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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| associatedWith | American Jewish Tercentenary Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Bloom, Jessie S., 1887-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Bloom, Robert L., 1878-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933- | person |
| associatedWith | Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933- | person |
| associatedWith | Hebrew Union College | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | corporateBody |
| foundedBy | Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-1995 | person |
| foundedBy | Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-1995. | person |
| associatedWith | Minis, Philip, d. 1789. | person |
| associatedWith | Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785. | person |
| correspondedWith | Sabsay, Nahum, 1890- | person |
| correspondedWith | Sissman, L. E., 1928-1976 | person |
| employerOf | Zola, Gary Phillip | person |
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