![]() ![]() It includes religious, financial, administrative, organizational, cultural and educational materials, in a wide range of formats, including architectural plans, minutes, reports, photographs, fliers, programs, bulletins, commemorative booklets, correspondence, film, materials culture, memorabilia and ephemera. This collection has specific concentrations in architectural materials, lay and professional leadership, religious change and community social action. Later series were arranged by the Jewish Buffalo Archives Project. ![]() Within these earlier series original order has been maintained, with new housing and supports. ![]() For a number of years these series were added to intermittently by several synagogue archivists following an initial collecting period, and then were added to in other phases as materials became available. Despite the earlier losses, and a fire that destroyed the former sanctuary and temple complex, this collection provides a considerable span of materials arranged into 21 series. A constitution from 1863 is found in the Cofeld Judaic Museum. Although the congregation was founded much earlier in 1850, material for the period prior to 1864 when it was an orthodox synagogue is missing. ![]() The papers of Temple Beth Zion document the religious and community activities of Temple Beth Zion synagogue from 1864-2008. ![]()
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