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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Moss, Lucien
Title:	Lucien Moss scrapbook collection
Dates:	1828, 1840-1895
Abstract:	Contains newspaper clippings of Jewish interest from years 1840-1895, primarily from Philadelphia and New York newspapers. Clippings deal extensively with social and domestic affairs in Philadelphia and New York, the persecution of Jews in Russia and Roumania and relief efforts on their behalf by American Jewry and Baron Moritz de Hirsch, religious and cultural efforts and trends, noted Jewish personalities, the history of the Jewish communities in Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere. Volume 12 contains clippings pertaining to the Philadelphia Board of Governors of the Poor, of which Moss was a member from 1882-1884.
Languages:	The collection is in English.
Quantity:	3.25 linear feet (6 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 1 oversized folder)
Identification:	P-14
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

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Scope and Content Note

Contains newspaper clippings of Jewish interest from years 1840-1895, primarily from Philadelphia and New York newspapers. Clippings deal extensively with social and domestic affairs in Philadelphia and New York, the persecution of Jews in Russia and Roumania and relief efforts on their behalf by American Jewry and Baron Moritz de Hirsch, religious and cultural efforts and trends, noted Jewish personalities, the history of the Jewish communities in Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere. Volume 12 contains clippings pertaining to the Philadelphia Board of Governors of the Poor, of which Moss was a member from 1882-1884.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized into two series as follows:

• Series I: Scrapbooks, 1840-1895
• Series II: Papers, 1828-1856, 1878-1881

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Restrictions

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 16^th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Lucien Moss scrapbook collection; P-14; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Acquisition Note

Gift of Mary Moss, 1926.

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Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Hirsch, Moritz, Baron de, 1831-1896
  • Moss, Lucien, 1831-1895

• Subject Topics:

  • Board of Governors of the Poor -- Philadelphia, Pa

• Subject Places:

  • Charities -- United States.
  • New York (City)
  • Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Roumania -- Persecutions.
  • Russia -- Persecutions.
  • United States -- History

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I: Scrapbooks, 1840-1895.
Boxes 1-7, OS1F Folder 1.
Scope and Content: See Scope and Content Note.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1		Vol. 1	1840-1881
1		Vol. 2	1859-1883
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2		Vol. 3	1882-1892
2		Vol. 4	1869-1889
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3		Vol. 5	1850-1889
3		Vol. 6	1885-1891
3		Vol. 7	May-November 1891
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4		Vol. 8	November 1891-August 1894
4		Vol. 9	August 1892-July 1893
4		Vol. 10	July 1893-August 1894
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5		Vol. 11	August 1894-December 1895
5		Vol. 12 (Almshouse rec’d)	1882-1884
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6		Vol. 13	1892-1895

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Series II: Papers, 1828-1856, 1878-1881.
English.
Box 7.
Scope and Content: Includes former P-267, P-309, P-319, P-320, P-365.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	1	Moss, John (1774-1847) – Last will and testament plus four codicils	1847
7	2	Joseph Lyons Moss (1804-1874), Correspondence	1828-1856
7	3	Inventory of Estate of John Moss Sr.	1847
7	4	Lucien Moss (1831-1895), Papers	1878-1881

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Oversized Material, 1862.
English.
OS1F Folder 1.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
OS1F	1	Moss Family of Philadelphia William Moss’ Surgeon’s Commission	1862

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