Manuscript Group 1350, Solomon Foster (b. 1878) Papers, ca. 1900 – 1940s
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Manuscript Group 1350, Solomon Foster (b. 1878)
Papers, ca. 1900-1940s, 10 linear feet / 19 boxes
Call Number: MG 1350
The personal and professional papers of a noted Newark rabbi. Rabbi Solomon Foster was the spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, Newark, New Jersey. The collection includes personal as well as community based material: Temple documents, correspondence, printed matter, a large collection of the Rabbi’s sermons, Masonic material, as well as extensive correspondence from pre 1900 through the 1940s. In addition, a large collection of religious publications that the Rabbi gathered, as well as a collection of mail (mainly form letters fr0m the 1920s and 30s) from various Jewish organizations.
Gift of Arline and Herb Borteck, 1994.
| Box | Contents | Dates |
| 1 | Special topics A-O: Autobiography; Biography; Hate mail; Masonic material; Notable correspondence – Charles Edison, Mrs. Thomas Edision, David Sarnoff, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Wendle Willkie, Hellen Keller, Newark mayors, NJ governors, others | |
| 2 | Special topics P-Z: Palestine; Published works; Belle Silverman, etc. | |
| 3 | Family photos and artifacts | |
| 4 | Collection of religious publications (some rare) | |
| 5 | Temple B’nai Jeshurun material | |
| 6 | Temple B’nai Jeshurun material | |
| 7 | Correspondence form various Jewish groups | |
| 8 | Writings (probably sermons) | n. d. |
| 9 | Writings (probably sermons) | n. d. |
| 10 | Sermons and related material | dated |
| 11 | Personal correspondence | pre 1900-1919 |
| 12 | Personal correspondence | 1920-1928 |
| 13 | Personal correspondence | 1929 |
| 14 | Personal correspondence | 1930 |
| 15 | Personal correspondence | 1931-1934 |
| 16 | Personal correspondence | 1935-1936 |
| 17 | Personal correspondence | 1938-1939 |
| 18 | Personal correspondence | 1940s, n. d. |
| 19 | Correspondence sent |
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