The Felix Kestenberg (1921-2008) Collection n.d., 1987-2008 MS 206 Jewish Museum of Maryland ACCESS AND PROVENANCE The Felix Kestenberg collection was donated to the Jewish Museum of Maryland by Veronica
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MS 198 The Straus-Hecht Family Collection
A large portion of the collections at the Jewish Museum of Maryland document families and organizations centered around the city of Baltimore. But we do have objects, photos and archives
MS 64 B’nai Abraham and Yehuda Laib Society (Baltimore, MD) Records, n.d., 1914-2010
The B’nai Abraham and Yehuda Laib Society (BYAL) collection is one of our expanding collections – every so often we receive more materials to add to it. This usually happens
MS 199 Gussie Levin Family Papers
We are only one manuscript collection away from 200! This collection is small, but includes documents from two generations of the same family — Gussie Levin and her daughters Gertrude
MS 132 and MS 182
Two for the price of one! The following post has two related collections: MS 132 and MS 182 both of which contain materials related the Joseph M. Zamoiski Co. and
MS 195 The Sergeant Isaac Gordon Papers
After a couple of archive posts about the collections of organizations, it’s time to get back to an individual. The following collection is small but packed, and deals primarily with
MS 193 The Baltimore Council, NA’AMAT USA Collection
NA’AMAT recruiting poster. 2009.56.1. The Baltimore Council, NA’AMAT USA Collection 1951-2009 MS 193 Jewish Museum of Maryland ACCESS AND PROVENANCE The Baltimore Council, NA’AMAT USA Collection was donated to the
D. Schwartz and Sons in process
When I first thought about this blog post I considered writing about my experiences working from home (which has happened several times recently thanks to snow and ice). But then
MS 187 The Randallstown Synagogue Center Collection, 1954-2003
One of our archives volunteers, Rachael Shapira, processed MS 187. Though she’d been working with us for awhile this was the first archival collection that she handled from start to finish (organization to finding
The Mikveh Excavation Continues
A blog post by archivist Jennifer Vess. It’s been a few weeks since my last report on the most recent round of mikveh excavations, and a lot has happened. Archaeologists