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David H. Wice Papers

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David Herschell Wice was born on February 1, 1908, to Henry and Rose (Cooper) Wice in Petersburg, Virginia. He received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA in 1927 and 1928, respectively, and later received an honorary doctorate degree in 1948 from the same institution. In 1933, he was ordained by the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, which also granted him an honorary degree in 1952. In 1934, Wice wed Sophie Salzer, to whom he was married until her death in 1987, and they had two children, David and Carol.

Shortly after becoming ordained, Wice became the rabbi for Temple Israel in Omaha, Nebraska, where he served until 1941. He then moved to New Jersey to serve the B'nai Jeshurun congregation in Newark. It was there that the rabbi solidified his place as a prominent member in Reform Judaism. In 1945, he joined the World Union of Progressive Judaism—Reform Judaism's organizing institution—as its American director, serving until 1955. Then, in 1973, he returned to the organization as its president until it moved its headquarters from New York City to Jerusalem.

He left B'nai Jeshurun in 1947 to move to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to become the senior rabbi for Congregation Rodeph Shalom and take over for Rabbi Louis Wolsey. While there, he led the congregation through expansions and projects to grow their community. Even after accepting emeritus status in 1981, the rabbi remained active in the congregation's rabbinical duties until the mid-1990s.

Along with his rabbinical duties, Rabbi Wice served as a board member for the Hebrew Union College, Gratz College Board of Overseers, Federal Jewish Agencies, and the Family Service Association of America among other institution. He also served as the founding president of the Jewish Chaplaincy Services of Philadelphia and as president of Planned Parenthood's Marriage Council, and was the founder and director of the Museum of Judaica in Philadelphia, now the Museum of Jewish Art within Rodeph Shalom. Wice was also a collector of antique Judaica. Wice passed away on February 16, 2002, at the age of 94 in his Philadelphia home.

The David H. Wice Papers consist of Wice's personal and professional papers. Among his personal papers are correspondence, writings, notes, books, commentary, and documents and artifacts pertaining to his collection of antique Judaica. Professional papers detail his time serving as rabbi at Temple Israel in Omaha, Nebraska, B'nai Jeshurun in Newark, New Jersey, and Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rodeph Shalom papers detail Wice's work as religious teacher and as community leader who oversaw expansion projects for the congregation into the suburbs of Philadelphia. Along with rabbinical papers and records, professional papers also detail Wice's activist work that he incorporated into all aspects of his life and his teachings as rabbi, including civil rights and access to family planning services among other movements.

This collection is arranged into 4 series:

  • Series 1: Professional papers: 1921-1994, undated
    • Subseries 1.1: Temple Israel records, 1937-1941
    • Subseries 1.2: B'nai Jeshurun records, 1941-1947, undated
    • Subseries 1.3: Rodeph Shalom records, 1947-1994, undated
    • Subseries 1.4: Correspondence, 1929-1994, undated
    • Subseries 1.5 Family Service Association of America records, 1964-1969, undated
    • Subseries 1.6: Religious services, sermons, and events records, 1921-1994, undated
    • Subseries 1.7: World Union for Progressive Judaism records, 1946-1988, undated
  • Series 2: Personal papers: 1864-2002, undated
    • Subseries 2.1: Education papers, 1924-1932, 1986-1987
    • Subseries 2.2: Family papers, 1944-2002, undated
    • Subseries 2.3: Correspondence, 1929-1990, undated
    • Subseries 2.4: Publicity and articles, 1920s-2001, undated
    • Subseries 2.5: Writings, 1955-2001, undated
    • Subseries 2.6: Wice's Judaica Collection, 1864-1914, 1979, undated
    • Subseries 2.7: Awards, honors, and certificates, 1943-1992, undated
  • Series 3: Research and Writings: 1928-1994, undated
    • Subseries 3.1: Essays, 1928-1967, undated
    • Subseries 3.2: Research and notations, 1932-1988, undated
    • Subseries 3.3: Sermons and speeches, 1930-1994, undated
  • Series 4: Audiovisual materials: 1927-2003, undated
    • Subseries 4.1: Photographs, 1927-1990, undated
    • Subseries 4.2: Cassettes and CDs, 1979-3003, undated
    • Subseries 4.3: Videotapes, 1987-2003, undated

Collection previously administered by the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, acquired by Temple in June 2009. Additional material donated by Wice family in 2022.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in June 2022 by Sarah DeRupo, Project Archivist

Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Sarah DeRupo, Project Archivist
Finding Aid Date
June 2022
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The creator/donor has not assigned their rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Arrangement

Subseries 1.1: Temple Israel records, 1937-1941

Subseries 1.2: B'nai Jeshurun records, 1941-1947, undated

Subseries 1.3: Rodeph Shalom records, 1947-1994, undated

Subseries 1.4: Correspondence, 1929-1994, undated

Subseries 1.5 Family Service Association of America records, 1964-1969, undated

Subseries 1.6: Religious services, sermons, and events records, 1921-1994, undated

Subseries 1.7: World Union for Progressive Judaism records, 1946-1988, undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains material pertaining to the professional aspects of Wice's life. The series is arranged into 7 subseries.

Physical Description

15.34 Linear Feet31 boxes

Scope and Contents

This subseries pertains to the Temple Israel congregation in Omaha, Nebraska, where Wice held his first rabbi position

Chain of Tradition Service, May 19, 1939. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sabbath Orders of Service, March 1941. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Simhat Torah, October 1938. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sukkot Service, 1935-1939. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Yom Kippur, September 15, 1937. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries pertains to the B'nai Jeshurun congregation in Newark, New Jersey where Wice worked from 1941 until 1947.

Annual Memorial Services, Jewish War Veterans of the Unites States, May 29, 1942-May 28, 1943. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Chain of Tradition Service, May 19, 1944-May 24, 1946. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Children's service: Yom Kippur, September 21, 1942, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Service, June 1, 1941. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration Service, June 4, 1946. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Contracts, Bar Mitzvah, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Council Sabbath Service, December, 1941. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

D-Day service, June 6, 1944. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dedication of candlesticks. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Eulogy service, Louis Bamberger, March 1944. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Eve of Atonement, order of service, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Memorial Service, Jewish War Veterans and Ladies Auxiliaries, May 26, 1944. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Passover Seder Service, 1943-1946. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious School, 1945-1946. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious School Syllabi, 1940s. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Service honoring Cantor Maurice Cowan, March 21, 1944. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Service honoring congregation's doctors, May 14, 1943. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Shavuot Service, October 2, 1943. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sukkot Service, September 21, 1945. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

"The Ezekielite" announcing Wice's appointment, October 1941. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Victory in Europe service, May 8, 1945. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Victory service, August 15, 1945. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Yahrzeits, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Yom Kippur service schedule, 1946. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 29
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of materials pertaining to Congregation Rodeph Shalom, where Wice served as senior rabbi for nearly forty years, and then as rabbi emeritus for over a decade. These papers include religious services, programming, and expansion for the congregation's Suburban Center among others.

A Syllabus in Sociology "Jews and Gentiles", undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 30
Physical Description

1 Folders

Administrative and fiscal issues, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 31
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, correspondence, 1965-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 32
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, discussion, evenings, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 33
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, list of participants, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, Obermayer publication fund, January 19, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, programs, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education "Singing City", May 9, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 37
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, suggested list, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 38
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, Wice's lecture "Judaism and the Scientific Spirit", May 30, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 39
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education, Wice's notes, 1975-September 18, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 40
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult Education Committee, 1964-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 41
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult Education Series, 1969, 1977, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 42
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education series, correspondence, 1969, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 43
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education series, Wice's lectures and notes, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 44
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult education series, Wice's lecture notes and research material, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 45
Physical Description

1 Folders

Adult lecture series, reaction to, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 46
Physical Description

1 Folders

Annual Meeting dinner-date, May 7, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Annual Meeting Wice's notes, May 7, 1966-May 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Art Committee Listing, February 26, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Articles and correspondence regarding Rabbi Richard Steinbrink's resignation, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Baby naming, 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Balance sheets, November 30, 1967-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: correspondence, 1964-1987. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: dates, 1993-1995. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: information and forms, 1964-1988, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: miscellaneous material, circa 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: Special Committee, 1936. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: sub committee report, 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar and Bat Mitzvah: Wice's notes, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bar Mitzvah: Daniel Long, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bat Mitzvah: Cara Schneider, September 13, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Benevolence Fun and Expenditures, November 3, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bible classes, Wice's lectures and notes, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Black Manifesto, correspondence and policies, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Blank marriage certificates and blank Ketubah, undated. 1 Boxes.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Board meeting, Wice's notes, October 7, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Board of trustees, May 18, 1976-May 1, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bulletin newsletter, February 7, 1955-May 3, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Business and professional group list, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

By-laws, January 1, 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Additional materials about Philadelphia congregations, 1940, 1975, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Celebration and holiday schedule, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Children's seder service, March 15, 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Choral group, circa 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Chronically ill and aged congregants, Undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Chronology for building of new temple, Undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 29
Physical Description

1 Folders

Chutzpah letter campaign, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 30
Physical Description

1 Folders

City and Suburban Development and Fund, January, 1960-September 27, 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 31
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 32
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians, correspondence, 1965-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 33
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians: dinner reservation list, December 29, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians: List, 1964-1970. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians' reunion, December 29, 1962, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians' sabbath and luncheon, December 26, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 37
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians: Wice's memo, November 26, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 38
Physical Description

1 Folders

Collegians: Wice's notes, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 39
Physical Description

1 Folders

Committees listing, 1977, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 40
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Booklet and Handbook, 1977, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 41
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation calendar, 1954, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 42
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Class, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 43
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Class, confirmation weekend, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 44
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, confirmation service pamphlet, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, consecreation prayer, 1973. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, correspondence, 1957-1972. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, curricula and outlines, 1956-1957, 1971, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, exams and projects, 1958-1969, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Class list, 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, miscellaneous material, 1949-1985. undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, publicity, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, suggested topics, 1970-1971. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, Wice's notes and writings, 1963, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1955. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1956. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1957. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1558. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1959. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1961. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1973. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1982. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1986. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1989. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1992. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation service program, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregants: collegians in Israel, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregants: teachers who were confirmed at Rodeph Shalom, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregants: donation lists, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregants: Center City residents, April, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregants in hospital, 1959-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregants with teaching experience, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregation committees, 1966-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregation meeting, Wice's notes, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregational calendar, 1975-1976. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration service, May 27, 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration service, May 2, 1950-June 11, 1959. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration service, 1960-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration service, 1970-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration service, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Consecration service material, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: administrative issues, 1975-1976. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: 150th anniversary, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: memorial service, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: negotiations to hire Wice, 1947. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: television show, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Temple Center in Elkins Park, 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence and publicity: tenure for Wice, 1951-1952. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Conversion class material, 1977, 1985, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Creation of perpetual memorial, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dedication of portrait, January 27, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dedication of rimonim, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dedications and memorials, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Development fund, 1976-1977. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Divine Service Committee, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Doctors, December 18, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Donation cards, 1976-1977. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dues, March 15, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Educational material on Jewish holidays, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Center consecration, January 29, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: correspondence, 1947-1957. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Program committee meetings and correspondence, 1948-1955, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: receipts and financial information, 1949-1956. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Religious school correspondence, 1949-1957, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Religious school curricula and schedules, 1948-1952, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Religious School registration, 1950-1954. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Religious School teachers' summaries, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Religious service calendar, 1952, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Rules and regulations for the administrative committee, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: statement prepared by Wice and Rabbi Korn, June 7, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: teen-age assembly, 1951-1955. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: The Temple Centre Times, November, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Elkins Park Temple Center: Youth Center, 1956. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Endowment and legacy fund, 1977-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Erev Purim service, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Evening and Hanukkah services for children, 1938-1940, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Excerpt from meeting minutes, June 11, 1946. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Facilities use form, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Family oriented programming, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Family units, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Financial reports and information, 1967-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Form letters, 1975, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Funerals, 1953, 1987-1989. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Gifts and dedications, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Havurah calendar, 1971-1972. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Holiday charts, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Holidays: Hanukkah, 1957-1978, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Holidays: Passover, 1953, 1986, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Holidays: Purim, 1967-1972. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Holy Days schedule, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

H.U.C.-J.I.R. graduates who have served, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Installation of Rabbi Steinbrink, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Intermarriage, 1971, 1973, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Jewish festivals and holy days, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Juniors, 1969, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Koheleth service, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Lecture series for mature adults, 1987, 1992-1993. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 29
Physical Description

1 Folders

Lecture series on the bible, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 30
Physical Description

1 Folders

Legacy and endowment program, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 31
Physical Description

1 Folders

Leo Baeck Secondary School in Haifa, Israel, 1972-1974, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 32
Physical Description

1 Folders

Lists of donations to the congregation, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Long Range Planning Committee, 1978-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Louis Wolsey Memorial Lecture Series: "Catholics and Jews", 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Louis Wolsey Memorial Lecture Series: correspondence, 1954-1962. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Louis Wolsey Memorial Lecture Series: correspondence, 1954-1962. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Louis Wolsey Memorial Lecture Series: correspondence with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Louis Wolsey Memorial Lecture Series: "Flight from Responsibility", December 11, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Marriage ceremony, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Marriage of David and Betsy Wice, September 12, 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Mature Adult class, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Membership, 1977-1978. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Membership Committee, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Memorials, 1969-1982, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: board of directors and officers, June 18, 1963-October 11, 1973, 1971-1978. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: Brotherhood Award, March 22, 1968-March 18, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: correspondence, 1951-1983, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: executive cabinet meeting, June 5, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: financial information, 1964, 1970-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: Installation service, May 21, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: lecture series, 1951-1953, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: new members' dinner, October 26, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: presidents, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: programs, April 29, 1959-1965. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: progress report, 1963-1964. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: Rejuvination committee, March 7, 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: sabbath service, October 3, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: Wice's notes, 1958, 1978, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Men's Club: Wice's talk, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous material, 1948-1952. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Musical, vocational, and interior decorating talent within the congregation, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

New members, October 24, 1969, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Notes on 175th anniversary, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Pamphlets for the synagogue, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Passover seder service, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Planning for senior congregants, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Planning for the pulpit, 1960-1961. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Plans for Rabbi Steinbrink's succession, 1976-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Program for memorial service, 1880. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Program from annual meeting, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Proposal for Bat Mitzvah, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Proposal to merge with Keneseth Israel, 1948-1949. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

PTA, 1954-1980, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rabbi's discretionary fund ledger, 1948-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school and special services calendar, 1976-1977, 1984-1985. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: administrative policies, 1961-1978, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Audiovisual list, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Blank report card, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Correspondence, 1965-1990, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 29
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: curriculum outlines, 1967, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 30
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: evening service, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 31
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Grades Kindergarten through seven booklet and pamphlet, 1978-1979, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 32
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Hebrew study evaluation committee, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 33
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: issues for Reform education, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Metropolitan school, 1966-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: publicity, 1961-1966, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Purim program, March 2, 1947. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 37
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: school census results, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 38
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: School committee, 1964-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 39
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: school report for the congregation, October 23, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 40
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Staff advancement, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 41
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: standardized testing, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 42
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: suggested criteria, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Sukkos celebration, September 28, 1947. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: summary of activities, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Sunday school attendance, 1950-1954, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Teacher appreciation sabbath, March 28, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Teacher's Bulletin, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: textbook listings, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious school: Wice's notes, 1967-1968, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Renovation plans, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Questionnaire, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sabbath Eve Service, January 27, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Seder reservations, 1963-1965. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Services, June 11, 1948-June 13, 1969, 1963-1971, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: balance fund, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: business and professional group, 1959, 1964, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: by laws, March 1954, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: correspondence, 1947-1964, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: List of officers, 1964-1965, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: membership list, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Order of Sabbath Service, 1955-1964. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: planning article, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Policies, 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: prayers, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood Lecture series, circa 1950-1959. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood lecture series, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood lecture series, circa 1980-1989. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood lecture series, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood lecture series correspondence, 1953-1959, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 29
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood lecture series questionnaire, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 30
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood notes, 1989-1990, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 31
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood presidents, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 32
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood Sabbath, March 16, 1956-March 23, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 33
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Sisterhood Service World Union Servive, March 17, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: State of officers, circa 1970-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sisterhood: Wice's notes, 1990, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Social Action Committee, 1978-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Solicitation for Rosaline Feinstein Scholarship, 1972-1973. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sophie Salzer Wice Memorial Lecture, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Special Sabbath for Men's Club, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Steering committee, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Suburban Center, April 24, 1958-May 12, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Suburban Center: correspondence, 1971-1972. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sukkos Service, 1949-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Torah mantles, 1951-1952. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Town service, correspondence, 1951-1952. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Transition from Rabbi Wice to Rabbi Fuchs, 1990, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Tribute to Getty and Richard Fox, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Weddings, 1947-1949, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wedding publicity and forms, 1956, 1992, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wolsey "My Last Words", May 19, 1947. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Young Marrieds, 1963, 1971, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Youth Forum, 1948-1959, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Youth Group, Town and Gown, 1962-1969, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Youth Service handbook, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Yom Kippur, 1947-1973. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains letters to and from Wice from colleagues, congregants, and others pertaining to the professional aspects of Wice's life, primarily as rabbi.

Correspondence, 1944-1949. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1951. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1952. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1953. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1955. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1956. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1957. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1959. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1961. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1970-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1980-1988. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1992-1994. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, American Jewish Committee History Project, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Bettina and Carola Wolf, 1949-1957. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Cantor Harry Stanley, 1949-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Dr. Jacob Soetendorp, 1966-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Dr. Samuel Sandmel, 1947-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Dr. Solomon Zetlin, 1949-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Helen and Leopold Teller, 1947-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Jewish Soldiers, 1951-1965, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Lew Klein, 1961. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Part Time Work, 1929-1934, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi Arnold M. Shevlin, 1958-1964. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi C. Zaoui, 1953-1965. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi Earl S. Starr, 1956-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi George Zepin, 1951-1956. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi Louis M. Youngerman, 1948-1957, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi Louis Wolsey, 1947-1953. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi Myrem Silverman, 1961-1962. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbi Richard F. Steinbrink, 1969-1976. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Rabbinical Pension Plan, 1954-1961, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Samuel Samitz, 1948-1955. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: SANE, 1963-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Sewing Circle, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Thank you notes for funerals, 1947-1949. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Thank you notes for funerals, 1950-1952. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Thank you notes for funerals, 1953-1955. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Thank you notes for funerals, 1956-1959. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Thank you notes for funerals, 1960-1968, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Thank you notes for weddings, 1930, 1994, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence from wed couples, birth announcements, 1940-1980, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence from wed couples, birth announcements, 1940-1980, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1950-1969, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: United Fund, 1961-1962. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: United World Federalists, 1962-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Variety Club, 1951-1965. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Ventnor Foundation, 1955-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: World Affairs Council, 1954-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains materials pertaining to the Family Service of America Philadelphia chapter, of which Wice was president and co-founder.

Ad Hoc Committee, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Articles and Publications, 1966-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Biennial meeting, November 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Board meetings, November 1965-November 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Changing nature of the family, circa 1965-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1967-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: dues, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: events and programming, 1966, 1968, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence: Wice's appointment and resignation, 1965-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Council of executives, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Directories, 1967-1969, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Executive committee, 1965-January 11, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Family Service Highlights, 1965-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Finanicial information, 1965-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Full agency information, March 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hanbdook, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Other committees, 1966-1968, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Pamphlets, 1964-1968, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Project ENABLE: Advisory committee, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Project ENABLE: Background information, guidelines, amd introduction, 1965-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Project ENABLE: correspondence, 1965-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Project ENABLE: Curriculum, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Public Relations, 1967-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice's notes, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice's speeches, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of programs, orders of service, administrative and community information for assorted events and service performed by Wice.

Benedictions, January 28, 1942-September 9, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Blessing, March 28, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dedication, December 10, 1958-June 28, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Eulogies, 1931-1991, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Grace, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1930s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1940s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1950s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1960s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1980s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, 1990s. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Invocations: Temple University Dental School, 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Prayers, May 7, 1935-December 30, 1979, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Acres of Diamonds, December 13, 1935. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Children's services, April 2, 1949-March 4, 1955, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Confirmation services, 1957, 1961, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Exodus, 1942-1948, 1961, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 19 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Genesis, January 3, 1943-December 16, 1967, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Hanukkah, December 20, 1936-December 5, 1953, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: High Holy Days, 1934-1990, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Installations, September 12, 1966-December 21 1984, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Lists, 1933-1949, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Man of the Year, 1966-1974, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Marriage, 1931, 1960, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Memorial Service, 1940-1946, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Passover, 1932-1983, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Purim, 1921, 1973, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Rosh Hashanah, 1933-1939. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Rosh Hashanah, 1940-1947. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Rosh Hashanah, 1952-1959. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: 1960-1964, 1960-1964. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Rosh Hashanah, 1970-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Rosh Hashanah, 1980-1985. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Rosh Hashanah, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Sukkos, 1942-1963, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, 1936-1939. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, 1941-1949. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, 1950-1959. 1 Folders.
Box 20 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, 1961-1969. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, 1970-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, 1980-1988. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Yom Kippur, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Services, 1942-1944. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Services, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Services: Funeral texts, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Index of services: Baby naming, circumsicions, conversions, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Index of funerals: A-G, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Index of funerals: H-P, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Index of funerals: Q-Z, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Index of Marriages: A-L, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Index of marriages: M-Z, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Marriage records and index of unveilings, 1930s-1990s. 1 Boxes.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 Boxes

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes materials from the organizing body of Reform Judaism. Wice was the organization's American representative during the 1960s, and then served as president from 1973-1980.

Association of Reform Zionists of America, 1978-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Australia and New Zealand, 1975-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Conferences, 1968-1982, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Constitution and by laws, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Contributions, 1974-1976. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1971-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 21 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1977.
Box 22 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1981-1983. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1984-1987.
Box 23 Folder 1
Correspondence: David Wice Fund, 1983-1985. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Directory of Congregations, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

European Board, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Executive Committee, 1980-1982. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Financial Statements and Reports, 1967-1988. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Golden Jubilee Conference, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Governing Body, 1946-1984. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hebrew Union College, 1970-1978. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

International Association for Religious Freedom, 1974-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Latin American Commission, 1980-1981. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Mikveh Israel-Emmanuel, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Newsletter, 1977-1981. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

New York Office, 1979-1981. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity, 1973-1984.
Box 24 Folder 1
Rabbie Leon Klenicki, 1974-1983. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Reform Kibbutz, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches, 1974-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

The Southern African Union for Progressive Judaism, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Tribute to Victor Loeb, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice's election, 1973-1974. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice's notes, 1980, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Education Center for Progressive Judaism, 1974-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Jewish Congress, 1970-1977. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Zionist Organization, 1974-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Arrangement

Subseries 2.1: Education papers, 1924-1932, 1986-1987

Subseries 2.2: Family papers, 1944-2002, undated

Subseries 2.3: Correspondence, 1929-1990, undated

Subseries 2.4: Publicity and articles, 1920s-2001, undated

Subseries 2.5: Writings, 1955-2001, undated

Subseries 2.6: Wice's Judaica Collection, 1864-1914, 1979, undated

Subseries 2.7: Awards, honors, and certificates, 1943-1992, undated

Scope and Contents

This series consists of Wice's family materials, personal correspondence, education, awards, and other papers. Also included are papers regarding Wice's antique Judaica collection.

Physical Description

5.09 Linear Feet5 boxes

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of school records and assignments from Wice's time getting his Bachelor and Master degrees as well as his PhD.

Academic Reports, Hebrew Union College, 1930-1932. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Diploma from Hebrew Union College, November 10, 1930. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fraternity certificates, 1925, 1927. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Alumni Circle, 1986-1987. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Transcripts from Washington and Lee University, 1924-1928. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Doctorate of Divinity from Washington and Lee University, 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Magnum Cum Laude certificate from Washington and Lee University, 1927. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Master or the Arts in Education and History, 1928. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rabbinical Certification, 1933. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains papers pertaining to the Wice family, including family travels to New England and abroad.

Biography, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Birthday Collage, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dedications to Wice, 2002. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Family references, 1955. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Health risk appraisal, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Identification information, 1940-1956. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Mortgage payments and schedules, 1947-1956. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rabbinical Pension Plan, 1944-1956. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Services and events honoring Wice family, 1956-1981, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Stock Investment ledger sheets, 1963-1965. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice's business cards, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of personal correspondence from relatives, friends, colleagues, as well as postcards and greeting cards.

Correspondence, 1928-1935. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence, 1941-1943. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

David Wice, 1961. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dr. Louis E. Wice, 1948-1961, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hanukkah, 1954, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hebrew Union College, 1927-1936. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Honorary doctorate of divinity from Washington and Lee University, 1948. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

I. Edward Tonkin, 1948-1951. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Jewish Institute of Religion, 1928. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Life Insurance, 1945-1963, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Max Salzer, 1947-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Morris Wolf, 1947-1956. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Morton Simon, 1963-1966. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Postcards and greeting cards, 1965-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rabbi Alan Fuchs, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Washington and Lee University, 1928-1967. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

William Moseley Brown, 1929-1932. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains articles, newsletters, and materials about Wice that were published in assorted publications.

Articles about Wice, 1967-1990. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity, 1920-2001. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity: David Wice, 1988-1990. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity: Magazines, 1985-1994. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity: Newspapers, 1955-1987. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity: Planned Parenthood, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Publicity: resolution honoring Wice, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains inscribed books gifted to Wice, travel plans, and personal notes.

Jewish artists exhibition, 1924. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Inscribed literature, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Travel plans, 1955. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

White House Conference on Children, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Union for Progressive Judaism Leadership, 2001. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Brilliant Eminence, 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 33 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rabbi's Manual, 1985. 1 Folders.
Box 33 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rodeph Shalom: Two Centuries of Seeking Peace, 1995. 1 Folders.
Box 33 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

The History of Rodeph Shalom Congregation Philadelphia, 1927. 1 Folders.
Box 33 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

To Jerusalem and Back, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 33 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes materials from Wice's personal collection of antique Judaica, including correspondence regarding the collection as well as some papers and books from the collection.

Book, 1864. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Judaica donated by Florence Bacharach, 1870-1915. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains plaques, certificates, and awards given to Wice throughout his professional and after his educational career.

Awards and certificates, 1943-1947. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Awards and certificates, 1952-1954. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Awards and certificates, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Awards and certificates, 1980-1985. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Awards and certificates, 1992. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Awards and certificates, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Awards and certificates, 1941, 1976-1985. 1 Folders.
Box 26 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Certificate of Authorization, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Honorary Degree from Washington and Lee University, 1948. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Honoring Rodeph Shalom, 1950, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Biological Society of Washington and Lee University, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Certificate for Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion Rabbinnis Board of Overseers, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Citation from Pennsylvania House of Representatives Honoring Wice, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Family Service of Philadelphia 20 Years of Service Award, 1982. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Honorary Doctorate from Gratz College, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Honorary Lifetime membership from the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Israel Solidarity Award, 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Parent-Teacher Association Certificate, 1951. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Ten Years of Service Certificate from the World Union for Progressive Judaism, 1955. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Arrangement

Subseries 3.1: Essays, 1928-1967, undated

Subseries 3.2: Research and notations, 1932-1988, undated

Subseries 3.3: Sermons and speeches, 1930-1994, undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains writings and research that Wice used during schooling, his professional career, and for personal writing.

Physical Description

5.09 Linear Feet4 boxes

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of essays written throughout Wice's life, as well as drafts of articles written for journals, newsletters, and other publications.

Drafts: A New Year, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Drafts: Bulletin, 1967, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Drafts: Rosh Hashanah Greeting, 1938-1944. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Essays: "David Neumark and Kaufmann Kohler…", April, 1931. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Essays: History, 1930s. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

"Impact on American Life", 1957-10-15T00:00:00+00:00. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

"Incidence of Insanity Among Jews", May, 1930. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

"Practical Aspects of Marriage Laws in Conflict", April, 1932. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Reform Judaism and Zionism, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

"The Jewish Farmer in America", January, 1931. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Theology, 1930s. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice's thesis, 1928. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes research material, notations, and annotated materials

Anti-semitism, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Israel and Palestine, 1950-1983, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Judaism, 1932-1981, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midrash, 1944. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous Notes, 1930-1986, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Other religions, 1989, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Research, 1969-1979, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes sermons given throughout Wice's career, as well as speeches delivered during his education and at events during and after his rabbinical career.

Sermons, 1930. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1931. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1932. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1933. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1934. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1935. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1936. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1937. 1 Folders.
Box 28 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1938. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1939. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1940. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1941. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1942. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1943. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1944. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1945. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1946. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1947. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1948. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1950. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1951. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1952. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1953. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1954. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1955. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1957. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1959. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1961. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1963. 1 Folders.
Box 29 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1966. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1968. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1973. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1982. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1985. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1986. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 30 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sermons: Prayers and readings in Wice's notebook, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Antiques are Alive, December 6, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: CCAR 85th Convention, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Committee on Relation of Reform Judaism and the state of Israel, 1962. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Contact with National Organizations and movements, 1940. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Dinner dance in his honor, May 27, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Family Service of Philadelphia, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Jerusalem address, February 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Mementos of a Pastoral Ministry, 1960. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Miscellaneous, 1959-1968, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: National Conference on Poverty, March 5, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Rockdale Temple, April 25, 1958. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary Lecture Series, 1986-1988. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Social Work, 1965. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Temple Israel Lecture, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: The Tenents of Jacob", 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: TUCC, November 24, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Untitled lectures and speeches, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Speeches: Women's Association lectures, 1944-1945. 1 Folders.
Box 31 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Arrangement

Subseries 4.1: Photographs, 1927-1990, undated

Subseries 4.2: Cassettes and CDs, 1979-3003, undated

Subseries 4.3: Videotapes, 1987-2003, undated

Scope and Contents

This series includes photographs, audio material, and videos from Wice's career and education.

Physical Description

5 Linear Feet4 boxes

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains photographs from services at Rodeph Shalom, events attended by Wice, photographs of Wice with colleagues, and class photographs from the Rodeph Shalom school among others.

Article on Judaica collection, 1985. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

City Council Invocation, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation graduates, 1943-1946. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous photographs, 1925-1974. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Pictures of Wice, 1956. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Religious ceremonies, 1945-1978, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rodeph Shalom, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Seders, 1960s-1979. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Weddings and photographs from couples married by Wice, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice Fiftieth Anniversary, 1945-1959, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice with colleagues, 1954-1990, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice with colleagues, 1945-1987, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice with classmates, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Slideshow honoring Wice's 30 years with Rodeph Shalom, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 32 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

National Association of Retired Reformed Rabbis, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, 1934. 1 Folders.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, 1935. 1 Folders.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class, 1948. 1 Folders.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation class negatives, 1948. 1 Folders.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Posterboard mounted photographs, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Class, 1964. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Confirmation Class, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Tribute to Wice, 2001. 1 Folders.
Box 44 (missing)
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains audio of services conducted by Wice, events honoring Wice, music used during services, and interviews with Wice.

Atonenment part 1 and 2, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Atonement part 3 and 4, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Benediction, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregation Rodeph Shalom High Holy Day Music, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Congregation Rodeph Shalom High Holy Day Music, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dinner Party Bellevue Stratford Conclusion, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dinner Party Bellevue Stratford Conclusion, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Forty-fifth anniversary, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Funeral: Donald B. Hurwitz, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Funeral: Sam Blank, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Funeral Service: Gratz, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Leila Wice Bat Mitzvah, 1982. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis, 1996. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Oral history of Rabbi Wice, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Organ music, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rosh Hashanah, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sabbath Eve service in honor of Rabbi and Mrs. Wice, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Sabbath Eve service in honor of Rabbi and Mrs. Wice, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Untitled cassette, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Washington Hebrew Congregation, 1992. 1 Folders.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 Folders

Werner Gundersheimer, 1992. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wice interview with Lynne Davis, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Rodeph Shalom Shabbos music, 2003. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains video recordings of interviews with Wice and services conducted by Wice.

A Joyful Noise: The Lost Jewish Music of Philadelphia, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Commisary Country, 2003. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Continuity of Presence1987, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Echoes from a Ghost Minyan, 1998. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

For Our Times, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

Untitled VHS tape, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 Folders

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