TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Ephraim Frisch Papers. 1905-1958.

Manuscript Collection No. 187



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Frisch, Ephraim,1880-1957.
Title: Ephraim Frisch Papers.
Dates: 1905-1958.
Quantity: 2 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of correspondence, sermons, writings, biographical data, newsclippings, prayers, memorials, and notes; together with a denominational survey of Christian education.
Collection Number: MS-187
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Ephraim Frisch was born in Lithuania in 1880. In 1904 he was ordained as a rabbi at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Frisch was a pulpit rabbi and was active in the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans for Democratic Action. Ephraim Frisch died in 1957.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of correspondence, sermons, writings, biographical data, newsclippings, prayers, memorials, and notes; together with a denominational survey of Christian education.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Ephraim Frisch 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 Ephraim Frisch Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Ephraim Frisch 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 Ephraim Frisch Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-187. Ephraim Frisch Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Ephraim Frisch 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.

American Civil Liberties Union
Americans for Democratic Action
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Christianity -- Relations with Jews
Frisch, Ephraim -- 1880-1957
Jewish sermons, American
Rabbis