RG 2 - Board of Directors Records
| Title: | Guid e to the JTSA. Board of Directors Records 1903-1972; 1930s-1972, (bulk). |
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| Name(s): | Jewish Theological Seminary of America Board of Directors. | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1903 | |
| Abstract/Description: | Records of the Jewish Theological Seminary's Board of Directors consist of correspondence files, 1930s-1940s, and a group of chronological files, 1927-1972, which contain additional correspondence; minutes; agendas and meeting notices; committee | |
| Abstract/Description: | reports; lists of members; lists of | |
| Abstract/Description: | committees; by-laws; press releases; speeches; clippings; and other material generated by the work of the board. A small group of files containing sparse records of the administrative, executive, finance, nominating, and real estate committees, | |
| Abstract/Description: | 1940s-1950s, and a more substantial group of Liaison Committee records, 1946-1959, is also included. Board members represented in the files include Saul Blickman, Max Drob, Louis M. Epstein, William Fischman, Harry Friedenwald, Solomon Goldman, | |
| Abstract/Description: | Jacob C. Gutman, Henry S. Hendricks, Abraham Krasne, Leon S. Lang, Irving Lehman, Lester S. Levy, Edgar J. Nathan, Arthur Oppenheimer, David H. Pleet, Simon Rifkind, A.S.W. Rosenbach, Charles J. Rosenbloom, Samuel Schneierson, J. Solis-Cohen, Lewis | |
| Abstract/Description: | L. Strauss, Saul S. Streit, Alan M. Stroock, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, and Frieda Schiff Warburg. Letters of Seminary presidents Solomon Schechter and Cyrus Adler are included. | |
| Note(s): |
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, located in New York, was founded in 1886 and reorganized in 1902 under the leadership of Solomon Schechter. The Seminary, considered the fountainhead of the Conservative Movement in Judaism, consists of a rabbinical school and graduate and undergraduate programs in Jewish studies. During the early decades of the century it also included a Jewish teachers training institute. The Seminary's heads have been: Sabato Morais (1886-1897), Solomon Schechter (1902-1915), Cyrus Adler (1915-1940), Louis Finkelstein (1940-1972), Gerson Cohen (1972-1986), and Ismar Schorsch (1986-present). Inventory available. |
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| Subject(s): |
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-- Friedenwald, Harry, 1864-1950 Goldman, Solomon, 1893-1953 Lang, Leon S, 1898- Lehman, Irving Rifkind, Simon H. (Simon Hirsch), 1901- Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952 Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915 Blickman, Saul Drob, Max Fischman, William Gutman, Jacob C Hendricks, Henry S Krasne, Abraham Levy, Lester S Nathan, Edgar J Oppenheimer, Arthur Pleet, David H Rosenbloom, Charles J Schneierson, Samuel S Solis-Cohen, J Strauss, Lewis L Streit, Saul S Stroock, Alan M Sulzberger, Arthur Hays Warburg, Frieda Schiff, 1876-1958 Conservative Judaism Jewish religious education Jews, American Rabbinical seminaries -- New York (N.Y.) Universities and colleges -- Administration |
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| Library Classification: | R.G.2 | |
| Held by: | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 3080 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10027 U.S.A. | |
| Restrictions on Access: | Permission required. Some items may be restricted. Reproduction of fragile items is not permitted. Consult the Librarian about literary rights. | |
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