Savannah Jewish Archives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham I. Rosenberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 338
Overview
Papers and cassette tapes relating to the work of Abraham I. Rosenberg, a rabbi in Savannah, Georgia and Baltimore, Maryland.
Dates:
1924 - 1994
Buchsbaum and Levy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 345
Overview
Documents and clippings relating to the Buchsbaum and Levy families of Savannah, Georgia and New York City.
Dates:
1868 - 2011
Congregation Agudath Achim (Savannah, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 351
Overview
This collection contains records created by and relating to Congregation Agudath Achim, a synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, that is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
Dates:
1920 - 2008
Congregation B’nai B’rith Jacob (Savannah, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 343
Overview
Financial records, correspondence, marketing materials, and meeting minutes created by and relating to Congregation B’nai B’rith Jacob (B.B.J.), an orthodox synagogue in Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
1879 - 1996
David Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 384
Overview
David Robinson opened one of the first training schools for radiological technologists in Savannah, Georgia. During his career, he served as President of the Georgia Radiological Society, Chief of Staff at Candler General Hospital in Savannah, and historian of the Georgia Medical Society. The papers include report cards, scrapbook, programs, bulletins, and obituaries.
Dates:
1916 - 1984
Edwin J. Feiler, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 337
Overview
Edwin J. Feiler, Jr. served as president of Congregation Mickve Israel from 1978-1980. The records document Feiler's presidency and his participation on various committees. Records in the collection include clippings, Board of Adjunta minutes, committee materials, correspondence, financial records, and presidential reports dating from 1973 to 1986.
Dates:
1973 - 1986
Guthman-Kahn Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 341
Overview
Documents, records, clippings, ephemera, and other papers relating to the lives and families of Jane and Buddy Kahn of Savannah, GA.
Dates:
1870 - 1999
Hadassah (Savannah, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 349
Overview
This collection contains the records and scrapbooks of the Savannah chapter of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.
Dates:
1918 - 2001
Hannah Blumenthal Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 356
Scope and Contents
This collection contains clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, a scrapbook, postcards, and photographs. Pamphlets include, “Poem on a fragment of a love letter found in a Savannah cemetery”, 1974 by Gene Ellis; two JEA anniversary pamphlets, and a Hebrew Women's Aid Society anniversary pamphlet.
Brown attended Camp Perry-Ann in Brevard, North Carolina, in 1927 and her scrapbook and a pamphlet are included in the collection. At the time, Camp Perry-Ann was the only camp in the South exclusively...
Dates:
1900 - 1988
Harmonie Club (Savannah, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 336
Overview
The Harmonie Club is a Jewish men’s social group that was formed in Savannah, Georgia on September 28, 1865. The records consist primarily of minutes and financial information.
Dates:
1895 - 1978
Henry-Hendricks Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 394
Overview
Research conducted by Certified Genealogist Kaye Kole into the Henry-Hendricks Family of Colonial America.
Dates:
1914 - 1998
H.G.H. Society (Savannah, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 340
Overview
Documents and ledger books relating to the Hebrah Gemiluth Hesed, or “H.G.H. Society,” a social, fraternal, and benevolent society for Jewish men in Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
1889 - 1991
Horovitz Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 398
Overview
Papers, scrapbooks, legal documents, and newspaper clippings relating to members of the Horovitz Family of Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920 - 1972
Irwin B. Giffen JEA Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 396
Overview
Materials collected by Irwin B. Giffen in his capacity as the Executive Director of the Jewish Educational Alliance in Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
1916 - 1987
Itzkovitz Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 348
Overview
The Itzkovitz (also Iczkovitz) family has been part of the Jewish community in Savannah, Georgia, since the late 1890s. Charles Itzkovitz (1877-1930) and Mollie Friedman (1876-1936) came to the United States from Russia in the last quarter of the 19th Century. The items in this collection consist of clippings, telegrams, greeting cards, and other materials collected by Itzkovitz family members from the 1890s to 1994.
Dates:
1890 - 1994
Jack M. Levy Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 401
Overview
Jack M. Levy was the long-time president of the Savannah Jewish Federation and Jewish Educational Alliance. This collection includes his personal papers.
Dates:
1928 - 1972
Jewish Educational Alliance (Savannah, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 352
Overview
The Jewish Educational Alliance (JEA) was chartered August 2, 1912 to meet the leisure and Americanization needs of the Jewish community in Savannah. The Jewish Educational Alliance (JEA) records consist of scrapbooks, board records, financial records, committee records, building construction and renovation records, men's club records, photographs, scrapbooks, slides, videotapes, and audio cassettes dating from 1920 to 2007.
Dates:
1915 - 2008
Kaye and Don Kole Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 346
Overview
Documents, invitations, and announcements relating to Kaye and Don Kole of Savannah, Georgia, and Kaye Kole’s book The Minis Family in Georgia.
Dates:
1955 - 2010
Kuhr Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 353
Overview
Papers of the Kuhr and Wortsman families of Savannah, Ga.
Dates:
1906 - 1972
Levy Jewelers Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 366
Overview
Levy Jewelers began in 1900 as A. Levy & Son, a watch repair business at 211 West Congress Street across from City Market in Savannah, Georgia. The records consist of scrapbooks and a memoir written by Aaron Levy's daughter, Ida Levy Barnett.
Dates:
1928 - 1948
Louis Alexander Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 335
Overview
Louis Alexander was co-owner of Alexander Grocery Company, Inc. and guardian to his cousin Morton Deutsch. The papers include clippings, correspondence, accounting, and legal papers relating to Morton Deutsch and the Alexander Grocery Company, Inc.
Dates:
1930 - 1989
Martin S. and Matiel Roos Leffler Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 402
Overview
The personal papers of Martin Leffler, Sr., a Past President of Congregation Mickve Israel.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1762 - 1992
Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery Trustees Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 347
Overview
In 1773 Mordecai Sheftall, a leader among the Jews of Savannah, Georgia, established a second burial site specifically for the Jewish community. Items contain correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and minutes related to the work of the trustees of the Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery, the care of the cemetery and adjacent property, the establishment of the Hebrew Cemetery Trust Fund, the Mickve Israel Memorial Endowment Fund, and the Mordecai Sheftall Memorial Building.
Dates:
1851 - 1970
Noah Ginsberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 344
Overview
Letters written from U.S. Army soldier Noah Ginsberg to his family in Savannah, Georgia, during World War II.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Raskin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 359
Overview
Photocopies of documents and records relating to the Raskin family of Savannah, Georgia, with particular emphasis on attorney Sidney L. Raskin (1916-2011).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1891 - 1997
Sarah (Sadie) Moskovitz Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 397
Overview
High school graduation scrapbook of Sarah “Sadie” Moskowitz (1910-1927), of Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
1927
Savannah Jewish Archives Pamphlet Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 385
Overview
This collection was created by the Savannah Jewish Archives during their association with the Georgia Historical Society. The collection includes miscellaneous programs, directories and journals published by multiple Jewish organizations in Savannah.
Dates:
1880 - 2001
Savannah Jewish Federation Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 350
Overview
This collection contains the records of the Savannah Jewish Federation, an affiliate of the Jewish Federations of North America.
Dates:
1942 - 2008
Savannah Jewish News Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 386
Overview
The archives of the Savannah Jewish News (originally the Jewish Alliance), the newspaper of the Jewish community in Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
1945 - 1947; 1949 - 2017
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