INVENTORY
MS-5492 Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series IV. 1928-1993
Arrangement Note: The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type and then alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of awards, booklets, brochures, correspondence, an invitation, notes, journals, a list, magazines, memorandums, newspaper clippings, notes, programs, remarks, speeches, statements, and statutes. The material will be of interest to those studying the career of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, especially his roles as a scholar and community leader. An advertising brochure for accommodations at Geneva-on-the-Lake, using antisemitic language, is of special interest.
| Description | Date | Box/Folder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awards, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa | 1928, 1955, 1963 | 1/1 | |
| Booklet, Chapter 40, Book of Isaiah from Dead Sea Scrolls #206 of numbered edition, published in honor of Abba Hillel Silver | undated | 1/2 | |
| Booklet, Committee for the publication of the biography of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver | undated | 1/3 | |
| Brochure, Geneva on the Lake (highlighted passage on "catering to white gentile people") | undated | 1/4 | |
| Brochure, 'A Word in its Season: Selected Sermons Addresses and Writings of Abba Hillel Silver" | undated | 1/5 | |
| Correspondence, The Bodleian Oxford United Kingdom, and The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 1938 | 1/6 | |
| Correspondence, envelope, letter from Bella Reutlinger to Abba Hillel Silver, mailed from Haigerloch, Hohenzollern, Germany, with additional documentation | 1938 | 1/7 | |
| Correspondence, envelope, addressed to Abba Hillel Silver, with stamps from Israel | 1950 | 1/8 | |
| Invitation, honoring the memory of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver | undated | 1/9 | |
| Journals, The American Zionist; Bitzaron: The Hebrew Monthly of America, Abba Hillel Silver Issue; Hadoar | 1950-1963 | 1/10 | |
| List, Picture Loan Collection of Mr. Robert Hays Gries | undated | 1/11 | |
| Magazine, Lamishpaha, Hebrew Monthly | 1969 | 1/12 | |
| Memorandum, from Harold P. Manson on the Statement by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver on American Policy in the Middle East | 1956 | 1/13 | |
| Memorandum, from Harold P. Manson and Harry L. Shapiro, on Dr. Abba Hillel Silver's Resignation, American Zionist Emergency Council | undated | 1/14 | |
| Newspaper clippings | 1931 | 1/15 | |
| Newsletters, The Messenger, Official Publication of the Mr. and Mrs. Club of the Temple | 1963 | 1/16 | |
| Notes, for Abba Hillel Silver's first book, A History of Messianic speculation in Israel from the First through the Seventeenth Centuries, background on Shabbetai Tzvi and Kabbalists, dates, lists, pro-Sabbatean poem, Baruch ben Samuel Luzzatto, partial typescript, handwritten, Hebrew and English | undated | 1/17 | |
| Notes, for Abba Hillel Silver's first book, A History of Messianic speculation in Israel from the First through the Seventeenth Centuries, Kabbalah, nature of God, Shabbetai Tzvi, Zohar, partial translations of Sefer HaZohar, handwritten, Hebrew and English | undated | 1/18 | |
| Notes, for Abba Hillel Silver's first book, A History of Messianic speculation in Israel from the First through the Seventeenth Centuries, Kabbalists, Shabbetai Tzvi, Zohar, handwritten, Hebrew and English | undated | 1/19 | |
| Notes, for Abba Hillel Silver's first book, A History of Messianic speculation in Israel from the First through the Seventeenth Centuries, Shabbetai Tzvi, including background material and biography; Zohar, including partial translation of unidentified text from 1915, handwritten, Hebrew and English | undated | 1/20 | |
| Program, 87th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Temple and Testimonial to Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver | 1937 | 1/21 | |
| Remarks, by Raphael D. Silver, delivered at the Abba Hillel Silver Centennial Celebration at The Temple | 1993 | 1/22 | |
| Speech, Symbol of the Governors Award to Dr. Abba Hillel Silver | undated | 1/23 | |
| Statement, by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, American Zionist Emergency Council controversy | undated | 1/24 | |
| Telegram, Dwight D. Eisenhower to Virginia Silver, on death of Abba Hillel Silver | 1963 | 1/25 |