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Magnes collection on Congregation Emanu-El, 1850-2002.
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Magnes collection on Congregation Emanu-El, 1850-2002Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.), Board of Trustees.Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.), Emanuelites.Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.), Men's Club.Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.), Pathfinders.Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.), Women's Guild.Creator/Contributor:
Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 083.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1967.006.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Collection consists of materials from and about Congregation Emanu-El collected by the Judah L. Magnes Museum's staff, including
a small number of administrative and cemetery records (some of these are photocopies of early materials); materials from the
Congregation's religious school (mostly the school's publication "The Scroll" and confirmation booklets); scattered materials
on various congregational events, including a copy of a centennial essay on the history of the congregation compiled by Edgar
Kahn in 1950; materials on organizations associated with the congregation, including the Women's Guild, the Pathfinders, the
Emanuelites, and the Men's Club; a small number of files on individuals, including Rabbis Herman Bien, Elkan Cohn, Jacob Voorsanger,
and Martin A. Meyer; copies of The Temple Chronicle, the congregational newsletter (1924-2002); and photographs. The photographs
consist mainly of images of the congregation's various buildings before and after the 1906 earthquake and fire. There is an
especially fine collection of stereographs of Emanu-El's Sutter Street temple, which was one of the dominating architectural
features of the San Francisco skyline.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caEarthquakes -- California -- San Francisco
Fires -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish men -- California -- San Francisco -- Societies, etc
Jewish religious schools -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish women -- California -- San Francisco -- Societies, etc
Rabbis -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Synagogues -- California -- San Francisco
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- San Francisco
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco
Hommes juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Associations
Écoles religieuses juives -- Californie -- San Francisco
Juives -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Associations
Rabbins -- Californie -- San Francisco
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906
Buildings
Earthquakes
Fires
Jewish religious schools
Jewish women -- Societies, etc
Jews
Rabbis
Synagogues
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
California
California -- San Francisco
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Archives
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)
Bien, H. M. (Herman Milton) -- 1831-1895
Cohn, Elkan
Meyer, Martin A. (Martin Abraham) -- 1879-1923
Voorsanger, Jacob -- 1852-1908
Bien, H. M. (Herman Milton) -- 1831-1895
Cohn, Elkan
Meyer, Martin A. (Martin Abraham) -- 1879-1923
Voorsanger, Jacob -- 1852-1908
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 083.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1967.006.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
3 Sunday School medals given to Charlotte Cerf between 1877 and 1879 and 1 watercolor of Temple Emanu-El transferred to the
museum holdings of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life for separate handling and cataloging.
When a group of San Francisco's Jews met in 1849 to participate in Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, the end result was
the formation of San Francisco's congregations, Emanu-El and Sherith Israel. Congregation Emanu-El was founded in 1851 as
an Orthodox congregation, and its members were primarily German-speaking Europeans. Its present synagogue building was designed
by architects Arthur Brown, Jr., John Bakewell, and Sylvain Schnaittacher. In 1927, the American Institute of Architects selected
the building as the finest piece of architecture in Northern California. The congregation and many of its members are recognized
for supporting the arts and sponsoring many individual artists, in addition to the synagogue hosting a small museum in its
building. In 1928, Nahum Zemach directed a dramatic production of The Dybbuk at Emanu-El.
Preferred citation: Magnes collection on Congregation Emanu-El, BANC MSS 2010/612, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and
Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
correspondence.photographs.
Photographs
Archives
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
2 cartons, 4 boxes, and 1 oversize folder (3.6 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006566157
http://magnes.org/scholars/research-information/research-request-form
http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156543
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.