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Norman Winestine Collection: Congregation Emanu-El And Fligelman's, 1883-1953
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Winestine, Norman, 1895-1986
- Title
- Norman Winestine Collection: Congregation Emanu-El And Fligelman's
- Dates
- 1883-1953 (inclusive)18831953
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 144 (collection)
- Summary
- Norman Winestine (1895-1986) was a Helena, Montana, clothing store owner and member of the Jewish Congregation Emanu-El. Collection is divided into two main subgroups: records (1889-1947) of Congregation Emanu-El include correspondence, financial records, organizational materials, reports, Ladies Auxiliary records and cemetery association records; records (1883-1953) of Fligelman's Store include correspondence, financial records, and miscellany.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Norman Winestine was born February 15, 1895, in Wassaic, New York, and was raised in Waterbury, Connecticut. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and did post-graduate work in medieval history at Columbia University and at the newly established Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning in Philadelphia. At Dropsie, Winestine studied Semitic language and Judaism. On April 18, 1918, Winestine married Belle Fligelman, daughter of Herman Fligelman, president and one of the founders of Helena, Montana's New York Dry Goods Company. In 1920, while living in Paris, France, Winestine accepted the offer of the position of general manager of the New York Dry Goods Company, popularly known as the New York Store. The store had been founded in 1882, under the name of H. Loble & Co., by Herman Fligelman and Henry Loble, both Romanian immigrants, and Robert Heller, an Austrian. The store was formally incorporated as the New York Dry Goods Company in 1890. When Winestine arrived in Helena in 1920, only Herman Fligelman of the original owners remained, Henry Loble having died in 1913 and Robert Heller having retired in 1920. The New York Store was destroyed by fire in 1928, but under Winestine's direction was rebuilt and renamed Fligelman's. Four years later, in 1932, founder Herman Fligelman died. Fligelman's was sold in 1958 to the J.M. McDonald Company. After moving to Helena, Winestine joined Congregation Emanu-El, a Jewish reform congregation. It had been reformed in August 1889 and a temple building completed in 1890. In April 1890 the congregation hired its first rabbi, Dr. Samuel Shulman of New York. Starting in 1925, Norman Winestine conducted the services on High Holy Days. Due to a decline in membership, the congregation was no longer able to support the maintenance of a temple, and decided to sell the building to the Montana Relief Commission in 1935. Winestine continued to conduct services for the few remaining members of the congregation, until after World War II.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains two subgroups. The Congregation Emanu-El Subgroup contains general correspondence (1917-1935); financial records (1902-1929); organizational materials and minutes (1889-1937), including those of the Ladies Auxiliary Society; and other items. The Fligelman's Subgroup includes general correspondence (1929-1935); financial records (1899-1942); and miscellany including a scrapbook (1886-1935) containing bills, letters, and clippings reflecting the history of Fligelman's and its predecessors, H. Loble and Company and the New York Dry Goods Company.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arrangement by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Archives Map Case. See inventory below for more information.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Congregation Emanu-El Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Miscellaneous (includes Temple Imanu-El; L. Jacobs; H.S.
Linfield; Montana Relief Commission; W.J. Butler; Moses Morris) |
1917-1935 |
Financial Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 2 | Account book of Ladies Auxiliary Society |
1899-1947 |
1 / 3 | Financial reports |
1907-1925 |
1 / 4 | Journal |
1926, 1929 |
1 / 5 | Ledger of cemetery payments and dues |
1902-1939 |
1 / 6 | Tax receipts; bank statements; checks; etc. |
1925-1927 |
Organizational Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 7 | Certificates of incorporation for First Jewish
Benevolent and Cemetery Association and Home of Peace Cemetery Association |
1903, 1931 |
1 / 8 | Constitution and bylaws |
1910 |
1 / 9-10 | Minute books |
1889-1935 |
2 / 1 | Minute book of Ladies Auxiliary Society |
1901-1937 |
2 / 2 | Rules of order |
undated |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 3 | Report of Rabbi Israel Klein to congregation |
1905 |
Miscellany |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 4 | Blank stationery; Consolidated Collection Company
form letter (incomplete) |
undated |
Oversize Folder | ||
MC 122-157 | "Map of Hebrew Cemetery Helena" [Map Case See Folder MC 122-157] |
undated |
Fligelman's Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 5 | "Copies of letters in answer to the many telegrams
and letter received on opening of our new store" (removed from scrapbook) |
1929 |
2 / 6 | "Letters and telegrams regarding the fiftieth
anniversary of Fligelman's" (removed from scrapbook) |
1935 |
2 / 7 | "Copies of letters in answer to the many letters
and telegrams received on fiftieth anniversary of our store" (removed from
scrapbook) |
1935 |
2 / 8-9 | "Some of the many letters received inquiring about
the earthquakes" (removed from scrapbook) |
1935 |
Financial Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 10 | "Advertisements of the New York Store sales"
(removed from scrapbook) |
1899 |
Volume | ||
1 | Journal |
1918-1924 |
2 | Ledger |
1911 |
3 | Ledger (employee accounts) |
1915-1918 |
4 | Ledger (employee accounts) |
1918-1920 |
5 | Sales record |
1912-1923 |
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 11 | Trial balance |
1911 |
Photographs |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 12 | List of photographs transferred to the Photo
Archives |
|
Miscellany |
||
Volume | ||
6 | Helena Independent "Special Fligelman's Edition;"
Montana Record-Herald special Fligelman's insert |
1929 July |
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 13 | Scrapbook (includes samples of early bills,
letters, clippings, etc. about 1928 fire, 1929 reopening, 1935 earthquake, and 50th
anniversary celebration) |
1886-1935 |
2 / 14 | Letterhead; invoice; lists of attendance at
Fligelman's annual picnics; lists of guests at 1935 50th anniversary |
1940-1953 |
2 / 15 | Stock certificates issued to New York Dry Goods
Company |
1908-1929 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clothing trade--Montana--Helena
- Dry-goods--Montana--Helena
- Jews--Montana--Helena
Personal Names
- Winestine, Norman, 1895-1986 (creator)
Geographical Names
- Helena (Mont.)--Cemeteries
- Helena (Mont.)--Church records
- Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
- Helena (Mont.)--Religious life and customs