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Brookline (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-017
Abstract

This collection contains program brochures, meeting minutes and agendas, and issues of the Senior Adult Bulletin, published by the Center's Senior Adult Department, from the Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center.

Dates: undated, 1970-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center Records

Companions of the Forest of America Boston Area Circles Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-015
Abstract

The Companions of the Forest of America was a social and benvolent fraternal organization that was a branch of the Foresters of America. This collection contains charter certificates, materials pertaining to the practices and rituals of the organization, songbooks, and membership and entertainment ledgers for local Boston area circles, including Franklin Park Circle #1571, Brookline Circle #1558, and Dorchester Circle #1542.

Dates: undated, circa 1929-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Companions of the Forest of America Boston Area Circles Records

Elizabeth Wyner Mark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-991
Abstract Dr. Elizabeth Wyner Mark was a psychologist and author. This collection contains her education records from elementary school to her post-graduate studies; family correspondence, primarily sent to Elizabeth and her husband, Melvin; journals, diaries and various family legal papers; family photographs as well as photographs taken by Elizabeth; and the research and manuscript drafts of her publications, particularly The Covenant of Circumcision, which she...
Dates: undated, 1903-2007
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Elizabeth Wyner Mark Papers

Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-685
Abstract This collection contains items relating to the Roskin, Borofsky, and Grosbayne families, with special focus on the musical contributions of Evelyn B. (née Borofsky) and Janot S. Roskin, which make up the bulk of the collection. A smaller portion of the collection comes from the Borofsky and Grosbayne families, including Jacob and Ida Borofsky, Evelyn's sister, Edith Borofsky and her husband, Mitchell Grosbayne and his brother, Benjamin. The collection includes publicity photographs,...
Dates: undated, circa 1903-1989
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers

Frederick P. and Lucille Muhlhauser Family Papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Frederick P. and Lucille Muhlhauser Family Papers

Hebrew College Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-451
Abstract Louis Hurwich, then superintendent of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Boston, founded Hebrew Teacher’s College in 1921. Hurwich was concerned about Jewish teachers leaving the field of Jewish education for other professions and sought an educational system that promoted Hebrew literacy at all levels. Hebrew Teacher’s College was also responsible for maintaining Hebrew High School (Prozdor), located at 14 Crawford Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Those students who graduated from the high...
Dates: undated, 1928-1996
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Hebrew College Records

Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

Larry Ruttman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1033
Abstract

Lawerence A. (Larry) Ruttman is an attorney and author. This collection contains drafts, manuscripts, notes, research, correspondence, interviews, photographs, news clippings, book reviews, and VHS tapes documenting the research, writing, publication, and promotion of Ruttman’s two books, Voices of Brookline and American Jews and America's Game, as well as other work in the field of biographical cultural history.

Dates: undated, 1997-2015
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Larry Ruttman Papers

Levinson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-984
Abstract

The Levinson family has its origins in Eastern Europe, though the majority of its members immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. Members of the family were active in Boston business, science, and law. The material in the collection includes publications, photographs, a scrapbook, a photo album, and awards.

Dates: undated, circa 1900-1969
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Levinson Family Papers

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