Category: Collections

Spotlight on Collections

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Did you ever think about a museum having pens and pencils in their collection?  We do!  Sometimes pens or pencils can mark a significant event or they may be evidence

MS 80 Harry Greenstein Collection

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It’s that time again: another JMM finding aid post. Today’s post features the personal papers of Harry Greenstein, a prominent Baltimorean. Read a little about his life and his collection

Spotlight on Collections

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The majority of our archival collection here at the Jewish Museum of Maryland dates after the construction of the Lloyd Street Synagogue (1845). This isn’t surprising giving the size of

MS 43 and MS 163: Temple Oheb Shalom

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Once before I posted two related collections together and here I’m going to do it again. We have two manuscript collections related to Oheb Shalom congregation. Here’s a little of

MS 55 The Louis E. Shecter Collection

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Louis E. Shecter (1901-1992) Collection n.d., 1921-1985 MS 55 Jewish Museum of Maryland ?ACCESS AND PROVENANCE The Louis E. Shecter Collection was found in the collection as MS 55. Multiple

Synagogue Bulletins

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Today is a great day! The Jewish Museum of Maryland has been collecting synagogue bulletins for years as a resource for staff and researchers, but until today we didn’t have

MS 49 Henry P. Cohn Collection

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We talk about the size of our collections in linear feet — one linear foot being the size of your typical packing box.? Some of our collections here at the

MS 57 Edward Rosenfeld Papers

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Edward Rosenfeld, 1906-1983 Papers, n.d., 1876-1982 MS 57  The Jewish Museum of Maryland ACCESS AND PROVENANCE The Edward Rosenfeld Papers were donated to the Jewish Museum of Maryland by Licien

Women in World War I

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A blog post by Archivist Jennifer Vess. As with every conflict in which Americans participated, women played an important role in World War I – at home and abroad.  The