TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Lewis-Stein Family Papers. 1869-1983.

Manuscript Collection No. 754



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Lewis-Stein Family
Title: Lewis-Stein Family Papers.
Dates: 1869-1983
Quantity: 0.4 linear ft.
Abstract: Collection includes a scrapbook with clippings and records that document the life and career of Samuel A. Lewis (1831-1913), a New York City politician, community leader and philanthropist. Papers also include correspondence between his descendents, photographs, miscellaneous information on the Lewis family, and a student paper written by Howard Stein, a descendent of Samuel Lewis.
Collection Number: MS-754
Language: Collection material in English.

Scope and Content Note

Collection includes a scrapbook with clippings and records that document the life and career of Samuel A. Lewis (1831-1913), a New York City politician, community leader and philanthropist. Papers also include correspondence between his descendents, photographs, miscellaneous information on the Lewis family, and a student paper written by Howard Stein, a descendent of Samuel Lewis.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Lewis-Stein Family 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

Robert and Saralee Stein, by the act of donating the Lewis-Stein Family Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Lewis-Stein Family and their 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 Lewis-Stein Family Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-754. Lewis-Stein Family Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Lewis-Stein Family Papers were received from Robert and Saralee Stein, New York, New York, in 2008.

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.

Lewis family
Lewis, Samuel Alexander -- 1831-1913