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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard L. Gorfinkle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-664 and P-664A
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, ephemera and a scrapbook compiled by Bernard L. Gorfinkle, a Boston area lawyer and civic leader who served in the United States Army during both World Wars and was a participant in the negoriations leading to the Treaty of Versailled and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

Dates: undated, 1914-1979
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Bernard L. Gorfinkle Papers

Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-313
Abstract

The Chelsea-Revere School was established by Monas Berlin in 1896 and served the Chelsea, Massachusetts Jewish community until 1979. The collection contains the records of the institution and its activities including meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, personnel manifests, memos, publications, photographs, memorial documents, and school function notices, as well as press materials in the form of newspaper clippings.

Dates: undated, 1939-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-323
Abstract

Congregation Adath Israel was established in 1919 by a small group of Jewish farmers in Newtown, Connecticut. The synagogue expanded its building in 1957 and converted from the Orthodox movement to the Conservative movement in the 1970s. In 2007, they relocated to a larger building within Newtown. The collection primarily consists of administrative and financial records, along with newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: undated, 1909-1991
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

Elihu Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-555 and P-555A
Abstract This collection contains speeches, essays, correspondence, resolutions, and photographs documenting the professional, political, and personal life of Elihu David Stone. Included are materials pertaining to Stone's Zionist activities and his associations with the New England Zionist Region, World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization of America, Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod, and the passing of the Palestine and Lodge-Fish resolutions. Also included are speeches from Louis Lipsky,...
Dates: undated, 1881-2015
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Elihu Stone Papers

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

Elm Farm Foods Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-552
Abstract Elm Farm Foods was first established as M. Winer Company in 1895 in the North End of Boston. The expansion of this single small store in the next several decades preluded the rise and development of Elm Farm Supermarkets in the region, followed by the company’s shift from retail to wholesale. Winer family holdings have also included various affiliated trusts and corporations managing many aspects of the company’s business and real estate. The bulk of these documents depict the financial...
Dates: undated, 1894-2011
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Elm Farm Foods Records

Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-534
Abstract

The Farband Labor Zionist Order was a Jewish fraternal organization founded in 1910 and chartered in New York in 1913. With branches across the United States and Canada, it functioned as a mutual aid society aligned with the Socialist and Zionist political party Poale Zion. The material in the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and memos.

Dates: undated, 1941-1984
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-641
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, pamphlets, publications and other similar materials pertaining to Weinstein's involvement in Jewish organizations and institutions in the Boston area and nationally.

Dates: undated, 1947-1992
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

Max C. Rosenfeld Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-551
Abstract The Max C. Rosenfeld Foundation is an organization that grants non-interest loans to young Jewish women in the Greater Boston Area who need financial help in receiving an education or vocation. This collection includes administrative records of the Foundation, including Board of Trustees meeting minutes and Max Rosenfeld's will, in which he detailed the purpose and establishment of the Foundation, as well as materials relating to the application process and recipients of loans. Many items...
Dates: undated, 1933-2013
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Max C. Rosenfeld Foundation Records

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