For additional information:
Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
320 Elmer L. Anderson Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0192
Email: history@jhsum.org
web: http://www.jhsum.org
Search JHSUM/UMJA collections at:
http://www.jhsum.org/collections/
The holdings at the UMJA represent the largest and most important collections of the JHSUM. Included are the records of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Jewish Federations, Community Centers, Talmud Torahs, the Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Community Relations Council, Hillel, as well as various synagogue records, and records of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association and women's organizations such as Hadassah, National Council of Jewish Women, Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary. Included, as well, is material collected by individuals about early Jewish settlement and life in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, out-state Minnesota and North and South Dakota. There are inventories for each collection to aid researchers.
Photo:Talmud Torah Alumni Association football team, 1920.
"There is no team that can stack up with our present one."
Alumni Association News, August 1929.
The Jewish Historical Society Collections and The Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives together chronicle the activities of Upper Midwest Jews in creating and building ethnic/religious communities and self-defense organizations, as well as their efforts to promote social welfare in the larger community. The materials at the UMJA consist of paper records including board and committee minutes, programs annual reports financial records, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, research reports, and in some instances, material from national organizations that help the researcher understand why certain projects were undertaken. With minor exceptions, all are in English. The Jewish Historical Society archival collections are available for use at the JHSUM offices in Minneapolis, not in Andersen Library and include the Sharron and Oren Steinfeldt Family Photography Collection, Oral History Collection and some artifacts.
Search the combined database here: http://www.jhsum.org/collections/.
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