Temple Jacob Collection
Scope and Contents
The Temple Jacob Collection contains articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, financial records, research files, correspondence, and printed ephemera. Much of the material was generated by Harley L. Sachs, former President and Secretary of Temple Jacob.
Dates
- 1900 - 2013
Language of Material
English
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biographical / Historical
The First Congregation of Israel was formally organized in 1909 with the objective of building a synagogue on land acquired from the Quincy Mining Company the previous year. Temple Jacob, named after prominent Hancock merchant Jacob Gartner, was built in 1912. Due to the small size of the Jewish community, religious ceremonies are currently held only on the high holy days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur).
Extent
0.45 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (legal size))
Abstract
The First Congregation of Israel was formerly organized in 1909 with the objective of building a synagogue on land acquired from the Quincy Mining Company the previous year. Temple Jacob, named after prominent Hancock merchant Jacob Gartner, was built in 1912. The Temple Jacob Collection contains articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, financial records, research files, correspondence, and printed ephemera. Much of the material was generated by Harley L. Sachs, former President and Secretary of Temple Jacob.
Acquisition
The collection was donated by Temple Jacob in 1998 and 2013.
- Articles of incorporation
- Bylaws (Administrative records)
- Financial records
- Hancock (Mich.)
- Jews -- Michigan -- Hancock
- Minutes
- Printed ephemera
- Research (Document genres)
- Synagogues -- History -- Michigan -- Hancock
- Synagogues -- Membership -- Michigan -- Hancock
- Synagogues -- Organization and administration -- Michigan -- Hancock
- Title
- Temple Jacob Collection
- Author
- Daniel Michelson
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository