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Abraham Bornstein Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-937
Abstract
Abraham Bornstein was a well-known publisher and collector of art and art books. In 1923, Bornstein founded the Boston Book and Art Shop, which distributed art books from leading publishers of Europe, as well as published books, portfolios and monographs. Abraham and his wife, Rachel, used their publishing house to help encourage and promote many Jewish artists and writers in the United States, among them, Chaim Grade, a Yiddish poet. This collection contains materials from the Boston Book...
Dates:
undated, 1914-1992
Abraham C. Ratshesky Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-586
Abstract
Abraham Captain Ratshesky (1864-1943) was a banker by profession who founded the U.S. Trust Company with his brother Israel in 1895, and also served in a variety of political positions, including the Massachusetts State Senate from 1892-1895, delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1892, 1904, 1908, 1916, and 1924, Assistant Food Administrator for Massachusetts during World War I, and most importantly, United States Minister to Czechoslovakia from 1930-1932. In 1933, Ratshesky was...
Dates:
undated, 1895-1974
Adolph Hubbard Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-647
Abstract
Adolph Hubbard was a Boston area lawyer and co-founder of the Zionist Organization of America. In 1918, he was appointed as Administrator of the American Zionist Medical Unit by Louis D. Brandeis, and traveled to Palestine to aid in the provision of medical services and establish the American Jewish Hospital. From the 1930s to 1950s, Hubbard was an active and leading member of Zionist organizations. Following his death in 1971, $10,000 was given in his name to establish a Nahala through the...
Dates:
undated, 1918-1972
Adolphus Strassman Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-939
Abstract
Adolphus Strassman was born in 1848 in Hungary, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As a child, he immigrated with his family to the United States. They settled in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he lived with his mother, Rosa, stepfather Henry Strassman, and two half-siblings, Etta and Henry. From 1863-1865, he served in the Union Army. He served as a Private in the 2nd Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Company I, under Captain John D. Parker,...
Dates:
undated, 1865-2014
Alpha Phi Pi, Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-562
Abstract
Organized in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1931, the Alpha Delta Chapter was accepted into the national Alpha Phi Pi Jewish high school fraternity in 1932. After a period of dormancy, the Chapter was briefly reactivated in 1953 and an Alpha Delta Alumni group was formed in 1954. The material in this collection includes event programs and invitations, correspondence, photographs, news clippings and bulletins, Convention yearbooks, and a map and guide to Boston.
Dates:
undated, 1932-1993
Altman and Spiewak Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-831
Abstract
The Altman and Spiewak Family Papers primarily document the Altman family of Boston through the lens of Barbara Altman Spiewak. Frank and Ethel Task Altman raised their children, Barbara and Stanley, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Barbara was a graduate of Simmons College and was a librarian in the Boston area. This collection includes Frank Altman’s Navy records, baby books, yearbooks, family photographs and a memoir written by Barbara Altman Spiewak. It also includes a memoir written by Robert...
Dates:
undated, 1920-1985
American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel Records
Collection
Identifier: I-586
Abstract
The American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF) is an organization of physicians and health care professionals whose aims are to advance the state of medical education, research and care in Israel and to advance relationships between the health care communities of North America and Israel. This collection contains materials relating to the organization’s activities and internal proceedings, including correspondence, scrapbooks, reports, meeting minutes, financial statements,...
Dates:
undated, 1920-2014
American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division Records
Collection
Identifier: I-434
Abstract
The American Technion Society was founded in 1940 as an organization to aid the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, with the goal to aid the technological and scientific advancement of Israel. The Women’s Division, which was founded in 1956, did so by focusing its efforts on three main national programs: faculty recruitment, medical engineering, and student aid. Beginning in the 1970s, special interest was given to the Medical Engineering Project in the Medical School, a cause of...
Dates:
undated, 1975-1991
Arthur S. Obermayer Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-1019
Abstract
Arthur S. Obermayer was a scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He established his own research and development company, Moleculon Research Company, in the Boston area and was involved in numerous philanthropic and professional organizations, especially through his foundation, the Obermayer Foundation. Obermayer was also a political activist, and played a key role in establishing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. This collection...
Dates:
undated, 1897-2016
Avraham Hirsch and Hannah Schaiman Freedman Papers
Collection
Identifier: JHCP-002
Abstract
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Rabbi Avraham Hirsch Freedman, who throughout his career served as rabbi at Congregation Adath Jeshurun (Ottawa, Canada), Durban United Hebrew Congregation (Durban, South Africa), and Congregation Beth Israel (Bangor, Maine), as well as those of his wife, Hannah Schaiman Freedman. Included are sermons, lectures, correspondence, life cycle events, eulogies, and news clippings.
Dates:
undated, 1982-2017
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- Synagogues -- Connecticut 3
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- Jewish National Fund 5
- Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 5
- Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 4
- Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 4
- Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 4
- Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 4
- Stone, Elihu David 4
- Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 4
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 4
- United Jewish Appeal 4
- Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 4
- Zionist Organization of America 4
- American Jewish Committee 3
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 3
- Boy Scouts of America 3
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 3
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 3
- Gorfinkle, Bernard 3
- Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 3
- Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 3
- Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 3
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 3
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
- McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
- Shanok, Morton 3
- Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 3
- Winer, Louis 3
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 2
- American Jewish Congress 2
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 2
- American Zionist Council 2
- Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 2
- Boston University 2
- Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) 2
- Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
- Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
- Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 2
- Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 2
- Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
- Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 2
- Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
- Harvard Law School 2
- Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 2
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
- Jewish Federation of the North Shore 2
- Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 2
- Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore 2
- Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 2
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
- Keren Hayesod 2
- Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 2
- Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 2
- Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 2
- Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 2
- National Jewish Welfare Board 2
- New England Jewish Music Forum 2
- Poale Zion (U.S.) 2
- Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
- Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 2
- Segal, Robert E. 2
- Shrage, Barry 2
- Shubow, Joseph Shalom 2
- Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 2
- Stop & Shop Companies 2
- Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 2
- Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 2
- Temple Israel (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
- Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 2
- United Jewish Campaign (Boston, Mass.) 2
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 2
- United Synagogue of America 2
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay 2
- Weiner, Harry 2
- Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 2
- Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
- Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 2
- Abrams, Ruth I. 1
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
- Action for Soviet Jewry 1
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
- Ahabat Shalom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
- Aizenstat, Harry 1
- Aizenstat, Sarah Freedman 1
- Allen, Frank G. 1
- Alpert, Abraham 1
- Alpert, Helen 1
- Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
- Altman, Ethel Task 1
- American Association for Jewish Education 1
- American Association of Small Research Companies 1
- American Bar Association. Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary 1
- American Cancer Society 1 + ∧ less
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