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
Duluth-Superior Miscellany Box 23 D02S13CC
0029 Photocopy of the Reform Advocate, ca 1912, contains articles on leading Jews and Jewish organizations in Duluth and the Iron Range. Program booklet (Oct. 24, 1976) An Evening of History, containing "A Short History of the Duluth Jewish Community" by Bertha Singer.
0043 Bertha Singer coll: 4 page history of Shaara Tzadak synagogue, and photocopies of two items; the refusal of the Duluth Auto Club to admit Mr. Davis to membership, and a newclippping re the government prosecution of a former Duluthian, George Zlatovski. see acq. 0045.
0045 Lionel Davis Coll: Photocopies of the following: letter of rejection from Duluth Athletic Club, clipping of convicted spy George Zlatowski, family from Duluth, and a 2 pp history of Shaara Tzadek (sic) congregation. see aq 0043.
0057 Photocopies of materials reflecting Jewish activities in St. Louis County (Duluth), collected by Gene Rosenblum. Includes articles describing the Jewish community of Duluth (1941), Temple Emanuel (1967) excerpt from her history of Duluth titled, “The New Wilderness” (1975), lists of names and clippings about buildings and charitable activities.
0083 History of the Duluth Jewish community ca 1930 by Harry Davis. Letter from AAA of Duluth to Harry Davis rejecting his membership application. Several back issues (Feb '37, Oct. '84, July, Sept '85) of the newspaper "Jewish Fellowship News." History paper "Generation of Pioneers" by Charles Solomon Meyers (U of M, 1984)
0085 The People Together: A Minnesota Centennial booklet, published in 1956, has fictional pieces about Duluth Jewish life by Minnesota Jews such as Irene Paul and Ida Davis.
0110 Phyllis Harris Coll: newspaper clippings, 1922, advertising Central Market owned by H.J. Soloski, her father and newsclipping, 1971, shows Mrs. Harris. Also 2 one ton buyers awards to Central Market from Folger's Coffee, 1937.
0122 Reports on consolidation of synagogues and Jewish insitutions in Duluth.
0158 Oreck Family Coll: Oreck family history. A 21 page newsletter (1988); a 5 page reminiscences of a family picnic in the 1930's; an article about the founding of Oreck vacuum cleaners. See, also, Oreckovsky Family history in bookshelves of JHSUM.
0173.Joseph Papo Coll: Materials and a study on the Duluth Jewish community, consisting of a 1941 study of the Duluth Jewish community, 1941 -44 materials on the social service agency directed by Papo, on Duluth Hebrew schools, and a journal and correspondence kept by him.
0198 Joseph Papo Coll: Diary, 1941-1942, (copy) of Papo, Joseph while he was Diretor of the Duluth Jewish Federation
0219 Goldish family material: Articles on the packetboat, S. Goldish from the journal, Inland Seas, 1966, 1981, 1983, detailing the rescue work of this boat, which collected fish from the villages along the North Shore. Photos of the boat and of the trucks used by family to transport the fish, a booklet of the Twin Ports Jewish Reunion, and a Duluth Jewish chronology by Walter Eldot, 1985. Samuel Karon(1865-1966): article and editorial(obituary) also photos. Photo of Kaner family store.
0220.Barry Singer Coll: Photocopies of materials collected or written by Barry Singer on the history of Jews in Superior, WI. It includes photocopies of newsclippings, and a one page history, WPA records of two synagogues.
0221 Photocopy of an alphabetical listing of burials at Temple Israel Cemetery, Superior, WI.
0222 Gordon Cohen Coll: A 16 page history of the Duluth Jewish community by Bertha Singer, 1976; a 50th Jubilee booklet of Adas Israel Congr.; a 70th Anniversary booklet of District 6 B’nai Brith; 1938, a list of Jewish Duluthians serving in World War 11; and four copies of the Duluth Fellowship News, 1965, 1977, 1980, 1985.
0223 A 2 page history (1906-1922)of Shaara Tzadek Congregation and a 2 page 1922 membership list.
0224 History of Duluth by Thelma Covner, 1976; diverse materials on Duluth Jewish institutions, organizations, personnel; and a paper by Mrs. Morris Greenberg of Eveleth on the Jews of the Iron Range.
0379 essay "The Light and the Flame" describing the history of the Duluth/Superior Jewish Community, the building and restoration of Agudas Achim Synagogue,and the Flame Restaurant, Duluth.
0677 Memoranda, lists and records from Duluth Federation, 1955.
