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Henry and Elaine Meyers Collection M2008.15.01-10 |
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| Title | Henry and Elaine Meyers Collection | |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/meyers/default_henry_elaine_meyers.htm | |
| Creator | Meyers Estate | |
| Alt. Creator | Catherine St. John-Ritzen (Estate Administrator) | |
| Subject Keyword | Center for Jewish Studies ; Anti-Defamation League ; Israel ; anti-Semitism ; Beth Israel ; B'nai B'rith ; Asheville B'nai B'rith Lodge ; ADL ; Henry Meyers ; Elaine Meyers ; racism ; Ku Klux Klan ; Aryan Nations ; Kirk Lyons ; Sam Schuman ; Samuel Schuman ; UNCA | |
| Subject LCSH | Meyers, Henry Meyers, Elaine Schuman, Samuel Anti-Defamation League Anti-racism -- United States Antisemitism -- United States Israel Beth Israel (Asheville, N.C.) -- Sources Beth HaTephila (Asheville, N.C.) -- Sources Center for Jewish Studies Ku-Klux-Klan |
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| Description | Henry (b.1926) and Elaine
Meyers were both prominent members of the UNCA
community. Henry lectured at UNCA, and other schools, on
Jewish history and literature, while Elaine worked in
the Drama department for many years, an association
reflected in the UNCA Theater playbills included in the
collection.. Additionally Henry was chair of the
Advisory Council of the UNCA Center for Jewish Studies.
Both were involved in the Jewish community of Asheville
and the collection includes various correspondences with
Jewish congregations and community organizations within
the area, as well as original writings of both Henry and
Elaine. However the collection centers on Henry's deep involvement with the Anti-Defamation League of Asheville and contains a nineteen-year span of Anti-Defamation League correspondence and documents, as well as documents and propaganda originating from various anti-Semitic and white supremacist groups. Included in the donation were photographs taken at the January 1998, Ku Klux Klan rally in Memphis, Tennessee that have been collected as P2008.09.01 |
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| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 | |
| Contributor | n/a | |
| Date | 2008-12-16 | |
| Type | collection ; text ; photographs ; ephemera | |
| Format | 2.4 linear feet ; 3 large manuscript boxes ; 7 small manuscript boxes | |
| Source | M2008.15.01-09 | |
| Language | English | |
| Relation -
Is related to |
Beth Ha-Tephila Congregation (Asheville, NC) 1891-1976, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville ; Ku Klux Klan Rally Memphis, Tennessee, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville ; Congregation Beth Israel Papers, Asheville, NC, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville | |
| Coverage | 1979-2007 ; Asheville, NC ; Black Mountain, NC ; | |
| Rights | Any display,
publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special
Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained be the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff. |
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| Donor | Donor number 355 | |
| Acquisition | 2008-11-06 ; 2008-12-02 ; 2008-12-16 | |
| Citation | Henry and Elaine Meyers Collection , D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 | |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 2009 ; 2013 cr | |
| Last update | 2013-07-08 |
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| Series listings | ||
| 1 | Henry Meyers - personal correspondence and original writings | |
| 2 | Elaine Meyers papers - includes archival materials from UNCA Department of Drama | |
| 3 | Anti-Defamation League materials | |
| 4 | Assorted photographs - primarily family, although many subjects are unidentified | |
| 5 | Jewish Congregations and Community Organizations | |
| 6 | The Center for Jewish Studies and UNCA Associated | |
| 7 | Assorted publications and clippings | |
| 8 | Assorted media | |
| 9 | Ephemera | |
