Two female Sholom Home staff members, one standing and talking on the phone and one sitting, go about their routine work. Sholom Home has enjoyed an over 100 year legacy in providing a broad continuum of residential, social service and health care services primarily for older adults.
Created:
1970 - 1980
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A raised exhibition set displaying a side view of Burroughs Electric Portable Adding Machine on a stand and an office chair. To the left of the stand and chair, a large swivel mirror reflects a view of the adding machine keypad and workspace on the stand. A free standing sign reads: "Burroughs Short-Cut Keyboard for Speed, Simplicity, and Ease o...
Created:
1937
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Members of the Sigma Alpha Mu basketball team are posed in uniform. Sigma Alpha Mu was founded in 1909 at City College in New York as a Jewish fraternity. The University of Minnesota had an active chapter.
Created:
1921
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of young women stand outside the sorority house. The Sigma Delta Tau sorority was founded by seven young women at Cornell University in 1917. The seven had had been denied membership into other Greek organizations because they were Jewish.
Contributor:
Rich Economy Photographing Service (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Created:
1942
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Oak Ridge Country Club was chartered by several prominent Jewish businessmen who had been denied membership in existing Twin Cities clubs. Initially, there had been a movement in the local Jewish community for a Twin Cities club, but when that proved undoable, Minneapolitans selected the Hopkins site (St. Paul golfers founded Hillcrest Country C...
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Oak Ridge Country Club was chartered by several prominent Jewish businessmen who had been denied membership in existing Twin Cities clubs. Initially, there had been a movement in the local Jewish community for a Twin Cities club, but when that proved undoable, Minneapolitans selected the Hopkins site (St. Paul golfers founded Hillcrest Country C...
Created:
1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of members of the Sigma Delta Tau Sorority in caps and gowns. Sigma Delta Tau sorority was founded by seven young women at Cornell University in 1917. The seven had had been denied membership into other Greek organizations because they were Jewish.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of servicemen stand outside the Sigma Delta Tau Sorority house. In the back is a young member of the sorority. The Sigma Delta Tau sorority was founded by seven young women at Cornell University in 1917. The seven had had been denied membership into other Greek organizations because they were Jewish. The Minneapolis chapter hosted Jewish...
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Minnesota-Dakota Action Committee was organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council to help educate the public about the plight of Soviet Jews to support efforts of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel and to help sustain Jewish life in the Soviet Union. The organization was active in the national movement from the mid-1960s to the late ...
Created:
1987-03-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Lyndale Auto Parts was located on the North Side. The scrap yard featured signs asking the public to donate their scrap metal to help with the war effort. This sign appeals to a civilian's sense of patriotism and urgency in aiding the war effort.
Created:
1942-07-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This piece of signage urges citizens both to understand how much material it takes to fight the enemy, and to donate as much as possible to the war effort.
Created:
1942-07-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A woman at the Tireman plant demonstrates the silk screen process used in production of circuit cards. She holds a magnifying glass and stylus over the schematic for a circuit board.
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two male customers wait inside the tailor shop while Simon holds a measuring tape and Sadie works at a sewing machine. Turn of the century Jewish immigrants were closely associated with all aspects of the garment industry. While many worked in shirt-making factories located on the East Cost, others had tailoring skills they brought with them fro...
Created:
1918?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A view looking down 6th Avenue, showing storefronts and streetcar tracks. 6th Avenue was a bustling commercial area during the 1920s. The Jewish community continued to move North and West, and the commercial center had shifted in the 1940s to Plymouth and Penn Aves.
Created:
1922-06-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Vacuum tubes, point to point transistors, diodes, and magnetic coils laid out in a line on a sheet of paper. A man stands just behind the display and holds the edge of the paper.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Introduced by J. Roy Henry, Executive V.P. of Marketing, shows visits to several Burroughs computer installations, and covers different systems (but many times it is the B800). Created by Burroughs Corporate Audio Visual. Duplicates U40 and similar to BP84.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Business Machines Group
Created:
1971-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Introduced by J. Roy Henry, Executive V.P. of Marketing, shows visits to several Burroughs computer installations, and covers different systems (but many times it is the B800). Created by Burroughs Corporate Audio Visual. Duplicated by U41 and similar to BP84.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Business Machines Group
Created:
1971-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.