American Jewish Historical Society
www.ajhs.org
The American Jewish Historical Society's mission is to foster awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish past and to serve as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, preservation, and dissemination of materials relating to American Jewish History. It has extensive holdings of manuscripts, personal papers, organizational records, books, sheet music and photographs. Its collections represent Jewish contributions to social, cultural, economic, political and religious life in the Americas.
Arizona Jewish Historical Society Oral History Project
http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/shema/shema.htm
Shema Arizona adds a Jewish voice to Arizona's history. Shema (sheMA) means "hear" in Hebrew. With this site you can hear some of Arizona's Jewish history. Sixty-three oral histories conducted by the Arizona Jewish Historical Society provide a valuable and unique resource for understanding how American Jews in the early 20th century pulled up roots, continued a tradition of migration, and became western Jews. This site has the full transcripts of the 63 oral history interviews and an audio excerpt from each oral history recording. Photographs accompany some of the interviews. "Shema Arizona" is a project of the Arizona State University Libraries.
Chicago Jewish Historical Society
http://www.chicagojewishhistory.org
The Society's purpose is to preserve, collect and share the Jewish history of Chicago. The site contains a complete online archive of all CJHS journals which contain full-text articles on the Jewish history of Chicago.
Cleveland Jewish History
http://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net/index.htm
Site is dedicated to developing hyperlinked pages to online Cleveland Jewish history sites, and encouraging organizations to present their history on the web.
Dallas Jewish Historical Society
http://www.djhs.org/index.php?menu=1
The mission of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society is to "preserve the precious past as a living legacy for all the community's tomorrows." The agency is the only one that actively collects and preserves papers, photographs, and artifacts that document the history of the entire Greater Dallas Jewish community. View their Online Exhibits.
Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/amjewishhistory.html
The purpose of the Society is to identify and recognize sites of American Jewish Historical interest. The Society sponsors and promotes programs of local and national historic interest. Cooperating with local Historical Societies, Communities, Churches and Synagogues, the Society encourages dialogue and interactive recognition of the commonality of the American Experience.
Jewish Historical Society of Delaware
http://www.hsd.org/publications/guide.pdf
The Jewish Historical Society of Delaware was founded in 1974 for the purpose of collecting, documenting, and preserving materials relating to the Delaware Jewish Community, its institutions and its population. The Society is housed in the Research Library building of the Historical Society of Delaware.
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
http://www.jhsgh.org/
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford is dedicated to collecting and preserving historical documents, photographs, and memorabilia of the Jewish community of Greater Hartford. There is an online photo gallery for viewing.
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven
http://pages.cthome.net/hirsch/
The holdings of the Society are used by scholars, genealogists, and other researchers. Seven volumes of "Jews in New Haven" have been published to date, several of which have been honored with "Awards of Merit" from the Connecticut League of Historical Societies. View the Society's pictures, read a number of interesting historical articles online, as well as their quarterly issues of "Happening".
The Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County
http://www.stamfordhistory.org/jhslfc.htm
The Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County, formerly the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Stamford, is a 20+ year old organization whose mission is: To be our communities' resource for discovering, explaining, preserving, developing interest in, and enjoying Jewish history of our region and elsewhere.
The Jewish Historical Society (JHS) of Michigan
http://www.michjewishhistory.org
From the arrival of the first Jewish fur trader in 1761 to the valiant role of Jewish soldiers in the Civil War... from the great immigrations of the early 1900s to the Great Depression of the 1930s... from the efforts of Michigan volunteers on behalf of a newly created Jewish State in 1948 to the creation of institutions that serve the entire community. It's the story of Michigan Jewry's contributions to the American experience. The Jewish Historical Society (JHS) of Michigan was founded in 1959 to preserve and commemorate our past for future generations. Almost all of the volumes of The Journal, the periodical of the JHS, is available online, check out the index of the Journal.
Jewish Historical Society of Southern California
http://www.jewishhistoricalsociety.org
The mission of the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California is to preserve and create awareness of local Jewish history while reaching out to the larger community. The Society conducts tours to sites of Jewish historical interest in the Los Angeles area, maintains an archive of community records, and helps produce film series, lectures, exhibits, publications, and oral histories.
The current major project of the Jewish Historical Society is rehabilitation of the Breed Street Shul in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of east Los Angeles. To learn more about this project, please click here to visit the extensive website of our subsidiary organization, Breed Street Shul Project, Inc.
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
http://www.jhsum.org/asp_pages/index.aspindex
The Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM) invites you to explore their programs, exhibits and collections, encompassing Jewish history of Minnesota, the Dakotas, Northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. JHSUM is the only organization in the Upper Midwest dedicated to preserving these unique stories and educating the community about Jewish history in the region. View JHSUM video overview.
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society
http://www.nmjewishhistory.org/index.htm
The New Mexico Jewish Historical Society was organized in 1985 to pursue the fascinating and often amazing story of the Jews of New Mexico.
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society
The Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, together with its Beck Memorial Archives, preserves the fascinating history of Jews in the West and serves the needs of scholars and other individuals interested in historical research. There are currently two online exhibits: Images of Pioneer Jewish Families and Jewish Consumptives Relief Society.
The Texas Jewish Historical Society
http://geocities.com/txsynvr/
The purpose of the Society shall be to collect, preserve, publish and disseminate materials having reference to the settlement and history of Jews in Texas and their participation in its social, economic, religious, political, professional and cultural growth. Take their tour of the fascinating online exhibit entitled "Virtual Synagogues".
