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Box 5

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence from Jane and Rachel Raisin to Jacob Raisin.

Dates: circa 1890-1936
Found in: Special Collections / Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers / 3. Correspondence

Diaries, 1892-1905

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

"My Life's Tragi-Comedy, Volume 1." In a letter to his brother Max at the beginning of the volume, Raisin notes that the diary is modeled after Samuel Johnson's. The diary is a combination of personal reflection and daily record-keeping.

Dates: 1892-1905
Found in: Special Collections / Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers / 4. Writings / Diaries

Diaries, 1905-1910

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

"Light and Shadows." A bound volume, mostly of letters written to Max Raisin, primarily in English.

Dates: 1905-1910
Found in: Special Collections / Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers / 4. Writings / Diaries

Hebrew composition book, 1893-1895

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

A combination of journal entries and poems by Jacob Raisin, written in Hebrew.

Dates: 1893-1895
Found in: Special Collections / Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers / 4. Writings / Manuscripts
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