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Wilhelm Reich Collection, 1870-1929 (inclusive) 1876-1929 (bulk)

Extent:

4 linear feet (8 containers)

Abstract:

Wilhelm Reich (1852-1929) was the chief rabbi of the communities of Savar, Baden and Neunkirchen, an essayist and an author of multiple books. The Wilhelm Reich Collection consists of commentaries on the Torah and Talmud, sermons, correspondence, writings, financial records and notebooks, dating from 1870 to 1929.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Mayer Sulzberger Collection, 1857-1923 (inclusive) 1900-1923 (bulk)

Extent:

18 linear feet (35 boxes)

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Mayer Sulzberger (1843-1923) was a lawyer, a judge on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, and one of the founders of Dropsie College in Philadelphia. The Mayer Sulzberger Collection consists of correspondence, materials relating to the American Jewish Committee, family materials, photographs, legal documents, newspaper clippings and printed books, dating from 1857 to 1923.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Joseph Medoff Collection, 1901-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 linear feet (2 document cases)

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Joseph Medoff (1876-) was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Dropsie College, as well as the principal of the Philadelphia North Eastern Talmud Torah Association and Gratz College. The Joseph Medoff Collection consists of photographs, notebooks, correspondence and personal materials, dating from 1901 to 1915.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Samuel Tobias Lachs Collection, 1900-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Samuel Tobias Lachs (1926-2000) was a rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El and the Ahavath Israel synagogue, an author, and professor in and chair of the History of Religion department at Bryn Mawr College.The Samuel Tobias Lachs Collection consists of multiple unpublished manuscripts, notes, sermons and academic materials, dating from 1900 to 2000.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Albert J. Wood Papers, 1982-2000 (inclusive) 1984-1993 (bulk)

Extent:

3 linear feet (7 boxes)

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Albert J. Wood (1910-2006) was a businessman and philanthropist who served on Dropsie College's Board of Directors. The Albert J. Wood Papers document the change from Dropsie College to the Annenberg Research Institute and then to, what is today known as, the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies in affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania. The collection consists of correspondence with Walter H. Annenberg, records of Drospie College and subsequently the Annenberg Research Institute and the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, and documentation of various business trips, dating from 1982 to 2000.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Judah Goldin Collection, 1914-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:

23.5 linear feet (14 file boxes and 5 manuscript boxes)

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Judah Goldin (1914-1998) was a rabbi, author and professor of Jewish literature and history at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Duke University, the University of Iowa, Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania. The Judah Goldin Collection consists of offprints of various articles, academic journals, notebooks, correspondence and academic materials, dating from 1914 to 1985.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Jehoshua A. Gilboa Collection, c.1982 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box(es)

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Jehoshua A. Gilboa (1918-1981) was a journalist and editor for Dvar, Zmanim and Maariv, and an author of multiple books about Jews in the Soviet Union. The Jehoshua A. Gilboa Collection consists of typescripts for "Hyog" and "Martyred Language: Hebrew Culture in the Soviet Union" (which became the book A Language Silenced: The Suppression of Hebrew Literature and Culture in the Soviet Union), dating circa 1982.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Holocaust survivor's photograph album, 1946-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

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This photograph album, created by an unknown woman, gives insight into the life of a Holocaust survivor in displaced person camps and her immigration to Israel in the late 1940s. This collection consists of thirty-six photographs taken between the years of 1946 and 1948, including photographs which are both candid and posed.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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Herman Hassinger Collection, 1929-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:

16 linear feet

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]

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Julian Francis Abele Collection, 1902-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 linear feet

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]