Repository

Heinz History Center

Title

Photographs of Corinne Azen Krause

Creator

Krause, Corinne Azen

Collection Number

MSP#113

Extent

2.0 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Date

c1880s-1992

Abstract

This collection contains the photographs that correspond with the working papers of Dr. Krause's professional and organizational activities. These photographs are separated into four series which include: general photographs of people, families, places, synagogues, and other sites related to the Jewish experience in western Pennsylvania; images of the Roots and Branches exhibit and for photographs of documents and ritual items used in the exhibit; two albums of photographs and documents; two sets of slides, one pertaining to the Irene Kaufmann Settlement and the other to Jewish life in Pittsburgh. Although many of these photographs are original, some are copies. The collection offers insights into the history of the Jewish community from the last years of the 19th century through 1992.

Language

The material in this collection is in English.

Author

This guide to the collection was originally prepared by Rae Barent and Susan Melnick on January 25, 2000. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in Winter, 2001-2002.

Sponsor

This finding aid has been encoded as a part of the Historic Pittsburgh project a joint effort of the University of Pittsburgh and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Funding for this portion of the project has been donated by the Hillman Foundation.

Publisher

Heinz History Center

Address

1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

Historical Sketch

Corinne Azen Krause (CK) is a historian who has made Pittsburgh, the women of Pittsburgh, and the Jewish communities of the city the focus of her research. She earned a B. A. with Honors in economics from the University of Michigan, an M. A. in history from Carnegie-Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught history at Taylor Allderdice and Schenley High Schools, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carlow and Chatham Colleges.

Dr. Krause was a research associate in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh; she taught oral history at the University Graduate School of Library and Information Science; and was a Commonwealth Speaker for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

An oral history project of three generations of American women of Italian, Jewish, and Slavic descent resulted in a nationally distributed report and several scholarly articles in 1978. A book entitled Grandmothers, Mothers, and Daughters (1991) contains oral histories of eighteen of the women interviewed in the three-generation study (see MSS# 348). In 1982, Dr. Krause produced Roots and Branches, an interpretive exhibition of the history of the Jewish communities of Pittsburgh.

Other publications include Isaac W. Frank: Engineer and Civic Leader (1980); Los Judios en Mexico (1987), a social history of Jews in independent Mexico; Refractories: the Hidden Industry (1987); as well as articles and book reviews.

Dr. Krause is a founding member of Jewish Residential Services, an agency organized to provide housing with professional support services to young adults with serious and persistent mental illness. She was also a founder of the Pittsburgh Ethnic Coalition. She is a member of the advisory committee of the Rauh Jewish Archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, a former member of the board of the Historical Society, and a life member of the board of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Jewish Committee.

Scope and Content Notes

The Corinne Krause photograph collection offers insights into the history of the Jewish community from the last years of the 19th century through 1992. These photographs are separated into four series which include: general photographs of people, families, places, synagogues, and other sites related to the Jewish experience in western Pennsylvania; images of theRoots and Branches exhibit and of documents and ritual items used in the exhibit; two albums of photographs and documents; two sets of slides, one pertaining to the Irene Kaufmann Settlement and the other to Jewish life in Pittsburgh. Although many of these photographs are original, some are copies.

Arrangement

The Corinne Krause photographs are arranged in four series. Series have been designated for general photographs, Roots and Branches documentation, albums, and slides.

The Corinne Krause photographs are housed in four archival boxes.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These items came in ten accessions from 1988-1998..

Acc# 1988.0086, 1989.0068, 1990.0124, 1991.0027, 1992.0134, 1992.0166, 1992.0264, 1993.0112, 1997.0394, 1998.0109 Gift of Corinne Azen Krause.

Preferred Citation

Photographs of Corinne Azen Krause, c1880s-1992, MSP# 113, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Rae Barent and Susan Melnick on January 25, 2000.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Robert O. Stakeley on November 11, 2002.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or publish, please contact the curator of the Archives.

Subjects

Personal Names

• Krause, Corinne Azen

Other Subjects

• Jewish Archives
• ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
• Women's Collection
• Jewish children
• Jewish children -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jewish day schools -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jewish families
• Jewish families -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jewish religious education -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jewish religious schools -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jewish way of life
• Jewish way of life -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- Employment -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- Genealogy -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- History -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews in the United States
• Jews -- Social life and customs -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Jews -- Women
• Jews -- Women -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Roots and Branches exhibit -- Corinne Azen Krause
• Synagogues -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Zionism -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

Container List

Series I General Photographs

Scope and Contents

The General photographs are housed in two archival boxes and are arranged in six subseries. Subseries have been arranged alphabetically by topic and designations are for families, individuals, institutions, organizations, places, and synagogues. Individual folder titles have been arranged both alphabetically and/or chronologically. Photographs include images of Jewish families and individuals, of Jewish businesses, organizations, institutions, and scenes of the places in Pittsburgh where Jews have lived. Included are photographs of the early synagogues as well as their present-day buildings. A notable example is that of Tree of Life, with images of the original building on Fourth Avenue, and later buildings on Craft Avenue and Shady Avenue. Photographs of synagogues from towns in the western Pennsylvania region can also be found. Portraits of families and individuals are a major part of the collection. Represented are rabbis and other prominent individuals, as well as those who are lesser known. Here can be found images of Henry Kaufmann, William Frank, Helen Wayne Rauh, J. Leonard Levy, Dr. B. B. Wechsler, and Rabbi A. M. Ashinsky, among others. Groups from schools and institutions, such as teams from the Irene Kaufmann Settlement, women at the Jewish Home for the Aged, and children at the Gusky Orphanage are included. One group of photographs consists Hill District street scenes and the exteriors of businesses from 1906 and 1920.

Subseries 1 Families

Scope and Contents

This subseries is housed in 9 archival folders with folder titles as follows: A-G, H-L, M-Z, Azen, Falk, Frank, Kaufmann, Rauh, and Stern. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Subseries 2 Individuals

Scope and Contents

This subseries is housed in 5 archival folders with folder titles as follows: A-L, G-L, M - Z, Ashinsky, and Rabbis. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Subseries 3 Institutions

Scope and Contents

This subseries is housed in 10 archival folders with folder titles as follows: Hebrew Institute, Hillel Academy, Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Home for Babies and Children, Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Kingsley House Settlement, Montefiore Hospital, Schools, and YMWHA. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Subseries 4 Organizations

Scope and Contents

This subseries is housed in 4 archival folders with folder titles as follows: Named, New Americans, Sports, and Zionists. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Subseries 5 Places

Scope and Contents

This subseries is housed in 10 archival folders with folder titles as follows: Cemeteries, Department Stores, Downtown, East End, Europe, Hill District Businesses and Institutions (named), Hill District Businesses and scenes (unnamed),Hill District Businesses and scenes - Tobacco sweatshops, Northside, Small towns, Steel Mills, and Streetcars. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Subseries 6 Synagogues

Scope and Contents

This subseries is housed in 20 archival folders with folder titles as follows: Adath Jeshuran, Beth Hamedrash Hagodol/Beth Jacob, Beth Shalom, Beth Yehuda, Bnai Israel, Bnai Zion, Cneseth Israel, Keser [Kether]Torah, Machsike Hadas, Ohave Zedeck, Poale Zedeck, Rodef Shalom, Shaaray Tefilah, Shaare Torah, Temple Emanuel of the South Hills, Torath Chaim, Tree of Life, Others, Synagogues in Western Pennsylvania, and Unidentified photographs. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Series II Roots and Branches

Scope and Contents

The Roots and Branches documentation photographs are housed in one archival box with folder titles arranged alphabetically. Folder titles include: Advertisements, Documents - organizations, Documents - personal, Maps and graphics, Objections - ceremony, and Roots and BranchesExhibit. This series of images includes photographs of the Roots and Branches exhibit. Also included are images of document and ritual items photographed for the exhibit.

Series III Albums

Scope and Contents

The albums are housed in one archival box and include two volumes designated as album 1 and album 2. The photographs with descriptions have been left in their original order and are listed as such. Each volume consists of a variety of photographs that include images of weddings, cornerstone layings, meetings, presidential visits, individuals, sports teams, buildings, and more, as well as Gusky, the elephant. Also included is a New Year's card written by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy in 1901. Some are duplicates of those in the larger collection. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.

Series IV Slides

Scope and Contents

The slides are housed in one archival box and are divided into two volumes designated for the Irene Kaufmann Settlement and Jews in Pittsburgh. The slides have been left in their original order and are listed as such. The first volume is the slides used for "The Heart of the Hill" program about the Irene Kaufmann Settlement. These are images of the facilities, services offered to Hill District residents by the IKS, as well as photographs of the institution's founders and staff. The second volume consists of images of Jewish life in Pittsburgh, including scenes from the Hill District and Squirrel Hill. Also included are images of businesses, occupations, synagogues, buildings, individuals, and organizations that have played significant roles in local Jewish life. For a more complete listing of subject entries and dates, please consult the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives.