Administrative/Background series documents the student organization's history, organizational structure, and early financial activities. The series contains an annotated chronology, brochures, board minutes, lease agreement, warranty deed, and some correspondence. The series also includes photographs and material related to the 1951 construction of the University of Michigan Hillel Building on 1429 Hill Street.
1.5 linear feet (in 3 boxes)
The records of the University of Michigan Hillel cover the period between 1935 and 2008. The collection consists primarily of calendar of events, newsletters, some correspondence, newspaper clippings, board minutes, brochures, programs, and posters. The collection contains the following series: Administrative/Background, Scrapbooks, Press/Publications, and Events.
(contains lease agreement, warranty deed, and trust agreement)
(Photograph of chairperson and scholarship fund founder Osias Zwerdling)
Scrapbooks series contains scrapbooks created during the mid 1930s and the early 1940s. The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings, but there are some event programs and correspondence included. The newspaper clippings document the performances of the Hillel Players, Hillel sponsored symposiums and lectures, as well as national and global concerns related to the Jewish community. The series also contains the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Log of 1940-41. Besides containing correspondence dealing with membership issues and announcing upcoming meetings and events, the Foundation Log also includes material from the Ann Arbor Jewish Committee's Refugee Student Campaign.