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Jewish archives, 1831-1990

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Rudd, Hynda
Title
Jewish archives
Dates
1831-1990 (inclusive)
Quantity
18 linear feet, (36 boxes, 5 microfilm reels, and 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number
MS 0224
Summary
The Jewish archives (1831-1990) is largely comprised of records from three Salt Lake City congregations: B'nai Israel, Montefiore, and Kol Ami. Included in the collection are correspondence, meeting minutes, ledgers, financial records, scrapbooks, and historical and biographical materials. Also present is a copy of the 1990 proclamation by Salt Lake City concerning the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust. Additional materials regarding the Jewish community in Utah include documents from the Mutual Progressive Association from the 1920s and 1930s, scrapbooks representing the activities of Hadassah, and various materials documenting the activities of other Jewish community organizations. The collection also holds six microfilms offering excerpts from the papers of Leon Watters; a B'nai Israel minute book (1881-1899); and materials from Benjamin M. Roe, including drafts and notes from Watters' "Pioneer Jews of Utah"; and B'nai Israel records.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Although a number of Jews passed through Utah with the migrants to California and Oregon, the permanent Jewish community grew slowly as it consisted mostly of young, unmarried men engaged in merchandising ventures. They found acceptance in Utah where members of the predominant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L.D.S. Church) viewed the Jewish role as one clearly defined through scripture. So long as they did not show themselves to be virulently anti-Mormon, they were left to live and work peacefully, often with the express assistance and co-operation of the L.D.S. Church leaders.

The first permanent Jewish settlers, Julian Gerson Brooks and his wife Fanny, arrived in 1853. They established a successful millinery shop and, a year later, a bakery. That same year, 1854, marked the visit of the prominent Jewish artist-photographer, Solomon Nunes Carvalho to Utah. Carvalho did not remain long, as he wished to rejoin the remains of his party--the Fremont expedition--in California. He did, however, leave a valuable record of the people and settlements of Utah.

Conflict between the United States government and the L.D.S. Church caused some merchants to leave the unsettled situation; however, the arrival of Johnston's Army in 1857 insured a new spurt of economic prosperity. Even though Camp Floyd was abandoned in 1861 as the soldiers were recalled at the beginning of the Civil War, the number of Jewish merchants in Utah continued to increase. The establishment of Fort Douglas and the arrival of Colonel Edward Patrick Connor brought increased opportunities for trade. Colonel Connor encouraged mining activities in the state, mostly by "Gentile" (non-Mormon) miners. By 1864 Nicholas S. Ransohoff, Nicholas Sigfried, the Auerbach brothers, the Kuhn brothers, and a number of other Jewish merchants were supplying the army, the miners, and their Mormon neighbors.

A number of Jews came to supply the army, some came as soldiers and stayed in Utah when mustered out, others came encouraged by the economic prosperity. The first formal religious service was held in Utah in October of 1864. Previously there had not been enough men to constitute the quorum necessary for formal services. The Hebrew Benevolent Society was also organized in that year. As a sort of "travelers' aid" group, the members contributed funds to assist other Jews passing through Utah, or those of their own number needing temporary support.

A number of fraternal societies were organized in Salt Lake City between 1864 and 1866. In every case members of the Jewish community could be numbered among the charter group. The Young Men's Literary Institute, organized December 1, 1864 at Fort Douglas, built Independence Hall which became the center of non-Mormon activity in the territory. Jewish religious services, as well as those of other groups, were often held at the hall. On January 15, 1866 a chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows was established with a leader of the Jewish community, James M. Ellis, elected first president. Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge was organized November 11, 1865. A second Masonic Lodge, Wasatch, was founded in 1866 and merged with Mt. Moriah Lodge under that name in 1867. It was officially decided that no Mormons would be allowed to become members because of their doubtful support for the Union.

The year 1866 marked a period of high anti-Mormon sentiment among the Gentile community in Utah. Two non-Mormons, one an extremely well-respected doctor, were murdered and the culprits never found. There was also a marked effort by L.D.S. Church leaders to encourage their members to patronize only their co-religionists' mercantile establishments. Business at Gentile stores, which included those of the Jews, fell off markedly. The gentile merchants sent a petition to L. D. S. Church president, Brigham Young, saying that if the Mormons would buy up their stock and pay off monies owed by church members then all the signers would leave the territory. The offer was refused. However, as a mark of favor, when Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution, the L.D.S. Church organ, bought up various enterprises the only Gentile establishments purchased were those of two Jewish merchants, Ransohoff and Company and L. Reggel. Z.C.M.I. opened in 1869, the same year the railroad arrived in Utah bringing increased interest in merchandising and mining.

Corinne, Utah's first non-Mormon settlement, was laid out by the Union Pacific Railroad Company in 1869. It was here the first non-Mormon churches were built. Many small merchants established themselves in the new town after leaving Salt Lake City; a number of others opened branches there. There were enough Jewish members in the community to hold formal religious services during its hey-day.

In February of 1870 the Liberal Party was organized in Corinne but had little success in electing candidates because the Mormons generally voted as a Democratic Party bloc. However, during the 1870s and 1880s there were a number of Jews in political office in the territory.

Economic prosperity and expansion during the 1870s encouraged many young Jewish men to marry, to send for sweethearts, or return to the old country to bring back suitable wives. Easier travel with the railroad also helped bring married couples to the territory. The Russian pogroms of the 1880s brought a massive increase in Jewish immigration to the United States. Many of these families of Russian immigrants found their way to Utah. From the 1870s forward the Utah Jewish community became a constantly growing established part of the state.

In 1874 the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society was established, and the men's group disbanded. The ladies gave a series of fund-raising balls attended by all segments of the community. In 1877 the group obtained the legal deed from Brigham Young for the cemetery land he donated to them in 1866. It was, perhaps, fortuitous timing as Brigham Young died that same year.

As early as 1866 the Jews in Utah had a Sepher Torah, books, and other religious articles. Finally in March 1881 they met to form Congregation B'nai Israel (Children of Israel) which was incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Utah. Even though they had problems raising money the first synagogue was dedicated on September 30, 1883. It was decided to follow the "reform" ritual, in which parts of the service were in English, and Rabbi Leon Strauss was hired to this end in 1884. Because of the controversy between the orthodox and reform factions, membership decreased to the point that Rabbi Strauss left two months before his appointment expired. By 1885 most of the ardent orthodox Jews had withdrawn from the congregation to meet informally once again.

The first synagogue was sold in 1889 for $20,000 and a new property purchased on which to build. During the interim period Rabbi Heiman J. Elkin held services in the rented Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Chapel. Philip Meyer, a nephew of the Auerbach brothers and government architect of the Kaiser of Germany, was brought over to draw up the plans for the new B'nai Israel synagogue. The result was a small replica of the famous Berlin Temple which was dedicated on July 12, 1891.

Disaffected, orthodox Jews met in 1889 and tentatively called themselves Congregation Montefiore, after a notable English Jewish philanthropist. By 1895 there were enough worshipers to obtain a charter as an official congregation, but it wasn't until the publication of the Articles of Agreement in 1899 that Montefiore became a legal reality. The congregation incorporated and laid the cornerstone for their synagogue in 1903.

Financial contributions were obtained from the L.D.S. Church partially because of assistance given by the Jews during the prosecutions for polygamy by the United States Government. These two congregations continued their separate ways having little interaction for many years.

A third congregation, Shaarey Tzedick, was established sometime around 1915. Congregation Montefiore followed the conservative rituals, and many ultra-orthodox Eastern European immigrants became dissatisfied. They broke off to form their own group and dedicated their small synagogue on March 28, 1920. This group was not extremely long-lived. As the orthodox ritual was conducted totally in Hebrew, many of the younger members felt it offered them little. The congregation died out and the remaining members were absorbed back into the other congregations sometime in the late 1930s. The building was sold to the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization.

While Salt Lake City was the center for the Jewish community in Utah, there were Jews throughout the territory. In most small towns and rural areas there were never enough to hold any formal services, but they were allowed to worship as they saw fit. In Ogden, a base for many Jewish merchants, Congregation Ohab Sholem was organized in 1890. The name was changed to Brith Sholem in 1916 and incorporated as an orthodox congregation under that name in 1922. A synagogue was erected in 1921.

In 1911 The Central Jewish Colonization Society of Philadelphia, in co-operation with the state of Utah, purchased land along the Sevier River. The society sent a number of people along to farm the area, but few who were actually farmers. Problems with lack of water caused the whole project to fail. By 1915 the remaining settlers removed to California. Benjamin and Nathan Brown, who were the only members of the group electing to stay developed a successful chicken and egg production operation A similar experiment in Park Valley, northern Utah, lasted between 1914 and 1920, also a victim of lack of water.

During the early twentieth century, the Jews of Utah were very visible in the community. None more so than Simon Bamberger, fourth Governor of Utah, elected in 1916. Many other members of the Jewish community were involved in politics or some manner of public service. There also appeared, during the 1920s, a number of Jewish mutual assistance groups like the Mutual Progressive Association and "Hand-in-Hand" whose revolving loan funds helped member businesses and individuals.

By 1933 the Jews in Salt Lake City had formed their first "zionist" organization, a group dedicated to a restoration of the Jewish state. Their more immediate concern was to render assistance to Jews in Germany, in 1936 the United Jewish Council of Salt Lake City was formed. Its instrument, the Salt Lake City Jewish Welfare Fund was founded to help victims of the holocaust in Hitler's Germany.

The war years of the 1930s brought about a more cordial, co-operative spirit between the various congregations in support of a common cause. The Salt Lake Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, formed in 1941, as well as other members of the Jewish community worked on a number of civic projects. The Jews of Utah helped Jewish soldiers stationed nearby to remain conscious of their heritage and maintain their religious standards. They sponsored interfaith dances and worked frequently with the United Serivce Organizations (USO) during the war.

Throughout World War II the Jews of Utah retained their high interest in restoration of Israel as a Jewish state. In 1943 the Salt Lake Chapter of "Hadassah," a Jewish women's organization, was founded. Their major concern was for the safety and social health of Israel. The Salt Lake District of the Zionist Organization of America was formed in 1946. Finally, in 1948, Israel as a Jewish state became a reality. It was then the concern of these various groups to assist the new state in achieving and maintaining a viable existence.

As evidence of the cooperation between congregations the Jewish Community Center opened its doors in March of 1959. A further step toward unification between Congregation B'nai Israel and Montefiore came in 1969. In that year the independent Sabbath schools of both congregations were consolidated into the United Jewish Religious School. Following nearly two more years of meetings and discussions of the merits of such a move, the two congregations consolidated in July of 1972. The result was the Congregation Kol Ami (All of My People).

As time went on, neither existing structure was felt to answer the needs of the congregation. Both were sold and a new synagogue with a modern, functional design was built. Temple Kol Ami was dedicated December 12, 1976.

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Content Description

The Jewish archives (1831-1990) has been divided into five major sections, each of which has been further subdivided for clarity. The first three sections, designated as B'nai Israel, Montefiore, and Kol Ami are materials from Salt Lake City's three major Jewish congregations in order of founding date. The fourth section contains information about the Utah Jewish Community and the fifth is comprised of general information about Jews and Judaism.

B'NAI ISRAEL

Congregation B'nai Israel, the first subdivision in this section is contained in three boxes. The first box holds all the background information about the establishment of the congregation, including the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. Deeds and plot descriptions of the various land transactions, as well as historical information about the congregation, are filed here. A microfilm copy of the first minute book, dated 1881 to 1899, was obtained from the American Jewish Archives for inclusion in the collection. Miscellaneous items such as membership lists, programs, bulletins and newspaper clippings complete the general information. The other two boxes contain financial records comprised of check stubs from 1928 to 1943 and ledgers dated from 1929 to 1972. Three other large ledger books ranging in date from 1889 to 1941 have been placed in an oversize box at the end of the collection. One folder, following the financial records, contains information about the congregation's religious school.

B'nai Israel Sisterhood, the second subdivision, fills two boxes. Other, than the constitution and by-laws, some committee lists, yearbooks, and programs the sisterhood materials consist of financial records. These financial records include bills and receipts, bank statements, check stubs, receipt books, savings account passbooks, and treasurers' reports all dated between 1958 and 1972. Also filed here are two ledgers listing debits and credits for 1922 to 1971.

The B'nai Israel Cemetery records comprise the third subdivision of four and one-half boxes. There are only a few folders containing information other than financial records, including the deed and agreement, contracts for building improvements, and removal-reburial permits. Vouchers dated from 1913 to 1927, which make up the bulk of the financial records, give information about work done at the cemetery. Many of the vouchers have detailed invoices attached, all have at least a brief remark justifying the expenditure. Use of checks apparently replaced payment by voucher as the checks range from 1928 to 1941 with few gaps. Savings account books from the old McCornick and Company Bank and the Deseret National Bank date from 1906 to 1933.

Temple B'nai Israel, the fourth subdivision, consists of one box of books, and an oversize box found at the end of the collection. Six of the books collected from the Temple by Dr. Louis C. Zucker are written in Hebrew. The other six are combinations of Hebrew and either English or German. As the publication dates range from 1832 to 1919, these books give an indication as to what was available and in use by the pioneer Jews of Utah. At the end of the collection, the oversize box holds records taken from the temple cornerstone. Included are contemporary newspapers, photographs, congregation membership lists, and other typical memorabilia.

MONTEFIORE

The material in this second section is subdivided in the same manner as the first; however, the records are distributed in different proportions. Materials from the first subdivision, Congregation Montefiore, occupy a full nine boxes. These nine boxes can be separated into three distinct portions: the general information, the financial records, and the religious school materials.

Three boxes contain the general information about Congregation Montefiore. The first of these holds chronologically arranged correspondence which deals, for the most part, with routine matters affecting the congregation. Also included is a file of letters concerning a controversy with the cantor and two folders of letters written in Hebrew to or from Rabbi E. Louis Cardon. Minute Books (1954-1970), membership lists and attendance records for the Congregation Board of Governors are filed here.

Two other boxes hold background information, material about religious services, and miscellaneous items. The background information includes the constitution and by-laws, deeds, incorporation papers, organizational charts, and various kinds of membership lists. During High Holy Days members were required to reserve seats in the synagogue. Some reservation forms and seating charts are filed here with other information about memorials; ceremonies including marriage, divorce, bar mitzvah, and others, and notes on the duties of the rabbi and general religious policies and practices. Finally, there are a number of church bulletins, materials gathered for a scrapbook by Rabbi Cardon, a sparcely used day book belonging to Rabbi Nissim Wernick and a few other miscellaneous items.

Five boxes of financial records make up the second portion of the Congregation Montefiore subdivision. The records are divided according to type and placed in chronological order within those division. The first box holds correspondence about contributions made by the congregation as a whole, correspondence and forms related to various trusts and stock investments, data slips and ledger sheets which comprise the receipts and expense journal, and various typed or computer sheets of monthly or yearly reports. Also filed here are employee payroll records with correspondence and forms about payroll deductions and state or federal withholding.

The second box in this portion contains all the bank transactions, including reconciliations from 1962 to 1972, statements with cancelled checks and deposit slips with explanatory lists attached for 1972 only, and check stubs dated from 1960 to 1963 and 1967 to 1971. The remaining three boxes contain alphabetically arranged information about members' financial obligations to the congregation. Bills or statements sent to members in 1961, 1962 and 1970, ledger sheets from debit-credit books dated between 1904 and 1969, and various ledgers containing assets and liabilities of members or the congregation from 1949 to 1972 complete this part of the financial record.

The final portion of this subdivision is one box of material related to the Congregation Montefiore Religious School. Information about the operation of the school, such as correspondence, board meeting minutes, and budgets, is followed by completed registration forms and information about teachers and curriculum. Included as part of the curriculum materials are a statement of goals, course outlines, class schedules, teaching guides, and a few copies of Current Events which is a Jewish world-news sheet.

Except for the membership lists, everything in the one and one-half boxes under Montefiore Sisterhood, the second subdivision, is a part of the financial record of the group. These financial records date between 1938 and 1972 with the bulk of the material falling after 1960. The Dues Accounts are running balances of each member's debits and credits for the years between 1938 and 1963 arranged alphabetically by last name. Also included are statements of savings account earnings and payroll tax withholdings. The monthly financial reports are found here and in a large ledger filed in an oversize box at the end of the collection. Bank transaction records include statements with cancelled checks, deposit slips, miscellaneous receipts, and check stubs. Finally, there are a number of bills and receipts arranged alphabetically by company name.

Materials from Montefiore Cemetery, the final subdivision in this section, are filed in three folders. Included are the 1900 Warranty Deed, some correspondence dated from 1963 to 1971 about cemetery operations, and a few miscellaneous financial records from 1957, 1958 and 1971.

KOL AMI

In 1972 Congregations B'nai Israel and Montefiore consolidated to become Congregation Kol Ami. The records of this newest congregation, filed in one box, comprise the third section of the Jewish Archives.

Under Congregation Kol Ami, the first subdivision, are filed legal papers and information about consolidation and establishment of the new congregation, including the deeds and tentative by-laws. Also filed here are Board of Governors meeting minutes for 1972, 1973, and 1974, and membership lists from 1973 to 1975.

Building a new synagogue was an important step in solidifying the congregation. Ground breaking ceremonies took place in 1975 and the dedication of the cornerstone, temple, and memorial chapel in 1976. Programs, invitations and services for the ceremonies are all filed here. Three small "Golden Tribute Books" from 1973, 1974 and 1975 contain interesting information and notes about the membership.

Other materials in this subdivision include a brief history of the congregation since its earliest consideration in 1950 to 1976 written by Dr. Louis C. Zucker. There are also a number of kinds of newsletters, bulletins, programs, and invitations; and a very few miscellaneous financial reports from 1976. A scrapbook prepared by the 1974-1975 Sunday School can be found at the end of the collection in an oversize box.

Kol Ami Sisterhood, the only other subdivision in this section, consists of just two folders. One folder contains minutes from three meetings, two in 1976 and one from 1977. Miscellaneous information including questionaires and programs related to a variety of sisterhood projects and events are filed in the second folder.

UTAH JEWISH COMMUNITY

Materials in this fourth section, of three and one-half boxes, contain information about the Jews of Utah not necessarily related to a specific congregation. This section has three subdivisions: Jewish Groups, Biographical Information and Historical Information.

Filed with the Jewish Groups is an account book from 1931 to 1933, and share certificates, promissory notes and minutes for the Mutual Progressive Association, a Jewish assistance program of the 1920s and 30s. "Hadassah," a women's zionist group, is represented by three scrapbooks which contain undated photographs, programs, clippings, and similar items. Membership rosters from 1962 to 1972, bulletins and miscellaneous items from the years 1975 to 1978 are the only materials available dealing with the Salt Lake B'nai B'rith women.

Following a brief list of Jewish community groups active in Salt Lake City in 1976 are materials from three of these groups. The merger of the religious schools of Congregations B'nai Israel and Montefiore occurred in 1969. The resulting United Jewish Religious School materials from that year include reports of the central planning committee, other committee structures and reports, and some budget information and reports.

In 1977 the United Jewish Council sponsored a demographic study of the Salt Lake City group. The resultant report: A Jewish Community Studies Itself and three copies of the UJC News (1955, 1956, 1978) are filed here. Board of Directors meeting minutes from 1963, committee list of 1971, the 1969 dedication booklet, and yearly information booklets ranging in date from 1973 to 1978 from the James L. White Jewish Community Center are also included. A fourth group, the Aleph Zadik Aleph, or Junior Men's B'nai B'rith, is represented by a 1938 scrapbook of pictures and newsclippings found in an oversize box at the end of the collection.

The second subdivision contains biographical information about Utah Jews. These materials range from newspaper clippings and correspondence to transcripts of oral interviews and autobiographies or biographical sketches. They are arranged in alphabetical order by last name.

Historical information about the Jews in Utah and Salt Lake City makes up the final subdivision. Included here are a number of brief histories, notes, and articles from journals and newspapers which offer information about the role of Jews in the territory and state. The last half-box in this section holds articles and research materials written by Hynda Rudd, or gather as background for her master's thesis. A three-part film strip titled "Jews of Utah, 1854-1977," prepared by Ms. Rudd, is housed in the Special Collections Photograph Archives and available for use.

GENERAL

General information about Jews and Judaism is found in the two boxes comprising the final section. Publications have been separated into two portions. The first portion of this subdivision includes many informational pamphlets about Jewish holidays or religious services. These are filed alphabetically by name of the publishing group. The second portion contains a number of guides dealing with Jewish religious education.

Information about Israel and American Zionist organizations, the second subdivision, is also separated into two portions: newsletters, addresses or correspondence, and publications. Both portions are arranged alphabetically according to the name of the originating group.

The final subdivision, the miscellaneous material, includes the microfilm copies of items about Jews in Utah taken from the Leon L. Watters collection held by the American Jewish Archives. The other miscellaneous items include blank calendars with sketches by Jewish artists and sparce information about religious practices.

OVERSIZE

All the oversize materials are related to something in one of the previous sections and are described there. These include ledgers and cornerstone materials from the Congregation B'nai Israel, a ledger from the Montefiore Sisterhood, the congregation Kol Ami scrapbook, and an Aleph Zadik Aleph scrapbook.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Separated Materials

See also the Jewish Archives photograph collection (P0224) and audio-visual materials (A0280) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections and overize materials in the Manuscripts Division map case.

Related Materials

See also the Leon Laizer Watters papers (ACCN 1273) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Marlene Lewis in 1980.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Congregation B'Nai Israel

    • Description: Articles of Agreement

      Copy of the Articles of Agreement for incorporating the B'nai Israel of Salt Lake City taken from the minute book of the congregation.

      Dates: 1881
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: By-Laws

      Copy of the congregational by-laws adopted October 28, 1945.

      Dates: 1945
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Affidavit of Incorporation

      Copies of the affidavit with the certificate of the Secretary of State of Utah attesting to its authenticity.

      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Purchase in Plat A

      Deed and Title Abstract for land purchased for the price of $2,600.00 to use for building a synagogue.

      Dates: 1881
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Mortgage of Plat A

      Agreements and legal documents to mortgage the land in Plat A to the Commander at Fort Douglas for $3,000.00.

      Dates: 1885
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Sale of Plat A

      Contract for the sale of the land owned in Plat A by the congregation for $20,000.00.

      Dates: 1889
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Purchase in Plat B

      Title abstracts and information about land purchased for the price of $5,500.00 to use for building a synagogue.

      Dates: 1891
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Mortgage of Plat B

      Agreements and legal documents to mortgage the land in Plat B to Timothy D. Murray for $7,500.00.

      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: History

      Chronological notes on the history of Congregation B'nai Israel including a list of officers between 1881 and 1899.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Membership

      Membership Rosters for 1962-1963, 1964-1965, and 1967-1968.

      Membership Report for 1967-1968 describing gains and losses.

      Dates: 1962-1968
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Notices

      Letters sent to the congregation to remind them of events involving the membership.

      Dates: 1961; 1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: News Releases

      Information sent to the press from the congregation.

      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Newspaper Clippings

      Information sent to the press from the congregation.

      Dates: 1956-1959
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Memorial

      Eulogy delivered for Annette Lovinger.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Confirmation

      Invitations, programs, and texts of remarks made by the confirmation class.

      Dates: 1959-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Confirmation

      Expense reports and cost divisions among the parents of the confirmation class.

      Dates: 1960-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Minute Books

      Microfilm copies of the Congregation B'nai Israel minute books housed in the American Jewish Archives. One positive and one negative copy.

      Dates: 1881-1899
      Container: Box 1, Reel 1-2
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Financial Reports

      Receipts, disbursements, and budget.

      Dates: 1965-1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Valuation and Tax Notices

      Tax information from Salt Lake County, Utah, and two tax notices of 1932 and 1933 from Bonneville County, Idaho.

      Dates: 1930-1936
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Valuation and Tax Notices

      Includes the application for exemption as a religious organization.

      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 1, Folder 19
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Check Stubs
      Dates: 1928-1943
      Container: Box 2, Volume 1-10
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Ledger

      Accounts of congregation members and list of monies received and spent.

      Dates: 1929-1961
      Container: Box 2, Volume 11
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Ledgers

      Continued accounts of congregation members with lists of monies received and spent. Oversize ledgers for the years 1889-1891, 1889-1900, and 1928-1951 are located in Box 30.

      Dates: 1943-1972
      Container: Box 3, Volume 1-2
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel
    • Description: Religious School

      Reports on progress and changes needed and budget information.

      Dates: 1967-1969
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
      Location: I: Congregation B'Nai Israel

    • B'nai Israel Sisterhood

    • B'nai Israel Cemetery

    • Temple B'nai Israel

      These books, whose publications dates range between 1831 and 1919, were collected from the Temple B'nai Israel by Dr. Louis Zucker. They show what books were available and being used by pioneer Jews in Utah.

  • II: Congregation Montefiore

    • Description: Business Correspondence

      Letters dealing with routine matters affecting the congregation such as membership, dues, donations and insurance. Also included are letters about the search for new rabbis from time to time and those about obtaining ceremonial foods.

      Dates: 1951-1972
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1-11
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Cantor, Reverend Harry Sterling

      Letters about a controversy between the congregation and the cantor.

      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 12, Folder 12
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Rabbi E. Louis Cardon

      Correspondence written in Hebrew.

      Container: Box 12, Folder 13-14
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Membership and Attendance

      Lists of members and meeting attendance records.

      Dates: 1960-1964
      Container: Box 12, Folder 15
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Notices and Miscellaneous

      Meeting notices and other information including some meeting minutes.

      Container: Box 12, Folder 16
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Board of Governors Minutes Books
      Dates: 1954-1970
      Container: Box 12, Volume 1-2
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Constitution and By-laws

      Copies of the Constitution and By-laws, with proposed revisions and amendments.

      Container: Box 13, Folder 1-2
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Warranty Deed

      Copies of the original deed held in the County Recorder's Office.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 13, Folder 3
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Agreement of Incorporation

      Information about the decision to form Congregation Montefiore and incorporate the group.

      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box 13, Folder 4
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Incorporation

      Amendment to the Incorporation Articles in 1949 to extend the term of years; and state corporation reports for 1963 and 1964.

      Dates: 1949-1964
      Container: Box 13, Folder 5
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Organization and Committees

      Charts showing the corporation structure and lists of committee members.

      Container: Box 13, Folder 6
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Membership Lists

      Typed lists.

      Dates: 1951-1972
      Container: Box 13, Folder 7-13
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Membership Mailing List
      Container: Box 13, Folder 14
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Membership Applications

      Also included are lists of new members.

      Container: Box 13, Folder 15
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Birthday Lists

      Card file of members' birthdays and wedding anniversaries. Birthdates are from 1881 to 1966 and anniversaries from 1908-1958.

      Container: Box 13, Folder 16-17
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Schedules

      Schedules, programs and outlines of the services for various Holy Days.

      Dates: 1959-1972
      Container: Box 13, Folder 18-22
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Information

      Explanations of the meaning and celebration of various Jewish Holy Days.

      Container: Box 13, Folder 23
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Seat Reservations

      Arranged alphabetically, these forms are to reserve seats for High Holy Days.

      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 13, Folder 24-27
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Seating Charts

      Charts showing names of members in seats assigned for High Holy Days.

      Dates: 1951-1969
      Container: Box 13, Folder 28
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Memorials

      Lists of people to be memorialized, correspondence about plates for the memorial plaques, and Hebrew texts for memorial plaques.

      Container: Box 13, Folder 29
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: "Golden Books"

      Small books which commemorate special occurances throughout the year including birthdays and wedding anniversaries, illnesses, and memorials to those who died during the year. There are also messages from members which appear to be entered by subscription. See also box 14, folder 16, from Rabbi Cardon's Scrapbook.

      Dates: 1970; 1971
      Container: Box 13, Folder 30
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Bar Mitzvah

      Program and Information about the Bar Mitzvah for Paul Abramowitz.

      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Confirmation

      Certificates, blank forms, and program.

      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 14, Folder 2
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: "Get" (Jewish Divorce)

      Correspondence and information about Jewish divorce procedures. Also included is a file of letters and forms about the "Get" written in Hebrew.

      Dates: 1948-1960
      Container: Box 14, Folder 3-5
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Marriage Certificates

      Jewish certificates written in Hebrew and English.

      Dates: 1953; 1967
      Container: Box 14, Folder 6
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Yahrzeits

      Lists of people for whom this special memorial service was performed.

      Dates: 1959-1972
      Container: Box 14, Folder 7
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Policies

      Bulletins on changes and procedures for worship services and funerals.

      Container: Box 14, Folder 8
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Duties of the Rabbi

      Instructions and duties of the Rabbi with regard to worship services as established by the congregation.

      Dates: 1964-1968
      Container: Box 14, Folder 9
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Bulletins

      Information about congregation business and programs.

      Dates: 1948-1969
      Container: Box 14, Folder 10
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Scrapbook of Rabbi E. Louis Cardon

      This scrapbook was dismantled because of its extremely deteriorated condition. The materials have been arranged in folders and include newspaper clippings from 1948 to 1959; postcard meeting notices for 1949 to 1956; announcements and bulletins about congregation business and programs and invitations; and three memorial "Golden Books" dated 1952, 1953 and 1954. See also: Bx 13, Fd 30 for "Golden Books" from 1970 and 1971.

      Dates: 1940s-1950s
      Container: Box 14, Folder 11-16
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Calendar and Day Book

      Day Book of Rabbi N. Wernick with Brief scattered entries.

      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 14, Folder 17
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Pen Sketch

      Pen sketch and imprinted paper of Montefiore Synagogue.

      Container: Box 14, Folder 18
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Play Scripts

      Miscellaneous scripts for Jewish plays and order forms for scripts.

      Container: Box 14, Folder 19
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Songs

      Texts for songs sung for Jewish holidays.

      Container: Box 14, Folder 20
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Catalogues of Religious Supplies
      Container: Box 14, Folder 21
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Contributions

      Hebrew correspondence about contributions made by the congregation from the years 1961, 1964 and 1965. Also included are letters written in Hebrew.

      Dates: 1961-1965
      Container: Box 15, Folder 1-4
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Loan Transfer

      Transfer of property and assumption of a loan by Congregation Montefiore for a plot of land formerly owned by Kazimir and Janina Wasowicz.

      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 15, Folder 5
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Stock Option

      Option for purchase by Congregation Montefiore of five thousand shares of common stock of International Technical Development Corporation at $1.62 1/2 per share.

      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 15, Folder 6
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Stockholder Proof of Interest

      Information about the congregation's interest in Paramount General Corporation.

      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 15, Folder 7
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Hashomer Foundation

      Trust Agreement of 1958 to create a fund whose interest would be used to pay bills of the Congregation Montefiore.

      Container: Box 15, Folder 8
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Investments

      Information and statemnts from the congregation's investment counselors, Merrill Lynch, and information about money in the Windsor Fund and other miscellaneous investments.

      Dates: 1965-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 9-11
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Journal Posting

      Adding machine-type tapes.

      Dates: 1970-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 12
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Journal Entry Slips

      Handwritten, dated slips containing information on receipts and expenses to be entered in the record.

      Dates: 1969-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 13-15
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Journal Entries

      Typed entries on ledger sheets and some handwritten information.

      Dates: 1961-1963
      Container: Box 15, Folder 16-20
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Cash Receipts Journal

      Computer print-outs.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 15, Folder 21
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: General Ledger Detail

      Computer print-outs.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 15, Folder 22
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Balance Sheets

      Computer print-outs and typed sheets of assets and liabilities.

      Dates: 1961-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 23
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Budget Reports
      Dates: 1950-1958
      Container: Box 15, Folder 24
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Income Analysis

      Computer print-outs.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 15, Folder 25
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Operating Statements
      Dates: 1962; 1964
      Container: Box 15, Folder 26
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Receipts and Disbursements
      Dates: 1950-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 27
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Payroll and Taxes

      Correspondence about payroll deductions, and state and federal taxes.

      Dates: 1964-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 28
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Payroll Sheets

      Payroll records for employees of the congregation.

      Dates: 1966-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 29-30
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Tax Witholding

      Income tax withholding reports by the Congregation Montefiore.

      Dates: 1962-1972
      Container: Box 15, Folder 31-36
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Bank Reconciliations

      Forms used to balance the Congregation's general ledger with the bank statements.

      Dates: 1962-1972
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1-2
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Bank Statements

      Bank statements with cancelled checks for January through August of 1972.

      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 16, Folder 3-4
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Bank Deposits

      Deposit slips with attached lists explaining various deposits for January through July of 1972.

      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 16, Folder 5-9
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Check Stubs
      Dates: 1960-1971
      Container: Box 16, Volume 1-8
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Statements

      Bills from the congregation to the members for dues, donations, memorials and other items. Arranged alphabetically.

      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box 17, Folder 1-12
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Statments
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 17, Folder 13
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Members Accounts

      Running balances of each member's debits and credits with the congregation. The pages are roughly in alphabetical order. In the 1904-1913 ledger the date each member joined is given. Not all years are represented for each member as some joined later than the beginning of the ledger or dropped from membership before the ending date.

      Dates: 1904-1950
      Container: Box 18, Volume 1-2
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Members Accounts
      Dates: 1951-1969
      Container: Box 18, Folder 1-11
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Accounts - Donations

      Ledgers of accounts receivable from congregation members and other sources. The monies are divided into categories like dues, donations, seats, breakfasts, and religious school for each source and totals are given.

      Dates: 1966-1972
      Container: Box 19, Folder 1-7
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Ledgers

      Records of debits and credits of the congregation listed monthly indicating where the money came from and to whom it was paid.

      Dates: 1949-1970
      Container: Box 19, Folder 8-13
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Miscellaneous

      Including financial records such as accounts for specific breakfasts or worship services.

      Dates: 1963-1972
      Container: Box 19, Folder 14
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Correspondence

      Letters about the course of study at the school and appreciation of teachers for their service at the school dated from 1965 to 1969. Also letters from Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal arranging for an Israli school to exchange "pen-pal" letters with the Montefiore school.

      Dates: 1961-1969
      Container: Box 20, Folder 1-2
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Board Meeting Minutes

      Minutes from the Board of Governors of the Religious School meetings.

      Dates: 1959-1968
      Container: Box 20, Folder 3-6
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Board Memorandums

      Notices of meetings and suggested guidelines for operation of the Board.

      Container: Box 20, Folder 7
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Bulletins, Notices

      Notices sent to inform members of school registration and special programs.

      Dates: 1963-1969
      Container: Box 20, Folder 8
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Budgets and Finance

      Yearly expenditures, proposed budgets, and lists of payments to the religious school for registration and book fees.

      Dates: 1960-1969
      Container: Box 20, Folder 9
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Registration

      Includes an undated list of registrants, completed registration forms, and school payment forms for 1967 and 1968. There are a few payment forms from "former students" for the years 1960-1967.

      Dates: 1960s
      Container: Box 20, Folder 10-13
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Aims and Objectives

      Statement of the goals of the religious school as presented by Rabbi N. Wernick to the Board of Governors.

      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 20, Folder 14
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Curriculum, Schedules and Teachers

      Outlines of the course of study for each grade, schedules of classes, and lists of teachers for each grade.

      Dates: 1961-1969
      Container: Box 20, Folder 15
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Teachers Guides

      Outlines and questions used for teaching religious school classes about various Jewish Holy Days.

      Container: Box 20, Folder 16
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Current Events

      Jewish news sheet with information on events affecting Israel and Jewish people world-wide. Used in connection with religious school classes.

      Dates: 1964-1966
      Container: Box 20, Folder 17-20
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore
    • Description: Miscellaneous

      Information about Jewish schools, and blank school forms.

      Container: Box 20, Folder 21-22
      Location: II: Congregation Montefiore

    • Montefiore Sisterhood

    • Montefiore Sisterhood; Montefiore Cemetery

  • III: Congregation Kol Ami and Kol Ami Sisterhood

  • IV: Utah Jewish Community

  • V: General

    • Publications

      • Description: Central Conference of American Rabbis

        Service for Confirmation Shavous, 1963 Guiding Principles of Reform Judaism, undated Sanctification of the Sabbath: Sabbath Eve Services for the Home.

        Container: Box 28, Folder 1
        Location: V: General / Publications
      • Description: Congregation Beth Israel

        "By-laws and Rules of Order," 1904 for this San Francisco, California group.

        Dates: 1904
        Container: Box 28, Folder 2
        Location: V: General / Publications
      • Description: National Jewish Welfare Board

        Passover by Rabbi David I. Golovensky, published for distribution through the United Service Organizations (USO) to Jewish members of the armed forces.

        Container: Box 28, Folder 3
        Location: V: General / Publications
      • Description: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America

        Includes books 1-5. Information pamphlets about Jewish Holy Days: "Chanukkah," Passover," "Purim," "Shovuos," "Shovuot," and "Succot"

        P'rakim, monthly publication of material to aid congregational leaders of orthodox groups. Included are issues ca. 1952; January, February, and March of 1953; and issue number 2 of 1954.

        Dates: 1950s
        Container: Box 28, Folder 4
        Location: V: General / Publications
      • Description: Jewish Education

        Includes books 6-16. Books and pamphlets from groups like the Bureau of Jewish Education of the Los Angles Jewish Community Council, Bureaus of Jewish Education in Cincinnati, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and various Jewish writers and publishers. They include booklets about individual holidays as well as general guides for teaching the tenets of Judaism to children.

        Container: Box 28, Folder 5-6
        Location: V: General / Publications
      • Description: Article Reprints and Pamphlets

        "What The Jews Believe" by Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein from Life, September 11, 1950 The Jew and the American Revolution by Jacob R. Marcus, 1976.

        Dates: 1950; 1976
        Container: Box 28, Folder 7
        Location: V: General / Publications
      • Description: Catalogues

        Catalogues of Jewish publications for sale including a flyer from the Jewish Publication Society of America, ca. 1896, and flyers announcing publication of books concerned with Judaism.

        Dates: 1890s
        Container: Box 28, Folder 8
        Location: V: General / Publications

    • American Zionist Material

      • Description: American Christian Palestine Committee

        "Palestine-text of Democracy," address delivered at a committee conference by Dr. Edward C. Linderman.

        Dates: 1974
        Container: Box 29, Folder 1
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: American Jewish Committee

        Fact sheet of the "Arab Refugee Dilemma" from 1956 and a memorandum about Jews in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1959.

        Dates: 1956; 1959
        Container: Box 29, Folder 2
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs

        Correspondence between I. L. Kennen, the committee's executive director, and Salt Lake's Rabbi E. Louis Cardon about the business of the committee and the need for financial assistance. Also included are reports and information from the committee.

        Dates: 1956-1958
        Container: Box 29, Folder 3-4
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: American Zionist Council

        Newsletters urging action by Jewish Communities to get public support for Israel.

        Dates: 1957; 1959
        Container: Box 29, Folder 5
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: American Zionist Emergency Council

        Memorandum on Jewish-Catholic relations as related to Israel.

        Dates: 1959
        Container: Box 29, Folder 6
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Embassy of Israel

        Statement on relations between the United States and Israel by the Ambassador of Israel.

        Dates: 1953
        Container: Box 29, Folder 7
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Israel Religious Education Commission

        Report on religious education in Israel by Dr. Aaron Greenbaum.

        Dates: 1950
        Container: Box 29, Folder 8
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: The Jewish Agency for Palestine

        Statements made before the United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, head of the American Section of the agency; Mashe Shertok, head of the Political Department; and David Ben-Gurion, chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency Review of a book about the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

        Dates: 1947; 1957
        Container: Box 29, Folder 9
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: American-Israel Economic Horizons

        December 1956 issue. Published monthly by the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.

        Dates: 1956
        Container: Box 29, Folder 10
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: The American Zionist

        One copy of the tabloid.

        Dates: 1956
        Container: Box 29, Folder 11
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Israel Office of Information

        Israel: A Program for Progress, by David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel, October 7, 1951 Israel's Goal: Peace, by Golda Meir, Israel Minister for Foreign Affairs before the United Nations, December 5, 1956. Gaza...Aggression or Peace, filed with the United States Justice Department as a registration statement January 1957. Nation United in Search for Security statement of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, February 1957.

        Dates: 1951-1957
        Container: Box 29, Folder 12
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Israel Speaks

        Published bi-weekly by Voice of Israel.

        Dates: 1957
        Container: Box 29, Folder 13
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Jewish Agency Digest

        A digest of "Press and Events" published by the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, volume 10, numbers 18, 19, and 20 for January 1957.

        Dates: 1957
        Container: Box 29, Folder 14
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: The Jewish Outlook

        Published by the Mizrachi Organization of America, one issue for June 1949.

        Dates: 1959
        Container: Box 29, Folder 15
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: "The United Nations and the Egyptian Blockade of the Suez Canal"

        A study sponsored by the Lawyers Committee on Blockades.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 16
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Newspaper Clippings and Reprint Newspaper Articles on Israel
        Container: Box 29, Folder 17
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Miscellaneous

        Fact sheets and articles about the Middle-East conflict and its world wide affect.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 18
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: American Jewish Archives

        Correspondence and information about the holdings of the American Jewish Archives which are concerned with Utah, and a microfilm of material dealing with the State of Utah taken from the Leon L. Watters Collection of the American Jewish Archives.

        Dates: 1972
        Container: Box 29, Folder 19
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Jewish Calendars

        Blank day-book type calendars which feature sketches by Jewish Artists.

        Container: Box 29, Volume 1-5
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Roberts' Rules of Order

        Copy belonging to the Menorah Social Club.

        Dates: 1904
        Container: Box 29, Volume 6
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Tumen, Bernice

        Letters about Mrs. Tumen's family and her research on Jews in Utah. Correspondence with Dr. Everett L. Cooley about the disposition of her papers and about Moses Hirschman.

        Dates: 1963-1972
        Container: Box 29, Folder 20
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Brandeis University

        Invitation to the University of Utah to attend the Brandeis University Inauguration. The University of Utah was represented by Dr. Louis C. Zucker.

        Dates: 1948
        Container: Box 29, Folder 21
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Notes on Religion

        Handwritten notes about Judaism and the Jewish prayer book

        Wedding invitation with a program of the service in Hebrew and English.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 22
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Confirmation

        Scroll presented at confirmation services written in Hebrew and English.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 23
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: University of Utah

        Partial list of materials presented to the Special Collections Department as part of the Jewish Archives.

        Container: Box 29, Folder 24
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material
      • Description: Cohn, Emma

        Registration cards for Emma Cohn to the Utah State Normal School.

        Dates: 1902-1903
        Container: Box 29, Folder 25
        Location: V: General / American Zionist Material

  • VI: Oversize

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Jewish religious education--United States
  • Jewish women--Utah--Salt Lake City--Societies and clubs--Archives
  • Jews--Utah--Identity
  • Jews--Utah--Social life and customs--20th century--Sources
  • Rabbis--Utah--Archives
  • Synagogue records and registers--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Synagogues--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Synagogues--Utah--Salt Lake City--Organization and administration

Corporate Names

  • American Zionist Council--Archives
  • B'nai Israel Cemetery (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence
  • Congregation B'nai Israel (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence
  • Congregation B'nai Israel (Salt Lake City, Utah). Sisterhood--Records and correspondence
  • Congregation Kol Ami (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence
  • Congregation Kol Ami (Salt Lake City, Utah). Sisterhood--Records and correspondence
  • Congregation Montefiore (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence
  • Congregation Montefiore (Salt Lake City, Utah). Sisterhood--Records and correspondence
  • James L. White Jewish Community Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence
  • Temple B'nai Israel (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence

Geographical Names

  • Utah--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Judaism

Form or Genre Terms

  • Account books
  • Albums (Books)
  • Autobiographies
  • Business correspondence
  • By-laws
  • Calendars
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Deeds
  • Financial records
  • Interviews
  • Membership lists
  • Microfiche
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Newsletters
  • Oral histories
  • Pamphlets
  • Periodicals
  • Personal correspondence
  • Rosters
  • Scrapbooks
  • Yearbooks

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Roe, Benjamin, 1895- (ctb)
    • Zucker, Louis C., 1895-1982 (ctb)

Finding aid prepared by Marlene Lewis.
1980 (last modified: 2007 and 2019)

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