Title: Amram Scheinfeld Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1898-1961

Creator:

• Scheinfeld, Amram, 1897-1979

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 390

Quantity: 4.2 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Amram Scheinfeld moved with his family to Milwaukee, Wis. in 1901; he lived there until 1923. He worked in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and New York as a journalist, illustrator, cartoonist, novelist, and author.

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Language: English, German

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Solomon Isaac Scheinfeld was a prominent rabbi in Milwaukee from 1901 until he died on April 24, 1943. Specifically, he was the Rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1902 to 1943. He was born in Lithuania on December 15, 1860 and married Sanna Rachel Scheinfeld (1863-1931) in 1887. In 1891 they immigrated to the United States moved to Milwaukee in 1901. Rabbi Scheinfeld served as general rabbi and Talmudic scholar for the orthodox communities in Milwaukee and was a recognized authority in matters of ritual and ecclesiastical law. He enjoyed a reputation as preacher and writer. Solomon and Sanna had five children, two daughters: Rosalie and Ruhamoh, and three sons: Emanuel, Amram and Aaron.

Amram Scheinfeld (1897-1979) lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1901 until 1923. He worked in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and New York as a journalist, illustrator, cartoonist, novelist, and author. His contributions to journalism include the column “Looking into People” in Cosmopolitan magazine from 1951 to 1965, and various articles in Collier’s, Reader’s Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and Ladies’ Home Journal. He authored books on the subject of heredity and genetics for a general readership from 1939 to 1975. Scheinfeld died in New York City on September 1, 1979.

This collection contains mainly writings of Amram Scheinfeld during the early part of his life. Also included are sketches, certificates, several yarmulkes and a pair of tefillin. There are notes throughout the collection added in the 1970s by Scheinfeld. Additionally there are some Scheinfeld family photographs as well as a certificate and photographs of Amram’s father, Rabbi Scheinfeld. Some of the oversized newspaper clippings are in German and the large certificate in box 5 is in possibly Hebrew.

The subjects are generally arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Captions previously glued to the back of the photographs have been typed and added to the appropriate folders.

Amram Scheinfeld Papers, 1891-1961, Collection 390. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[Translated works of Amram Scheinfeld]

You and Heredity

Twins and Supertwins

Your Heredity and Environment

The Human Heredity Handbook

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

There is currently no acquisition information available. In October 2019, four boxes of archival materials housed in the Rare Books Collection were identified as being part of this collection. The materials were then reunited and relocated to the Local History Manuscripts archival collection. Materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Arranged by Jennifer Putnam, Archives Volunteer, 2009. Processed by Casey Lapworth, 2019.

Box   4 Folder   6	Correspondence Course Drawings, 1914-1915
	Memorabilia
Box   4 Folder   1	“America” poster, 1916
Box   2 Folder   1	Badge, 1918-1922
Box   5 Folder   1	Certificate, undated
Box   4 Folder   2	Certificates, 1910, 1914
Box   2 Folder   2	Church Pamphlet, 1921
	Clippings
Box   4 Folder   3	1916-1959, undated
Box   5 Folder   2-3	1918-1933, undated
Box   5 Folder   4	Wisconsin News, 1920-1923
Box   5 Folder   5	Wisconsin News and Milwaukee Free Press, 1918-1923
Box   2 Folder   3	Eye glass prescription, 1911
Box   2 Folder   4	Newspaper union, 1920
Box   2 Folder   5	Notebooks, 1915, 1922
Box   1 Folder   17	Press Agent experiences, 1922-1923
Box   2 Folder   6	Press Club cards, 1916, 1927
Box   2 Folder   7	Report cards – grade school, 1906-1910
Box   2 Folder   8	Report cards – high school, 1910-1914
	Scrapbook
Box   2 Folder   9	1914-1918
Box   4 Folder   4	High school, 1910-1915
Box   4 Folder   5	Wisconsin News, 1918-1920
Box   2 Folder   10	Subpoena, 1921
Box   2 Folder   11	Telegrams, 1922-1939
	Photographs
	Amram Scheinfeld
Box   1 Folder   3	Circa 1921
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Artwork, circa 1913, circa 1942
Box   1 Folder   4-5	School (includes notes), 1910, 1914
	Family
Box   1 Folder   6-10	1898-1940
Box   1 Folder   11	Home, 1919
	Rabbi Solomon I. Scheinfeld
Box   1 Folder   12-15	Photographs, 1898-1940
Box   1 Folder   16	Certificate of Inauguration, 1961
Box   6	Tefillin and yamakas, undated
	Writings
Box   2 Folder   12-14	1910-1914
Box   2 Folder   15	“Between Ourselves”, 1915
Box   2 Folder   16	“Getting Back To Earth”, 1915
Box   2 Folder   17	“If I Should End [Die] Today – What Then?”, 1916
Box   3 Folder   1	Notebook Sections with abstracts, 1914-1917
Box   3 Folder   2	“Queer, Ain’t It?”, 1914
Box   3 Folder   3	“The Same Road”, 1914
Box   3 Folder   4	“Sketches of a Child From Four Angles”, 1916
Box   3 Folder   5	“The Soldier Katt”, a wartime poem, 1915
Box   3 Folder   6	“The World’s No Place for Kickers”, 1914
	Publications
Box   3 Folder   7	Riverside Literature Series, No. 183, “Representative English and Scottish Popular Ballads” by R. Adelaide Witham (Includes handwritten note from "A. S. 4/24/75"), undated
Box   3 Folder   8-18	The Tattler, 1913-1915
Box   3 Folder   19	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Includes handwritten note from Amram Scheinfeld), 1904
	UW-Extension
Box   1 Folder   18	Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box   1 Folder   19-23	Course, 1917-1918
Box   3 Folder   20-21	“The View From My Window”, 1918
Box   3 Folder   22	Wisconsin News Baby Betterment contest, 1920-1921