Barbados Jewish community collection
Item
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Country
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US
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
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Contact information: phone number
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001 2122948301
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Contact information: email
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RCMiller@cjh.org (archive and library services)
Inquiries@cjh.org (research inquiries)
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Reference number
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I-139
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (official language of the state)
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Barbados Jewish community collection
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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American Jewish Historical Society
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Date(s)
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1679/1995
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Language(s)
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eng
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Extent
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1 box
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Photographic Images
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Scope and content
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This collection consists of typed copies of various materials relating to the history of the Jews in Barbados, including a list of taxes charged to Jewish inhabitants (1679), extracts from the minute books of the Congregation Nidhe Israel, and an index of names and ages from the census of Barbados taken in 1715. It also includes ten photos (primarily of the synagogue) and an article about the tombstone inscriptions in the Jewish cemetery of Barbados from Algemeiner Journal (1995). Part of the collection was published by E. S. Daniels (1918).
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(source: Guide to the Barbados Jewish community collection, 1679-1901, 1995)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) is the oldest ethnic and cultural archive in the United States. It was established in 1892 on the initiative of Cyrus Adler and other scholars and was initially composed of about 40 members. Oscar Straus was its first president. Since its origins, the AJHS undertook the mission of fostering awareness and appreciation of American Jewish heritage and history. The first number of the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, the AJHS's journal, was launched as soon as 1893 and lasted until today with the title American Jewish History.
Since 2000, the AJHS has been one of the five-member organisations of the Center for Jewish History in New York. Previously, the Society was located near Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
At present, the AJHS provides access to more than 30 million documents and 50,000 books, photographs, art, and artefacts that reflect the history of the Jewish presence in the United States, including some treasures, such as the handwritten original of Emma Lazarus’ The New Colossus.
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Sources:
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Center for Jewish History webpage
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Robinson, Ira. 1994. “The Invention of American Jewish History.” American Jewish History 81 (3/4): 309–20.
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Access, restrictions
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The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
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Author of the description
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Carla Vieira, 2022
