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A Finding Aid to the Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) Records. 1839-1926.
Manuscript Collection No. 542
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) |
| Title: | Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) Records. |
| Dates: | 1839-1926. |
| Quantity: | 10 linear feet. |
| Abstract: | Minutes, treasurer's accounts, records of births, marriages and deaths, ketubahs, and pew stubs; together with minute books (1895-1913) of the Women's League. |
| Collection Number: | MS-542 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Institutional Sketch
Touro Synagogue is the sixth oldest synagogue in the U.S., tracing its roots back to 1828. Shanarai-Chasset (Congregation Gates of Mercy) and Nefutzoth Yehudah (Congregation Dispersed of Judah) merged in 1881 and named themselves after the merchant-philanthropist Judah Touro. It later joined the Reform movement in 1891.
Scope and Content Note
Minutes, treasurer's accounts, records of births, marriages and deaths, ketubahs, and pew stubs; together with minute books (1895-1913) of the Women's League.
Conditions of Access and Use
Terms of Access and Use
The Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) 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
The Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.), by the act of donating the Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.). 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 Material
This collection includes oversized materials, located in X-361 and X-362.
Photostat copies.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-542. Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, La.) Records were received from the Touro Synagogue, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Processing Information
Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.
Box Listing
Search Terms
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