Box JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 11

Collection Overview From the Item: The collection consists of an invitation to a grand Purim masquerade ball at the Academy of Music on March 24, 1902. The ball was sponsored by the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Orangeburg, South Carolina, and printed on the invitation is a photograph of winners from the previous year's costume contest, among them Julia Peterkin, who, in 1929, won a Pulitzer Prize for literature. The invitation also contains a list of the ball's patronesses, arrangement committee, associate reception...

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Program for an event awarding the Keser Shem Tov Award from Brith Sholom Beth Israel Congregation to Dr. Leon Feldman, a friend of the Breibart family.

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Written while he is in Germany to his family back in the United States describing his meetings with doctors, his ailments, preferred treatment plans, and the beauty and scenery of the city of Wiesbaden.

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Includes a report on Isadore's death onboard during his journey back to the United States.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection consists of a letter from Isadore Rich to his wife and children written while he was abroad in Wiesbaden, Germany, seeking treatment for Wright's disease, a page (in German) of the log of the ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie (Crown Princess Cecilie) reporting on Rich's death during his journey back to the United States, and his obituary. Also included is a facsimile of a German Abgangszeugnis, or "leaving certificate"-a document that contains a student's final exam grades-issued to...

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Facsimile of Leopold Block's German Abgangszeugnis, or "leaving certificate," reporting grades from his final examinations.