- Creator
- Congregation Mount Horeb (New York, N.Y.)
- Call number
- MssCol 21092
- Physical description
- 0.83 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Congregation Mount Horeb records, MssCol 21092, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
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Congregation Mount Horeb, a Black Hebrew congregation, was founded by Rabbi Albert Moses in 1945. In 1954, the congregation was reorganized by Rabbi Joseph Thomas. The Congregation Mount Horeb records consist primarily of membership meeting minutes (1976-1988), financial reports, legal documents, and correspondence pertaining to the sale of property owned by the congregation in Manhattan and Laurelton, Queens. The records reflect an internal dispute among members of the congregation regarding the ownership and sale of buildings. The collection includes membership lists and a ledger (1976-1987), as well as its constitution and by-laws.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Rabbi Hailu Paris, in conjunction with Zakor: Israelite History and Archives Project, July 1995.
Processing information
Accessioned by Chandra Buie, June 1996, and Janice Quinter, October 2005.
Separated material
Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio material. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.
Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor