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AGUDATH ACHIM
ARCHIVES INDEX

BOX 1: Gifts

bookplate
"brick of the synagogue" card
JTS receipt
Building fund pledge card
art auction ticket 11-6-82
art auction invitation 11-5-83
Kroger certificates flyer
art auction flyer 11-8-81
art auction flyer 11-6-82
Chocolate Sundae flyer 2-7-88
11-1-84 Schwartz bequest
Rosenfeld administration thank you letters, misc.
1976 Rosen bequest
1975 Benson bequest
1971 building fund pledges
1988 Foundation contributors, misc.
Tree of Life flyers
12-26-85 Union Carbide stocks
6-3-91 Federation allocation letter
12-28-89 large Yago gift letter
1-21-95 art auction flyer, invitation
MNLK gift letters
memorial boards brochure

BOX 2: Youth

Young Judaea handbook 1927-28
Young Judaea handbook 1926-27
USY membership cards (7)
USY Tikkun Olam certificate
46 photos
3-11-96 letters protesting Camp Chai committee
plaque to G. Zelinsky
list of members 1970s
Rishonim 1973-’74 poster
USY papers, speech cards, envelopes
1997-’98 YJ airport photos

BOX 3: Membership and Dues

booklet of members serving in WWII
membership application
sign-in sheet for meeting 2-11-73
dues notice 1982
AA roster 1993-94
board roster 1993-94
committee roster 1993-94
widow's letter clarifying dues
AA roster 1983
1972 Finance Committee notes on dues
Rosenfeld administration dues notes and letters
general info for new members
newcomers contact form
Membership Committee guidelines
welcome brochure
card from Shapiros
6/95 demographic breakdown
welcome form letter
sign-in sheets: 5-12-88, 12-29-88, 5-21-89, 5-21-90,
5-13-91, 5-11-92,
membership list (undated)
Sallye Schuster marriage statistic
Hadassah xerox
thank you to Carol Ginsburg from SJHS
Kawaler Wedding program
Chad Sour's Eagle Scout program
LSUMC class pictures 1980 - 81
Willer framed photo

BOX 4: Ritual

        Books of Remembrance: 5735, 5739, 5740, 5742,
     5744,5745,5746, 5747, 5749, 5750, 5751, 5752
     song booklet
     Rabbi Brener's handwritten invocations
     Torah honor cards
     High Holiday admission card 1978
     High Holiday ticket 194-
     Federation Shabbat program 1-27-95
     file on choir
     martyrology service 9-25-74
     peace service 3-29-79
     Torah appraisals
     1984 HH admission standards
     7-11-93 letter from Pomm to Muslow
     11-9-94 Ritual Committee minutes
     10-8-95 Ritual Committee recommendation
     March and April 1994 letters on Rene Merker
     2-10-83 program for family service honoring      teachers

BOX 5: B’nai Mitzvot

thank you from Joey Deitch 8-1-94
Chad Sour program 4-27-96
Jonathan Goodman program 9-9-95
Rachel Gross program 7-15-95
packet from Izzy Horowitz
Sarah Gross program
Casey Colley program
Yoni Platt program
Beth Zweig program
Jonathan Zweig program
Anne Lachman program
Lauren Goodman program
Danny Lachman program
Darren Kottle program

BOX 6: Ladies Auxiliary and Sisterhood

community directory 1980s
YMCA letter
photos of a Chai luncheon in Line Ave. bldg. 5-26-82 installation service notes
10-26-94 news clipping on Kosher Cuisine
12-4-93 kiddush luncheon list
library materials
2-28-91 letter
membership roster
misc. 1995-97
Kosher Kuisine packet
11-22-84 news clippings on bake sale
folder: Susan Gross papers
Sisterhood Shabbat sermon 1998

BOX 7: Men's Club

membership card
cover to 20th Anniversary program
entire 20th Anniversary program booklet
donations 1989-90
Flicker's operator's license
officers 1978-79
6-2-75 meeting announcement
1990 budget
1/97 football fundraiser

BOX 8: Cemetery

Louisiana certificates to operate 1976, 1977
xerox of Ritman plaque 1-2-76
non-member burial letter
1974-75 budget
transcript of Jake Cullick’s ledger
original ledger
Fern Brandt death certificte
yahrzeit index cards
Cemetery 1994

BOX 9: Rabbis and Cantors

program for Brener installation
program for Brener installation as emeritus
letter to Kawaler 2-11-97
Kawaler High Holiday sermons 5756
news clipping on Brener's retirement 5-12-74
Brener's masters diploma 6-10-31
Kawaler resume
Kawaler contract
11-9-80, 12-9-80 Stone resignation
10-1-79 Stone contract
cantor characteristics wish list
letters and minutes re: dissatisfaction with Moskowitz
12-17-84 JTS rabbi search, misc. on same topic
rabbi search questionnaire
5-13-81 letter against Smith
Smith contract
Smith letter-to-the-editor
rabbi’s typical holiday schedule
schedule for Kawaler’s first visit
scoresheet for rabbinical candidates
5-20-93 letter to Mosk from NCCJ
xerox mugshots of Abramowitz, Wiesel, Kawaler, Moskowitz,Renov, Stern (with letter), Smolensky, Greenfield, and
Blumenthal
5-17-74 emeritas program
11-24-22 Jewish Monitor (xerox)
Beth Yeshurun letter
photo of Kawaler in Purim costume

BOX 10: Buildings

cards to participate in dedication 2-8-81, 1-11-81 dedication notice card 5-14-39
program 5-14-39
building bar mitzvah invitation 1-7-94
building bar mitzvah program
blueprint for trash can rack
color blueprint for window dedication
program 2-8-81
blueprints of Village Green building and grounds
xerox of line art of first building from Hewitt
photos of cornerstone and Torah moving ceremonies
news clipping of groundbreaking 1980 Line Ave. contractors and receipts
art gallery waiver
Rosenfeld administration misc.
real estate mortgage
Israel Bonds sold for building purchase
blueprint showing electrical info
congratulatory Uniongram
12-7-80 cornerstone program
Days of Building xerox
Line Avenue notecards
5-20-80 newsclipping on groundbreaking

BOX 11: Constitutions and Administration

welcome brochure for Village Green
welcome brochure for Line Avenue
joint installation program 1978
Line Avenue letterhead
flow chart of committees 2-8-81
dedication of synagogue speech
2-14-64 acceptance speech by Joseph Goldman
first Constitution and Bylaws (2 copies, 2 versions)
4-8-45 Constitution (2)
4-8-45 Bylaws (2)
list of board members 1906-13
Flo Johnson insurance misc.
United Synagogue dues letters
misc. Rosenfeld administration
yellow sheets: synagogue poll
9/92 letters by and about office secretary
6/95 board retreat photos and misc.
1994 papers on dropping United Synagogue affiliation
standing rules 2/83-6/94
1/97 use fees
Shreiar survey forms
state-of-the-congregation speeches
6-1-95 letter on merging congregations
United Synagogue certificate
6-1-95 Lurie letter
data from city directories

BOX 12: School
       registration card 1979
       confirmation program 6-3-95
        tree certificate, spring 1989
        Tillie Epstein's Junior Bible
        Purim Ball programs: llth-15th, 18th (3-16-63),          3-25-67
        photos and participant lists for summer camp 1953-55
        Perfect Attendance buttons
        1986-89 budget materials
        1990-91 expenses
        1989-90 Kiddie Kehillah budget
        2-15-88 bar mitzvah resolution
        1983-88 standing rules
        1981 tuition
        7-16-76 nursery school feasability
        8-4-81 minutes
        June 1981 day camp participants
        January 1980 report on school
        schedule of religious education
        4-30-93 letter on combining Sunday Schools
        10-27-95 letter asking family to attend
        confirmation programs 5-25-69, 5-30-65, 5-26-68
        budget file folder
        1955 camp scrapbook page
        Greenburg news article
        Confirmation photos, London photos, London CD 2000
        Shavuot/confirmation program 5760
        xerox of Rubenstein and Zatzkis confirmation photos

BOX 13: Misc. Events
        thank you from Penninah Schram
        Schram program 2-21-97
        tickets for Jewish Music Festival 5-15-77, 5-16-?
        special events calendar 1971-72
        9-18-90 program committee note
        8-21-91 program committee note
        Julius Lester flyer
        news clippings on Lester
        Lester admission tickets
        3-15-96 letter from Rabbi Freund
        bio of Freund
        9-8-94 letter on Caddo Parish schools
        Nimoy picture, tickets
        4-19-34 news clipping xerox
        piano recital program 9-2-00
        news clipping on new Torah
        Torah dedication booklets 9-15-99
        Scholar-in-Residence programs 3/99, 3/00
        Yom Haatsmaut booklet 4-30-99  

BOX 14: Oral History
        cassette tapes
        Jerome Abrams war memoires
        Kawaler interview
        story of Carol Ginsburg's father
        inverview with Lazar Murov

BOX 15: Minutes
        xerox of 1918-1940
        1970-85
        1992-93

BOX 16: Photos
        1-12-? visiting church youth group with Kawaler
        3 youth, 1 of tashlich at swimming pool?
        19 youth convention 1/94 building bar mitzvah
        (12 color)
        Purim 1958? and Young Judaea
        4 Line Avenue gym
        fashion show
        gift shop window
        "Future home of" sign with 4 men
        Village Green grounds
        Brener wall plaque
        prayer book shelves
        memorial plaques in sanctuary
        Torahs inside ark
        envelope from Abe Ritman
        Purim Ball from Sylvia Ginsburg
        cornerstone (with token taped on)
        USY convention (in Florida?) from Ron Aldin
        binder of Purim Ball, Young Judaea camp, etc, 1948
        confirmation portrait
        Shlock Rock publicity photos
        envelope of confirmation portraits, partially identified
        Linda Givens photo copies

BOX 17: Small Artifacts

        USY Rishonim banner
        Rishonim gavel
        hallah cover (?)
        stained glass shard from Line Avenue
        key to Fannin Street
        cornerstone piece 1938
        cornerstone piece 1905
        wood furniture sample
        Israel 50 button
        old Israeli flag

BOX 18: Newspaper Articles and other references
        5-7-80 "Cornerstone Opened"
        society column
        1-16-55 Ladies Auxiliary models
        1-26-? United Nations models, 1-21-55 articles
        "Hebrew Institute Gets Good Start"
        Eric Brock: Rabbi Lewin 9-24-94
        Eric Brock: on Shreveport history books
        xerox of "Jewish Mayors"
        1-24-84 special news section on Shreveport Jewish         community
        7-6-39 WPA description of synagogue
        1-29-95 art auction
        8-14-94 new rabbi
        1-11-95 local Jewish community
        2-11-95, 2-20-95 scholar-in-residence
        1-4-95 art acution
        Pushcarts and Plantations video
        Purim Ball video
        files of misc. news clippings

BOX 19:Archival references and Example

        1938 Tennessee congregation yearbook
        xerox of oral history programs
        archival supply catalogs
        Texas Jewish Historical Society newsletter
        prices for publishing book
        file on other historical societies
        flyer from Houston congregation
        book on Jews in Mississippi
        book on Jews in Chicago
        book on Jews in Chattanooga
        Silberman paper on JCJW
        Days of Building
        book on Beth El, Alexandria VA

Oversize shelf
        2 Chocolate Sundae photo albums
        financial records book
        bulletins 1946-74
        minutes of meetings 1921-36
        notebook from Muslow administration
        notebook of photos
        Hadassah gavel 10-17-37

Freestanding
        old address plates
        silver menorah from Falks
        boxes of financial records
        orange posters with phots and newsclippings
        box of Simchat Torah Flags
        plate wall decoration
        small menorah
        bulletins and flyers 1974-75, 1977-84, 1986-89, 1993, 1995
        videos:  Yom Kippur 1997, Talent Show 1999
        JWB banner
        bingo supplies