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Collection: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Title: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Object ID: MG0978

Date Range: 1897-1997

Subject Headings: Jewish archives Jewish cemeteries Religious institutions Synagogue archives Search Terms: Anniversaries Celebrations Cemeteries Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Financial records Jewish archives Jewish cemeteries Minutes Programs Rabbis Religious institutions Reports Synagogue archives

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Collection: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Title: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Description: This collection contains the historical records of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, including minutes, service bulletins, financial records, Lancaster Jewish history, and property records.; Box 1: Lancaster Jewish histories; Box 2: Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery; Box 3: Other Lancaster Jewish Organizations; Box 4: B'Nai B'rith Lancaster; Box 5: Rabbis; Box 6: Board Decisions, 1963-1978; Charter and By-laws; Box 7: Minutes, 1855-1934; Box 8: Minutes, 1934-1978; Box 9: Minutes, 1978-1995; Box 10: Presidents' Reports; 1997 Triple Anniversary; Box 11 & 12: Special Services; Service Programs; Celebrations; Congregation Anniversaries; Box 13 & 14: Committee Reports; Old Church Music, adapted; Box 15 & 16: Property Records; Deeds, Mortgages; Renovations; Box 17: Membership Financial Ledgers, 1892-1949; Box 18 & 19: Membership Dues Receipt Books, 1939-1970; Membership Financial Ledgers, 1927-1949; Box 20 & 21: Membership Financial Ledger, 1949-1960; Membership Dues Receipt Ledger, 1948-1965; Invoices and Vouchers; Financial Records; Box 22: Bulletins, 1915-1968; Box 23: Bulletins, 1968-1981; Box 24: Bulletins, 1981-1993; Oversized Items:; Reform Advocate, 9 August 1913; Cemetery plans, 1897 and 1907; Resolution regarding Benjamin Lurio https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169712251/benjamin-lurio; Picture of the Simon lintel "In colonial times, when synagogues were scarce, traditional Jews in cities without synagogues conducted prayer services in their homes. This hand-carved wooden lintel was affixed horizontally above the opening of Joseph Simon's personal Torah ark in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In the lintel's center is a depiction of the two tablets symbolizing the Decalogue (the ten commandments) and below it the Hebrew saying, "Know before Whom you are standing," a phrase that often appears in synagogues on the ark lintel or above the reader's lectern." www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-haven.html#obj11; Digital archive (images, text, and history) by David Brenner: (accessible onsite); "Over 7000 images related directly or indirectly to Congregation Shaarai Shomayim in Lancaster Pennsylvania. This is a file of scanned and downloaded documents, publications, newspaper articles, photographs etc. from the archives of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA, items loaned to me and online newspapers. The goal of this collection is to have in one place as much information as possible on Lancaster's Reform Jewish community, institutions, and mid to late 19th century Jewish immigrants that populated the second Jewish community of Lancaster in the 1840s and chartered the congregation."

Date Range: 1897-1997

Year Range From: 1897

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1897-1997

Creator: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12-13

People: Simon, Joseph

Subjects: Jewish archives; Jewish cemeteries; Religious institutions; Synagogue archives

Search Terms: Anniversaries; Celebrations; Cemeteries; Congregation Shaarai Shomayim; Financial records; Jewish archives; Jewish cemeteries; Minutes; Programs; Rabbis; Religious institutions; Reports; Synagogue archives

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0978

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2023.043

Other Numbers: MG-978

Classification: MG0978

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally inventoried by Ellen Pike and the Archives Committee at Shaarai Shomayim.

Documents

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Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7233

Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 974.892 A495

Responsibility: compiled by Elise Mercur Wagner.

Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Place of Publication: [Ambridge, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Centennial Souvenir Program, June 6,7,8, 1924."; Economy was the name of a settlement in western Pennsylvania of the Harmony Society in early 19th century . It was a religious communal society. The area later became the town of Ambridge.

Subjects: Economy (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Ambridge (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.892 A495

Harrisburg bids you welcome : the front door to the sesqui-centennial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18208

Corporate Author: Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce (Pa.). Tourist Committee.

Date of Publication: [1926?]

Call Number: 974.818 H313

Alternate Title: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital city

Corporate Author: Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce (Pa.). Tourist Committee.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.]

Publisher: Tourist Committee, Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce,

Date of Publication: [1926?]

Physical Description: [16] p. : ill., 1 map ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Harrisburg (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.; Harrisburg (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 H313

Historic Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16250

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: [1929]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64his

Responsibility: by H.M.J. Klein.

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: [Place of publication not identified]

Publisher: [publisher not identified],

Date of Publication: [1929]

Physical Description: 1 sheet, folded ; ill. ; 23 cm

Notes: Cover consists of a reproduction of "The Vision and the Full Strength of Manhood" painted on the western wall of the new building of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancasater.

Subjects: Hewlett, J. Monroe.; Farmers Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64his

Historic Lancaster : a description of the mural painting in the new building of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19882

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: [1929]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64hi

Responsibility: by H.M.J. Klein.

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: [Place of publication not identified]

Publisher: [publisher not identified],

Date of Publication: [1929]

Physical Description: 1 sheet, folded ; 16 cm

Subjects: Hewlett, J. Monroe.; Farmers Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64hi

Lancaster County in the Revolution, parade route

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4932

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI 502

Responsibility: P.H. Cunningham.

Place of Publication: [s.l.]

Publisher: [s.n.] ,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: 1 map ; 57 x 108 cm.

Notes: Parade commemorates sesqui-centennial of the American Revolution. Includes names and locations of parade participants along East King St. Major William C. Rehm, Chief Marshall.

Subjects: Parades - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACI 502

Negative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/64640d50-40c2-4286-a3cb-819364244618

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Object ID: D-15-03-25

Date Range: June 11, 1927

1 image

Object Name: Negative

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Description: The USS Memphis arriving at Washington, DC, with Charles Lindbergh upon returning from his Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris on May 21 - 22, 1927.

Provenance: Lancaster New Era newspaper photographer Walter Hallowell was granted a press pass to photograph the return of Charles Lindbergh in Washington, DC.