Jacob Rader Marcus Center

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Dates:
Establishment 1947
Active 1947
Americans
English

History notes:

The American Jewish Archives (AJA) was founded by Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), former graduate and professor at the Hebrew Union College. For over a half century, the American Jewish Archives has been preserving American Jewish history and imparting it to the next generation. Dr. Marcus directed the American Jewish Archives for forty-eight years until his death at which time the AJA’s name became The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

The American Jewish Archives was founded by Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus in 1947. It is located on the Cincinnati Campus in Ohio of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

From the description of American Jewish Archives collection on Georgia history, 1727-1779. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166147808

The American Jewish Archives was founded after World War II, in 1947 to collect the recofrds of the American Jewish community.

From the description of American Jewish Archives records 1990 (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 38980437

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Subjects:

  • Archives
  • Indians of North America
  • Jews

Occupations:

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Places:

  • Cincinnati, OH, US
  • Fort King George (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Savannah (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • American Jewish Archives (as recorded)
  • Alaska (as recorded)

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National Endowment for the Humanities

Hosts

University of Virginia Library
National Archives and Records Administration