Personal papers documenting aspects of Jewish youth culture. Material includes programs, newspaper clippings, essays, invitations, and ephemera relating to Temple Beth El, Jewish Community Building, sororities and fraternities, Park School Buffalo, and Camp Kawagama in Ontario.

Includes handmade booklet entitled “Star of David,” and a series of merit badges inside an envelope.

Bat Mitzvah invitation, Jane A. (Ann) Vogel and a napkin embossed with Jane A. (Ann) Vogel.

Range of materials relating to essay contest entries authored by Jane Vogel from 1951-1953 (pre-bat mitzvah and during Confirmation studies). Includes two essays in Hebrew, entitled “Rabbi Akiva” (1952) and “Avraham” (1953). Other entries include ‘What Makes My Home Jewish,” and “What the State of Israel Means to Me.” There is also an untitled essay on Herzl and an essay on Judah Touro. All are inter-leaved with page separators due to acidic material content.

Oversized foldout poster “Happy Birthday Jane and Welcome Marian,” poster, Camp Kawagma, Ontario.

Personal note and place card.

Personal note and place card.

"Message of the Flowers,” text of a speech given at Shavuot, Temple Beth El, 1953

Materials relating to Park School including list of Park School graduation gifts for 1953; a typed text, “Class History,” and “Prophecy of Class of 1953.”

Includes program Fall Dance of the Phi Epsilon Sorority, 5th Annual Fall Dance held at the Westwood Country Club on October 1953, includes tickets stub; a note from Mrs. Simon Weinstein.