American Jewish Tercentenary Celebration Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents the administrative planning, research, publicity, and activities surrounding the American Jewish Tercentenary celebration from its inception in 1948 to its closing in 1955.
Of particular interest to those studying: public observance of anniversaries, sources for American Jewish history, Jewish self identity and public opinion of American Jews during the 1950s and post World War II, American press coverage of Jewish events, American Jewish history education in the 1950s, Jewish military chaplaincy, Congregation Shearith Israel, the Conference of Historians, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Committee for the 300th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the USA.
Individuals represented in this collection include: President Dwight Eisenhower, Rev. Dr. David Sola de Pool, Ralph E. Samuel, Morris U. Schappes, David Bernstein, and Hans Lamm.
The collection includes: correspondence, publications, programs, minutes, proposals, reports, newspaper clippings, speech transcripts, plays, press releases, handwritten notes, filmstrips, photo reproductions of illustrations, and a photograph. A small amount of the correspondence and newsclippings are written in Yiddish or Hebrew.
Dates
- Creation: undated, 1949-1956
Creator
- American Jewish Tercentenary Committee (Organization)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English, with a small amount of materials in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
Use Restrictions
No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.
For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org
Historical Note
American Jewish Tercentenary Celebration (September 12, 1954-June 1, 1955)
On September 12, 1954, the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Jewish settlement in North America was officially launched. The oldest existing congregation in the United States, Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, also known as the Spanish-Portuguese synagogue, conducted a reconsecration service attended by over 800 people. The service included a promenade of Rabbis from various parts of the US, Europe, and Latin America; a sermon by Rev. Dr. David Sola de Pool; and a procession of 14 Torah scrolls.
The ceremony was broadcast over ABC television, and the first in a tercentenary series by the Jewish Theological Seminary began on NBC radio. For the next 8 and a half months, a plethora of programs, radio and television broadcasts, exhibits, and publications were made available on local and national levels, the climax of which was a dinner at which President Dwight Eisenhower delivered the address.
The following illustrates the size and range of this project:
- The United States Information Agency, with assistance of the Tercentenary Office, arranged an American Jewish Tercentenary Packet that consisted of 39 articles, 50 photographs, booklets, pamphlets, programs, and other materials. The packets were distributed to 77 overseas countries.
- A newsletter, titled "300," ran January 1953 through March 1955, reporting on continuing Jewish Tercentenary developments.
- Three series of network television dramatic programs, as well as commercial programs, on-the-spot news coverage, forum discussions, concerts, and President Eisenhower's address at the National Tercentenary Dinner were viewed by many. Local and national radio broadcasts featured concerts, addresses, interviews and ceremonies.
- An Office of Historical Information, operated jointly by the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee and the American Jewish Historical Society, provided research guidance and factual information. Among its research requests were histories of Jewish communities in the United States, biographies of significant Jewish public figures, statistics of Jewish population in the United States and a list of Jewish congregations founded before 1840.
- Approximately half a million copies of publications issued by the American Tercentenary Committee were distributed throughout the United States. Many outstanding publications produced by National Jewish organizations were also distributed. Types of materials include: guides for celebration, bibliographies, exhibition catalogs, scripts, posters, filmstrips, teacher guides, and religious proclamations.
- Religious services, art exhibits, dinners, musical concerts, rallies, plaque dedications, and pageants were organized. Local Tercentenary committees in over 400 communities also produced a great variety of observances.
The massive three-year undertaking focused on American democratic ideals and Jews' achievements in those fields. Although observed in Jewish institutions and conducted by Rabbis and other Jewish leaders, the emphasis was not on Jews' achievements in a religious context, but Jews' contributions to American culture, politics, science, etc. The American Tercentenary Committee's emblem, a menorah, had no accompanying Hebrew and used five pointed stars rather than six. A brochure outlining the tercentenary events states:
"We do not believe that the Tercentenary should be made a vehicle for propagation of any particular ideology in American Jewish life. Some among us may feel strongly that the identification of a Jew is solely in terms of his religion; others may lean toward a different interpretation. The celebration should not be committed to either philosophy. It should be neither Zionist, non-Zionist, nor anti-Zionist. It should not try to formulate or advance any particular definition of Jewishness. The Tercentenary belongs primarily to five million people who regard themselves as patriotic, loyal American Jews, whatever their definition or their philosophy; it should be broad enough to appeal to 158 million Americans..."
Scope and Theme, American Jewish Tercentenary Committee
The image American Jews projected of themselves was both an indication of the world's feeling toward Jews and other minorities, and of future questions American Jewry would address. The threat of communism in the 1950s and the emergence of the United States as a world power created a need to subdue radicalism, conforming to democratic ideals; ideals that stressed civil rights, tolerance, and religious liberty. "Man's Opportunities and Responsibilities Under Freedom" was chosen as the theme for the tercentenary. A criticism could be made of the celebration's timing, a mere ten years after the Holocaust. Small mention is made of the Holocaust in Tercentenary literature. The postwar prosperity gave a boost to American Jews whose fathers suffered from social and employment obstacles. Longheld differences in the Jewish community were fading: class and immigrant/native born distinctions, Zionist and Socialist opinions were being replaced by a shared commitment to the new State of Israel, and a new obstacle: defining one's Jewishness. Did Jews need to downplay Jewish life and culture in order to be accepted as Americans? How could one then connect to the Holocaust as an American Jew? What was American Jews' primary loyalty, United States, or to Israel? The omission of Zionism, Israel, or Jewish traditions in tercentenary literature leaves these issues unresolved and undefined.
Despite the insecurities and open questions the tercentenary suggests, the celebration expressed American Jewry's deep desire to learn more about their history. Although there existed few academic positions for American Jewish Historians in the 1950s, one could say that the same feeling that led to the celebration of the tercentenary came to even greater fruition and expression in the 1960s, with the rise of ethnic studies in universities. Further, the fact Jews could publicly celebrate their anniversary in a country remarkably and unequivocally confirms their place in Society.
Chronology
- December 1948
- Rev. Dr. David de Sola Pool, leader of Congregation Shearith Israel and officer of the American Jewish Historical Society, proposes the idea of a celebration to the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)
- May 1949
- AJHS 300th Anniversary Committee meets to discuss provisional plans and time schedules.
- April 18, 1950
- AJHS calls a meeting of representatives of twenty-eight national Jewish organizations to present the plan.
- May 1951
- AJHS approaches the American Jewish Committee regarding funding for a Tercentenary organization to be under the Historical Society's auspices. The Committee on Organization Tercentenary Celebration of Jewish Settlement in the United States, provisional committee, is formed in December.
- October 1951
- Rev. Dr. de Sola Pool, Chairman of the AJHS 300th Anniversary Committee, addresses all national Jewish organizations to begin planning their participation in the Tercentenary. A pamphlet suggesting plans is enclosed.
- April 1952
- Despite degrees of tensions between AJHS and the American Jewish Committee regarding control over the Tercentenary celebration, the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee, an independent organization, is incorporated and professional staff begins work.
- June 1952
- The American Jewish Tercentenary Steering Committee begins formulating policy and financial plans. A finance committee strategizes funding opportunities (funding was provided primarily from Jewish Welfare and Federation Funds, individuals, and foundations).
- November 1952
- A membership committee finalizes a National Committee of 300 to represent American Jewry. The steering committee adopts the celebration's scope and theme formulated by the program policy committee.
- April 11-12, 1953
- The National Committee of 300 is invited to attend a National Planning Conference, which discusses plans, finances, and levels of community participation.
- July 1953
- The Office of Historical Information, a joint enterprise of the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee and the American Jewish Historical Society, begins operations.
- September 12, 1954
- The observance is officially launched with a reconsecration service at Congregation Shearith Israel.
- June 1, 1955
- The celebration concludes with a Public Assembly at Carnegie Hall. 7
References
- American Jewish Committee. American Jewish Yearbook. Vol. 56, 1955; vol. 57, 1956.
- American Jewish Historical Society. Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society. Vol. 45, 1955-1956.
- Goldstein, Israel. American Jewry Comes of Age. New York: Bloch Publishing, 1955.
- Goren, Arthur A. The Politics and Public Culture of American Jews. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
- Kohn, Eugene (editor). American Jewry: The Tercentenary and After. New York: The Reconstructionist Press, 1955.
Extent
4 Linear Feet (8 manuscript boxes and 2 oversized folders.)
Abstract
This collection documents the administrative planning, research, publicity, and activities surrounding the American Jewish Tercentenary celebration from its inception in 1948 to its closing in 1955. The collection includes a representation of materials used in planning and presenting the event, including: correspondence, programs, minutes, proposals, reports, clippings, press releases, filmstrips, photo reproductions of illustrations, and a photograph.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into six series:
- Series I: American Jewish Tercentenary Committee, undated, 1952-1955
- Series II: American Jewish Historical Society, undated, 1949-1954
- Series III: Office of Historical Information, undated, 1953-1955
- Series IV: Published material, undated, 1953-1955
- Series V Newspaper clippings , undated, 1952-1955
- Series VI: Observance and Activities, undated
- Oversized Materials
Provenance
Compiled by American Jewish History Society Staff during and after the celebration.
Appendix: Index to Correspondence, Series III, Office of Historical Information
Appendix: Index to Correspondence, Series III, Office of Historical Information Subjects and dates refer to materials located in Series III: Office of Historical Information, Box 4 Folder 3 to Box 5 Folder 7.
Aboab, Isaac (Rabbi): 8/27/54.
African-American Jews: 5/10/54, 5/18/54, 5/20/54, 5/21/54, 5/24/54, 6/3/54, 6/9/54, 6/21/54.
Alabama: Claibourne, 7/15/54; Alexander, Moses (Gov. of Idaho): 5/13/54; American Hebrew: 5/18/54; American Heritage: 4/2/54; American Israelite: 5/18/54.
American Jewish Archives: Publications, 9/1/54; American Jewish Artists: 7/20/53, 4/5/54, 4/16/54, 4/27/54, 4/29/54, 5/5/54, 5/19/54, 6/21/54, 8/12/54; Graphic Artists, 4/6/54, 4/7/54, 4/8/54, 4/15/54.
American Jewish Historical Society: Executive Council minutes, 5/24/54; Membership solicitations, 5/3/54, 5/14/54, 5/17/54, 5/20/54, 5/28/54, 6/1/54, 8/2/54, 8/11/54, 8/12/54, 9/8/54, 9/20/54, 9/21/54, 9/22/54, 9/25/54, 9/27/54, 10/15/54, 10/21/54, 10/22/54, 10/26/54, 11/4/54, 11/10/54, 11?/22/54, 12/2/54, 12/3/54, 12/9/54, 12/29/54; Philosophy of Tercentenary, 7/9/54; Research projects at AJHS (general information), (folder 3); Tercentenary advertisement, 7/10/54, 8/24/54, 9/7/54, 9/9/54.
American Jewish History: "Brief Review of American Jewish History" (article, folder 4); "Picture of American Jewish Life 100 Years Ago" (article, folder 4); "Jewish Oddities in America" (article, folder 4); Jews in American, Pre-revolutionary period, 11/2/54; "Reading List on American Jewish History" (article, folder 4); "Three Hundred Years of American Jewish History," 12/53.
American Jewish Tercentenary Pamphlets/publications: On Local Exhibits, 7/9/54, 7/26/54, 8/1/54; Program Materials Catalogue, 8/26/54.
American Zionist Council: 6/21/54, 6/30/54, 7/1/54.
Anti-Semitism: 5/18/54, 12/2/54.
Arkansas: 10/20/53.
Ben Israel, Menasseh: 8/27/54.
Bettmann Archive: Exhibit material, 6/10/54.
Blaustein, Jacob: 8/4/54, 8/10/54, 8/12/54, 8/13/54.
Board of Delegates of American Israelites: 8/18/54.
Carigal, Haim Isaac (Rabbi): 3/24/54, 3/26/54, 4/1/54, 4/2/54, 4/7/54, 3/8/54, 4/12/54, 8/6/54, 8/17/54; "Rabbi Carigal and President Stiles" (article, folder 4).
Colorado: Frontier, 10/19/53.
Columbus, Christopher: 8/30/54, 9/17/54; "Jews Who Paved the Way for Columbus" (article, folder 4); Congregation Beth Ahabah (Richmond, VA): 9/13/54, 9/14/54; Congregation Beth Shalom (Richmond, VA): 9/3/54, 9/14/54; Congregation B'nai Israel (Cincinnati, OH): 9/3/54, 9/14/54; Congregation Shaaray Hesed: 9/3/54, 9/14/54; Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, NY): 10/5/54
Connecticut: Stratford, 4/9/54.
Contribution of American Jews to Civilization: 12/7/54.
De Lucena, Abraham (Rabbi, NY): Family tree, 4/26/54.
De Sola, Abraham: 3/17/54, 3/23/54, 3/24/54, 3/26/54, 3/31/54.
De Torres, Luis: 9/18/53, 9/23/53.
Dentistry: 9/15/54.
Dictionary of American Jewish Biography: 8/14/53, 10/8/54,10/21/54.
Einhorn, David (Rabbi): 11/16/54, 11/18/54, 12/29/54.
Einstein, Albert: Exhibit material, 6/3/54, 6/16/54, 6/17/54, 6/18/54, 6/22/54, 7/30/54, 8/4/54, 8/9/54, 8/12/54, 8/20/54.
Emanuel, David: 7/12/54, 8/2/54
Engineering: "Jewish Contributions to Engineering" by Jacob Feld, 8/10/54.
Everyman's Guide, by Norton Belth: 6/14/54.
Exhibitions: American Jewish Tercentenary Committee, 4/7/54, 4/15/54, 4/22/54, 5/5/54, 5/13/54, 5/14/54, 5/17/54, 5/18/54, 5/21/54, 5/23/54, 5/24/54, 5/25/54, 5/27/54, 5/28/54, 6/1/54, 6/4/54, 6/7/54, 6/9/54, 6/10/54, 6/11/54, 6/14/54, 6/15/54, 6/21/54, 6/30/54, 7/2/54, 7/7/54, 7/8/54, 7/9/54, 7/12/54, 7/21/54, 8/4/54; AJTC's manual on exhibits, 8/4/54; Exhibits by others, 12/2/54, 12/5/54.
Franklin, Benjamin: 3/20/54, 3/26/54 (newsclipping), 3/29/54, 4/6/54, 8/20/54.
Georgia: Atlanta, 8/9/54, 8/11/54.
Germany, Jews: 8/25/54.
Gershwin, George: 8/17/54.
Gottlieb, Richard J.H.: 8/12/54.
Gratz family: 8/6/54; Gratz, Rebecca, 8/5/54, 8/10/54.
Hahn, Michael: 7/12/54.
Hall of Fame: 4/9/54, 4/22/54.
Hart, Isaac: 8/10/54.
Hays, David: 9/7/54.
Hays, John and Jews in Romania: 12/20/54.
Heine, Heinrich: 5/20/54.
Hertzl, Theodore: 6/18/54, 7/1/54, 10/11/54.
Hillel, Abba (Rabbi): 8/17/54.
Historical Essay Contest: 4/10/54, 5/20/54.
Holocaust Claims Conference: 7/8/54, 7/30/54, 8/2/54, 10/15/54.
Indiana: Terre Haute, 8/21/54.
Industrial Removal Office: 8/6/54.
Israel Bonds Campaign: 6/21/54, 6/24/54.
Jewish American Women: 10/16/53, 10/19/53, 10/20/53, 2/26/54, 4/26/54, 8/21/54, 8/24/54, 8/27/54.
Jewish Communities in US: 12/14/54.
Jewish Cooking: 12/13/54.
Jewish History Week: Request for dates, 12/21/53, 2/24/54, 2/26/54; Press release, 3/23/54; Literature for, 4/14/54, 4/30/54; Preparation for 1955, 12/1/54, 12/9/54, 12/14/54, 12/16/54.
Jewish Labor Movement: 3/10/54, 5/11/54, 6/21/54, 7/8/54.
Jewish Peace Fellowship: 6/24/54, 6/29/54.
Jewish Welfare Fund: 8/18/54.
Jews in the States: Requests for, 3/1/54, 3/17/54 [TX, KS, LA, NJ, AR, OK, MO see also 3/15/54, MS, FL see 3/24/54]; Responses, AR 3/29/54, NJ 3/31/54; OK 3/4/54, 3/15/54, MO 3/11-3/15/54, TX 3/3/54, 3/15/54, 3/30/54.
Jews, Portraits: 8/26/54.
Lamm, Hans: 6/21/54.
Law and Politics: 12/6/54.
Lazarus, Emma: 3/2/54, 3/4/54,3/23/54, 5/4/54, 5/5/54, 5/20/54, 9/16/54; "Emma Lazarus and Her Poem on the Pedestal of the 'Statue of Liberty'" (article, folder 4).
Learsi, Rufus: Book review of The Jews In America: A History by Dr. Hans Lamm, 6/14/54, 7/28/54, 8/2/54.
Levi, Alexander: 10/14/53.
Levin, Lewis Charles: 5/19/54, 6/10/54, 6/14/54.
Levy, Asser: 9/21/53, 11/17/53, 3/2/54, 3/12/54, 3/17/54, 8/13/54, 8/19/54, 10/24/54, 10/25/54; "References to Asser Levy in 'The Records of New Amsterdam' from 1653-1674," (article, folder 4).
Levy, Simon M.: 12/15/54.
Levy, Uriah Phillips: 7/19/54, 7/22/54, 7/26/54, 8/2/54, 8/20/54, 8/24/54, 10/6/54.
Library Committee: Annual Librarian Report, 2/15/54 April 1953; Report, 4/27/53.
Lincoln, Abraham (Pres.): 10/5/54.
Lopez, Aaron: 8/5/54, 8/10/54.
Lyons, Jacques Judah (Rev.): 3/17/54, 3/23/54, 3/24/54, 3/26/54, 3/31/54.
Marshall, Louis: "Louis Marshall," (article, folder 4).
Maryland: 7/21/53; Baltimore, 3/9/54; "The Jews of Baltimore," (article, folder 4).
Massachusetts: Boston, 8/20/54, 8/23/54, 8/24/54, 8/25/54; Cape Cod, 11/3/53, 11/12/53; New Bedford, 7/22/54, 7/26/54, 7/29/54, 8/2/54, 11/10/54.
Medicine: 4/9/54.
Mendes-France family: 11/5/54, 11/11/54, 11/12/54, 11/15/54, 11/17/54, 11/18/54, 12/1/54.
Michelson, Albert A.: 10/6/54.
Michigan: Pontiac War, 10/20/53.
Military Participation: 5/17/54, 5/20/54, 5/24/54, 5/25/54, 5/26/54, 6/4/54, 6/11/54, 6/16/54, 6/18/54, 8/26/54.
Minnesota: 12/3/54, 12/7/54.
Mississippi: 10/22/53; Frontier, 10/19/53.
Missouri: Kansas City, 5/11/54; List of Congregations and Rabbis, 7/30/54, 8/12/54, 8/13/54;
St. Louis, 6/22/54.
Mitchell, Hyman and Levy: 10/20/53.
Mordecai, Abram (founder of Montgomery, AL): 10/20/53, 7/12/54, 7/21/54.
Morgenthau, Morgan Sr.: 5/11/54, 5/13/54.
Morteira (Mortara), Saul Levi (Rabbi): 8/27/54.
Naar, David: 9/30/53.
National Jewish Monthly: Space in, 3/12/54.
"Nation's 10 Outstanding Young Men": 9/8/54, 9/16/54.
New Jersey: "Early Jewish Pioneers of NJ", 9/28/53; Eastern Union County, 5/10/54, 8/2/54, 8/5/54, 8/12/54, 12/29/54; Elizabeth, 7/29/54, 7/30/54, 12/29/54; "Jewish Life in New Jersey" (article, folder 4); Newark, 5/13/54, 6/4/54; Sommerset County, 9/21/54, 9/22/54; Verona-Cedar Grove, 7/19/54.
New Mexico: Frontier, 10/19/53.
New York: Bronx 4/22/54, 4/23/54;
"Jews in the Bronx" (article, folder 4) Brooklyn, 10/8/53; "The First Jewish Cemetery in New York" (article, folder 4); Hudson, 3/25/54, 3/26/54; "Jewish Pioneers in the Construction of New York City" by Helen Hirsch, 8/10/54; Social Welfare Law (New York State), 7/19/54, 7/21/54, 7/23/54, 7/30/54, 8/4/54; Synagogues, 8/11/54, 8/12/54.
Noah, Mordecai Manuel: 3/10/54, 5/5/54, 8/5/54; Ararat, 8/5/54, 8/10/54, 8/31/54, 9/8/54, 9/15/54, 9/17/54; "Mordecai Manuel Noah" (article, folder 4).
Nobel Prize: 5/26/54, 6/9/54, 6/10/54, 6/16/54,11/4/54, 12/27/54.
Office of Historical Information: Annual Librarian Report, 2/15/53; Committee of OHI, invitation to attend meeting, 11/23/53, 1/6/54; Announcement of, 10/22/53 Establishing of, 8/23/54; Financial arrangement for, 7/13/53; Lamm's assignments for week, 2/25/54; Press clippings clearinghouse, 11/19/54; Press release, 10/15/54; Reports, 10/5/53, 11/10/53, 5/1/54, 10/15/54, 3/55; Reports by Hans Lamm, 8/6/54, 8/10/54, 8/12/54, 8/14/54; Secretary, 8/2/54; Status, 6/1/54, 6/10/54, 6/29/54, 7/16/54, 7/17/54, 7/22/54, 7/25/54, 10/15/54, 11/4/54, 11/9/54, 11/19/54, 12/2/54, 12/23/54, 12/31/54; Subcommittee, 6/23/54, 6/24/54; YIVO Institute, 6/20/53, 7/1/53.
Oklahoma: Frontier, 10/19/53.
Olympic Games: Torch, 6/29/54.
Papeper, Sheftall: 3/16/54, 6/9/54.
Pennsylvania: Lancaster, 8/11/54, 9/19/54, 12/8/54, 12/10/54; Philadelphia, 8/4/54; "The Pittsburgh Jewish Community" (article, folder 4); Schaefferstown, 3/24/54, 3/25/54, 3/29/54, 3/31/54, 5/25/54, 8/11/54, 9/19/54.
Phillips, Jonas: 8/5/54, 8/10/54.
Phillips, N. Taylor: 8/30/54.
Polhemus, Johamres Theodorus (Rev.): 9/15/53, 4/22/54, 4/23/54.
Radio and TV Programming: 3/12/54, 3/26/54, 4/2/54, 4/26/54, 4/28/54, 5/3/54, 5/5/54, 5/7/54, 7/15/54, 8/2/54, 8/4/54, 8/13/54, 9/1/54, 9/2/54, 1019/54, 10/24/54.
Reading list: "Reading List on American Jewish History" (article, folder 4).
Rhode Island: Newport, 8/11/53.
Russel, Philip Moses: 7/8/54.
Carvalho, S.N. (author of Incidents of Travel and Adventures...): 8/5/54.
St. Charles (1654): 3/23/54, 3/24/54, 4/5/54.
Salomon, Haym: 10/15/53, 8/11/54, 9/2/54, 9/7/54, 9/9/54, 9/10/54, 9/14/54, 9/20/54, 11/16/54.
Scientists: 5/14/54.
Seixas, Gershom (Rev.): 8/12/54, 8/17/54.
Sholtz, David: 7/12/54.
Simpson, Sampson: 8/5/54, 8/10/54.
South Dakota: Frontier, 10/19/53.
Speaker's Manual (Anti-Defamation League): 4/29/54, 4/30/54, 5/17/54, 5/24/54, 5/26/54, 7/5/54, 7/6/54, 6/10/54, 6/16/54, 7/19/54, 7/21/54, 7/23/54, 7/28/54, 8/27/54.
Statistics: 12/3/54; US and Jewish Population Figures, 5/26/54, 6/4/54, 6/11/54, 6/15/54 7/2/54, 8/13/54, 8/25/54.
Stiles, Ezra: 3/24/54, 4/1/54, 4/2/54, 4/7/54, 3/8/54, 4/12/54, 8/6/54, 8/17/54; "Rabbi Carigal and President Stiles," (article, folder 4).
Stuyvesant, Peter (Gov.): 8/3/54, "Governor Peter Stuyvesant on the Jews of New Amsterdam," (article, folder 4).
Sutro, Adolph (Mayor of San Francisco): 9/18/53, 3/3/54, 3/9/54, 3/15/54, 3/18/54, 3/23/54, 3/24/54, 3/25/54; "Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph," (notes, folder 4); "Adolph Sutro-Pioneer-Planner-Politician-Philanthropist," (article, folder 4).
Synagogues: Twelve oldest in US, 9/17/54, 9/20/54, 9/23/54, 9/17/54, 10/26/54.
Theater, US: 11/11/54, 11/15/54.
300th Anniversary Dinner: 9/12/54, 9/16/54, 10/21/54, 10/22/54, 11/18/54; Addresses, 12/2/54.
Time Line for Sept. 1654 and 1825: 8/25/54.
Touro, Judah: 8/5/54, 8/10/54.
Touro Synagogue (Longfellow Poem): 8/4/54, 8/5/54, 8/27/54.
23 Jews, Names of (Sept. 1654): 7/14/54.
Union of American Hebrew Congregations: 8/4/54, 8/6/54, 12/21/54, 12/23/54; Number of members, 6/25/54.
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations: Number of members, 6/25/54.
United States Diplomats, District Attorneys, Senators, List of: 5/12/54.
United States, leading Jews: 12/9/54, 12/13/54.
United States Presidents: Attending Synagogue services, 10/9/53, 10/22/53; Passage of bibles used in Inaugurations, 4/22/54; Select letters from, 8/4/54, 9/16/54.
United States Public Service, Jews in: 7/7/54.
United Synagogue of America: Number of members, 6/28/54.
Virginia: Colonial, 8/14/53.
Virgin Islands: Jewish Governor, 7/12/54, 7/29/54.
Waksman, Selman N.: 8/17/54.
Washington, George: 8/5/54, 8/17/54.
Washington State: Marcus, 3/24/54, 3/25/54.
Welfare Funds and Federations: 1/29/54, 3/19/54, 5/24/54, 6/21, 54, 7/30/54, 12/7/54, 12/29/54.
West Point Military Academy: 7/16/54, 7/20/54, 7/21/54, 8/16/54, 8/24/54, 12/15/54.
West Virginia: 11/4/54.
Wisconsin: Racine, 12/2/54, 12/24/54.
Wouk, Herman: 5/19/54, 6/10/54.
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein Medical School, Time Capsule for: 3/22/54, 3/24/54.
YIVO Institute: 6/18/54.
YW & MHAs: 12/29/54.
Yulee, David Levy (Senator): 6/17/54, 7/12/54.
Zionism: 10/20/53, 6/18/54, 6/21/54, 6/30/54, 7/1/54; American Zionist Council, 6/21/54, 6/30/54, 7/1/54; First Zionist Congress at Basle, 5/20/54.
- Title
- Guide to the Collection of the American Jewish Tercentenary Celebration, undated, 1949-1956 I-11
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Lyn Slome and Adina Anflick
- Date
- ֲ© 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from Tercentenary.xml
Revision Statements
- May, December 2020: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
