Judaism
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) Records, 1964-2019 (K1440)
2 cubic feet
The B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Records contain materials related to various chapters of the organization in the Kansas City area. Items of interest include several chapters’ beau and sweetheart dance books, programs for religious services, and awards presented to Kansas City Aleph Zadik Aleph chapters.
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Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection, 1985-1996 (K1453)
8 cubic feet (170 VHS tapes)
The Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection contains eight cubic feet of VHS videotapes, primarily focused on the lectures of Rabbi Morris Margolies. Rabbi Margolies was Beth Shalom’s senior rabbi from 1961 to 1986 and continued his involvement with the congregation until his death in 2012.
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Winifred Lippman Papers, 1930-2007, bulk 1954-2001 (S0188)
5 cubic feet, 377 photographs, 5 video tapes
The papers of Winifred Lippman contain correspondence, photographs, video tapes, an oral history interview, newspaper clippings, and organizational records documenting Lippman's seventy-year career as a Labor activist and her work for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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John Henry Pohlman Papers, 1938-1949 (S0282)
2.4 cubic feet (52 folders, 16 photographs, 1 photographic negative)
The John Henry Pohlman Papers contain correspondence, military orders, and case files pertaining to Pohlman's service in the United States Army during and after World War II. The papers include the case files Pohlman created while working as a legal officer prosecuting Nazi war crimes cases in 1947 as part of the 7708 War Crimes Group.
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Religious Culture of St. Louis Senior Seminar Papers, 1980-1982 (S0140)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders
This collection contains eleven papers from History 293 (Spring, 1981), a senior seminar held at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on the religious history of St. Louis.
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Howard Frederic Sachs Papers, 1910-1980 (K0550)
3.5 cubic feet
The Howard Frederic Sachs papers are a collection of legal materials, organizational materials, correspondence, and research related to federal judge, Howard Sachs, and his career and civic work. A large portion of the collection pertains to the Jewish community in Kansas City, and Sachs’ work on Civil Rights and desegregation in Kansas City.
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Quinta Scott Papers, 1876-2010 (S0744)
30 cubic feet
The Quinta Scott Papers contain correspondence, photographs, book drafts, and galley proofs documenting her career as a St. Louis-area photographer and author of numerous Missouri-related books, including the Eads Bridge (1979), Route 66: The Highway and Its People (1989), Along Route 66 (2000), and The Mississippi: A Visual Biography (2010).
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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1935-2016 (CA6474)
0.3 cubic feet
Addition of annual meeting minutes, 1986-2015; board of trustee minutes, 2010-2016; sisterhood minutes, 1935-1986; and miscellaneous material. See also C3914.
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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1868-1984 (C3914)
0.2 cubic feet
The records of Temple Beth El, a synagogue in Jefferson City, MO, include legal papers, by-laws, minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence that document the temple's history from its origination as the Jefferson City Hebrew Cemetery Association to its 100th Anniversary in 1983.