Source: Deposited by the Temple Israel in 1992
Citation: Temple Israel Papers, MS051, Portsmouth Athenaeum
Size: 1/2 Hollinger Box (.25 linear foot)
Access: No restrictions
Processed by: Carolyn Eastman in 1992
Folder List
Folder 1 Record Book, 1910-1914 Contains typed articles of association and by-laws, with names of original members, and handwritten meeting minutes in Yiddish
Folder 2 Record Books, 1917-1922 Contains lists of bills, lists of members and donations made weekly, and meeting minutes. Everything is in Yiddish
Folder 3 Notes and loose papers found in record book (1917-1922)
Folder 4 Deed from Nathaniel B. March to First Methodist Episcopal Society for State Street land, 1828
Folder 5 Deed from James Smith III to First Methodist Episcopal Society for State Street Land, 1828
Folder 6 Agreement to sell from First Methodist Episcopal Church to Temple of Israel for State Street church and land, 1911
Folder 7 Deed from First Methodist Episcopal Church to Temple of Israel for State Street church and land, 1912
Folder 8 Subscription papers to help the Temple of Israel purchase the State Street church and land, ca. 1911 (very poor condition)
Folder 9 Agreement that the First Methodist Episcopal Society may remove its bell from the church building sold to the Temple of Israel, 1912
Folder 10 Mortgage from the Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Company to the Temple of Israel, 1921
Folder 11 Certificate in Yiddish, no date
Folder 12 Newspaper clippings about the Temple and Jewish population in Portsmouth, 1901-1989
Folder 13 Report and notes on oral history project about the history of Jewish people in Portsmouth