TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Finding Aid to the Leon Laizer Watters Papers. 1854-1968.
Manuscript Collection No. 495
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Watters, Leon Laizer, 1877-1967. |
| Title: | Leon Laizer Watters Papers. |
| Dates: | 1854-1968. |
| Quantity: | 1.6 linear feet. |
| Quantity: | 6 microfilm reels. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, biographies, manuscripts of writings, personal recollections, newspaper articles, and photos relating to the National Jewish Welfare Board, Young Men's Hebrew Associations, and Congregation B'nai Israel, Salt Lake City, Utah. Persons represented include Albert Einstein. |
| Collection Number: | MS-495 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Biographical Sketch
Scientist and chemist.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, biographies, manuscripts of writings, personal recollections, newspaper articles, and photos relating to the National Jewish Welfare Board, Young Men's Hebrew Associations, and Congregation B'nai Israel, Salt Lake City, Utah. Persons represented include Albert Einstein.
Restrictions
Terms of Access and Use
The Leon Laizer Watters 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
Mrs. Leon L. Watters, by the act of donating the Leon Laizer Watters Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Leon Laizer Watters 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
Alternative Forms of Collection
The Leon Laizer Watters Papers includes microfilm. The microfilm may be a duplicate of the collection or include different materials. see MF-2792 to MF-2797. Microfilm is available through inter-library loan.
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Leon Laizer Watters Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-495. Leon Laizer Watters Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Leon Laizer Watters Papers were received from Mrs. Leon L. Watters, New York, New York, in 1967.
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.