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Box and Folder Listing
An Inventory to the
Rhea Hirsch Papers
1948-1966
Manuscript Collection No. 82
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| Title: | Rhea Hirsch Papers | |
| Dates: | 1948-1966 | |
| Abstract: | The Rhea Hirsch Papers (1948-1966) contain the notes taken by Rhea Hirsch while a student at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations School of Jewish Studies in Los Angeles, California. | |
| Quantity: | .4 linear feet; 1 Hollinger box | |
| Identification: | Manuscript Collection No. 82 | |
Biographical Sketch
Rhea Hirsch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1878. Hirsch came under the influence of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and the Reform movement and was inspired to attend Hebrew Union College. She was one of the college's first students to receive a teacher's certificate.
After the loss of her husband in New York, she came to Los Angeles in 1940. When the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) founded its College of Jewish Studies at the Wilshire Temple in 1947 as the forerunner to the present Rhea Hirsch School of Education, Hirsch enrolled the first semester and continued to be a student each year for the remainder of her life. In the ensuing years she attended classes regularly, taking over one hundred-twenty units of Jewish studies concerning every course offered by the school. Her zeal and scholarship brought her citations both from the UAHC College of Jewish Studies and the School of Education which was named in her honor in 1969.
Rhea Hirsch had two children, Kingdon Hirsch and Rebel Dunsay. She died in Los Angeles, California in 1970.
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Scope and Content Note
The Rhea Hirsch Papers (1948-1966) contain the notes taken by Rhea Hirsch while a student at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations School of Jewish Studies in Los Angeles, California. Also included is a curriculum guide written in 1951 by the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center. This guide gives insight into the early years of the School of Jewish Studies, including the courses they would offer, the philosophies behind the classes, the exams, and coursework.
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Organization |
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| The papers are divided into one general series. | ||
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Arrangement
See description of individual series.
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Restrictions
Access Information
The papers are open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.
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Administrative Information
Citations
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the [collection title] and the American Jewish Archives.
Provenance
Received from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, 1978.
Processing Information
Processed by Christine A. Crandall, May 2002
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