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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 160 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Irwin Sperber Papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Robert Irwin Sperber Papers

Robert Silverman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1014
Abstract Robert Silverman was an early leader in American Zionism, taking part in and establishing multiple Zionist organizations in his more than forty years in the movement. This collection consists primarily of documents and photographs related to Silverman’s Zionist work. Documents include correspondence and printed materials from various organizations with which Silverman was involved and pamphlets, maps, and newspaper clippings related to Israel and Palestine. The photographs mainly depict...
Dates: undated, circa 1899-1965
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Robert Silverman Papers

Samuel Moshcovitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1009
Abstract Samuel Moshcovitz was born in Russia in 1907 and immigrated to the United States, where he attended college and became an accountant. He was active in several Jewish organizations, including Brandeis University and Beth Israel Hospital, until his death in 1993. The collection contains a collection of sheet music from the early to mid-twentieth century, along with correspondence from lawmakers in response to letters from Moshcovitz regarding United States policy in the Middle East. Another...
Dates: undated, circa 1905-1991
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Samuel Moshcovitz Papers

Sara Wernon Sloan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-640
Abstract

Born in 1888 in Odessa, Sara (Buminowitz) Wernon Sloan immigrated to the United States at the age of ten with her mother and siblings. She became a garment worker and wrote of her experiences working in New York City. This collection contains typed manuscripts of her memoirs written in the 1970s and also includes related correspondence, in which various readers of the memoirs describe their impressions.

Dates: circa 1974-1987
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Sara Wernon Sloan Papers

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Scheinfeldt Family Papers

Schwartz Family Papers

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Identifier: P-1027
Abstract This collection contains the papers of the Schwartz family, with the bulk of materials being letters to and from family members in Austria and Hungary before and after World War II. It contains the original letters written in Yiddish, transcribed and translated versions of those letters, and two compilation books published in 2013 by Carroll Schwartz. These two books include extensive biographical information about the Schwartz and Newman families, photographs, maps, genealogical trees, and...
Dates: 1938-1952
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Schwartz Family Papers

Smith-Kupersmith Family Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-061
Abstract

Stanley S. Kupersmith served in the United States Army between 1941 and 1945. This collection contains his photographs from the 1920s, during his military service, and during the post-war period in labeled scrapbooks, as well as other family photos.

Dates: undated, 1922-1972, 2024
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Smith-Kupersmith Family Papers

Stanley and Mary Ann Snider Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-964
Abstract The Snider, Winer, Kane and Korelitz families are documented within this collection, although the bulk of the materials pertain to Stanley and Mary Ann Snider’s immediate family. The Sniders are the founders of Stanmar, Inc., which developed Smugglers’ Notch Ski Resort. The Winers founded Elm Farm Supermarkets, and the Kanes owned furniture stores before becoming involved with the operations of Elm Farms. This collection contains photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and...
Dates: undated, 1902-2013
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Stanley and Mary Ann Snider Papers

Stanley Canner Papers

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Identifier: P-731
Abstract Stanley Canner was a 24 year old pilot in World War II, when his plane was shot down over Normandy on July 14, 1944. Canner, along with Alfred Sutkowski from Portland, Connecticut and Russell Leith of Australia were rescued by members of the French underground, and were hidden in a farmhouse owned by Jean and Renee Renault. The couple hid the three soldiers for six weeks, until they were liberated by the Canadian Allied Forces. This collection includes his book, Missing...
Dates: undated, 1943-1988
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Stanley Canner Papers

Sterling and Selesnick Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1040
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, comic strips, publications, memoirs, and reports documenting the family life of the Sterling, Selesnick, Segal, Shapiro, Katz, and Zoll families, as well as the educational and professional work of Hinda Sterling and Herb Selesnick—particularly the work they conducted for Sterling & Selesnick, Inc., their organizational consulting firm, and Stockworth, the comic strip they produced.

Dates: undated, 1905-2014
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Sterling and Selesnick Family Papers

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