TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Horace Joseph Wolf Papers. 1914-1926.

Manuscript Collection No. 562



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Wolf, Horace Joseph, 1885-1927.
Title: Horace Joseph Wolf Papers.
Dates: 1914-1926.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet.
Abstract: Consists of sermons, correspondence, and a report to the Central Conference of American Rabbis on Jewish Ethics and Social Justice (1920).
Collection Number: MS-562
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Rabbi, communal and civic leader in Rochester, N.Y., Wolf was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15, 1885. He was ordained at Hebrew Union College and subsequently served on the New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections, as a field worker for the Jewish Welfare Board, and on the Joint Distribution Committee. He died in Rochester, February 17, 1927.


Scope and Content Note

Consists of sermons, correspondence, and a report to the Central Conference of American Rabbis on Jewish Ethics and Social Justice (1920).


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Horace Joseph Wolf 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

Phillip S. Bernstein, by the act of donating the Horace Joseph Wolf Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Horace Joseph Wolf 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 Horace Joseph Wolf Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-562. Horace Joseph Wolf Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Horace Joseph Wolf Papers were received from Phillip S. Bernstein, Rochester, New York.

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 Conference of American Rabbis
Jewish sermons, American
Jews -- New York (State) -- Rochester
Judaism and social problems
Rabbis -- New York (State) -- Rochester
Wolf, Horace Joseph -- 1885-1927