Box OS2

Scope and Content From the Collection: The majority of calendars in the collection are small-size pocket calendars (even if their title does not suggest so).They could be easily carried around and the user could even add notes (and at the designated space, telephone numbers). The yahrzeit calendars enable the user to calculate and record future anniversaries by indicating the corresponding Gregorian dates that each year would be different, given the asynchrony between the Hebrew and Gregorian calendar. The nineteenth-century...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains papers of Richard Feist and his two acquaintances, Herman Neudorf and Abraham Glück, documenting a segment of history immediately following World War II. Items in this collection include correspondence, military documents, guidelines and handbooks, displaced person cards, reports, a list of concentration camps, photographs, news clippings, and newsletters. This collection is arranged in chronological order. Feist's personal correspondence reflects his...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The "Michael Gannon Papers" consists of a wide variety of documents evidencing myriad interests and professional endeavors of Dr. Gannon. Series that cover an extensive span of Gannon's life include the Biographical, Autobiography, Correspondence, Writings, and Photographs series; while the Priesthood and Professor series focus more on his output during those professional periods. The Autobiography series is notable as Gannon began work on his autobiography, but did not complete it...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The "Michael Gannon Papers" consists of a wide variety of documents evidencing myriad interests and professional endeavors of Dr. Gannon. Series that cover an extensive span of Gannon's life include the Biographical, Autobiography, Correspondence, Writings, and Photographs series; while the Priesthood and Professor series focus more on his output during those professional periods. The Autobiography series is notable as Gannon began work on his autobiography, but did not complete it...

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The Moses Myers Papers consist of a handful of letters, shipping inventories, and a printed broadside relating to the early Jewish American merchant Moses Myers (1735-1835). Myers lived in Norfolk, VA, and his merchant business was involved in the Caribbean. His ships were instrumental during the War of 1812.

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection holds Benjamin Safer's official and personal papers, sermons, letters, and photographs, in addition to photographs of his family members. Whereas the elder members of the Jacksonville community spoke Yiddish, the younger members understood English only and thus Reverend Safer, like other rabbis who had recently immigrated from Central and Eastern Europe, needed to learn English quickly to be able to offer services in English. Consequently, his sermons are written in English...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Laura Mabel Brooking Collection is primarily comprised of photographs and photographic cards showing people and places in the Panama Canal Zone during the period of its construction, though only a few photographs show the actual construction of the canal. Subjects detailed in the photographs include daily life for individuals and families, transportation via locomotives, buildings, and the landscape of the region. Also included are a large pictorial publication and a magazine, both of...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The items in this collection are records of Henry Ittleson’s and Blanche Frank Ittleson’s family and social life as well as many of their philanthropic activities and work in the fields of child care and promotion of mental health care. Folders 1. and 2. house photographs of family members and friends, mostly unidentified people. There are some pictures of Henry Ittleson Sr., Henry Ittleson Jr., and the Palm Beach house’s garden. There is a picture, removed from its original frame signed by...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the Alachua County Democratic Executive Committee (ACDEC) date from 1963 to 2019 and are divided into five series. Series 1 contains annual reports presented by the Chair of the ACDEC on the state of the Alachua County Democratic Party. Series 2 contains general meeting minutes and agendas (missing 2011-2013). Series 3 contains Chair Announcements and online newsletters. Series 4 contains newspaper articles and clippings from Gainesville newspapers about the ACDEC. Series 5...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The materials in this collection relay Jewish life in Jacksonville throughout the twentieth century. Some families, such as the Wolfsons have been long-time residents. Their photographs and a photograph album are included in the collection. Postcards and newspaper clippings tell about Jewish entrepreneurs and entertainment in the city and in the River Garden Hebrew Home for retirees. A separate folder holds program brochures of the regularly organized shows there along with photocopied...