Processed by
Monica Casanova
4 December 2007
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
Manuscript Materials: 3 document cases, 1 oversize
manuscript box, 1 microfilm |
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COLLECTION |
1932–1978 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Julian Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, August 2001 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
Endelman, Judith E. The Jewish Community of Indianapolis: 1849 to the Present. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984.
General Collection: F 534.I55 E5 1984 |
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ACCESSION |
1981.0617 |
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NOTES: |
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Julian Freeman (1897–1980), a prominent businessman, became an influential community activist within the local and national Jewish community. Freeman was owner and operator of Freeman Store Equipment Company until it closed in 1966. He was a veteran of World War I serving as an artillery officer in the American Expedition Force in France. He married an Indianapolis woman Esther Freeman and made Indianapolis his permanent home in 1926. Freeman was president of his synagogue Beth El-Zedeck. In 1947 and 1948 he was president of the Indianapolis Jewish Welfare Fund. He was president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds from 1950 to 1955. From 1949 to 1953 he was president of the Indianapolis Jewish Welfare Federation. Freeman traveled frequently to Israel and cultivated strong ties between the Indianapolis Jewish community and Israel. His travels to Israel brought him in contact with influential Israeli politicians of the time such as former Prime Minister Golda Meir. Freeman was also founder of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council now the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, JCPA. Both organizations remain active.
Sources:
http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx
www.familysearch.org
“Jewish Council for Public Affairs.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Council_for_Public_Affairs. Last accessed 6 November 2007.
“Hoosiers in Profile.” Indianapolis Times. 26 May 1951. p. 3
Indianapolis Star. Obituaries. 30 November 1980.
Interview with Irving Freeman (Julian’s nephew). 9 November 2007.
Materials in the collection.
The collection fills three document cases. Box one contains correspondence and two manuscripts. One of them is The Organized Jewish American Community the other which is untitled and was never published was the basis for Judith Endelman’s The Jewish Community of Indianapolis: 1849 to the Present.
The remaining two boxes contain materials from the various local and national Jewish organizations that Freeman was a member of. The bulk dates for the materials are from 1960–1978.
Two of the three photograph folders are made up of black and white photographs. The photographs show the groundbreaking and cornerstone ceremony for the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation in the late 1950s and the Jewish Community Center including the buildings that preceded the Jewish Community Center such as the Kirschbaum Center and the Communal Building.
The oversized folder contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council.
The printed items consist of eight pamphlets. These have been cataloged separately and are stored with the General Collections.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Correspondence, 19631978 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Organized American Jewish Community manuscript, 1977 (1 of 4) |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Organized American Jewish Community manuscript, 1977 (2 of 4) |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Organized American Jewish Community manuscript, 1977 (3 of 4) |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Organized American Jewish Community manuscript, 1977 (4 of 4) |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Notes and Handwritten Manuscript (The Organized Jewish American Community), n.d. (1 of 2) |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Notes and Handwritten Manuscript (The Organized Jewish American Community), n.d. (2 of 2) |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Jewish Community of
Indianapolis book, ca. 1977 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Jewish Community of
Indianapolis book, ca. 1977 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Jewish Community of
Indianapolis book, ca. 1977 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Notes on Jewish Community, ca. 1977 |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Bulletins and Newsletters, 1951–1978 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Programs, 1966 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1937–1970 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Esther Freeman religious education, n.d. (1 of 2) |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Esther Freeman religious education, n.d. (2 of 2) |
Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Long Range Planning Reports Jewish Community Center, 1964–1966 |
Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Jewish Community Center Association Materials, 1965–1966 |
Box 2, Folder 9 |
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National Community Relations Advisory Council, 1965–1967 |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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National Community Relations Advisory Council, 1967–1978 |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council, 1963-1965 |
Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Civil Rights Materials, ca. 1966 |
Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Lectures, 1962 |
Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Religion and Public Schools Materials, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 6 |
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Indiana Civil Rights Commission, 1966 |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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Jewish Education Association, 1964–1965 |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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United Jewish Appeal National Committee, 1964 |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Jewish Welfare Federation Minute Books, 1963–1976 |
Microfilm: F1712 |
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Jewish Welfare Federation, 1961–1965 |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Jewish Welfare Federation, Council of Jewish Federations, and Welfare Funds, 1966–1978 |
Box 3, Folder 11 |
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Calendar of Jewish Religious Holidays, 1963–1966 |
Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Zionism and the World Crisis, 1942 |
Box 3, Folder 13 |
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United Orthodox Hebrew Congregation, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Histories of Jewish Organizations (American Mizrachi Women, Hadassah, and Indianapolis Hebrew Congregations), 1977–1978 |
Box 3, Folder 15 |
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History of B’nai Torah Congregation, 1978 |
Box 3, Folder 16 |
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Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council History, ca. 1978 |
Box 3, Folder 17 |
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Material on the Arts, Literature, Children’s Writing, 1964–1978 |
Box 3, Folder 18 |
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Information on Judaism, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 19 |
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Donation Forms, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 20 |
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Newspaper Clippings taken from
scrapbook, |
OM 0463, Folder 1 |
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Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, ca. 1978 |
Color Photographs: |
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Jewish Community Center, 1957–1978 |
Photographs: |
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Activities, 1960s |
Photographs: |
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Golden Jubilee Congregation Sharah Tefilla, 1932 |
Pam Q Collection: |
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Palestine and the Jews, 1937 |
Pamphlet Collection: |
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The Jewish Community and Jewish Education, 1947 |
Pamphlet Collection: |
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Jewish Education Journal, Summer 1951 |
Printed Collection: |
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The Unique Function of the Jewish Community Center, 1955 |
Pamphlet Collection: |
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The Genius of the Jewish Community Center: Its Role in Coping with the Crisis in American Jewish Life, 1964 |
Pamphlet Collection: |
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The Academy News, April 1976April 1978 |
General Collection: |
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Made in America: The Story of a Unique Institution, n.d. |
Pamphlet Collection: |
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