Historical/Biographical Sketch
Processed by
Monica Casanova
June 14, 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 |
1 Manuscript box and 1 OMB manuscript box |
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COLLECTION |
1975–2004 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Trent D. Pendley Chesterton, Indiana, November 2004 |
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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 |
Pendley, Trent D. The Jewish history of the Indiana Dunes Country 1830-1950. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Indiana Jewish Historical Society. General Collection: F535.J5 I5 no.36 |
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ACCESSION |
2005.0044 |
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NOTES: |
This forms part of the collection of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society. |
The Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana is a conglomerate of various regional Jewish Federations (Hammond, Gary, and East Chicago). Gary’s Jewish Federation was founded in the late 1930s. The mergers occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. The Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana has also gone through several names: The Northwest Indiana Jewish Welfare Federation, to the Jewish Federation, Inc, and today The Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana. The Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana is currently headed by Michael Steinberg. They are located in Munster in northwest Indiana. The Jewish Federation of Northwest dubbed the “United Way of the Jewish community” serves the Lake and Porter counties. Scholarships, a food pantry, services for the youth and elderly are some of the programs instituted at the Jewish Federation. Services are not limited to the Jewish community.
Illiana News, a monthly publication by the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana printed its first issue in 1975. Illiana News continues to be published today.
Trent D. Pendley, current president of Indiana Jewish Historical Society edited and wrote for Illiana News.
Sources:
Indiana Jewish Historical Society Executive Board. http://ijhs.org/board.html
Miller, Joanna. “Jewish Federation will Move Monday.” Post-Tribune. 22 August 2003.
Rosenbloom-Kerner, Idelle. “Jewish Federation Welcomes New Director.” Post-Tribune. 16 February 2002.
Trent D. Pendley’s profile. www.amazon.com. Last accessed 15 June 2007.
Trent D. Pendley email interview. 18 June 2007.
Materials in the collection.
The Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana collection contains one document case and one oversized manuscript box. All materials were donated by Trent D. Pendley. The correspondence is addressed to Mr. Pendley with most of it coming from institutions and organizations inviting Mr. Pendley to various programs and events. Miscellaneous materials include fifteen business cards from various businesses in northwest Indiana, a 1981 Jewish Welfare Fund-Project Renewal Fund Campaign Pledge listing, a Sinai Temple bulletin, and tourist information for Lake County. Newspaper clippings chronicle the Jewish community of Northwest Indiana. Materials from Temple Israel of which Mr. Pendley is a member are also included. Temple Israel yearbooks include 1982–1984, 1989–1990, 1992–1993, and 2000.
The Illiana News is contained in the oversized manuscript box. It begins with the first issue from 1975 through the year 1982. A few scattered issues are included between 1983 and 1984. Then it resumes with 1988 through 1989 then it skips to 1996 and runs through 2004.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1984–2004 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 1996–2004 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Invitations Flyers and Postcards, 1985–2004 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Temple Israel Newsletters, 1983–2003 (1 of 2) |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Temple Israel Newsletters, 2003–2004 (2 of 2) |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Temple Israel Yearbooks, 1982–2002 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Programs, 1996–2004 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Pendley Genealogy, 2003–2004 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Miscellaneous, 1981–2004 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Illiana News, 1975–1977 |
OMB 0110, |
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Illiana News, 1977–1983 |
OMB 0110, |
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Illiana News, 1984–1998 |
OMB 0110, |
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Illiana News, 1998–2004 and The Jewish Post and Opinion, 1976 |
OMB 0110, |
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