Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo records, 1902-1979, bulk 1939-1975.

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Adler, Selig, 1909-1984. Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo records, 1902-1979, bulk 1939-1975.

Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo records, 1902-1979, bulk 1939-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/138073909

The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Records consist of materials associated with the Federation, its constituent agencies and member organizations such as the Bureau of Jewish Education, Jewish Family Services, the Jewish Community Center, Kadimah School of Buffalo, and the Rosa Coplon Home and their various programs. Included are the early Federation records, constitution and by-laws, financial reports, building and housing information, yearbooks, fund campaigns information, correspondence and miscellaneous photographs. Also Included are the records of the Jewish Family Service, some records of the Jewish Welfare Society (the predecessor to the Jewish Family Service), records of departments for child care services, health and dental, family life, and elder care. The records of the Jewish Community Center document the beginning of the center, construction plans, finances, various services and programs and the center's expansion with the building of a new facility in the Buffalo suburb of Getzville, NY. as well as information by and about the Buffalo Jewish camps, their budget reports, committee minutes, attendance records, constitution and by-laws, personnel matters, and publicity material. The materials on Jewish education in Buffalo and the Bureau of Jewish Education's role in it include historical information, constitution and by-laws, committee/board minutes, surveys, enrollment figures, Hebrew instruction materials, essay contests, school curriculum evaluations, and correspondence. The records of the Kadimah School of Buffalo include information on the school's beginning, some photographs, clippings, yearbooks, correspondence with the Jewish Federation of Buffalo and committee minutes. The records of the Rosa Coplon Jewish Home and Infirmary consist of the constitution and by-laws, property deeds, building information, newsletters, personnel records, and Board of Directors minutes. The majority of the scrapbooks in the collection document the Federation's annual United Jewish Fund Campaign, covering the years 1926, 1936-1939, 1941-1942, and 1946-1975. Other scrapbooks document Camp Lakeland, the Federation's Fiftieth Anniversary, and Yom Hashoah material. History Professor Selig Adler, a well known teacher, scholar, researchers and local citizen played a key and seminal role in the conceptualization and organization of the Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo.

28 boxes (28.29 linear ft.)

SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo