TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Moses P. Jacobson Papers. 1897-1942.

Manuscript Collection No. 261



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Jacobson, Moses P.(Moses Perez), 1864-1945.
Title: Moses P. Jacobson Papers.
Dates: 1897-1942.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of sermons, addresses, confirmation programs, correspondence and miscellaneous items.
Collection Number: MS-261
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Moses P. Jacobson was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1864. He received his rabbinic ordination in 1886 from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and served as a congregational rabbi in many cities throughout his career, most notably in Shreveport, Louisiana and Asheville, North Carolina. Jacobson died in 1945.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of sermons, addresses, confirmation programs, correspondence and miscellaneous items.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Moses P. Jacobson 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

Mrs. Paul Cohn, by the act of donating the Moses P. Jacobson Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Moses P. Jacobson 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 Moses P. Jacobson Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-261. Moses P. Jacobson Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Moses P. Jacobson Papers were received from Mrs. Paul Cohn, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1974-1975.

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.

Confirmation (Jewish rite)
Jacobson, Moses P. -- (Moses Perez), -- 1864-1945, -- Manuscripts
Jewish sermons, American
Jews -- Louisiana -- Shreveport
Jews -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Rabbis -- Louisiana -- Shreveport
Rabbis -- North Carolina -- Asheville