JHSGH Archival Collections

The mission of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford is to preserve records, manuscripts, photographs, audio/visual recordings, and other forms of information of permanent historical value created by Jewish individuals, community groups, and organizations in the Hartford and the greater Hartford surrounding areas.

The JHSGH archives serve as an educational and community resource encouraging scholarly research and community inquiry in its collections. To better serve researchers, our archival materials and collections can be explored further in our on-line finding aids, which provide container lists and record series inventories of our current archival collection holdings.

The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford holds the ownership rights to its materials, and all publication rights must be approved by the Society and appropriately credited for publication. Our growing archival resources includes over eighty collections of varying scale and size.

To access the collection finding aids presently available, please click on the links below:

Online Finding Aids

Agriculture & Farming	American Jewish Congress	Artifacts	Association of Jewish Registered Nurses	Beth El Temple
Hans Bodenheimer	Businesses & Professions	Chevry Lomday Mishnayes	Education and Jewish Education	The Emanuel Synagogue
Farband Labor Zionist Order	Abraham Feldman	Annie Fisher	Fox Family and G. Fox & Co.	Martin Gold
Abraham Goldstein	Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center	Hadassah	Hartford Yeshiva/Hebrew Academy	Hebrew Home and Hospital
Samuel Hoffenberg	Holocaust	Immigration	Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford	Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Jewish War Veterans	Herman Kopplemann	Ludmir Young Men's Benevolent Association	Miscellaneous Organizations	Mizrachi Men and Women
Mount Sinai Medical Center	National Council of Jewish Women	Abraham Ribicoff	Solomon Schechter School	Synagogues -- Greater Hartford Area
Tikvoh Chadoshoh	Sophie Tucker	Workmen's Circle	Zionism	Zionist Organization of America

 

Contribute Historical Artifacts

Click here to view our Collection Policy if you are considering a donation of manuscripts, photographs, or artifacts.

If you or someone you know is interested in being interviewed or has documentary records, artifacts, or other materials that would benefit the Society's archives, please contact Estelle Kafer, Executive Director, at the Society office: (860) 727-6171 or via e-mail at: ekafer@jewishhartford.org.

The Society’s first priority is the documentation of the history of the communities covered by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. Items must be relevant to the Jewish community of Greater Hartford; the relevance may be to a local organization, an individual, or an event. Artifacts from other areas may be accepted but should have some historical tie to Greater Hartford. Acceptance of artifacts or manuscript documents will be determined on an individual basis and the Society reserves its right to not accept items that it believes it cannot maintain in proper condition, are too large, or cannot be acquired due to other archival storage concerns.