Guide to the American Jewish Historical Society Collection
1898-1900
Collection Overview | |
| Title: | American Jewish Historical Society collection |
| Dates: | 1898-1900 |
| Size: | 1 folder |
| Abstract: | The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) was founded in 1892 to foster awareness and appreciation for Jewish culture and heritage. In 1898, it held its seventh annual meeting in Philadelphia. The collection contains a copy of the Publications of the AJHS No. 8, with an invitation card, a program, newspaper clippings, a list of attendees, and correspondence with Charles J. Cohen regarding the seventh annual meeting of the AJHS. |
| Languages: | Materials are in English. |
| Call No: | 2000.004 |
Finding aid encoded August, 2009
Finding aid encoded in English.
The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) was founded in 1892 to foster awareness and appreciation for Jewish culture and heritage. In 1898, it held its seventh annual meeting in Philadelphia. At that meeting, Dr. Cyrus Adler, the corresponding secretary of the AJHS, presented a report showing that the society had 216 members at that time. On the first night of the conference, a reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cohen, welcoming the members to the conference and providing them with an evening of presentations and refreshments.
The collection contains a copy of the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) No. 8, which was published by the AJHS in 1900. Pasted in the back of the volume are items pertaining to the seventh annual meeting of the AJHS, including an invitation card, a program, newspaper clippings, a list of attendees, and correspondence with Charles J. Cohen.
The invitation card is from Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cohen, inviting people to meet the members of the AJHS at their home on Monday, Dec. 26, 1898, during the seventh annual meeting of the AJHS which was held on Monday Dec 26 and Tuesday Dec 27, 1898. The program includes a list of the papers that were presented at the conference as well as the times and locations of the sessions. It mentions also that the sessions were open to the public.
The newspaper clippings are from various papers in the Philadelphia area, which was where the conference was held, and they describe the sessions and participants at the conference as well as provide some information about the history of Jews in Philadelphia.
The correspondence is between Charles Cohen and other people on the committee that planned the conference, and mostly deals with administrative details, such as which day the reception at the Cohen house and who the speakers would be.
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