Hans Friedrich Kayser Collection 1877-1893

Photocopies of birth certificate (1877) and release from citizenship certificate (1893), Berlin.

Jacobs family collection 1877-1900

Vital documents of the Jacobs family: marriage certificate (1907); military certificate (1899); birthday poem for Selig Loewenstein (1926); school certificates; birth certificate.

Uriah P. Levy collection undated, 1787-1948, 1959, 1961, 1985, 2005.

Contains the notebook and correspondence of Abram Kanof relating to the naval career and activities of Uriah P. Levy; the correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript paper of Isaac Markens pertaining to the alleged claim that Levy was instrumental in abolishing flogging in the Navy; personal documents including a letter to Captain E.A.F. Lavalette concerning the behavior of officers under Levy's command as commodore of the Mediterranean fleet (1859), a photostatic copy of his will and the inventory of his estate (1862), and published material by and about Uriah Phillips Levy including a bound typewritten copy of "Record of Naval Court of Inquiry, 1857;" An essay on flogging in the Navy, 1849; Memorial of Uriah P. Levy, ... 1855; an original copy of a Manual of rules for men-of-war by Captain U.P. Levy, 1862; and Monticello and its preservation, since Jefferson's death, 1862-1902, by George Alfred Townsend. Also contains the halitza of Virginia Lopez Levy, widow of Uriah P. Levy, 1866, signed by J.J. Lyons; copies of letters of Michael Levy to Henry Deering and Dudley Woolridge, 1787-1788, and a published copy of The defense of Captain Jonas P. Levy. Gift, in part, of the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Foundation, 1979 and of Herman Herst, Jr., 1987.

Molly Picon papers undated, 1877-1971

Collection contains material pertaining to Molly Picon's career as an actress as well as some personal material. About half the collection consists of manuscript plays, primarily in Yiddish. Collection also includes manuscript song lyrics; songbooks and sheet music; radio and television scripts; programs and announcements from Picon's performances; Picon's correspondence, largely with her family and Jacob Kalich; photographs; and scrapbooks.

Temple Beth El Providence, Rhode Island collection, 1940-1969

In 1916, the Jewish community of Boston established Beth Israel Temple Beth-El, located on the East Side of Providence, dates back to 1849, with the creation of the group "Sons of Israel." On September 10, 1849, Solomon Pareira, Leonard Gavitts and Morris Steinberg were granted an acre of land along the New London Turnpike (now Reservoir Avenue) to establish a cemetery. In 1854, the Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David was established, leading to president Solomon Pareira's deeding of the cemetery land in 1857 for the sole utilization of the congregation. This collection contains programs, sermons and newsletters. Although the congregation was originally Orthodox, it affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Union for Reform Judaism) in 1877.

Philipp Erlanger Collection 1877-1962

Biographical articles; letter; photos (58 items)

Seligmann Family Collection 1877-1938

Materials pertaining to Julius Seligmann (born 1903 in Werden) and to his parents (?), Sigmund Seligmann (b. 1871) and Minna, née Oppenheimer (b. 1873)