Category: Future

Good News for the Hebrew Orphan Asylum!

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A blog post by Research Historian Dr. Deb Weiner. Recently there was good news in the fight to save the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the endangered building that is Baltimore’s second

MS 46 Sidney D. Cohen Collection

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Thanks to JMM archives volunteers we are getting every closer to our goal of having complete finding aids for every one of our 212 manuscript Sidney D. Cohen, 1896-1987 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