ARC.107 Spiegel, Shalom Papers 1899-1984

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Abstract/Description: The Shalom Spiegel collection (1899-1984) consists of correspondence, handwritten notes, institutional records, copies of lectures, typescripts with notes, manuscripts, and ephemera. The collection is divided into six series: Correspondence, Genizah, Writings, Foundation Material, Jewish Theological Seminary Material, and Personal Material. Highlights of the collection include professional correspondence with important scholars and leaders such as Alexander Marx, Stephen S. Wise, Israel Davidson, Gershom Scholem, Alexander Scheiber, E. E. Urbach, and Menahem Zulay; notes on Medieval Hebrew literature and liturgy; documentation of Spiegel's involvement with the Kohut, Matz and Mekize Nirdamim Foundations; materials related to Spiegel's teaching career at the Jewish Institute of Religion and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America; and personal correspondence with Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Although Spiegel published very little in his lifetime, the Writings series, consisting mostly of notes and other unpubished materials, sheds light on his interest and knowledge in a wide range of biblical and poetical topics.
Subject(s): Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970, Correspondent (crp)
Baron, Salo Wittmayer, 1895-, Correspondent (crp)
Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934, Correspondent (crp)
Bokser, Ben Zion, 1907-1984
Davidson, Israel, 1870-1939
Davis, Moshe
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991
Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953
Goitein, Shelomo Dov, 1900-1985, Correspondent (crp)
Goldin, Judah, 1914–1998
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983
Kaufmann, Yehezkel, 1889-1963, Correspondent (crp)
Kohut, Alexander, 1842-1894
Lieberman, Saul, 1898-1983
Marx, Alexander, 1878-1953
Scheiber, Alexander, 1913—1986
Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982
Spiegel, Sam
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945
Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972
Urbach, Efraim Elimelech, 1912-1991, Correspondent (crp)
Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949
Zulay, Menahem, 1899-1955
Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation
Genizah
Israel Matz Foundation
Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, N.Y.)
Jewish Theological Seminary of America Board of Directors
Mekize Nirdamim Society
Bible--Study and teaching
Cairo Genizah
Hebrew literature
Jewish learning and scholarship
Jewish religious literature -- Publication and distribution
Jews--United States--Societies, etc
Lectures and lecturing
Speeches, addresses, etc
Studies in medieval Judaism
Date Issued: 1914