspondence, addresses and speeches, newspaper clippings, and published material relating primarily to Ehrmann's activity in the national and Boston chapter of the American Jewish Committee (1935-1970). Of special interest is material on the relation of the Committee to the American Jewish Conference (1943-1948), the relationship of American Jewry to the State of Israel, and the attitude of the Committee to the establishment of Israel. Also contains genealogical material, in...
Dates:
undated, 1913-1970
Herbert Gorfinkle Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-904
Abstract
Herbert Gorfinkle was the eldest child and only son of Colonel Bernard and Frieda Gorfinkle of Newton, Massachusetts. Born in 1923, Gorfinkle came of age during World War II and entered the U.S. Army while an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire. As a Tech 5 combat engineer, Gorfinkle was responsible for clearing landmines ahead of his advancing unit. He was also a trained army photographer, and aside from his letters home, he documented his years in the war with photographs. A...
Dates:
undated, circa 1850s-2000
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