Abe Orbuch was born in a small town in Poland near the Russian border. He fled Poland at 21 to avoid conscription into the Russian military, settling in St. Paul. He bought a Model-T Ford and traveled to small towns outside of St. Paul where he sold fruit. He formed friendships with many in the Polish community in Foley and commuted to a poultry...
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Abraham "Dutch" Kastenbaum was a trained social worker and established the first senior center in Minneapolis. He headed the United Way's Division of Aging, and hosted a poplar cable television show, Senior Citizens Forum, for twenty five years.
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Accounting work room in the First National Bank of Chicago. Many rows of men and women working at large desks with accounting and billing machines. The room is divided by a series of fluted pillars.
Created:
1940?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Introduction by Paul. G. Stern, President and CEO of Burroughs, outline of plan for achievement awards, and remarks by W. Lee Shevel, Senior V.P. for Corporate Operations, on Burroughs history; form #3009279.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Shevel, W. L.
Created:
1985
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Confirmation students in graduation dress, posed with their teacher at Adath Jeshurun. Confirmation is a coming of age practice for post Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. It was originally developed by the Reform movement to follow bar- and bat-mitzvahs in the belief that thirteen year olds were not yet ready to be considered adult and should continue on in...
Created:
1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Confirmation students in graduation dress, posed with their teacher at Adath Jeshurun. Adath Jeshurun was located on the South Side in a building designed by the architect Jack Leibenberg. In the late 1990s the congregation relocated to Minnetonka. Rabbi Gordon is in the back row wearing the tallit.
Created:
1940-06-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A photograph showing the front exterior of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue. Adath Jeshurun was founded 1884. It joined together two groups of Jews--immigrants from Russia and Romania--that had settled on Minneapolis's South Side. The building in the picture was, like Temple Israel, designed by Jack Liebenberg in the Neoclassical Revival style. The numb...
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Members of the Adath Jeshurun Young People's League posing for a cast photo of their production, "Headin' South." Youth organizations in synagogues offered opportunities for socializing and other types of group activities. Adath Jeshurun's youth group organized theatricals and model Seders.
Created:
1937
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Introduced by George R. Johnson, V.P. Marketing Technical Support and featuring Rick, a field engineer (FE) from Oklahoma City where the video was produced. Discusses product maintenance by field enginners. Internal monologues shared with the viewer to spice up the video.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Johnson, George R.
Created:
1970s
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A Hand Tally Roll and Rewind Device which includes a Ticket Handling Device. Clear front and side panels allow the internal mechanisms to be viewed. Serial number [-?]09484
Created:
1919
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Aerial view of customers shopping amidst bookcases filled with books at the Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary Book Fair, a fundraising event. Mount Sinai Hospital was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the 1950s to address the discrimination Jewish doctors experienced admitting Jewish patients to local hospitals. The Auxiliary members ...
Created:
1970 - 1985
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Aerial view of customers shopping amidst bookcases and a table filled with books at the Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary Book Fair, a fundraising event. Mount Sinai Hospital was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the 1950s to address the discrimination Jewish doctors experienced admitting Jewish patients to local hospitals. The Auxili...
Created:
1970 - 1985
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The ATLAS computer installation in operation. Five Burroughs employees monitoring various screens and printouts. All employees are wearing shirts with the Burroughs logo on the back. March 1965.
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
