Franks family papers, 1711-1821, [1965-1968].

Contains business correspondence, accounts and documents relating to Jacob Franks of New York, his two sons, Moses and David, a nephew, Isaac, and a John Franks of Halifax, possibly a member of the family.

Myer S. Isaacs collection undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Contains correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the centennial birthday celebration of and memorial services for Sir Moses Montefiore; correspondence consists primarily of replies to a circular advocating the holding of memorial services issued by the Board of Delegates on Civil and Religious Rights from congregations in Buffalo, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Detroit. Contains also correspondence relating to the activities of the Alliance Israelite Universelle on behalf of Palestine and the Jews in the Balkan States and Morocco and to the establishment of United States committees for the Alliance and the raising of funds, including correspondence with H. Pereira Mendes, Henry S. Jacobs, John Hay, and Adolphe Cremieux as well as letters from Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Galveston, Minneapolis, Mobile, Rochester, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Also contains extensive correspondence concerning anti-semitism in Russia, aid to Jewish immigrants, and Jewish agricultural colonies in the United States, with letters from James G. Blaine, Manuel Augustus Kursheedt, Sabato Morais, Charles Nathan, Hirsch Leib Sabsovich, (Isaac N.?) Seligman and Judah Wechsler, among others. Also contains newspaper clippings and other items relating to Jewish life during the late 19th century and articles and memorabilia about various members of the Isaacs family.

Letter of recommendation for Jacques Judah Lyons from Isaac Leeser

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Draft of letter to Sir Moses Montefiore on the death of his wife

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Acknowledgement of Jacques Judah Lyons' letter by Sir Moses Montefiore

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Draft of letter by Jacques Judah Lyons to Sir Moses Montefiore, sending him payment for the Jews of Palestine, and acknowledgement

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Copy of letter from Jacques Judah Lyons to Sir Moses Montefiore enclosing bill of exchange for Palestinian Jews

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Portrait of Isaac Finkel Portraits Men

Father of Sonia Barosin nee Finkel

Studio portrait of Isaac Finkel and his wife Victoria Isaacovna Finkel nee Nemirovska Portraits Couples

Parents of Sonia Barosin nee Finkel

Portrait of Isaac Abraham Bürger and Ella Bürger nee Cahn.

Isaac Abraham Bürger, 1791-1864; Ella Bürger nee Cahn, 1793-1879; Parents of Samuel Isaac Bürger, 1818-1885

Isaac Ottenberg Collection 1832-1867

Official German documents for Isaac Ottenberg, dated 1851, 1852, 1854. Also included is a handwritten letter to Herr Cronebold, June 1863.

Reproduction of painting by Frieda Ruelf of Rabbi Dr. Isaac Ruelf Portraits; Men

Signed by the artist bottom right

Studio portrait of Samuel Isaac Bürger.

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