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A Finding Aid to the Jews of Cincinnati Collection. 1824-1989.
Manuscript Collection No. 676
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Collector: | Klein, Nancy H. |
| Title: | Jews of Cincinnati Collection |
| Dates: | 1824-1989 |
| Quantity: | 6.8 linear feet (17 Hollinger boxes) |
| Abstract: | The Jews of Cincinnati Collection documents the history of the Cincinnati Jewish experience from its roots in 1814 until 1989. The history focuses on the Jewish community instead of the Jewish contribution to the larger Cincinnati community and resulted in the publication of a book entitled Jews of Cincinnati. Materials in the collection include Xeroxes of newsclippings and other manuscript sources. It also contains family photograph collections donated as part of the project. |
| Collection Number: | MS-676 |
| Language: | Collection material in English |
Collection Sketch
The Jews of Cincinnati, published in 1989, was sponsored by a number of Jewish Cincinnati groups including the Study for the American Jewish Experience at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. It was the first published history of the Cincinnati Jewish community. The work took earlier sources, both print and graphic, and put them into context, instead of writing an extensive narrative. The history does not focus on specific families or specific institutions. Instead, it takes a sampling of several and presents it all in a chronological fashion.
The Jews of Cincinnati was compiled and authored by Nancy Klein, who was employed by the Jewish Bureau of Education for Cincinnati and Jonathan Sarna, then a professor of history at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Full Citation
Sarna, Jonathan D., and Nancy H. Klein. 1989. The Jews of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio: Center for Study of the American Jewish Experience, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Scope and Content Note
The Jews of Cincinnati, a book published in 1989, documents the history of the Cincinnati, Ohio Jewish experience from its roots in 1814 until the time of publication. The history focuses on the Jewish community instead of the Jewish contribution to the larger Cincinnati community. The material found in the manuscript sources series provides citations for materials borrowed or copied out of collections in various archives including the American Jewish Archives and individual donors. Additional materials on topics such as the Joseph Friedman-Peter Still case, can be found in the cut materials section of the manuscript series. Corresponding with the book’s organization, materials are grouped chronologically. Within the chapter folders, materials are not necessarily organized into any particular order.
Materials in the collection include Xeroxes of newsclippings and other manuscript sources. These documents are arranged according to theme in the research files series, and contain both included and excluded material from the final manuscript. While there are some notes, the series consists primarily of the copied documents. The research files series also contains family photograph collections donated as part of the project. There are original family photographs for a number of prominent Cincinnati families, including the Fechheimer, Goldman, Krohn, Magrish, and Wolfenstein families as well as the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. The span dates for the collection are 1824-1989.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged in two (2) series:
Restrictions
Terms of Access and Use
The Jews of Cincinnati Collection is 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
Nancy Klein, by the act of donating the Jews of Cincinnati Collection to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are 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
Separated Material
Correspondence of Robert Philip Goldman (MS-31) and James Magrish (MS-198) have been removed to their own manuscript collections.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Jews of Cincinnati Collection and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-676. Jews of Cincinnati Collection. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Jews of Cincinnati Collection was received from Nancy Klein, Cincinnati, Ohio, in December, 1989 and January, 1990.
Processing Information
Processed by Melinda McMartin, February, 2002. Further processing later completed by Kevin Proffitt.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Box Folder Listing
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the American Jewish Archives's online catalog.