Susan Hoffman
Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
320 Elmer L. Anderson Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0192
Email: s-hoff@umn.edu
web: http://www.jhsum.org
Inventory #457 Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Mount Zion Congregation, St. Paul
Records: 8 linear feet plus photographs, blueprints,drawings, books
Provenance: Received as a gift from the board of Mount Zion Temple in 1993. No restrictions
History:
Scope and Content:
Container List
Box
1 D01S12CB
Four Volumes of Minutes: l857-l873, l873-l88l, l890-l90l, l902-l909
One volume containing Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, By- Laws,Cemetery By-Laws, & List of Members - l889
One volume of Carbon copies? (Mainly illegible) of letters sent by Secretary of the Congregation in l907
2 D01S12CB
Four Volumes of Minutes: l909-l920, l920-l928, l928-l933,
l933-l942 which includes, as they appear:
Amended Articles of Incorporation l923
Amended Articles of Incorporation l9l0
Articles referring to cemetery l922
Amended Articles of Incorporation l920
Amended Articles of Incorporation l923
History of Incorporation, no date, sometime after l922 and
Original Articles of Incorporation l857 & Amendments from
l872, l889.
Record of By-Laws l923
3 At Sholom Home East location
Photographs including:
l. Rabbi & Mrs. Wechsler (framed)
2. Theodore Herzl
3. Child & Teen Groups
4. Misc. Snapshots
5, Rabbis & Leaders
6. Synagogue Sponsored Events
7. Rolled-Up Photos of l922 (Ladies Picnic at White Bear Lake)
8. Misc. Materials from Scrapbook
9. National AZA Books from l928
l0. Bay Lipschultz Materials (photos of West Side, Lafayette
School report card)
4. D01S12CB
Blueprints, Drawings, & Photos of Summit Ave. Bldg.
Materials from Eric Mendelsohn Exhibit
Materials from Mendelsohn Exhibit including Agreement &
Correspondence between Mt. Zion and Architect
Box 5 D01S11CA
folder title dates # of folders
Annual Meetings l950-l979 l4
gaps
Board Minutes l950-l966 l2
6. D01S11CB
Board Minutes l966-l980 l4
7. D0S11CC
Committees:
Adult Education, Library l964-l968 2
Adult Education l975-l976
Archives & History l968
Arts l967-l968
Assignments & Programs l965-l966
Auditing l967-l968
Budget & Financing l967-l968
Building Fund l967-l968
Choir & Misc. Payroll l967-l968
Commemoration l967-l968
Committee Lists & General
Correspondence l967-l968
7. Committees, Misc. l95l-l952
Committees, Misc. l956-l957
Committees, Misc. l957-l958
Daily Worship l967-l968
Dues Review l967-l968
Endowments l967-l968
Hospitality l967-l968
House l967-l968
Long Range Planning l97l-l972
Melamed, Louis, Lectures l967-l968
Membership Committee l956-l957
Memorials & Gifts l967-l968
Nominating l968
Nominating l975-l976
Personnel l967-l968
Public Worship & Choir l949-l952
Public Worship & Choir l967-l968
Publicity l967-l968
Religious School l967-l968
Ritual & Worship l952
Social Action l960-l979 8
gaps
Temple Affiliation l967-l968
Ushering & Seating l956
Ushering l967-l968
Youth Activities l967-l968
Youth Awards l967-l968
Viable Futures l977-l979 2
Temple Youth l951-l952
Four prayer books, different eras
8. D01S11CD
Bar Mitzvah & Pre-
Confirmation Class l95l-l952
Bar Mitzvah Speeches l957
Confirmation l957-l976 4
gaps
Daily Worship Services l956
Daily Worship Services l967-l968
Friday Night Services &
Bulletins, gaps l95l-l976 5
Hanukah l953
High Holy Day Services l95l-l976 5
gaps
Mother's Day l954
New Members Sabbath l956-l957
Passover, Purim, Succot
Misc. Holidays l95l-l958
Saturday Study Classes l957
Seder l957
Thanksgiving l955-l957
Youth Activities l95l-l976 5
gaps
9. D01S11CE
Hebrew School l956-l976 3
gaps
High School Dept. l956-l957
High School Dept. l967-l968
P.T.A. l957
Religious Sunday School l95l-l952
Religious Sunday School l956-l957
Religious Sunday School,
Hebrew, Youth Activity l957-l958
Religious School Book
Orders, gaps l967-l976 3
Men's Club ( gaps) l950-l978 7
Sisterhood (gaps) l951-l979 8
includes minutes, May, 1956-May, 1967
Teacher's Institute l95l
Teachers's Notes, gaps l95l-l976 4
l0. D01S11CF
Book Reviews l95l-l952
Boy Scouts & Boys in
Service l95l-l952
Building-Ground Breaking l95l
Building Plans l95l-l952
Building Plans & Corresp. l95l-l952
Correspondence: Yom Kippur
Children's Service l950
Corresp: Rabbi Plaut l95l-l957 2
gaps
"Children's Service"Orders l956-l957
Congregational Notices l95l-l952
Dramalogues, Sales l95l-l952
Governor's Interracial
Commission l95l-l952
Hebrew Union College l95l-l952
Institute on Judiasm l952
Memorial Book l95l-l952
Memorandums l95l-l952
Misc,Corresp, A-C l936-l952
Misc,Corresp, G-K l95l-l952
Misc,Corresp, M-R l95l-l952
Misc,Corresp, S l95l-l952
Misc,Corresp, U-Z l95l-l954
Return Program l952-l956
Rockowitz Correspondence l95l-l952
Radio Questions & Notes
from Listeners l95l-l952
A. Summerfield Corresp. l95l-l952
Union of Am. Heb. Cong. l95l-l952
Mt. Zion Activities A-B l957
Mt. Zion Activities C-E l957-l958
Misc. Activities C, Choir l956-l957
Misc. Activities I-M l957-l958
Misc. Activities M, l956-l957
Mendelsohn
Book Orders l957
Building Fund Publicity l957-l958
Centennial Commission on
the Arts, MN Statehood l957-l958
Centennial Committee on
the Arts l956-l957
Centennial History Book l957
Exhibit of the Week l957
Historical Research l957
Institute for Christian
Clergy l956-l957
Memorandum l954-l956
Memorials l956-l957
ll. D01S11CG
Memorial Plaque Orders l967-l968
MN Jewish Council l957-l958
N-P Misc. l957-l958
Pledges l957-l958
R Misc. l957-l958
Rockowitz, Henry Corresp. l957
S-Z Misc. l957-l958
St. Paul Talmud Torah l956
Theology Conference l957
Tours & Visiting Groups l967-l968
Twin Cities Coord. Council on Middle Eastern
& International Affairs l956-l957
Union of Am. Heb. Cong. l956-l957
United Jewish Fund &
Council l956-l957
Corresp, Wendy Barron l975-l976
Corresp, Alan D. Bennett l95l-l952
Corresp, Holly Callen l975-l976
Corresp, Leigh Lerner l975-l979 6
Corresp, Myron Shapiro l975-l976
Correspondence, Misc. A-R l976
Correspondence, Misc. S-Z l975-l976
Centennial Fair l975
Congregational Mailings l975-l976
Israel Tour l976
Marriage Encounter l975-l976
Mt. Zion Bulletins l95l-l952
Mt. Zion Bulletins l956
Membership Rosters l96l-l986
gaps
12. D01S11CH
Mount Zion "Archives", 125th anniversary materials
95th anniversary celebration, March 14-16, 1952
publications of 90, 95, & 100 anniversary
correspondence of Dr. Wm. Bernstein re 125 anniversary, 1980-81
3 folders
History of Mt. Zion by Dr. Wm. Bernstein
historical materials
historical script
anniversary committees and visiting rabbis
schedule of events
service, May 8, 1981
13 D01S11CH
125 anniversary, continued
Raffle
scrapbook of publicity
newsclippings about members
newsclippings ca 1978
publicity about new building, ca 1952
photos of new building, ca 1952
miscellaneous photos 2 folders
