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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Accruals:
  • Preferred Citation
  • Project Information
  • Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Arrangement
  • Subjects
  • Organizations
  • Names and Places
  • Topics
  • Genres and Forms of Materials
  • Additional Subjects

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: American Jewish University, Digital Archive
    Dates: 1947-2014
    Bulk Dates: 1947-1999
    Collection number: CLJ1
    Creator: American Jewish University
    Creator: University of Judaism
    Creator: Brandeis-Bardin Institute
    Collection Size: 1476 items; 1476 online items
    Repository: American Jewish University
    Bel-Air, CA 90077
    Abstract: The American Jewish University Digital Archive includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera depicting people, places and events that document the history from 1941 to the present of the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute which merged to become American Jewish University in 2007.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English; Hebrew
    Physical Location: Physical Location: Physical files are housed at the Ostrow Library of the American Jewish University.

    Access

    Collection open for research.

    Accruals:

    Additions to this collection may be transferred regularly.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], American Jewish University Digital Archive, American Jewish University, Bel-Air, CA 90077.

    Project Information

    These photographs were assembled from both campuses of American Jewish University. They were digitized in order to provide broader access to the cultural and social history of the Jewish community of the Great Los Angeles area. This collection aims to preserve and organize the American Jewish University’s history by digitizing hundreds of photographs and records from the 1940s until present day. Photographs are uploaded online to the American Jewish University, Digital Archive through OCLC’s Contentdm and can be viewed at the Callimachus Contentdm site.

    Administrative History

    American Jewish University, with its Familian campus in Bel Air, California and Brandeis-Bardin campus in Simi Valley, California, is the outcome of the 2007 union of Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) and the University of Judaism (UJ). For more information, please see the history page at the following link: http://library.aju.edu/default.aspx?id=6824 

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The American Jewish University Digital Archive includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera depicting people, places and events that document the history from 1941 to the present, of the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute which merged to become American Jewish University in 2007.
    These photographs include great Jewish thinkers who founded AJU and were involved with its growth over the years. The creation of both institutions was made possible by philanthropists to whom we owe the building of University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute.
    The collection aims to preserve and organize the American Jewish University’s history by digitizing hundreds of photographs and records from the 1940s until present day.
    Items digitized represent a fraction of the archived material housed at both the Familian Campus and Brandeis-Bardin Campus of American Jewish University. Consult the library for further information.

    Arrangement

    This collection is organized by the identifier number it is given as it is digitized ("cajuol_" for photographs; "a_cajuol" for archival records).

    Subjects

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.

    Organizations

    Camp Ramah.
    Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Brandeis, Simi Valley, Calif.)
    Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
    National Women's League
    Sinai Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    United Synagogue of America.
    University of Judaism
    University Women of the University of Judaism
    Women's League for Conservative Judaism

    Names and Places

    Ackerman, Walter I.
    Alexander, Hanan A., 1953-
    Allen, Steve, 1921-2000.
    Aronson, David, 1923-
    Artson, Bradley Shavit
    Bardin, Shlomo 1898-
    Ben-Ari, Raikin
    Bergman, Martin
    Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998
    Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941
    Brandeis, Simi Valley (Calif.)
    Buber, Martin, 1878-1965
    Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
    Cohen, Aryeh
    Cohen, Gerson D. (Gerson David), 1924-
    Easton, Harold
    Eisenshtat, Sidney, 1914-2005
    Dassa, Dani
    Dorff, Elliot N.
    Dortort, David
    Douglas, William O.
    Engel, Samuel G., 1904-1984
    Familian, Isadore
    Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991
    Fligelman, Julius, 1895-1980
    Gindi, Elie M.
    Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953
    Goodhill, Victor, 1911-
    Gordis, David M.
    Gordis, Robert, 1908-
    Glass, Judith
    Glazer, Miriyam, 1945-
    Greenberg, Simon, 1901-
    Helfman, Max
    Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972
    Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
    Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985
    Jospe, Erwin
    Kahn, Peter M., 1878- [from old catalog]
    Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983
    Kohn, Jacob, 1881-1968
    Krems, Nathan
    Levine, Sid
    Lieber, David L.
    Los Angeles (Calif.)
    Novorr, Jerry
    Oppenheim, Lois Hecht
    Ostrow, Bel
    Ostrow, Jack
    Pressman, Jacob
    Ray, Eric
    Schary, Dore
    Schulweis, Harold M.
    Seewack, Benjamin
    Sonderling, Jacob, 1878-1964
    Shub, Louis
    Shulman, Julius
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
    Swig, Benjamin Harrison, 1893-1980
    Temianka, Henri
    Turner, Justin G.
    Vorspan, Max
    Wapner, Joseph A.
    Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
    Wexler, Robert
    Wiesel, Ellie, 1928-
    Wise, Aaron M.
    Wolfson, Ron
    Zemach, Benjamin
    Zevit, Ziony

    Topics

    Adult education
    Art--Exhibitions.
    Camp life
    Jewish college students--United States.
    Jewish college presidents
    Judaism
    Philanthropists
    Philosophers
    Rabbis
    Scholars
    Universities and colleges.
    University campuses
    Women.

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Aerial photographs
    Brochures
    Clippings
    Invitations
    Pamphlets
    Photographs
    Photograph albums

    Additional Subjects

    Academic costume
    Accordions
    Actors.
    Advertisements
    Aerial photographs.
    Aerial views.
    African Americans
    Air travel.
    Airports.
    Albums.
    Alphabets (Writing systems)
    Alumni and alumnae
    American Film Producers
    American Jewish University
    Animals in human situations
    Anniversaries.
    Antiques.
    Antlers.
    Applause
    Architectural andamp; site components
    Architectural drawings
    Architectural elements
    Architectural photographs
    Architecture.
    Art galleries
    Art--Study and teaching.
    Art.
    Artists.
    Arts and children.
    Arts and crafts.
    Arts.
    Athletics.
    Auctions.
    Audiences.
    Auditoriums--California--Los Angeles.
    Authors.
    Automobiles.
    Award presentations
    Awards.
    B'nai B'rith
    Backlar, Patricia, 1932-
    Backpacks.
    Ball-point pens
    Balloons.
    Balls (Sporting goods)
    Band.
    Banners
    Bar mitzvah.
    Bardin, Shlomo, 1898-
    Barth, Lewis M.
    Baseball.
    Basketball courts
    Basketball.
    Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
    Bat mitzvah.
    Benefit auctions
    Benefit performances.
    Benton, Fletcher, 1931-
    Berit milah.
    Bernardi, Herschel
    Bernstein, Abraham, M.D.
    Bernstein, Theresa
    Beverly Hills (Calif.)
    Bible. Ecclesiastes.
    Bibles
    Biblical events
    Biblical scholars.
    Black-tie affair
    Blueprints
    Board of directors--United States.
    Boats and boating.
    Bookman, Mark, 1948-
    Books and reading.
    Books.
    Boxes.
    Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
    Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998.
    Bread
    Bridges.
    Brooms andamp; brushes
    Bubble gum
    Building dedications
    Building sites.
    buildings distinguished by form
    Bulletin boards
    Bunk beds
    Cabinet officers
    Cafeterias
    Cake.
    California State Assembly
    Cameras.
    Camp buildings
    Camp counselors.
    Camp meetings
    Campers
    Campers (Persons)
    Camps
    Candles.
    Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964.
    Cantors (Judaism)
    Caro, Anthony, 1924-
    Carving
    Castles.
    Catching (Baseball)
    Ceilings
    Celebrities.
    Cello
    Ceremonies
    Chairs
    Chapels
    Chemists.
    Chess sets.
    Chess.
    Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court
    Children dancing
    Children.
    Choirs (Music)
    Choral societies.
    Choreographers
    City council members
    City of Hope Cancer Research Center
    Civic leaders
    Classrooms
    Clothing and dress.
    College administrators
    College presidents.
    Comedians--United States.
    Commencement ceremonies.
    Committees.
    Community leadership.
    Composers
    Computation laboratories
    Computers.
    Concept, photography
    Concert halls
    Concert programs.
    Concerts.
    Conducting
    Conductors
    Conductors (Music)
    Confirmation (Jewish rite)
    Congregation Beth Sholom (San Francisco, Calif.)
    Congresses and conventions.
    Construction
    Construction workers
    Construction workers.
    Conversation.
    Cooks.
    Costumes
    Council of Jewish Federations (U.S.)'
    Court tennis
    Cousins, Norman.
    Cranes, derricks, etc.
    Cummings, Theodore E., 1907-1982
    Cut paper works
    Dance.
    Dancers
    Davidson, Gordon, 1933-
    Davis, Gray, 1942-
    De Mille, Agnes
    Dedication services.
    Dedications.
    Deer
    DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.
    Dichter, Cipa
    Dichter, Misha, 1945-
    Dining rooms
    Dinners and dining.
    Diplomats.
    Disasters
    Discussion.
    Diving boards
    Docents
    Dormitories
    Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980.
    Dramatists
    Dreidel (Game)
    Drug abuse
    Drums
    Drums andamp; Tuba (Musical group)
    Earthquakes
    Earthquakes.
    Education
    Electronic games.
    Electronics.
    Ethics
    Ethnic groups
    Faculty, University
    Fairmont Hotels andamp; Resorts.
    Families.
    Fans.
    Farming
    Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-
    Feminists
    Fences
    Film posters.
    Film producers
    Filming on location
    Fireplaces.
    Fisheye photography (Hemispherical photography)
    Flagpoles
    Flags
    Flags--American.
    Flags--Israel.
    Flutes
    Flying discs (Game)
    Folk dancing
    Folk singers
    Food.
    Forts andamp; fortifications
    Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009.
    Founders
    Founders' Day commemorations.
    Fund raising.
    Galleries andamp; museums
    Games.
    Gates
    German language.
    Gift shops
    Girders
    Girls' bedrooms
    Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974
    Goodelman, Aaron J., 1890-1978
    Governors
    Graduate students.
    Graduation (School)
    Graduation ceremonies
    Graduation gowns
    Grant, Gogi
    Grasses.
    Greenberg, Simon
    Gropper, William, 1897-1977.
    Ground breaking ceremonies
    Guitar.
    Guthman, Sidney S.
    Hall, Monty
    Halls
    Hand holding.
    Hand washing
    Handelman, Stanley Myron
    Handstands
    Harris, Johana.
    Hats.
    Havdalah
    Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993
    Hebrew language
    Hebrew language--Alphabet.
    Hebrew language--Study and teaching.
    Helfman, Max.
    Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation (Mercer Island, Wash.)
    Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904.
    Hill View, Familian Campus Land Site Before Construction
    Hilton Hotels Corporation
    Historic buildings
    Holes
    Holidays
    Holocaust survivors
    Horseback riding
    Hotels.
    Hugging
    Inauguration
    Independence Day (Israel)
    Infrastructure
    Inscriptions.
    Interviewing.
    Jackets.
    Jewelry.
    Jewish artists.
    Jewish camps
    Jewish camps.
    Jewish college teachers
    Jewish families.
    Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
    Jewish journalists.
    Jewish motion picture producers and directors
    Jewish National Fund.
    Jewish Theological Seminary of America
    Jews--Dietary laws.
    Jogging.
    Journalists.
    Judaica and Hebraica
    Judaism--20th century.
    Judaism.
    Judges
    Kahn, Peter M., 1878-
    Kaplan, Abraham, 1918-1993
    Kayser, Stephen S., 1900-
    Kiddush cups
    King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.
    Kingsley, Gershon
    Kippahs
    Kirsch, Jonathan, 1949-
    Kitchens.
    Klutznick, Philip M., 1907-1999
    Koltai, Leslie
    Kosher food.
    Kramer, Stanley
    Ladders
    Lam, Nathan
    Landscape photographs
    Landscape views
    Lanyards
    Laughter.
    Leadership.
    Lecture halls
    Lectures and lecturing.
    Legislators
    Legislators--United States.
    Legislators' spouses
    Letters.
    Levine, Meldon E.
    LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007
    Librarians.
    Libraries.
    Loose-leaf binders
    Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors. Third District
    Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
    Lowenstein, Steven M., 1945-
    Lumber
    Luncheons.
    Magen David.
    Mail sorting.
    Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983
    Master of business administration degree.
    Mayors
    Mayors--California--Los Angeles.
    Mayors--New York (State)--New York.
    Medical centers
    Meetings.
    Meir, Golda, 1898-1978.
    Memorials.
    Menitoff, Michael Norman
    Menorah.
    Mercedes-Benz automobile
    Metropolitan Opera Association (New York, N.Y.)
    Mezuzah.
    Microphone.
    Mikveh.
    Military officers
    Mock-up.
    Modeling (Sculpture)
    Moon.
    Motion picture producers and directors.
    Motion pictures and theater.
    Motion pictures.
    Mountains
    Music
    Music education
    Music festivals--United States
    Music--Posters
    Music.
    Musicians
    Musicologists.
    Nathan, Robert, 1894-1985.
    National Medical Enterprises
    Nobel Prizes
    Notebooks.
    Novelists.
    Offices
    Ojai (Calif.)
    Open-air schools
    Orchestras
    Outdoor life.
    Outdoor religious services
    Pac-Man (Game)
    Painting.
    Palms
    paneling
    Parking
    Parking lots.
    Parties.
    Passover food.
    Passover--Customs and practices.
    Passover.
    Patios
    Patrons of education
    Pay-per-call telephone services
    Pencils.
    Performances
    Perlman, Itzhak, 1945-
    Persoff, Nehemiah, 1920-
    Philosophers.
    Phonograph
    Photographs.
    Pianists.
    Piano.
    Pianos
    Pincas, Abraham
    Pirates.
    Planting (Plant culture)
    Plate
    Playing cards.
    Plazas
    Pluralism (Social sciences)
    Poets.
    Poitier, Sidney.
    Politicians
    Politicians--United States.
    Polocrosse
    Pool.
    Popkin, Harry M.
    Portrait photographs.
    Postal service
    Posters.
    Potok, Chaim
    Pottery making
    Prayer
    Prayer.
    Presidents.
    Priest
    Programs
    Progress photographs
    Projectors
    Public speaking
    Rabbinical Assembly
    Rabbinical Assembly of America. West Coast Branch
    Rabbis--Ordination
    Rabbis.
    Radio programs
    Radio programs--United States
    Radio programs--United States--Catalogs
    Rafalin-Lainer, Sara
    Reading
    Real estate agents--California.
    Real property.
    Recording and registration.
    Recording instruments.
    Religion.
    Religious architectural elements
    Religious services
    Reunions.
    Ribbons
    Rickey, George
    Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
    Riles, Wilson C.
    Roadblocks
    Roads.
    Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
    Roller skates.
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
    Rubin, Stanley, 1917-
    Rubinstein, Gretty, 1947-2001
    Sabbaths
    Salutations
    San Diego (Calif.)
    San Francisco (Calif.)
    Saxophone
    Scaffolding
    Schechter, Solomon, 1847-1915
    Schochet, Elijah Judah
    Scholars.
    School buses.
    School catalogs
    School plays
    Screenwriters--United States.
    Sculptors
    Sculpture
    Sculpture gardens
    Sculpture gardens California
    Seattle (Wash.)
    Seminars and conferences
    Shadows
    Shapiro, Annette Familian, 1930-
    Sheet music.
    Shirley and Arthur Whizin Center for the Jewish Future
    Shofar.
    Shovels
    Signing ceremonies
    Signings, Document
    Signs
    Signs (Notices)
    Silhouettes
    Silverman, Hillel E., 1924-
    Simi Valley (Calif.)
    Simon, Bernard E.
    Sinfonietta
    Singers.
    Singing.
    Sisco, Joseph J.
    Sketchbooks
    Sketches
    Sleeping bags.
    Slides
    Small buildings
    Small libraries.
    Societies.
    Sofas
    Sound--Recording and reproducing.
    Southern California Gas Company
    Speeches, addresses, etc.
    Sperling, Milton, 1912-1988
    Sports.
    Staff
    Stairs.
    Stairways
    Stanley Myron
    Steinberg, Linda
    Steinway andamp; Sons.
    Stone, Irving, 1903-1989.
    Stone.
    Stoves.
    Strassburg, Robert
    String figures.
    Strollers (Baby carriages)
    Students.
    Studying
    Stuffed animals (Toys)
    Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Supreme Court justices
    Susan and David Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies (University of Judaism)
    Swimmers
    Swimming
    Synagogues
    Syrkin, Marie, 1899-1989
    Tabernacles
    Table.
    Tallith
    Talmudists
    Tambourines
    Tape recorders and recording
    Teenagers
    Tefillin.
    Telephone
    Television game show hosts
    Television producers and directors
    Television production andamp; direction
    Television programs--Plots, themes, etc.
    Television programs--United States--Catalogs
    Television programs.
    Tennis.
    Tents
    Theater.
    Theatrical productions
    Toasts.
    Toradze, Alexander
    Torah arks
    Torah.
    Tractors.
    Travel.
    Tree planting ceremonies
    Tree planting.
    Trees.
    Trucks.
    Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
    Tucson (Ariz.)
    Typewriters.
    Typewriting.
    United States. Department of Education.
    United Synagogue of America
    United Synagogue of America. National Women's League
    Valley Beth Shalom (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Valley Jewish Community Center and Temple (North Hollywood, Calif.)
    Venet, Bernar, 1941-
    Vereen, Ben
    Violinists.
    Violins
    Violoncellos
    Vivitar Corporation
    Vocal quartets.
    Volleyball.
    Vorspan, Albert
    Wapner, Joseph A.,
    Watercolors
    Weaving.
    Weddings
    Weisman, Marcia
    Whistles.
    White, Charles, 1918-1979
    White, Saul Elchanan, 1907-1983
    Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
    Wind instruments
    Windows.
    Wine
    Wire fencing
    Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949.
    Women choreographers.
    Women cooks.
    Women musicologists
    Women pianists.
    Women's rights
    Wooden chapels
    Wooden-frame buildings.
    Writing.
    Yaroslavsky, Zev.
    Youth
    Ziering, Sigi, 1928-2000
    Zimmerman, Arthur B., 1920-2008