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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

PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION INDEX updated December 6,2004

The photography collection is available at the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest offices, not in Andersen Library.

 
SUBJECTS
 
S1a. Religious Events
Synagogue Sponsored-Praying
Synagogue Sponsored-Bar/Bat Mitzvah,Auxiliary,Women’s Prayer Groups
Synagogue Sponsored-Sunday School, Youth Group Synagogue Sponsored-Confirmations
Synagogue Sponsored-Dakotas, Wisconsin, Outstate Minn.
Synagogue Sponsored-Non-Religious Events
Synagogue Sponsored-Rabbis and Boards
Jewish Nursery Schools,Consecrations
 
S1b. Religious Events-Life Cycle
Weddings
Other than Weddings
North Dakota
 
S1c. Talmud Torah
Minneapolis—before 1930
Minneapolis---1930-1950
Minneapolis---post 1950
St. Paul—before 1940
St. Paul---1940s
St. Paul---1950s Nursery School
St. Paul---1950s Non-Nursery School
St. Paul---1960s
St. Paul---1970s Snapshots
St. Paul---Since 1970 Class Photos
St. Paul---Since 1980 Snapshots
Duluth---Talmud Torah and Hebrew Schools
Emmanuel Cohen Nursery School
 
S1d. Holiday Celebrations
1. Domestic----Seders
2. Domestic----Shabbat, Chanukah,other
3. Domestic----Purim, Sukkot, Rosh Hashanah
4. Holiday Celebrations in Public Institutions

S2a. Men’s Organizations
Up to 1950
Since 1950

S2b. Women’s Organization

B’nai Brith Women
NCJW
St. Paul Hadassah
Minneapolis Hadassah----Up to 1947
Minneapolis Hadassah----1948-1963
Minneapolis Hadassah----1964-1987
Talmud Torah
South Dakota and Northern Minnesota
BBYW 1944-1949
Miscellaneous
 
S 2c. Mixed Organizations
Up to 1950
Since 1950
JHSUM

S2d. Social Service Organizations

Shelters and Homes (incl. Neighborhood House), Mpls/St. Paul
Hillel
UJFC-----Overseas Photos
UJFC-----St. Paul Campaigns 1
UJFC-----St. Paul Campaigns 2
UJFC-----St. Paul Campaigns 3 (from David Tenenbaum Appreciation Book)
UJFC-----Women’s Division, Folder 1
UJFC-----Women’s Division, Folder 2
UJFC-----Beneficiary Agencies
UJFC-----Meetings
JCRC and ADL----Up to the mid-1960s
JCRC and ADL----Since the mid-1960s
JVS Materials
Sholom Home East and West, Jewish Home for the Aged
Conventions -----Out of State
Alch Plays-----3 Folders
Miscellaneous
 
S2e Youth
Sigma Alpha Sigma Fraternity
Fraternities and Sororities-----prior to 1940
Fraternities and Sororities-----1940s
Fraternities and Sororities-----1950s and latet
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts
Miscellaneous
 
S2f Camps
Sophie Wirth
Camp Tikvah
Camp Tikvah
Camp Tikvah

S2g Schools, Bands, Other Youth Photos

 
S3 Sports
Folder 1
Folder 2
Camping Trips and Recreation

S4 Businesses
St. Paul and South St. Paul-----Grocery and Dry goods Stores
St. Paul and South St. Paul-----Clothing Sale and Manufacture
St. Paul and South St. Paul-----All Others
Minneapolis-----Downtown
Minneapolis-----Other Business
Minneapolis-----Lyndale Auto Parts
Minneapolis-----North Side----Up to 1930
Minneapolis-----North Side----1930 to present
Minneapolis-----South Side
Outstate Minnesota (except Duluth and Iron Range)
Duluth and Iron Range-----general
Duluth and Iron Range-----interiors of shops and businesses
Wisconsin/Iowa/Dakotas
Miscellaneous
 
S5 Community Wide events
Photos from Minnesota Jewish Life Magazine
 
S6 Family events
 
S7 Material Culture
 
S8 Upper Midwesterners in Israel
 
S9 Synagogue buildings
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Outstate and Other States

S10 Public schools

Jewish/Hebrew Schools
Other Schools
 
S11 Mt Sinai Hospital
 
S12 Armed Services
 
S14 Gurewitz World War 2 Photos

S15 Jews and Politics

 
 
LOCATIONS
 
 
L1 Saint Paul
a. West Side
       Businesses
       Homes
       Street and Alley Scenes
       Public Building
       People
b. Capitol Area
c. Selby-Dale
d. Highland Park
e. Other and Unknown
 
L2 Minneapolis
a. North Side
       People
       Public Buildings
       Businesses
       Street Scenes
       Color Postcards of Minneapolis scenes
       Houses
       Sumner Field Scrapbook
b. South Side
c. St. Louis Park
d. Other and Unknown
 
L3 Outstate North and West (excluding Duluth)
People
Businesses
Other
 
L4 Outstate South and East

L5 Wisconsin

 
L6 North Dakota
Street and Rural Scenes
Farms
People
Synagogues, Cemeteries, Religious Events
Public Buildings and Schools
Businesses (2 folders)
Kamel Family, Grano, ND #0891
 
Tilsen #0675
 
L7 South Dakota
Stores
Farm Life, People
Synagogues and Holiday Celebrations Jewish Organizations, Cemeteries
Bober, Newell, SD
 
L8 Other Locations

L9 Duluth

People and Organizations
Homes and Businesses
Youth
Synagogues and Religious Events
 
 
PORTRAITS
 
P alphabetical by subject, likely to change with enlargement
A-E
F-L
M-R
S-Z

P-UJFC speakers Visiting speakers and dignitaries

P2 Wisconsin
P3 North Dakota
P4 Unknown