TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the B. Benedict Glazer Papers. 1926-1957.

Manuscript Collection No. 148



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Glazer, B. Benedict (Bable Benedict), 1902-1952.
Title: B. Benedict Glazer Papers.
Dates: 1926-1957.
Quantity: 4.1 linear ft.
Abstract: Consists of sermons, addresses, lectures, book reviews, pamphlets, and miscellaneous papers.
Collection Number: MS-148
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

B. Benedict Glazer was born in Dallas, Texas, on August 18, 1902. He received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Cincinnati and was ordained a rabbi at Hebrew Union College. Glazer was a noted Reform rabbi in New York City and Detroit, Michigan. He served on the governor's Commission on Civil Rights in Michigan, and was on the Executive Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He died in Detroit, May 15, 1952.


Scope and Content Note

Consists of sermons, addresses, lectures, book reviews, pamphlets, and miscellaneous papers.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The B. Benedict Glazer Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Levi A. Olan, by the act of donating the B. Benedict Glazer Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by B. Benedict Glazer and his heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the B. Benedict Glazer Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-148. B. Benedict Glazer Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The B. Benedict Glazer Papers were received from Levi A. Olan, Dallas, Texas, in 1961.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

Congregation Emanu-El (New York, N.Y.)
Glazer, B. Benedict -- (Bable Benedict), -- 1902-1952 -- Manuscripts
Jewish sermons, American
Jews -- Michigan -- Detroit
Jews -- New York (N.Y.)
Rabbis
Rodef Shalom Temple (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Temple Beth El (Detroit, Mich.)