Jews -- New York (State) -- Buffalo Region -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Annette Blanchard papers
Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: MS 200.11
Overview
Personal Papers
documenting volunteer activities of Annette Blanchard and some family
materials. Includes photographs, speeches, newspaper clippings, media, and
other material relating to volunteer service and career in B’nai B’rith, as
well as a small amount of materials relating to her husband William Blanchard’s Jewish scouting activities.
Found in:
University Archives
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Annette Blanchard papers
Buffalo Ritualarium (Mikvah of Buffalo) papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 200.23
Overview
Personal papers
documenting the building of a mikvah in Buffalo, New York. Materials include
reports, architectural sketches, correspondence and other material relating to
the erection of the building as well as history of a previous mikvah founders
and managers.
Chabad of Buffalo and Torah Teminah School papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 200.22
Overview
Materials documenting aspects of work of Chabad of Buffalo with an emphasis on outreach work for Jewish students at University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College as well as the social and education life of a Chabad affiliated school, Torah Teminah, Amherst, NY.
Frank E. Freedman papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 200.26
Overview
Collection includes personal papers documenting the personal and career life of local politician
and lawyer, Frank E. Freedman, from Buffalo, New York. Materials include personal photographs, autographed mementoes, art sketch, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other material relating to his interests in show business.
Found in:
University Archives
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Frank E. Freedman papers
Samuel M. Golden collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 200.17
Overview
Includes collected and
created photographs, slides, commemorative booklet and research paper relating
to the activities of Temple Beth El, Niagara Falls, and Jewish community life
in Niagara Falls.
Found in:
University Archives
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Samuel M. Golden collection
Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 205
Overview
Papers documenting aspects of the work of the Holocaust Resource Center, and predecessor committees associated with the Jewish Federation. An additional series documents refugee aid, and the Haven-Buffalo Jewish Club 1933, a German-Jewish Refugee social club formed in 1933.
Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo and Summer Camps records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 204
Overview
The collection of Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Buffalo and Summer Camps Records contains a wide range of material, dominated by photographs and program-related materials for the JCC, Camp Lakeland and Camp Centerland. Also, contains correspondence, reports, publications, newsletters, and handwritten documents. An additional three other collections are included: annual Jewish community book fair records; Jewish Film Festival and Jewish Repertory Theatre records.
Ethel Roblin Melzer papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 200.16
Overview
Personal papers documenting the personal and career life of local communal leader, Ethel Roblin
Melzer. Materials include photographs, speeches, newspaper clippings, media, and other material relating to her volunteer service and professional careers in the Jewish community.
Found in:
University Archives
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Ethel Roblin Melzer papers
Ohr Temimim and Jewish Heritage Day School papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 200.15
Overview
Student produced materials documenting aspects of the educational life of Ohr Temimim and its predecessor institution, the Jewish Heritage Day School, in Amherst, New York.
Temple Beth El Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 222
Overview
Congregational papers documenting the religious, historic and cultural life of Temple Beth El from its beginnings in 1847 until 2006 just prior to merger with Shaarey Zedek to form Temple Beth Tzedek in 2008.
Found in:
University Archives
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Temple Beth El Records