Ehrlich, Walter Papers, ca. 1986-2006
(08-001) (1 cu. ft) [Location 2.2]
A St. Louis native & graduate of Soldan High School & Washington University, Walter
Ehrlich was a Jewish educator & historian. He taught at University City and Horton
Watkins High Schools, was principal of Shaare Emeth’s Religious School and served as
educational director of United Hebrew. He joined the history faculty of the University of
Missouri-St. Louis in 1969, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1992.
The bulk of this collection involves Walter Ehrlich’s research and activities surrounding
the publication of Zion in the Valley, Volumes I & II by the University of Missouri Press.
Box 1
1. Book Illustrations: Group A-Rabbis, n.d.
2. Book Illustrations: Group B-Synagogues, n.d.
3. Book Illustrations: Group C-Prominent Lay People, n.d.
4. Book Illustrations: Group D-Landmarks, etc. “The Central Corridor,” n.d.
5. Book Illustrations: People, n.d.
6. Book Manuscript Reviews, 2001
7. Book Reviews: Zion in the Valley, Volume I, n.d.
8. Book Reviews: Zion in the Valley, Volume II, 2002-2004
9. Book Subvention: Zion in the Valley, Volume I, 1996
10. Book Subvention: Zion in the Valley, Volume II, 2001
11. Class of the J Committee, 1999-2003
12. Correspondence, 1996-2003 (1 of 3)
13. Correspondence, 1996-2003 (2 of 3)
14. Correspondence, 1996-2003 (3 of 3)
15. “The First Jews of St. Louis,” Missouri Historical Review, October 1988
16. Health Information, 2003
17. Jackson, Andrew Notes: Bank of the United States, 1832
18. “Jewish Historic Landmarks in St. Louis,” Article, 1986
19. Jewish Neighborhoods Class, n.d.
20. Lipsitz, Samuel T., 1885-1921
21. Newspaper Clippings, 2000-2006
22. “Origins of the Jewish Community in St. Louis,” American Jewish History, June
1988
23. Overhead Projector Sheets, n.d.
Box 2
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People Images, April 21, 2003
People Photos, April 21, 2003
Philipson, Joseph, 1807
Places Other Than Synagogues, April 21, 2003
St. Louis County Bar Association and Historical Society Lectures, 1999-2002
6. St. Louis Jewish History Illustrations, n.d.
7. “St. Louis Jewish Leaders,” by Burton A. Boxerman, Gateway Heritage, Spring
1986
8. St. Louis Jewry: 19th Century Notes, n.d.
9. St. Louis Jewry: 20th Century Notes, n.d.
10. Slides-Introduction [class], 1999-2002
11. Talks and Book Signings, 1995-2002
12. Timeline and History of Judaism in St. Louis, 1789-2002
13. Zion Marketing, 1997-2002
14. Photocopied images of early St. Louis to 1904 Fair, Missouri Historical Society
Separated Material: Photographs
Box 1
People Images, April 21, 2003
J.J. Wertheimer
Rabbi Jeffrey Bienenfeld
Rabbi H. Messing
Nathan Frank
Rabbi Solomon H. Sonneschein
Rabbi Moritz Spits
Solomon J. Levi
Rabbi Bernard Illowy
Rabbi Benson Skoff
Rabbi Susan A. Talve
Walter Ehrlich
Isadore E. Millstone
Harriet Woods
Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs
People Photos, April 21, 2003
Maj. Adolph Proskauer
J.J. Wertheimer
Rabbi Solomon H. Sonneschein
Julius Gordon
Hans Gelles, Victor Packman (?), M.J. Slonim, Jack Mitchell, Paul Lyss, Jack
Liem, Morris Kraines & Meyer Steinberg
Sidney Weinhaus
Sidney Weinhaus
Nathan Frank
Solomon J. Levi
Places Other Than Synagogues, April 21, 2003
Jewish Cemetery Belleville
Hadley Voc/Tec School
Jerusalem Exhibit at 1904 Worlds Fair (negative)
St. Louis Jewish History Illustrations, n.d.
Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites
Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
Cedars at the JCA
Shaare Zedek Synagogue
Joseph Philipson’s Account Book, 12/13/1807
Rabbi Zechariah Joseph Rosenfeld
Zion Marketing, 1997-2002
Walter Ehrlich
Synagogues, ca. 2000
Temple Beth Israel, Belleville (B&W)
Tpheris Temple, 1929-1944; 4200 Blaine Ave., now Church of God (color)
Beth David (?), Cates & Westgate, University City (color)
Temple Israel, Godfrey, IL (B&W)
Temple Israel, Godfrey, IL (B&W)
Temple Israel, Godfrey, IL (B&W)
B’nai Zion Congregation (B&W from publication)
United Hebrew, Kingshighway & Enright (B&W from publication)