TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Maurice Davis Papers. 1947-1985.

Manuscript Collection No. 273



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Davis, Maurice, 1920-1993.
Title: Maurice Davis Papers.
Dates: 1947-1985.
Quantity: 1.6 linear feet.
Abstract: Correspondence, sermons, writings, and other materials relating to his rabbinical career in Indiana, Kentucky and New York, and his career as a chaplain. Persons represented include Abraham Cronbach.
Collection Number: MS-273
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Rabbi, of White Plains, N.Y.


Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, sermons, writings, and other materials relating to his rabbinical career in Indiana, Kentucky and New York, and his career as a chaplain. Persons represented include Abraham Cronbach.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Maurice Davis 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

Maurice Davis, by the act of donating the Maurice Davis Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Maurice Davis 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

Provenance

The Maurice Davis Papers were received from Maurice Davis, White Plains, New York, in 1985.

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.

Chaplains, Military
Cronbach, Abraham -- 1882-1965
Davis, Maurice -- 1920-1993
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Jewish Community Center (White Plains, N.Y.)
Jewish sermons, American
Jews -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Jews -- Kentucky -- Lexington
Jews -- New York (State) -- White Plains
Rabbis -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Rabbis -- Kentucky -- Lexington
Rabbis -- New York (State) -- White Plains
Temple Adath Israel (Lexington, Ky.)