Major Areas of Interest in the Hadassah Archives Collection

The Hadassah Archives collection includes material in the following record groups:
  • Youth Aliyah (1934 -1980s)
  • Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) (1918 -1980s)
  • Conventions (1914 - present)
  • Zionist Political History: Hadassah's involvement with the greater Zionist world
  • Hadassah Israel Education Services (1942 -1980s), including:
      Alice Seligsberg Trade School
      Louis Brandeis Vocational Center
      Vocational Guidance Bureau
      Hotel Management School
      Fashion and Design Institute
      Hadassah Community College
      Hadassah College of Technology
  • Special Collections: Papers of Hadassah leaders, including:
      Bertha Schoolman
      Denise Tourover
      Anna Tulin
  • Young Judaea
  • Jewish National Fund
  • Executive Functions: Office of the President; Office of the Executive Director:
      The papers of many of the past national presidents and executive directors, including those of founder Henrietta Szold
  • Operations and Functions: departments within the national office:
      American Affairs
      Chapters and Membership
      Fundraising
      Jewish Education
      Junior Hadassah
      Leadership Training
      Public Relations
      Soviet Jewry
      Speakers Bureau
      Women's Health
      Zionist Affairs
  • Committees
  • Printed Materials: Hadassah Publications Periodicals, including:
      "Hadassah Magazine," 1914 - present
      "Hadassah Headlines," 1930s - 1990s
      "Young Judaean," 1911 - present
      "The Senior," 1943 -1974
  • Pamphlets & Brochures
  • Audio-Visual Materials
      Photographs, Negatives, and Slides
      Scrapbooks and Albums
      Artwork/Non-photographic Images
      Sound Recordings
  • Oral History
  • Artifacts and Memorabilia