Title: Reflections, my life, 1942
Summary: An introspective autobiography of Heifetz, who grew up and married in a village in White Russia where he ran a leather business and later an unlicensed pharmacy until government oppression and anti-Jewish activity caused him in about 1913 to move his family to America, where he became a teacher at a Jewish school in Milwaukee; translated by Rabbi Dov Edelstein in 1980.
Call Number: Milwaukee SC 189
Title: Papers, 1875-1960
Summary: Papers of Lizzie Black Kander whose social work among Russian Jewish immigrants in Milwaukee earned her the sobriquet "the Jane Addams of Milwaukee." Relating to her founding and operation of the settlement house that ultimately became the Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee are reports, correspondence, promotional brochures, clippings, materials used in publishing a cookbook used for fund-raising purposes, and minutes. Also present is correspondence of her niece, Irma Greenthal, dealing mainly with the 1948 dedication of the Kander Auditorium and with biographical information on her aunt.
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DN
Title: Journal, 1883-1906
Summary: Typescript personal journal of a rabbi who emigrated from Russia in 1892 and settled in Green Bay, Wis. in 1894 where he helped found Congregation Cnesses Israel. The journal is translated from Yiddish and contains detailed descriptions of marriage and family life, work, religious practices, Russian anti-Semitism, Kanter’s experiences immigrating to the U.S., and his life in Green Bay from 1894 to 1906. Also included are photocopied photographs and maps, and reminiscences about the Kanter family and Green Bay’s Jewish community.
Call Number: Green Bay SC 97
Title: Letters, 1859-1863
Summary: Handwritten translations of letters written by Leonhardi (b. 1814) to his relatives in Switzerland, translated into English by Jur̈g Simonett, a descendant of the Gondini family to whom the letters were addressed. In the letters Leonhardi describes his transatlantic voyage from Switzerland and his life in Canada, Wisconsin, and St. Louis where he encountered difficulties in finding employment and assimilating into American life.
Call Number: SC 2857
Title: Records, 1938-1941
Summary: Records of the Committee, an organization founded to aid Jewish refugees immigrating from Nazi Germany to the United States. Records include correspondence, affidavits, financial materials, and minutes of the Manitowoc committee, plus fragmentary minutes of the Wisconsin and the National Coordinating Committees.
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 32
Title: Diary, 1852
Summary: Diary, March-June 1852, kept by Isabella McKinnon (later married to Francis Ritchie), describing her journey from Findhorn, Scotland to Otsego, Wisconsin; also brief McKinnon family records. Original and typewritten copy.
Call Number: File 1852 March 31
Title: Papers, 1977-1992
Summary: Subject files, mainly 1987-1992, of Medinger, a pro-life Catholic Democrat from LaCrosse who served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1977 to 1992. The best documented topics include abortion, adoption, alcohol, child care, gambling, the Hmong, mental illness, and topics of local La Crosse interest.
Call Number: La Crosse Mss CN