Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Local Jewish Community Records, 1844-1976, bulk 1920-1969.

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Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Local Jewish Community Records, 1844-1976, bulk 1920-1969.

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This segment of the Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo consists of the records of the local Jewish community and among these are the cemetery records of Erie County Lodge 300, consisting of two ledger books, and one CD-ROM. The Erie County Lodge Cemetery Records are also available through the website, Jewish Buffalo on the Web: http://jbuff.com/erie_county_lodge_cemetery_recor.htm Another component of the collection has to do with the Jewish community's religious matters which consists of local Temple and Shul records such as the meeting minutes of the Buffalo Board of Rabbis and records of the Buffalo Council of Jewish Congregations, the citizenship papers dating back to 1844 of Emanuel Newman, an early leader of the Buffalo Jewish community who was active in the affairs of Temple Beth Zion, and information and documentation on other local congregations including Temple Beth El, Temple Beth Am, Temple Shaarey Zedek, and B'rith Israel. The collection also includes materials of general interest about the Buffalo Jewish community such as records that document various local organizations, agencies, and activities of the Buffalo Jewish community. Also photocopies of Xeroxes made by Professor Selig Adler which include a photograph circa 1940 of the Buffalo Jewish Choral Society and a recording with singer Sidor Belarsky, surveys, correspondence, memoranda, membership lists, committee reports and documents on the Jewish Hospital Association, 1920-1928, such as a minute book and constitution, reports of annual meetings and special meetings and an index of past members of the United Jewish Federation as well as a scrapbook for the 1927 Jewish Federation Campaign. Also included are material pertaining Deported Persons and Refugee Matters, and the Papers of Max M. Yellen and Dr. Gerhard J. Falk and Dr. Ursula A. Falk.

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SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo

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