收录了6个机构收藏集和24个私人收藏集以及一些稀有的印刷品和宣传册，均来自纽约美国犹太历史学会的独家收藏。收录作品包括艾玛·拉撒路（Emma Lazarus）著名的十四行诗《新巨像》（'The New Colossus'）以及拜伦·德·赫尔希博士基金（Baron de Hirsch Fund）的档案记录，该基金从1819年至19世纪80年代曾多次资助美国犹太人的企业。本数据库同时还收录了一部美国犹太人年鉴文章的精选集并提供数据库大部分收藏集的研究指南，该指南可全文检索。本库对于有意了解和研究从1654年犹太人移居纽约到如今犹太人已成为美国重要的群体这段时期的历史学者来讲是不可或缺的珍贵资源。
Period Covered
- 17th - 20th century
Highlights
- The evolution of early Jewish Settlements in areas such as New York, Rhode Island and Philadelphia
- The immigration process and structures of support for those arriving from the Old World – the differing experiences of immigrants and, from the late 19th century, strategies adopted at Ellis Island and in Galveston
- The role of Jews in the American War of Independence and the Civil War
- The role of the synagogue as a focal point for Jewish communities
- The development of Jewish schools and charitable institutions
- Westward expansion and the attempts to establish Jewish farms
- The Jewish Diaspora – the influx of Jews from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and other places around the world and their dispersal across America
- The garment industry, peddling, general stores, finance and diversification into other industries
- The development of differing strands of Judaism in America – Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionism and Orthodoxy – and the roots of this in patterns of immigration and in societal changes
- Reaching out to Jewish communities around the world – especially to Russia, Romania, Germany and Eastern Europe
- American Jewish involvement in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II
- Involvement in Civil Rights and Minority Rights issues.
Source Archive
- The American Jewish Historical Society, New York
Material Types
- Personal collections of letters, scrapbooks, autobiographies and notebooks
- Minutes, reports and financial records
- Correspondence, minutes and committee reports
- Memorials
- Announcements
- Surveys
- Printed material
Subjects
- Business, Industry and Enterprise
- Civil Rights and Liberties
- Culture, Literature and the Arts
- Early Jewish Experience
- Everyday Life: Personal and Family Narratives
- Immigration and Settlement
- Politics and the Law
- Reflections on the Jewish Experience
- Religion, Tradition and Community
- War, Conflict and Persecution
- Welfare, Health and Education