TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Bernard Louis Levinthal Papers. 1926-1945.

Manuscript Collection No. 468



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Levinthal, Bernard Louis, ca. 1864-1952.
Title: Bernard Louis Levinthal Papers.
Dates: 1926-1945.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of correspondence relating to personal matters and to Rabbi Levinthal's stature as an Orthodox Jewish leader; together with fortieth anniversary journal (1934) of Yeshiva Mishkan Israel and Central Talmud Torah, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collection Number: MS-468
Language: Collection material in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.

Biographical Sketch

Born in Lithuania ca. 1864, Bernard Louis Levinthal came to the U.S. in 1891, settling in Philadelphia. Levinthal was a founder and officer of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada and was a founder of other Orthodox Jewish organizations. Levinthal died in 1952.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of correspondence relating to personal matters and to Rabbi Levinthal's stature as an Orthodox Jewish leader; together with fortieth anniversary journal (1934) of Yeshiva Mishkan Israel and Central Talmud Torah, Philadelphia, Pa.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Bernard Louis Levinthal 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

Marvin I. Levinthal, by the act of donating the Bernard Louis Levinthal Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Bernard Louis Levinthal 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 Bernard Louis Levinthal Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-468. Bernard Louis Levinthal Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Bernard Louis Levinthal Papers were received from Marvin I. Levinthal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1959.

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 Talmud Torah (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Levinthal, Bernard Louis, -- ca. 1864-1952. -- Manuscripts
Orthodox Judaism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Rabbis -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada
Yeshiva Mishkan Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)