TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Search Terms

Box Folder Listing

Series A. Selig Adler Papers. 1921-1961.

A Finding Aid to the Selig Adler Papers. 1921-1961(bulk 1952-1960).

Manuscript Collection No. 478


Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Adler, Selig, 1909-1984
Title: Selig Adler Papers.
Dates: 1921-1961.
Bulk Dates: 1952-1960.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet (1 Holinger Box)
Abstract: Research notes and miscellaneous items used for a history of the Buffalo, N.Y., Jewish community, From Ararat to Suburbia, written by Adler and Thomas E. Connolly, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America.
Collection Number: MS-478
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Born in Baltimore in 1909, Adler was a historian and a faculty member at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Adler died in 1984.


Scope and Content Note

Consists of 1 hollinger box. Includes clippings, correspondence on the American Jewish Tricentenary, materials from Adler's book From Ararat to Suburbia, biographical and miscellaneous information on Buffalo. New York Jews and Jewish institutions.


Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in one series:

Series A. Selig Adler Papers. 1921-1961.

Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Selig Adler 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

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


Related Material

Related Collections

Adler, Della, 1876-1975. Papers. 1964. SC-95.

Adler, Selig, 1909-1984. Palestine Question in the Wilson Era. Article and Correspondence. 1948-1949. SC-122.

Adler, Selig, 1909-1984. Letters. 1972. 1979. SC-123.

Adler, Selig, 1909-1984. Article and correspondence, Zebulon B. Vance and the Scattered Nation. 1941-1944. SC-124.

Adler, Selig, 1909-1984. Nearprint file.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Selig Adler Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-478. Selig Adler Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Selig Adler Papers were received from Selig Adler, Buffalo, New York in 1960.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives Staff. Additional processing done by Nathan Tallman, June 2010.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.


Box Folder Listing

Series A. Selig Adler Papers. 1921-1961.
Box Folder
1 1 Clippings. 1921-1960.
1 2 Correspondence. American Jewish Tricentenary. 1954.
1 3 From Ararat to Suburbia. Bibliographic references. Rough draft.
1 4 From Ararat to Suburbia. Buffalo, New York. Biographical sketches. 1947-1961.
1 5 From Ararat to Suburbia. Buffalo, New York. Jewish Instituions. 1936-1959.
1 6 From Ararat to Suburbia. Early draft. Chapter 2. 1956.
1 7 From Ararat to Suburbia. Footnotes. Chapters 1-9.
1 8 From Ararat to Suburbia. Typescript. Chapters 1-5. 1960.
1 9 From Ararat to Suburbia. Typescript. Chapters 6, 7, and 9. 1960.
[Chapter 8 typescript is missing.]

Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the American Jewish Archives's online catalog.

Persons and Families

Adler, Selig, 1909-1984
Connolly, Thomas E.

Subjects

Jews --New York (State) -- Buffalo