TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Joseph Stolz Papers. 1844-1950(bulk 1900-1930).

Manuscript Collection No. 242



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Stolz, Joseph, 1861-1941.
Title: Joseph Stolz Papers.
Dates: 1844-1950
Bulk Dates: 1900-1930.
Quantity: 0.8 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of correspondence, sermons, writings and notebooks concerning congregational activities and Stolz's work in the Central Conference of American Rabbis; together with letters of family members in Germany.
Collection Number: MS-242
Language: Collection material in English, German, and Yiddish.

Biographical Sketch

Joseph Stolz was born in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1861. In 1884 he was ordained as a rabbi at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Stolz spent most of his career in Chicago at Zion Congregation, and later, at Temple Isaiah. Stolz was president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis from 1905-1907. Stolz died in 1941.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of correspondence, sermons, writings and notebooks concerning congregational activities and Stolz's work in the Central Conference of American Rabbis; together with letters of family members in Germany.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

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

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-242. Joseph Stolz Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Joseph Stolz 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.

Central Conference of American Rabbis
Jewish sermons, American
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago
Rabbis -- Illinois -- Chicago
Stolz, Joseph -- 1861-1941
Temple Isaiah (Chicago, Ill.)
Zion Congregation (Chicago, Ill.)