Guide to the Records of New Haven Jewish Community Center, undated, 1930-1968
*I-328
Processed by Margaret Whiteside
American Jewish Historical Society, New England Archives
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Machine-readable finding aid created by Margaret Whiteside as MS Word document, November 18, 2010. Finding aid was encoded by Marvin Rusinek on January 3, 2011. Description is in English.
Descriptive Summary | |
| Creator: | New Haven Jewish Community Center |
|---|---|
| Title: | New Haven Jewish Community Center, records |
| Dates: | undated, 1930-1968 |
| Abstract: | The Jewish Center of New Haven, Connecticut was first founded as a branch of the Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1913. It would later join with the Young Women's Hebrew Association and would remain the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association until 1938, when it merged with the Hebrew Institute to form the Jewish Center of New Haven. The Center provided vocational guidance, exercise programs, a day camp, and educational activities for the Jewish community of New Haven. |
| Languages: | The collection is in English. |
| Quantity: | .75 cubic feet (2 document boxes, 1 half-document box, 1 OS1 Folder) |
| Identification: | I-328 |
| Repository: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Location: | Located at AJHS, Boston, MA. |
Historical Note
The Jewish Center of New Haven, Connecticut was first founded as a branch of the Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1913. It would later join with the Young Women's Hebrew Association and would remain the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association until 1938, when it merged with the Hebrew Institute to form the Jewish Center of New Haven. The Center provided vocational guidance, exercise programs, a day camp, and educational activities for the Jewish community of New Haven.
More information can be found at http://www.jccnh.org.
Chronology | |
| 1913 | Young Men's Hebrew Association branch opens in New Haven. |
| 1930 | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association merges with the Hebrew Institute and becomes the Jewish Center of New Haven. |
| 1945 | The Jewish Center campaigns to raise funds for new building |
| 1954 | New Jewish Community Center dedicated on Chapel Street |
| 1963 | New Haven Jewish Community Center sponsors regional contest for Best One-Act Play |
Scope and Content Note
The collection is arranged into two series: Series I: Newsletters and Series II: Promotional Materials.
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The collection is arranged into two series as follows:
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Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.
Use Restrictions
Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
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reference@ajhs.org
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Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known);
New Haven Jewish Community Center, records;
I-328; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY, and Boston, MA.
Acquisition Information
Accession information is unknown.
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Container List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I: Newsletters, 1930-1968 | |||
| The Series is in English. | |||
| Boxes 1-3 and Shared Institutional Oversize OS1 Box, 1 Folder. | |||
Scope and Content:This series contains the New Haven Jewish Community Center newsletter Community News, spanning almost forty years of the Center's operations, the newsletter includes articles concerning center activities and programs, annual meeting reports, and news reports about current events of interest. Of particular interest are the newsletters dated 1938-1945 concerning the rise of anti-Semitism and the German Nazi Party and community involvement in the war effort. There is also an oversized Community News paper, dated April 15, 1955, located in an oversized folder in the shared oversized box for institutional records. | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 1-3 | 1-3 | Community News | 1930-1968 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| Shared OS1 Box | Community News | 1955 | |
Series II: Promotional Materials, undated, 1954-1964 | |||
| The Series is in English. | |||
| Box 3, Folder 4 and Shared Institutional Oversize OS1 Box, 1 Folder. | |||
Scope and Content:This series contains press releases and program schedules of the New Haven Jewish Community Center. Of special interest is the material concerning fundraising for the building of a new facility and the Center's contest for Best One-Act Play Relating to Jewish Life. There is also a mock-up of Life Magazine, the format of which was used by the Center as a yearbook, dated 1962-1963. This is located in the oversized folder in the shared oversized box for institutional records. | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 3 | 4 | Programs and Press Releases | undated, 1954-1964 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| Shared OS1 Box | Yearbook as Life Magazine | 1962-1963 | |