McKeesport bibliography

Collections

Rauh Jewish Archives

  • Temple B’nai Israel (White Oak, Pa.) Records and Photographs [MSS 1212] (catalog record).
  • Gemilas Chesed Congregation (White Oak, Pa.) Records [MSS 1314] (catalog record).
  • Hebrew Ladies Beneficial Society (McKeesport, Pa.) Papers [2017.0167] (catalog record).
  • B’nai B’rith McKeesport Lodge No. 573 Records [MSS 565] (catalog record).
  • Daughters of Zion Photograph [PFF 54] (catalog record).
  • McKeesport Jewish Community Records [MFF 285] (catalog record).
  • Missing McKeesport Records [2018.0029] (catalog record).
  • McKeesport Jewish Community materials, from Synagogue Documentation Project Records [MSS 317] (catalog record).
  • McKeesport Jewish Community materials, from Jewish Archival Survey Collection [MSS 196] (catalog record).
  • Robert Perlman Papers [MSS 493] (catalog record).
  • Betty and Norman Rosenberg and Phyllis Small Oral History and Transcript [2003.0044] (catalog record).
  • Buck and Frank Family Papers [MSS 531] (catalog record).
  • Burton Klein Papers [MFF 283] (catalog record).
  • Charles Byer Papers [2017.0166] (catalog record).
  • Frieda Spiegel Family Papers and Photographs [2016.0135] (catalog record).
  • Heisler Family Papers and Photographs [MFF 4960] (catalog record).
  • Iszauk Family Papers [2017.0133] (catalog record).
  • Judith Rubenstein Papers [2012.0186] (catalog record).
  • McKeesport High School Football Team 1926 Season Photographs [2019.0005] (catalog record).
  • Rubinstein’s and Richard’s Shoes Records [MSS 1193] (catalog record).
  • Bloom Family Papers [2021.0247, 2014.0036, 2012.0136, 2004.0175] (catalog record).
  • Halpern Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1218] (catalog record).
  • Mark and Ellen Diamond Papers [2019.0199] (catalog record).

American Jewish Archives

  • Ohev Achavah (Lover of Brotherhood) service of Donal Starbird Henry II [C-300 to c-201] (catalog record).
  • Temple B’nai Israel (McKeesport, Pa.) minutes and records [microform] [MF-2205] (catalog record).
  • McKeesport, Pa., nearprint [Nearprint Geography] (catalog record).
  • Temple B’nai Israel (McKeesport, Pa.) nearprint [Nearprint Geography] (catalog record).
  • Confirmation nearprint [Nearprint Special Collections] (catalog record).
  • Temple B’nai Israel (McKeesport, Pa.) miscellaneous documents [SC-5738] (catalog record).
  • Leonard Winograd Letter [SC-6243] (catalog record).
  • Leonard Winograd Letter [SC-7349] (catalog record).

Oral Histories

University of Pittsburgh Archives & Special Collection

  • Mildred Menlowe oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Leonard Winograd oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Harry Wechsler oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Benjamin Rosen oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Samuel J. Goldstein oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Robert Jandorf oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Malvina Markovic oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Fanny Hart Schwartz oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Ruth Livingston oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Lawrence W. Kaplan oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Rae Friedland oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).
  • Donald Moritz oral history, from National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section Records [AIS1664.40] (online).

Documents and Recordings

Rauh Jewish Archives

  • Tribute to Rabbi and Mrs Irvin I. Chinn for thirty-six years of dedication and devotion (catalog record).
  • One hundredth anniversary: Gemilas Chesed Synagogue (catalog record).
  • Temple B’nai Israel 100th anniversary dinner celebration (catalog record).
  • Temple talk: the bulletin of Temple B’nai Israel (catalog record).
  • Temple B’nai Israel diamond jubilee year (catalog record).
  • The golden touch / featuring Cantor Murray Gold and family (catalog record).
  • Congregation Tree of Life-Sfard Dedication ceremony : September 19, 1976 (catalog record).

Books

Rauh Jewish Archives

  • Tales & tails (in and out of school) of the old first ward of McKeesport / as remembered, recalled, and experiences written by Louis “Iggy” Lefkowitz before he dies Erev Rosh Hashanna 1983 (catalog record).
  • The first American Rubensteins : a family history with family lineages, photographs, and additional information / Doris Rubenstein (catalog record).
  • The Baker of Lozin (catalog record).
  • Forever becoming : adventures in a search for love : a 20th century memoir / by Eugene Kline (catalog record).

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