Leon Chameides Files, 1950s-2000s
Scope and Contents Note
The Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy records(1940-2012; 7.5 cubic feet) documents the history of the Academy.
A large portion of this collection consists of materials describing various volunteer and fundraising efforts by the school.
The second major accretion to this collectionn was material accumulated by Leon Chameides while in the process of writing his book "Teach them Dilligently to Your Children: The Story of the Yeshiva of Hartford/Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy". Chameides donated this material to the JHSGH on behalf of the Hebrew Academy. It consists of photographs, newspapers clippings, and other complimentary records to the origirnal portion. There is a large portion of photographs from school activities in the 1980s and 1990s. There are very few official school records in the collection. The photographs and negatives were sampled.
Dates
- Creation: 1950s-2000s
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
Full Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the File: English
From the File: Hebrew
Provenance
Leon Chaimedes collected these materials in the process of writing a book on the academy: "Teach them Dilligently to Your Children: The Story of the Yeshiva of Hartford/Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy."
Inventory:
Two boxes of papers, two boxes of photographs
The collection of Yeshiva yearbooks (ad books) donated by Leon Chamiedes following the publication of his work on the history of the Hartford Hebrew Academy/Yeshiva and were integrated into series 1, boxes 2 and 3. The is an invaluable collection resource, highlighting Yeshiva staff and school sponsorship for the later half of the 20th century. Sponsorship advertisements are arranged by business trade, geographical areas, and other specific contexts in relation to the Yeshiva. The banquet and dinenr programs, and two traditional yearbooks, were placed in box 9.
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository