Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

A Project Americana Sampler. Long Live the Land of the Free
(128 words)

Curators

Grace Cohen Grossman, Lynne Gilberg.

Imprint

Los Angeles, Calif., USA, 1990. Booklet, 4 pp., illustrations: 4 b&w, 28 × 21 cm. English.

Location

HUC-JIR Skirball Museum (21 February–30 December 1990)

Description

Select objects from the Museum’s growing collection of Jewish Americana. These items were collected as part of the national effort “Project Americana”, established in 1985 to collect and preserve objects of Jewish history and celebration that together reflect the spectrum of Jewish life in America. Preface by Nancy Berman. Introduction to the history of the project and the types of objects it has preserved, by Grace Cohen Grossman and Lynne Gilberg. No itemized listing.

main keywords

AMERICANA
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
FOLK ART
UNITED STATES

minor keywords

Hanukkah lamps
Historical documents
Illions, Marcus Charles
Music
Szyk, Arthur
Torah Arks, fragments

Cite this page
“A Project Americana Sampler. Long Live the Land of the Free”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1101>
First published online: 2019



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