Mona Freedman Morris
Founding President, President Emeriti, JGS Palm Beach County
geniemona@gmail.com
FAU - FAU.EDU
2nd Floor
279 books on immigration. 235 books on Jews Books on the Jews of many communities. Great background
pictures and information. Sample selections: Utica, NY; Memphis, TN; St. Louis, Mo; NYC, Hartford, CT;
Stamford, CT, Catskills, Aleppo, Syria, Argentina
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories
Includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information, providing a unique and
personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. In
selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants.
Judaic Collection – large collection of Yiskor books mainly in Yiddish
Visual History Archive
Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education collection of nearly 52,000 video testimonies of
Holocaust survivors and other witnesses
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
This site is a product of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. This resource features links to online
exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum
online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials.
Local and Regional History Online: A History of American Life in Images and Texts
Historical images and texts from local history books, covering thousands of towns in all 50 states. All of the
images and texts have been indexed
1st Floor rear
Map Collection - near microfilm collection
Microfilm Collection:
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Tribune
Jewish Daily Forward
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
New Orleans Times Picayune
NY Times
Palm Beach Post
Miami Herald
Ft. Lauderdale News/
Sun Sentinel
Wall Street Journal
London Times
Historical Newspapers - Electronic
Atlanta Daily World
Jacksonville Florida Times Union
Jewish Herald-TX
Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Times
NY Times
New Orleans-Times-Picayune
Omaha Daily Bee
Orlando Sentinel
Philadelphia Enquirer
Pittsburg Courier
Washington Post
Washington Post Herald
South Florida Newspapers
1892-1927
1970-1992
1900-1996 Yiddish; 1996 -2001 Russian or English
1970-1992 Also available electronically
1970-2002
1972-1983
1851-2000
1985-2004
1952-2002
1963-2002
1924-2004
1785-1886
1931-present
19391908-1914
1934-2005
1881-1985
1851-2006
19801870-1922
198519811911-2002
1959-1973