TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Isaac Leeser Papers. 1840-1867.

Manuscript Collection No. 197



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Leeser, Isaac, 1806-1868.
Title: Isaac Leeser Papers.
Dates: 1840-1867.
Quantity: 0.8 linear feet.
Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, and other materials relating to Leeser's activities as rabbi and editor of the Occident and American Jewish Advocate.
Collection Number: MS-197
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Rabbi and editor, of Philadelphia, Pa.


Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, and other materials relating to Leeser's activities as rabbi and editor of the Occident and American Jewish Advocate.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Isaac Leeser 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 Isaac Leeser Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Isaac Leeser 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.


In part, photostat copies.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-197. Isaac Leeser Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Isaac Leeser 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.

Jewish periodicals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Jews -- United States -- Periodicals
Leeser, Isaac, -- 1806-1868
Occident and American Jewish Advocate
Rabbis -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia