TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Jacob Z. Lauterbach Papers. 1902-1942.

Manuscript Collection No. 186



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Lauterbach, Jacob Z. (Jacob Zallel), 1873-1942.
Title: Jacob Z. Lauterbach Papers.
Dates: 1902-1942.
Quantity: 1.2 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of correspondence, writings, notes, awards, and miscellaneous materials relating to Lauterbach's career as a rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and faculty member at Hebrew Union College.
Collection Number: MS-186
Language: Collection material in English, German, and Hebrew.

Biographical Sketch

Jacob Z. Lauterbach was born in Galicia in 1873. He received his rabbinic ordination and a Ph.D. while in Berlin, Germany. In 1911 he became a professor of Talmud at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Lauterbach was a Talmudic scholar and served on many scholarly and academic boards. Jacob Z. Lauterbach died in 1942.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of correspondence, writings, notes, awards, and miscellaneous materials relating to Lauterbach's career as a rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and faculty member at Hebrew Union College.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Jacob Z. Lauterbach 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

Various donors, by the act of donating the Jacob Z. Lauterbach Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Jacob Z. Lauterbach 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 Jacob Z. Lauterbach Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-186. Jacob Z. Lauterbach Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Jacob Z. Lauterbach Papers were received from various donors.

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.

Hebrew Union College -- Faculty
Jewish college teachers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
Lauterbach, Jacob Z. -- (Jacob Zallel), -- 1873-1942 -- Manuscripts
Rabbis
Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc