TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Finding Aid to the Jacob Ezekiel Papers. 1817-1921.
Manuscript Collection No. 452
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Ezekiel, Jacob, 1812-1899. |
| Title: | Jacob Ezekiel Papers. |
| Dates: | 1817-1921. |
| Quantity: | 0.4 linear feet. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and scrapbooks covering the activites of Jacob Ezekiel and family. Included is material covering Hebrew Union College, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Hebrew Benevolent Society of Baltimore, Maryland; articles by Herbert T. Ezekiel; and Jacob Ezekiel's copybooks (1842). Correspondents include Isaac M. Wise, Marcus Jastrow, Frederick De Sola Mendes, and Henry Berkowitz. |
| Collection Number: | MS-452 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Biographical Sketch
Communal leader Jacob Ezekiel was born in Philadelphia, June 20, 1812. In 1833 he moved to Baltimore where he helped establish the Hebrew Benevolent Society. The next year he moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he entered the dry goods business and became active in Jewish affairs. Moving to Cincinnati in 1869, Ezekiel served as secretary of the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College from 1876-1896. He died in Cincinnati, May 16, 1899.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and scrapbooks covering the activites of Jacob Ezekiel and family. Included is material covering Hebrew Union College, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Hebrew Benevolent Society of Baltimore, Maryland; articles by Herbert T. Ezekiel; and Jacob Ezekiel's copybooks (1842). Correspondents include Isaac M. Wise, Marcus Jastrow, Frederick De Sola Mendes, and Henry Berkowitz.
Restrictions
Terms of Access and Use
The Jacob Ezekiel 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 Jacob Ezekiel Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Jacob Ezekiel 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 Jacob Ezekiel Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-452. Jacob Ezekiel Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Jacob Ezekiel 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
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