Linda Schloff
Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
320 Elmer L. Anderson Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0192
Email: schlo025@tc.umn.edu
web: http://www.jhsum.org
Founded in 1984, the JHSUM works to promote the vitality and continuity of Jewish culture in the Upper Midwest through preservation, interpretation and education. We create exhibits and videos, plans programs, conducts oral histories and genealogy workshops, and cooperate with colleges, other historical societies, and Jewish organizations and institutions to both document Upper Midwest Jewish life and explore how Jews interacted with their neighbors.
Photo: horizon shot of Calof farm with distant figures
"In the spring of 1906 we filed for two quarters of land. We broke 20 acres, disced, dragged, and seeded it with flaxseed."
Henry Kremen
The Society’s core collections, housed in two prominent locations in the Twin Cities, are available for personal and scholarly research.
The Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Family Jewish History Center, located on the Barry Family Campus in Minneapolis, houses the JHSUM offices and collections of family and oral histories, photography, videos and genealogy. The archives in this location, known as the Lyle Berman Archives, include the Sharron and Oren Steinfeldt Family Photography Collection and the Ackerman Family South Dakota Collection.
The Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, located in the Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota, contain synagogue and Jewish institutional records as well as historical materials from rural Midwest communities.
Visit the JHSUM web site to learn more about its mission, genealogical materials, exhibits and programs.
Do you have material to donate? We are always eager to add material to our collections. Please contact us with details.
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The Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Family History Center Jay and Rose Phillips Building
Barry Family Campus
4330 S. Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis , MN 55416
Tel: (952) 381-3360
Fax: (952) 381-3361
E-mail: history@jhsum.org
Web: www.jhsum.org
