Research Guides: Jewish Studies Resources: Libraries & Archives

Vanderbilt and Local Archives

Vanderbilt Judaica Collection: 70 Years in the Making.
Glatzer Collection & Archives.
"The Divinity Library acquired the Judaica collection and archives of Professor Nahum N. Glatzer in 1991. Glatzer's German Judaica collection includes works by many of the prominent 19th and 20th century German Jewish thinkers, including Leopold Zunz, Herman Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem."
Zimmerman Judaica Collection.
Jewish Federation & Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
"The Annette Levy Ratkin Jewish Community Archives collects the records of the families, businesses, and institutions of the Nashville Jewish community, which began in 1851."

Berman Jewish Policy Archive (BJPA) @ Stanford.
Collection of literature, research and analysis on Jewish life from 1900 to present. Covers communities, culture, identity, inter-group relations, politics, religion, social issues, and more.
Access to Jewish Survey Question Bank, an online database of survey questions. Surveys cover culture & identity, group relations, communities, politics, and more.
American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS).
Collections include books, photographs, art and artifacts on Jewish history in the U.S. from 1654 to present. Provides a list of historical societies, museums, community organizations, and archives on North American Jewish history.

Center for Research Libraries This link opens in a new window
A consortium of North American libraries that acquire and preserve newspapers, journals, documents, archives, etc.
Access Note: CRL materials should be requested via an interlibrary loan request.