Processed by
Monica Casanova
July 30, 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 |
One half-width legal size document case |
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COLLECTION |
2005–2006 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Trent D. Pendley, Chesterton, Ind.; 2006 |
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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. The Jewish history of the Indiana Dunes country 1830-1950. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Indiana Jewish Historical Society, 2004. General Collection: F535.J5 I5 no.36 |
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ACCESSION |
2006.0480 |
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NOTES: |
This forms part of the Indiana Jewish History collection. |
Trent D. Pendley is the current president of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society. His profile on the Indiana Jewish Historical Society’s webpage states:
Pendley is a fine jeweler, writer and an advocate for social justice and Tikkun O'lam (repair of the world). He is also an avid reader and collector of fine arts. He has served on the Board of Directors of UJA, JNF, Hillel-ASU, Aviv, and the Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum in Greater Phoenix; The Greater Crown Point Chamber of Commerce, The Northwest Indiana Open Housing Center, and The Indiana Jewish Historical Society, presently as President; and Temple Beth El in Odessa, Texas. He has also served in positions with the ADL, AJC, and B'nai B'rith. He is a member of Temple Israel in Miller Beach (Gary, Indiana).
He was a 1993 Wexner Heritage Foundation nominee; a columnist and former editor of the Illiana News. He covered the historic Anwar Sadat visit to Jerusalem in 1977 when an Indiana University overseas studies student at the Hebrew University in Israel.
Trent an IJHS member since the age of 18, became its president in October 2003. Since being installed he created the IJHS Honorary Board and is diligently at work on "The IJHS Mapping Project."
Sources:
Indiana Jewish Historical Society. “Indiana Jewish Historical Society Executive Board” http://ijhs.org/board.html. Last accessed 30 July 2007.
Materials in the collection
One half-width legal size document case comprised of correspondence, newspaper clippings, bulletins from Temple Israel, flyers and invitations, programs and brochures make up this collection. In addition to the Temple Israel bulletins, a Book of Life and Yizkor Service (2005) from Temple Israel is included in this file. The bulletins date from December 2005 and run through October 2006. There are only two articles in the newspaper clippings file: a 2006 article about a vandalized Islamic Center and the support it received from various religious organizations including Beth Israel and an undated article reporting on a breakfast reception sponsored by Beth Israel and the Indiana Jewish Historical Society.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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President’s Message, 2005-2006 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Brochures and Programs, 2005–2006 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Flyers and Invitations, 2005–2006 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Temple Israel Bulletin, 2005–2006 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, 2005–2006 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 2006 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
For additional information on this collection, including a list of subject headings that may lead you to related materials:
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4. Search for the collection by its basic call number (in this case, M 0927).
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