Ellen Eisenberg Alliance Research Papers
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Collection number: U0111
About the Ellen Eisenberg Alliance Research Papers
The collection was acquired in 2023 from Dr. Eisenberg. It includes her notes, photographs, family name cards, oral histories and interview materials, fellowship materials, conference materials, family records, and a copy of her dissertation on Alliance, New Jersey. The dissertation was published in 1995 as Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920.
Ellen Eisenberg is a scholar and writer for Alliance, New Jersey, which is the first successful Jewish agricultural community in America. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in American Studies from Carleton College. Beginning in 1990, Dr. Eisenberg works at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon as a Professor of American History. Dr. Eisenberg currently holds the Dwight and Margaret Lear Chair in American History in the History Department. Specializing in American immigrant and ethnic communities, her research, particularly on American Jewish communities in the Pacific West, examines relationships between Jews and other minority ethnic groups. With multiple publications, including a two-volume history of Jews in Oregon, Eisenberg's courses cover topics like American social history and immigration.
Collection processed by Luke O'Connor, Special Collections student worker, Fall 2023.
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Related Resources
Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920 by ISBN: 0815626630
The Land Was Theirs: Jewish Farmers in the Garden State by Publication Date: 1992
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- Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey Records (U0067)Scrapbooks, photographs, programs relating to activities conducted by the membership of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, dating from approximately 1949 to 1997. Included is information about the fundraising for the construction of the Jewish Community Centers and the humanitarian efforts to assist survivors of World War II.
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- Living on the Land Oral Histories (Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History)"This collection contains oral history interviews conducted for a temporary exhibition called Living on the Land that was on view at the Museum in 1979. In the late nineteenth century, millions of Jewish refugees fled Russia to find new homes due to rising persecution. Most moved to cities and found work in garment trades, manufacturing, or commerce, but some families became farmers in agricultural communities around the world. The interviews in this collection offer insight into the history and culture of the Jewish farming communities of southern New Jersey through the perspectives of those who lived there, including descendants of the earliest founders of Alliance and other towns. Living on the Land featured excerpts from these interviews in wall text, a slide show, and audio clips."
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