American Jewish Tercentenary Committee of Wisconsin records, 1953-1982.

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American Jewish Tercentenary Committee of Wisconsin records, 1953-1982.

Miscellaneous records documenting the formation of the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee of Wisconsin. The collection documents the 1954 Tercentenary celebration, annual meetings, as well as the committee's continuing heritage through the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning. Included are statewide and national correspondence; meeting notes documenting the formation of the committee; national directives and correspondence from the American Jewish Tercentenary, with recommendations on the scope, tone and spirit of the tercentenary celebration; and publications and newsletters containing the national directives. Programs, photographs, press releases and letters pertaining to the celebration are also found in the collection. The collection also contains publications and photographs from the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning, which was an outcome of the original group.

.4 cubic ft.

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American Jewish Tercentenary Committee of Wisconsin.

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American Jewish Tercentenary.

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Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning

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Organization which sponsors the Wisconsin Jewish Archives at the Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison, Wis., gives scholarships to students, gifts to the library (probably the State Historical Society library), and established the Hebrew Chair at the University of Wisconsin. From the description of Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning records, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166427879 ...