The Jewish Theological Seminary
Archives
JTS Archives
The Archives of The Jewish Theological Seminary were established in 1976 with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
The archival collections of The Jewish Theological Seminary consist of several major subject areas: the history and development of the Conservative Movement in America, records of Jewish communities and families in Europe and North Africa, the emergence and development of modern Jewish scholarship in Germany and its transfer to the United States, the development of Yiddish literature in America, and papers of Jewish communal leaders.
The Music Archives
The Music Archives at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary consist of the special music collections of various cantors, composers, musicologists, teachers, and collectors of Jewish music.
The Joseph and Miriam Ratner Center for the Study of Conservative Judaism
The archives of The Joseph and Miriam Ratner Center for the Study of Conservative Judaism contain the institutional records of The Jewish Theological Seminary (1902-1972), records of Conservative synagogues, papers of Conservative rabbis from the early twentieth century to the present, oral histories, and over six thousand photographs.