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Hebrew Benevolent Society of the City of New York. [A collection of printed materials pertaining to the Hebrew Benevolent Society of the City of New York and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York].

Title: [A collection of printed materials pertaining to the Hebrew Benevolent Society of the City of New York and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York]. [1863-1886]

Invitation to events sponsored on behalf of the Asylum and Society.

ArchivalResource: 2 pieces : ill. ; 18-26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58771829 View

Hebrew National Orphan Home Alumni Association, records, undated, 1923-2011 (bulk 1957-1997)

Title: Hebrew National Orphan Home Alumni Association, records undated, 1923-2011 (bulk 1957-1997)

Contains the files of the Association’s newsletter, ; programs of its alumni reunion events; selected meeting minutes; audio-visual material (oral history tapes and a videotape on the HNOH; photographs); paper copies of website pages developed in 1997; a small collection of correspondence; a file of Dental Service annual reports about dental care given the orphans and other material from 1923-1932; scrapbooks; sports uniforms; unpublished writings about growing up in HNOH; scattered publications of other orphan homes, mainly newsletters; and mass media accounts of HNOH, other orphan homes, and issues around orphan life. The Alumnus

ArchivalResource: 3.95 linear feet (4 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 1 oversized box)

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M. Wise, correspondence, 1861

Title: M. Wise, correspondence 1861

Contains 2 letters from the officers of the DeKalb Regiment in New York City and the New York Medical Association, dated May 10, 1861 and June 27, 1861, for the help and supplies provided by the "Ladies Connected with the Jewish Orphan Asylum."

ArchivalResource:

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=364739 View

Goldenkranz, Jack W. Dr. Jack W. Goldenkranz papers, 1875-1983.

Title: Dr. Jack W. Goldenkranz papers, 1875-1983.

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, newsletters, speeches, pamphlets, brochures, certificates, convention badges, and awards. Papers include meeting notices and miscellaneous correspondence of the New York Fireman's Cycle Club, 1967-1980 and records of fire alarms in the Bronx, 1875-1921. Newsletters include Tuesday, issued by the Bronx Rotary Club, Fire Department orders (New York Fire Dept.), and those of the Fire Bell Club and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Organized into 5 series: I. Correspondence and printed material. II. Photograph albums. III. Framed photographs. IV. Awards. V. Oversize photograph albums and scrapbooks. The bulk of the photographs falls in the period 1920-1982; the bulk of the correspondence and other papers, 1942-1982.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57316004 View

John B. Snook Architectural Record Collection, 1843-1948

Title: John B. Snook Architectural Record Collection 1843-1948

The collection is comprised of ca. 2500 architectural drawings by John Butler Snook and his various firms.

ArchivalResource: 34.5 Linear feet; (39 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/snook/snook.html View

United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York Collection, Subgroup V: Oral History Project, undated, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1965-2004

Title: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York Collection, Subgroup V: Oral History Project undated, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1965-2004

Includes over 200 taped oral history interviews, written transcripts, and corresponding microfiche that were performed by historians at the United Jewish Appeal, Federation of New York. The Oral History Project began in 1981 to record the experiences of those who influenced or were influenced by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. The oral histories encompass the Federation’s early history beginning in 1917 through its merger with the United Jewish Appeal in 1986 to the present. Memoirs concern interviewee’s biographical background and organizational involvements, providing insight into personal motivations, attitudes, Jewish history in New York, and American and Jewish social organizations. Occupations of interviewees include accountants, attorneys, artists, civic leaders, congressmen, editors, executives, fundraising professionals, historians, physicians, rabbis, radio/TV producers, realtors, social workers, and volunteers. Detailed catalogs listing individuals interviewed and interview summaries, published by the UJA Federation of New York, are available in Box 1 of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 24 linear feet (24 bankers boxes)

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=365697 View