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Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives videocassettes, 1986-1996

MS 629


Collection Summary

Creator: Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives
Congregation Anshei Israel (Tucson, AZ)
Bloom family Carvajal, Luis de, 1567?-1596 Davis, Ruth Kozolchyk family Spiegelberg family Udall, Morris K. Udall, Stewart L.
Collection Name:Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives videocassettes,
Inclusive Dates: 1986-1996
Physical Description: 1 linear foot
Abstract:The Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives videocassettes consists of videocassettes of both professionally and non-professionally produced programs and interviews which are relevant either to the history of Jews who settled in the American desert southwest or to general Jewish topics
Collection Number:MS 629
Language: Materials are in English.
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Scope and Content Note

Professional and amateur productions of programs and interviews which are relevant either to the history of Jews who settled in the American desert southwest or to general Jewish topics. The bulk of the tapes describe the historical situation of Jews of Sephardic (viz., Spanish) background and present speculations about the identities of their descendants in the Americas. The tapes are particularly relevant to discussions of persons thought to be descendants of forcibly converted Spanish Jews who fled Spain for the New World after the expulsion of 1492. Note: both the video and the audio quality of the tapes varies considerably. All the tapes are VHS format. 19 video tapes. Program number 1 contains three tapes. Tape number 17 contains two programs.

Organization

The video tapes have been arranged alphabetically according to the title of the production or the subject matter of the tape's content. Tapes should be requested by number.

Restrictions

Restrictions

Use of original audio visual materials is restricted due to their fragile nature. No access copies are currently available. AV materials must be digitally reproduced to facilitate research access. Digitized audiovisual content is/may be restricted to reading room access only. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Access Terms

Geographic Name(s)
Sephardim -- History
West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations
West (U.S.) -- History

Subject(s)
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Inquisition -- Spain
Jews -- Spain -- History
Jews -- Argentina -- History -- 19th Century
Jews -- Arizona
Jews -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History
Jews -- New Mexico
Jews -- Southwest, New -- History
Lawyers -- Arizona

Genre Form(s)
Videotapes

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives videocassettes (MS 629). University of Arizona Library Special Collections.

Processing History

This collection was reprocessed in August 2023 by Michelle Nicole Boyer.

Container List

boxitem
11-3 Bloom Family History, January 1991, 3 videocassettes, VHS, January 1991
Scope and Contents
Discussions of family history with Herb, Dave, and Ted Bloom. On the second and third tapes they are joined by Lanie Aarons.
14 Carvajal, Luis de, December 8, 1996, 1 videocassette, VHS, December 8, 1996
Scope and Contents
Lecture by Reid Heller, sponsored by the Dallas Historical Society commemorating the 400th yahrtzeit(death anniversary) of a poet killed in the Mexican Inquisition. Poor audio quality.
15 Changes at the Archives, 1995, 1 videocassette, VHS, 1995
Scope and Contents
Description of the history and mission of the Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives from its inception to the establishment of its WEB site. Narrated by Melissa Amado and Stuart Glogoff.
16 Congregation Anshei Israel's 5th Street Opening, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Gathering of people at Tucson's Congregation Anshei Israel's new synagogue and the procession of the Torah scrolls into the new sanctuary. No audio.
Related Materials
This VHS has a DVD access copy for patron use. [MS629_BloomVHS_BD001]
17 Crypto-Jews, February 8, 1991, 1 videocassette, VHS, 12 minutes, February 08, 1991
Scope and Contents
Program on the so-called "Crypto-Jews"produced for the KUAT, Tucson, television program "Arizona Illustrated."
18 Ruth Davis-Spielberg recollections, New Mexico, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Davis (a Spiegelberg granddaughter) relates her recollections of the Spiegelberg family in New Mexico.
19 Eyewitness to History, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Abraham Chanin interviews Stewart and Morris Udall while hosting his program "Eyewitness to History."
110 Girona, The Mother of Israel: The Jews of Catalonia, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, 30 minutes, undated
Scope and Contents
Describes the history of the Jews of Girona, Spain (in the region of Catalonia), until the time of the expulsion in 1492.
111 International Conference on the Inquisition: The Conversos and the Hidden Jews of the Southwest, January 1991, 1 videocassette, VHS, 12 minutes, January 1991
Scope and Contents
Same content as "Crypto Jews" tape. Program produced for KUAT, Tucson.
112 Israel Tennis Association, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Describes the process of building Israel Tennis Centers throughout Israel and the rationale for doing so.
113 Kozolchyk Brewda Odyssey, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, 2 hours 32 minutes, undated
Scope and Contents
Family members tell their history and how they or their ancestors journeyed from Poland, to Cuba, and to the United States (including Tucson) in reaction to the Polish pogroms of the early 20th century and to the Cuban Revolution.
114 Kenneth Libo Jewish history, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Libo summarizes aspects of his 1984 book "We Lived There Too," which describes the history of Jews in the United Statesand their movement westward into the frontier.
115 New Mexico's Jewish Settlers, December 1990, 1 videocassette, VHS, December 1990
Scope and Contents
A production for the television program "Colores" which describes the history of the Jews in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
116 Our Desert Blooms, 1996, 1 videocassette, VHS, 1996
Scope and Contents
A photographic montage of Tucson's Jewish history produced for the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona on the occasion of its anniversary.
117 Preserving a Legacy, circa 1986, 1 videocassette, VHS, 8 minutes, circa 1986
Scope and Contents
Describes a project of the Arizona Historical Society for preserving the histories of Arizona's lawyers and judges.
118 Sephardic Jews: Abe Chanin Sephardim of Tucson talk, October 31, 1993, 1 videocassette, VHS, October 31, 1993
Scope and Contents
Speakers at a conference discuss how their (known or supposed) Sephardic Jewish ancestry has impacted them. Poor quality.
117 Yidishe Gauchos (program 1), Trees Cry for Rain: A Sephardic Journey (program 2), October 24, 1993, 1 videocassette, VHS, 30 minutes (per program), 1 hour total run time, October 24, 1993
Scope and Contents
Yisishe Guachos: Describes how Jewish immigrants to Argentina in the nineteenth century co-existed with the local "Gauchos" and even adopted some of their practices. 30 minutes. Trees Cry for Rain: Members of a family describe living as Jews in Turkey and later in St. Louis, Missouri. 30 minutes.