INVENTORY
MS-4842 Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series II. 1894-1985, undated
Scope and Content Note: The Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series II, 1894-1985, consist of biographical materials including certificates, drawings, journal articles, passports, naturalization papers, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and rabbinical materials including notes for sermons, writings, and eulogies.
| Description | Date | Box/Folder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biographical information, address book and notebook | undated | 1/1 | |
| Biographical information, certificates, European organizations | 1917-1942 | 1/2 | |
| Biographical information, certificates, Jewish National Fund, 1927 (original stored in Oversize Folder 1), 1937 and 1942-1943 (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 39, Oversize Materials), 1944, 1944-1945 (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 39, Oversize Materials), 1946 (original stored in Oversize Folder 1), 1946-1949, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1963-1964, and undated (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 39, Oversize Materials) | 1927-1964 | 1/3 | |
| Biographical information, certificates, United States organizations, 1915 and 1941 (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 40, oversize materials), 1916 and 1942, 1942 (original stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials), 1945, 1947, 1948 (original stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials), 1950 (original stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials), 1951 (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials), 1952, 1953-1956 (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials), 1956-1957, 1957-1959 (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials), 1959-1960, 1960, 1961, 1963-1964, and undated (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 40, Oversize Materials) | 1915-1964 | 1/4 | |
| Biographical information, commemorative booklet, Louis Horkheimer, 70th birthday | 1931 | 1/5 | |
| Biographical information, correspondence | 1951 1956 1963 | 1/6 | |
| Biographical information, journal articles, "Activism versus Moderation: The Conflict Between Abba Hillel Silver and Stephen Wise during the 1940s" by Zvi Ganin; "Abba Hillel Silver: A Personal Memoir," by Leon I. Feuer | 1984, undated | 1/7 | |
| Biographical information, journals, Hebrew Union College Monthly, with articles by Silver | 1915 | 1/8 | |
| Biographical information, lists, charitable contributions and expenses | 1957-1960 | 1/9 | |
| Biographical information, memorial tribute book, Abba Hillel Silver | 1963 | 1/10 | |
| Biographical information, memorial tribute book, Abba Hillel Silver | 1963 | 1/11 | |
| Biographical information, memorial tribute book, Dina Silver | undated | 1/12 | |
| Biographical information, memorial tribute book, Rabbi Moshe Silver | undated | 1/13 | |
| Biographical information, naturalization certificates | 1927, 1943 | 1/14 | |
| Biographical information, oral history transcripts, interviews by Marc Lee Raphael with Rabbi Jack Skirball and Rabbi Leon Feuer | 1983 | 1/15 | |
| Biographical information, oral history transcripts, interviews by Marc Lee Raphael with Dr. Irving M. Liebow and Rabbi Benjamin Friedman | 1985 | 1/16 | |
| Biographical information, passports, Abba Hillel Silver | 1918-1961 | 1/17 | |
| Biographical information, passports, Virginia Horkheimer Silver | 1927-1972 | 1/18 | |
| Biographical information, program, Dr. Herzl Zion Club theater production of Moses (in Yiddish and English), presidential inauguration | 1910, 1953 | 1/19 | |
| Biographical information, ration books and social security cards, tickets, Republican conventions | 1942, 1944, 1948 | 1/20 | |
| Biographical information, tributes, speeches, articles, and newspaper clippings published after Silver's death | 1963-1984 | 1/21 | |
| Biographical information, writing by Moshe Chaim Weiler [in Hebrew] | undated | 1/22 | |
| Rabbinical activities, Abba Hillel Silver Charitable and Educational Fund, lists | 1958-1963 | 1/23 | |
| Rabbinical activities, Abba Hillel Silver Charitable and Educational Fund, minutes and correspondence | 1953-1958 | 1/24 | |
| Rabbinical activities, eulogy folder, notes | undated | 1/25 | |
| Rabbinical activities, religious school, tribute book | 1932 | 1/26 | |
| Rabbinical activities, reminiscences by congregants | 1993 | 1/27 | |
| Rabbinical activities, research notes | undated | 1/28 | |
| Rabbinical activities, sermon list | 1919-1957 | 1/29 | |
| Rabbinical activities, The Temple-Tifereth Israel, correspondence, 1919-1930, 1957-1963; membership, 1923; newsletter, the Messenger and the Temple Bulletin, 1952-1962; newspaper clippings, 1894-1924; notes, playscript, undated; prayer cards, 1924, 1953; press releases, 1935, undated; programs, 1907, 1917, 1925, 1931, 1963; reports; 1927, undated | 1894-1963, undated | 2/30 | |
| Zionist activities, certificates (originals stored in Oversize Folder 1) | 1942-1960 | 2/31 | |
| Zionist activities, certificates, Israeli organizations (originals stored in Box 3, Folder 41, Oversize Materials) | 1927-1953 | 2/32 | |
| Zionist activities, confidential notes | 1944-1947, undated | 2/33 | |
| Zionist activities, journals, The Gates of Zion, articles about Silver's activities by Emanuel Neumann | 1953 | 2/34 | |
| Zionist activities, scrapbooks, Kfar Silver, photographs and writings | 1955, undated | 2/35 | |
| Zionist activities, scrapbook, Nahalat Silver, photographs and writings (original stored in Box 3, Folder 42, Oversize Materials) | undated | 2/36 | |
| Zionist activities, scrapbook, Ramat Gan, photographs and writings | 1959 | 2/37 | |
| [duplicate] | 2/38 | ||
| Oversize materials described above in Folder 3 | 3/39 | ||
| Oversize materials described above in Folder 4 | 3/40 | ||
| Oversize materials described above in Folder 32 | 3/41 | ||
| Oversize materials described above in Folder 36 | 3/42 | ||
| Zionist activities, scrapbook, United Palestine Appeal, bound issued of The New Palestine | 1938-1939 | 3/43 | |
| Oversize materials described above in Folders 3 and 31 | X/1 |