TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Institutional Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records. 1835-1908.

Manuscript Collection No. 367



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.).
Title: Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records.
Dates: 1835-1908.
Quantity: 0.8 linear feet.
Abstract: Constitution and bylaws (1848-1869), Minute books (1845-1869), Board of Trustees Minutes (1835-1908), Minutes of Building Committee (1866-1903), Minutes of Sunday School Board (1896-1899), Minute book of the Electors of the Congregation (1847-1908), and Members Register (1879).
Collection Number: MS-367
Language: Collection material in English.

Institutional Sketch

Congregation Shaaray Tefila (West End Synagogue) was founded in 1845. During its first 35 years, it was an Orthodox congregation, then the congregation was Conservative for the next 15 years. Since 1895, it has been a Reform congregation.


Scope and Content Note

Constitution and bylaws (1848-1869), Minute books (1845-1869), Board of Trustees Minutes (1835-1908), Minutes of Building Committee (1866-1903), Minutes of Sunday School Board (1896-1899), Minute book of the Electors of the Congregation (1847-1908), and Members Register (1879).


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records 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

Bernard Bamberger, by the act of donating the Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.). 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 Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-367. Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.) Records were received from Bernard Bamberger, New York, New York, in 1950.

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.

Congregation Shaaray Tefila (New York, N.Y.)
Jews -- New York (N.Y.)
Reform Judaism -- New York (N.Y.)
Synagogues -- New York (N.Y.)

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