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Box JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2

 Container

Contains 32 Results:

Biographical sketch, undated

 Item — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

Item is a photocopy of an original.

Dates: undated

John J. Pershing letter, 1919 February 28

 Item — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Scope and Contents

Letter is addressed to "fellow soldiers" and extends thanks for their service and patriotism. Item is a photocopy of an original.

Dates: 1919 February 28

Photograph of soldiers celebrating Passover, 1919 April 14

 Item — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Scope and Contents

Photograph was taken in France during the first night of Passover. Harry Levinson is identified. Photograph is a reproduction.

Dates: 1919 April 14

Biographical Information

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 22A
Scope and Contents

Notes compiled by Gladys Alch, wife of Jerome B. Alch; include details about the Alch name and the first Alch’s in America; information about how Solomon B. Alch and Anna Levine Alch met and names of siblings; detailed notes re. Solomon and Anna’s eleven children (birth dates, spouses’ names, career accomplishments and children’s names).

Dates: 1920-1940s

Photographs, 1910s-1990s

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 22B
Scope and Contents All images are color photocopies except original wedding photograph (1928) of Joe Brown Alch and Rose Berloe; images include Jerome B. Alch as an infant and young man; Solomon and Anna Alch family portrait (1920); images (1930s) of Ted Brown Alch as Master of Ceremonies at various functions; candid images (1930s) of Alch family; Jerry and Mike Alch in the military (1940s); Joe, Mike and Jerry Alch as adults, (1940s); images (1950s-1990s) of Alch siblings and spouses (including Gladys "Bunny"...
Dates: 1910s-1990s

News Clippings, 1930s-1950s

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 22C
Scope and Contents Photocopy of cover, "Atlantic City Official Guide and Souvenir Book," featuring image of "Ted Brown [Alch], Master of Ceremonies, Marathon Dance Contest, Week of June 4, 1932"; clipping (ca. 1932) "Ted Brown, Walkathon’s Foremost Master of Ceremonies and Originator of Endurance Contest Entertainment Features"; copies of San Francisco newspaper clippings (1942-1943) re. Private Jerome (Jerry) Alch’s involvement as an emcee for military functions in San Francisco; article (1952) from column "I...
Dates: 1930s-1950s

Letter and envelope, 1949 December 23

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 14A
Scope and Contents

Pertains to birth of the Levenson’s granddaughter, Leah Elizabeth Lin; mentions Hanukah and Karesh’s fondness for Hanukah traditions.

Dates: 1949 December 23

Letter and envelope, 1953 February 9

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 14B
Scope and Contents

Karesh thanks the Levenson’s for their hospitality (on a recent visit) and mentions "wise men in olden days" emphasizing that one not eat with stingy people (which the Levenson’s were not); he also advises the Levenson’s to let him know if they needed kosher meat for a holiday.

Dates: 1953 February 9

Letter and envelope, 1957 November 24

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 14C
Scope and Contents

Philosophical letter contains Karesh’s views on Jewish traditions and his belief that younger Jews do not adhere to religious laws as strictly as the older generation and are more like "the gentiles" in terms of eating habits and religious practices; at end of letter Karesh mentions he and his wife would like to move to Jerusalem the following year. 

Dates: 1957 November 24

Letter, undated

 File — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2, Folder: 14D
Scope and Contents

Karesh speaks of recovering from an illness but still managing to perform his duties as a shochet so he could deliver kosher meat; speaks of wedding ceremonies he performed and how a family (?) was ashamed of the way in which he wore a yarmulke and performed Orthodox weddings; speaks of his shame for such people, the "younger generation" that want to assimilate.

Dates: undated