Index to Aroostook County

Aroostook

• Aroostook Community records - 42 images Found them on my PC

BOOK(S)

• H. Etscovitz biography in Risen, Jewels of Maine

DVD OR VIDEO

• The Potato King of Maine : the video - Josh Nathan-Kazis

FAMILY HISTORIES

• The Green Family History Starting with Ben ahd Louis Green
• The True Story of Maine's Potato King - My Great-Grandfather's Rise and Fall DMJ note : Josh has written an excellent and very readable piece on the County, - Josh Nathan-Kazis, staff writer Jewish Forward

GOVERNMENT RECORDS

• Aroostook, Me : Jewish Census Data 1910 - Ben Kissen
• Aroostook, Me : Jewish Census Data 1930 - Ben Kissen
• List of Jews in Aroostook and Neighboring New Brunswick On Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Selected census data for Aroostook County

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - CENSUS

• Aroostook, Me : Jewish Census Data 1940 - First Generation Families

IMAGE(S)

• Adelman Family II
• Aroostook County Campers at Camp Lown
• Astronaunt Jessica Meir sends Hanukkah Greetings to Earth
• Hiram Adelman And Friend in Potato Field
• Hiram and Yale Adelman in Potato Fields
• International Lodge of B'nai B'rith (Aroostook), Six Men With Torah "Donated by Mr and Mrs Adelman 1948"
• Kim Adelman Schawbel and Milton Adelman
• Stanley and Israel "Jack" Shalek in their Shalek Bag Company standing with a 2000 yard burlap bale used for the manufacturing of potato bags :

JEWISH COMMUNITY RECORDS

• Aroostook Hebrew Community Center - membership records and accounts
• Dedication Program and Services, Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Fort Kent - Beth Israel Book
• Fort Kent - Beth Israel documents

LETTER(S)

• Formation Letter for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center

MEMORABILIA

• Anne B Prilutsky pamphlet, c 1947 - Barry Tracy

NEWSLETTER(S)

• The Shalek Family : Uncommon Success, by Dick Graves, Part II of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald
• Potato Industry article
• Potato Industry article I
• Potato Industry article II

NEWSPAPER(S)

• Biff Elliot Shalek, by Dick Graves, Part I of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald
• Etscovitz Families : Five Brothers, by Dick Graves, Part III of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald
• Jack and Stan Shalek : Backbone of the Shalek Bag Co, by Dick Graves, Part IV of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald
• I'm Lurking on Maine Town's Facebook Page - Josh Nathan-Kazis
• MANY A SLIP TWIXT CUP AND LIP: A Story of Maine - The Jewish Messenger
• Sam Blotner Reveals Deal With Uncle Sam - Ted Sylvester

OBITUARY(IES)

• Abraham Meier Daniels - obituary

ON LINE

• Ku Klux Klan, East Hodgdon - Maine Memory Network

ON-LINE REFERENCE

• President Susan Rudolph's Installation Speech (2008) at the Community Synagogue Rye NY

RESEARCH STUDIES

• Jewish History of Aroostook County by Natalie Cohen - Natalie Cohen
• Natalie Cohen, Jewish History of Aroostook County - Natalie Cohen

VIDEO

• Al Weinbeg, the businessman and the voice - Toby Adelman

Fort Kent

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - OTHER

• Abram / Abraham Isaacson - birth certificate
• Nelson Isaacson - birth certificate

IMAGE(S)

• Etscovitz Potato
• Etscovitz Potato wide view
• Two Fort Kent Visitors to the Maine Jewish Musuem

JEWISH COMMUNITY RECORDS

• Documents from Congregation Beth Israel, Fort Kent, Me two issues
• Bylaws of Congregation Beth Israel in Fort Kent. Cover page
• Marriage certificate of Eli E Berger & Bertha C Shur

NEWSPAPER(S)

• Fort Kent Reunion - article from St John Valley Times Coll. S-7030, Misc. Box 236/17

Mars Hill

IMAGE(S)

• Adelman Brothers: Maine potatoes
• Adelman Department Store
• Adelman Department Store Mars Hill, Maine
• Adelman Family I
• Adelman Rolsky Family Photo - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
• Arthur, Brooke, and Haley Schwabel picking potatos in Mars Hill - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
• Katherine (Goldsmith) and Hiram Adelman, potato farmers
• Mars Hill Fire Station (dedicated to Hiram Adelman) - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
• Yale Adelman and Mary Shure Wedding
• Yale and Hiram Adelman I
• Yale and Hiram Adelman II
• “Head North, young man,” Hiram Adelman, Mars Hill

JEWISH COMMUNITY RECORDS

• International B'nai B'rith Charity Chest - financial account statement

LETTER(S)

• International B'nai B'rith Charity Chest Financial Statement on Adelman's Department Store Letterhead
• International B. B. Charity Chest Financial Report Schedule A on Adelman's Department Store Letterhead
• International B. B. Charity Chest Financial Report Schedule A on Adleman's Department Store Letterhead, page 2
• International B. B. Charity Chest Financial Report Schedule B on Adleman's Department Store Letterhead

MEMORABILIA

• Emple Knitting Mills

NEWSPAPER(S)

• Hiram Adelman Memorial Fire Station, Mars Hill, Maine

OBITUARY(IES)

• Katherine Adelman Obituary

Presque Isle

IMAGE(S)

• Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• B'nai B'rith presenting Gifts to Children at the Northern Maine Sanatorium
• B'nai Brith Lodge
• Debbi Silver Carter and Judy Fish Cohen Photo - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
• Donation of Torah - Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• First Community Seder
• First Community Seder - Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Five Men Smiling, Presque Isle Lions Club room This photo was taken at the Northeastland Hotel in Presque Isle and the group was attending the Lions Club: Ellen Shalek Heymann
• International Lodge B'Nai B'rith No. 1289
• Linda and Laura Moscowitz picking potatoes
• Linda and Laura Moskowitz with their mother Valerie
• Members of the Pinetree Lodge
• Moskowitz children harvesting potatoes
• Moskowitz family of Presque Isle
• Rabbi Harry Baum at Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Raphael Gribetz at Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Raphael Gribetz ushers in the New Year in Presque Isle "Raphael Gribetz, the spriritual leader of the Aroostook County Hebrew Community, is also a sculptor who was commissioned by the St Mary's Roman Cathlic Church in Presqui Isle to sculpt a crucifix in 2002"
• Rosh Hashonah [sic] Cunningham HS, Presque Isle
• Silverman on the Bimah in the Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Valerie Moskowitz Photo - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen

INSTAGRAM

• Green's Shoes and Clothing Store - Text by Amelia and Alex, students at Presque Isle Middle School
• Shalek Bag Company

JEWISH COMMUNITY RECORDS

• Aroostock Hebrew Community Center - change of treasurers
• Election Report International Lodge # 1289
• Election Report International Lodge # 1289. Page 2 (bottom of first page)
• International B'nai B'rith Charity Chest - contributors - I
• International B'nai B'rith Charity Chest - contributors - II
• List of Special Occasions in Aroostook and Neighboring New Brunswick On Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead

LETTER(S)

• Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead Establishing International Lodge of B'nai B'rith
• Barney Sass Letter to Jack Mazer on University of Maine Letterhead Accepting Invitation to Perform Services During High Holy Days and $500 check to Benny Saas
• Check to Gerald Chirnomas from Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• check to Oscar Larson, builder of Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• International B'nai B'rith Charity Chest - contributors / expenditures - Iii
• Invoice for folding tables from Scranton, PA for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Invoice from Archie Bishop & Sons, Presque Isle for fuel oil and cleaning furnance
• Invoice from B Fleischman & Co, NYC for work on eleven stain glass windows
• Invoice from Dewey Christmas Rug Shop for floor covering for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Invoice from J H Oak Co, Presque Isle for installation of sink and toilet
• invoice from Jack Mazer for liability coverage for Aroostook Hebrew community Center
• Invoice from M Wolozin for 'Hebrew Religious Supplies' for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Invoice from M Wolozin for standard Block Prayer Books for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Jack Mazur Letter Accepting Invitation to Perform Services During High Holy Days
• Letter agreeing to davening the High Holidays - Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Letter and check for davening High Holidays - Barney Sass
• Letter on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead Enclosing Payment for Building Construction
• Letter thanking Aroostook B'nai B'rith Ladies Auxilary for contribution to the Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Letter to Oskar Larsen from Aroostook Hebrew Community Center thanking him for helping to construct their building
• Northern National Bank of Presque Isle Letter Regarding New Secretary and Treasurer for the Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Thank You for Contribution to Aroostook Hebrew Community Center on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead

MEMBERSHIP LISTS

• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 1
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 2
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 1
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 2
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 1
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 2
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 1
• International B'nai B'rith Chapter #16 - membership list pg 2
• International Lodge #1289 - membership pg 1
• International Lodge #1289 - membership pg 2
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead, page 2
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead, page 2
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead, page 2
• Membership List International #216 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead, page 2
• Sunday School Membership 1953 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead

MEMORABILIA

• Archie Bishop and Sons, Inc. bill for Fuel Oil and Furnace Cleaning on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Aroostook Hebrew Community Center bill from B Fleishman & Co. Inc. for 11 Stained Leaded Glass Windows
• Cancelled Check for $583.33 Signed by Lawrence Goldsmith Aroostook Hebrew Community Center
• Check to Oskar Larson for $1000
• Dewey A. Christmas Rug Shop bill for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• First Community Seder International Lodge B'Nai B'rith No. 1289
• Folding Tables - Cancelled Check and Bill for Aroostook Hebrew Commnity Center Leterhead
• J. H. Oak Company (Plumbing) bill for $2.00 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• Jack Mazer, Agent for Insurance Premium bill for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Leterhead
• Logo with the date "1969" on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• M. Wolozin, Inc. Hebrew Religious Supplies bill for Prayer Books on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead
• M. Wolozin, Inc. Hebrew Religious Supplies bill on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead

NEWSLETTER(S)

• cover of a report on the Aroostook Hebrew Community Center complied by Jack Mazer,
• Report pg 1 - Jews in Aroostook and Neighboring New Brunswick
• Report pg 2 - Special Occasions
• Report pg 3 - Summer School Membership

NEWSPAPER(S)

• Aid Needy Hungarian Familes
• B'nai B'rith Lodge Presented Scroll This photo already exists but without the date and names. The last line should read Yale Adelman and Milton Adelman. The Torah is now under the care of Hiram Adelman and the Jewish community in Bozemen, Montana- grandson to Hiram Adelman: Mel Mazer
• Bangor Daily News Photo of Members of the International Chapter of B'nai B'rith Preparing Boxes of Food and Clothing for Needy Families in Hungary
• Charter Members of B'Nai B'Rith celebrate 24th anniversary
• County Faces : Raphael Gribetz of Presque Isle - Jessica Lantos
• Donors Dinner Session At Presque Isle
• Maine Buys ASTC Plot from Sam Fish for $60,000
• News Brief : Vandals drew swastikas and a hate message at a synagogue in Presque Isle, Maine, before Rosh Hashanah.
• Newspaper Article regarding Donors' Dinner Party Held by the Women's International Chapter 216 of B'nai B'rith
• Sam Fish Newspaper article
• Star-Herald Obituary for Samuel Fish

OBITUARY(IES)

• Samuel Fish Obituary

POST CARD

• The Klein Block on Main Street in Presque Isle "Green's clothing store...one of 3 Jewish owned clothing stores in PI when I grew up there. Green's, Bunnyland and Weinberg's." - Ellen Shalek Heymann

POSTCARD(S)

• Postcard to Herman Zimmerman (Presque Isle) from Budapest
• postcard to Herman Zimmerman from a widow in Hungray - front side
• postcard to Herman Zimmerman from a widow in Hungray - second side
• Postcard to Herman Zimmerman from Budapest on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead, front side
• Postcard to Herman Zimmerman from Budapest on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead, reverse side