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Board of Delegates of American Israelites Records, 1859-1881, 1887, 1932

Title: Board of Delegates of American IsraelitesRecords 1859-1881, 1887, 1932

The Records of the Board of Delegates ofAmerican Israelites (1859-1878) documents the life cycle of the Board of Delegates, a Jewishcivil rights organization located in New York City. The Board served primarily in a two-foldfunction: acting as a central organization for American Jews and working on behalf of Jewsabroad. To the latter end, the Delegates collaborated with the Committee of Deputies of BritishJews and the French Alliance Israélite Universelle to provide for the relief and aid, civil, andreligious rights of Jews throughout the Americas, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East,particularly Romania, Ottoman Palestine including Jerusalem, and Morocco. In the U.S., theDelegates were partially responsible for the appointment of the first Jewish Military Chaplainand surveyed member synagogues concerning the history and size of their congregation, the firstorganization to systematically record this type of information in the States. The Delegatesmerged with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) in 1878 and dissolved in 1925.Correspondents include Adolph Crémieux, Sir Moses Montefiore, Benjamin Franklin Peixotto, IsaacsS. Myer, the Rev. Dr. Arnold Fischel, and Maj. General Benjamin Butler. Documents includecorrespondence, minutes, committee reports, memorials, announcements, surveys, some printedmaterial including clippings, and a 1932 Rabbinical thesis on the Delegates by Allan Tarshish.

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Purim Association collection, undated, 1865-1902, 1979

Title: Purim Association collection undated, 1865-1902, 1979

Contains two minute books for the years 1871-1892 and 1896-1906 of the activities of the Association including the constitution, by-laws and amendments, and a list of members, and also a scrapbook of correspondence containing information on charitable disbursements. Contains also a 1866 Purim Ball Program (scroll) and miscellaneous documents.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)

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John Jay Chapman papers

Title: John Jay Chapman papers

Correspondence between American essayist John Jay Chapman and his family and friends, as well as compositions by him.

ArchivalResource: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

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Board of Delegates of American Israelites. Board of Delegates of American Israelites records, 1858-1923.

Title: Board of Delegates of American Israelites records, 1858-1923.

Includes papers, letters, and manuscripts; Executive Committee reports (1873 and 1877); proclamations concerning Palestine (1863 and 1866); and historical accounts.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Isaacs, Myer S. (Myer Samuel), 1841-1904. Myer S. Isaacs collection [electronic resource], 1844-1925 1851-1925.

Title: Myer S. Isaacs collection [electronic resource], 1844-1925 1851-1925. [1844-1925]

Papers of Myer S. Isaacs, containing correspondence, clippings, commencement programs, invitations, souvenir and anniversary programs, election campaign materials, obituaries, funeral programs, and citizenship papers.

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Max James Kohler Papers, 1765-1963 (bulk 1888-1935)

Title: Max JamesKohler Papers 1765-1963 (bulk 1888-1935)

The Papers of Max J.Kohler (1871-1934) document his life's work as lawyer, historian, author,researcher, and defender of Jewish and immigrant rights. Correspondents includemany of Kohler's contemporaries in the field of history and immigration lawincluding Cyrus Adler, William Taft, John Bassett Moore, Mortimer Schiff, DavidHunter Miller, Baron and Baroness de Hirsch, the Straus Family including OscarStraus; Luigi Luzzatti, Leon Huhner, and Julian Mack. Subjects include U.S.immigration law, American-Jewish history, Col. Alfred Dreyfus, Haym Salomon,Ellis Island, Rabbi Kaufmann Kohler, the publication , international treaties and the Peace Conference of 1919. Godin Freedom

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Myer S. Isaacs, (1841-1904), Collection, undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Title: Myer S. Isaacs Collection (1841-1904) undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Real estate lawyer, judge,newspaper editor, and philanthropist Myer S. Isaacs was the eldest son of thesecond English-speaking Rabbi in the United States, the Rev. Dr. Samuel M.Isaacs (1804-1878). The Isaacs Family were founding members of the NewYork-based Jewish civil rights organization, the Board of Delegates of AmericanIsraelites (1859-1878), published the (1859-1902), and Myer was the first president of the Baron deHirsch Fund. The collection contains documents deriving from Myer and SamuelIssacs, and Myer's brothers Abram (1852 or 53-1920) and Isaac Isaacs(1845-1907). Information concerning Myer's children may also be found,including documents from his son Stanley (1882-1962), Manhattan boroughPresident and New York City Councilman. Includes correspondence, clippings,commencement programs, invitations, souvenir and anniversary programs, electioncampaign materials, obituaries, funeral programs, and citizenshippapers. JewishMessenger

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Benjamin Franklin Peixotto family papers, 1828-1829, 1864, 1870, 1873, 1875-1876, 1881, 1884-1885, 1887

Title: Benjamin Franklin Peixotto family papers 1828-1829, 1864, 1870, 1873, 1875-1876, 1881, 1884-1885, 1887

Contains primarily papers of Benjamin Franklin Peixotto, including addresses to Constitution Grand Lodge of B'nai B'rith and to YMHA; letter by Ulysses S. Grant appointing Peixotto as U.S. Consul-General to Romania; and correspondence during Peixotto's residency as Consul in Bucharest and Lyons. Also contains estate papers of Moses Levy Maduro Peixotto.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet (1 manuscript box)

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