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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Lectures
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Alexander S. Kline:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1925-1980 and undated at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Creator |
Kline, Alexander S. |
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Title: |
Alexander S. Kline
Papers,
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Dates: |
1925-1980 and undated |
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Abstract: |
The papers of
Alexander S. Kline, dating from 1928-1980, contain newspaper clippings,
pamphlets, handwritten notes, and other materials related to his lectures on
various topics such as the Jewish religion and culture, its comparison with
other religions, and anti-Semitism. |
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Collection # |
S 547 |
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Quantity: |
2 boxes (2 linear
feet) |
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Language |
English |
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Repository: |
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
An art historian and Rabbi, Alexander S. Kline was born in Budapest,
Hungary in 1903. He emigrated to the United States in 1921 to study art history
at the University of Cincinnati, and was ordained as a Rabbi in 1933. He
received his Doctor of Divinity from the Hebrew Union College in 1958. Kline
was the Rabbi at Congregation Shaareth Israel in Lubbock from 1960 to 1980. He
was known for his art lectures at the Museum of Texas Tech University. He and
his wife, Eleanore, had two children. Kline died on March 29, 1982.
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The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes,
pamphlets, printed magazine and other articles, and other materials relating to
the Jewish religion and culture, its comparison with other religions, and
anti-Semitism.
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Organization |
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The collection is organized alphabetically. |
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Kline, Alexander S., 1902-1982 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Congregation Shaareth
Israel |
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Subjects (Places) |
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United States--Southern |
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United States--Texas |
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United States--Texas--Lubbock |
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Subjects |
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Anti-Semitism |
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Artists |
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Hanukah |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
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Jewish Art |
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Jewish Artists |
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Jews--History |
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Judaism |
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Rabbis |
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Rabbis--Texas--Lubbock |
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Religion |
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Unitarianism |
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Unitarianism--United States |
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Unitarianism--United States--History |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections: |
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- Bernard Skibell oral history interview [sound recording],
2012
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- Bob Skibell oral history interview [sound recording], 2012
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- Congregation Shaareth Israel, 1924-2010
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- Eva Hance oral history interview [sound recording], 2006
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- Dr. Henry Shine oral history interview [sound recording],
2012
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- Jewish Archival Audio-Visual Collection
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- Jewish Archival Collection, 1962-2007 and undated
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- Jewish Archive [books], gift from Susan Albers,
2006-(ongoing)
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- Lee Bradley Papers, 1980-1982
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- Nathan Luger oral history interview [sound recording],
2012
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- Norma Glassman Skibell, 1921-1948 [microfilm], 1982
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- Norma Skibell oral history interview [sound recording],
1982
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- Sandy Lehman oral history interview [sound recording],
2012
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- Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Rare Books
Collection
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Alexander S. Kline Papers, 1925-1980 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gift, undated
Robert Weaver, 2012
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Lectures |
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folder |
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Adult Religion,
1940-1956 and
undated |
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Anti-Semitism,
1936-1945 and
undated |
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Baccalaureate Addresses,
1926-1961 and
undated |
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Bar Mitzvah,
1931-1968 and
undated |
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Beauty of Holiness,
1931-1953 and
undated |
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The Call of the Shofar,
1931-1970 and
undated |
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Creed and Deed, Faith and Conduct, Thought and Action,
1931-1937 and
undated |
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Culture and Wisdom,
1925-1951 and
undated |
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Education,
1945-1959 and
undated |
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Faith,
1941-1961 and
undated |
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Good and Evil in the World and in Man,
1929-1973 and
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Good-Will, Interdenominational Amity, Tolerance,
1933-1963 and
undated |
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Hanukah and Christmas,
1929-1978 and
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Happiness,
1927-1951 and
undated |
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Ideas of God,
1931-1962 and
undated |
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Is War Instinctive?,
1946-1950 and
undated |
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Israel,
1924-1980 and
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Jewish Culture,
1936 and
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Jewish Education of Children and Adults,
1928-1965 and
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Jewish Jokes,
1934-1959 and
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Jewish Marriage,
1965-1972 and
undated |
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Jewish Prayer,
1944-1970 and
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Jews in the South Today,
1958-1959 and
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Lies and Libel,
1934-1945 and
undated |
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Life, Its Worth, Dignity, Sanctity, etc.,
1931-1948 and
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Miscellaneous,
1936-1960 and
undated |
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Miscellaneous,
1936-1960 and
undated |
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Myth and Cliche vs. Truth,
1948-1980 and
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Never to Grow Old,
1950-1980 and
undated |
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folder |
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Optimism vs. Pessimism,
1931-1940 and
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The Raddish,
1943-1968 and
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Religion of the Future of Modernism,
1931-1933 and
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Roadblocks to Religion,
1953-1954 and
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Roosevelt,
1945 and
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Russia,
1946 and
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Sincerity,
1941-1961 and
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Small Town Rabbi,
1953-1959 and
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Thesis for Rabbinic Degree,
1930 |
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Unitarianism and Judaism,
1953-1959 and
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Weddings,
1944-1955 and
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