TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Institutional Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Conditions of Access and Use

Administrative Information

Search Terms

Box Folder Listing

Series A. Records. 1914-2012.

Series B. Presented Papers. 1923, 1965-2015, undated.

A Finding Aid to The Board (Cincinnati, Ohio) Records. 1914-2015.

Manuscript Collection No. 789


Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: The Board (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Title: The Board (Cincinnati, Ohio) Records
Dates: 1914-2015
Quantity: 2.8 linear feet (7 Hollinger boxes)
Abstract: Correspondence, meeting records and papers of a men's literary club founded in 1912.
Collection Number: MS-789
Language: Collection material in English

Institutional Sketch

The Board was founded in 1912 by a group of German Jews in Cincinnati. It remains a Jewish men's literary club that meets for a presentation of a paper by a member. Club members have included Nelson Glueck, Gilbert Bettman, James G. Heller, Adolph Oko, and Eugene Mihaly.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of correspondence, meeting files, presidents' papers, event programs, and papers presented by members at meetings of The Board.


Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in two (2) series.

  • Series A. Records. 1914-2012.
  • Series B: Presented Papers. 1923, 1965-2015, undated.

Conditions of Access and Use

Terms of Access and Use

The collection is open for use; no restrictions apply.

Terms of Reproduction and Use

This collection has been placed in the permanent care, custody, and control of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) by the donors of the collection. Questions concerning rights to use or publish materials from the collection should be addressed to the Executive Director of the AJA. For more information, see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the The Board Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-789. The Board (Cincinnati, Ohio) Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Records of The Board were received from Dan Hoffheimer and The Board, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Processing Note

This collection was originally arranged and described according to minimal-processing standards. Processing was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Processing Information

Processed by Kevin Proffitt, August 2011. Additional material processed by Steve Collins in January 2017.


Box Folder Listing

Series A. Records. 1914-2012. [4 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Includes correspondence, event planning records, meeting files, presidents' papers, and additional records pertaining to administration and event planning. Meeting files include agendas, minutes, presiders' notes, materials pertaining to member elections, and additional records pertaining to business conducted at regular meetings.
Arrangement Note: Files are arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically within each subject.
Box Folder
1 1 Anniversaries, 50th. 1962.
1 2 Anniversaries, 60th. 1972.
1 3 Anniversaries, Centennial. 2012.
1 4 Anniversaries, Miscellaneous. 1937-2002.
1 5 Correspondence. 1959-1964.
1 6 Correspondence. 1965-1975.
1 7 Correspondence. 1979-1988.
Box Folder
2 1 Correspondence. 1989-1991.
2 2 Correspondence. 1992-1996.
2 3 Correspondence. 1997-1999.
2 4 Correspondence. 2000-2006.
Box Folder
3 1 Event invitations and programs. 1914-2012.
3 2 Meetings. 1959-1969.
3 3 Meetings. 1970-1979.
3 4 Meetings. 1980-1996.
3 5 Meetings. 1997-1999.
3 6 Meetings. 2000-2004.
Box Folder
4 1 Presidents' files. 1971-1979.
4 2 Presidents' files. 1981-1989.
4 3 Reorganization. 1977.
4 4 Survey regarding papers. 1992.
Series B. Presented Papers. 1923, 1965-2015, undated. [3 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Includes topical papers prepared by Board members and presented at regular meetings. An appendix listing presenters, paper titles, and presentation dates is available.
Arrangement Note: Papers are arranged chronologically by presentation date.
Box Folder
5 1 Papers. 1923.
5 2 Papers. 1965-1969.
5 3 Papers. 1970-1979.
5 4 Papers. 1980-1985.
5 5 Papers. 1986-1989.
5 6 Papers. 1990-1991.
Box Folder
6 1 Papers. 1992-1995.
6 2 Papers. 1996-1997.
6 3 Papers. 1998-1999.
6 4 Papers. 2000-2002.
Box Folder
7 1 Papers. 2003-2005.
7 2 Papers. 2006-2009.
7 3 Papers. 2010-2015.
7 4 Papers, untitled. Undated.

Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA Online Catalog.

Persons and Families

Hoffheimer, Daniel J.

Institutions

The Board (Cincinnati, Ohio)
United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Subjects

Jews -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
Literature -- Societies, etc.
Men -- Societies and clubs