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Gedaliah Halpern family photograph collection, circa 1910-1985
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Eskenazi, Ruth Halpern
- Title
- Gedaliah Halpern family photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1910-1985 (inclusive)19861992
- Quantity
- 15 photographs (1 folder) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH0753
- Summary
- Photographs of a Jewish rabbi, Rabbi Gedaliah Halpern, and his family
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Rabbi Gedaliah Halpern (1864-1927) was born in Slonim, Russia, and attended the yeshivas of Volozhin and Slonim (both in present-day Belarus). As the first ordained Orthodox rabbi in the city of Seattle, Rabbi Halpern served at Congregation Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath from 1905 until 1919, when he accepted a pulpit in Mount Vernon, New York. In 1913, Rabbi Halpern published the Hebrew work "Me Geve". Rabbi Halpern was the 18th-generation rabbi descending from Rabbi Yechiel Heilprin (1660-1746), author of Seder Hadoros.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the family of Rabbi Gedaliah Halpern including his wife Rachel (Weinstein) and son Morris Halpern and wife Helen Halpern.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Donor: Morris Halpern via Meta Kaplan, 1978 (photographs 1, 8, and 9); Ruth Halpern Eskenazi, December 1999
Processing Note
Processed by Jack Falk, 2012; processing completed in 2013
Three photographs transferred from Morris Halpern Papers MSS Acc 2756-002, 2013.
Related Materials
See also the Guide to the Morris Halpern papers, Manuscript Accession no. 2756
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
