American Jewish Historical Society

American Jewish Historical Society
	Location within New York City
Established	1892
Location	15 West 16th Street; Manhattan, New York U.S. 10011
Coordinates	40°44′17″N 73°59′38″W / 40.738047°N 73.993821°W
Director	Gemma R. Birnbaum
Public transit access	Subway: 14th Street – Union Square
Website	ajhs.org

The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) was founded in 1892 with the mission to foster awareness and appreciation of American Jewish history and to serve as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, preservation and dissemination of materials relating to American Jewish history.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ American Jewish Historical Society: Organized at New York, June 7th, 1892. Washington City, U.S.A.: American Jewish Historical Society. 1892. hdl:2027/inu.30000093657793. OCLC 691194237.
^ American Jewish Historical Society: Report of Organization. Abstract from the Minutes, 1892. Baltimore, MD: American Jewish Historical Society. 1892. hdl:2027/uc1.$b31191. OCLC 262540372.
^ "Education Report, 1893–94. IX. History, Biography, and Genealogy: American Jewish Historical Society. Washington, D.C.". The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives: For the Third Session of the Fifty-Third Congress, 1894–95: in Thirty-Five Volumes. Washington: G.P.O. 1895. p. 1571. OCLC 50617458. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
^ Queen, Edward L.; Prothero, Stephen R.; Shattuck, Gardiner H. (2009). Encyclopedia of American Religious History (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Facts On File. p. Volume 1. ISBN 978-1-4381-0995-4. OCLC 370721276.

[AJHS-Organization-1892-1] American Jewish Historical Society: Organized at New York, June 7th, 1892. Washington City, U.S.A.: American Jewish Historical Society. 1892. hdl:2027/inu.30000093657793. OCLC 691194237.

[AJHS-OrganizationMinutes-1892-2] American Jewish Historical Society: Report of Organization. Abstract from the Minutes, 1892. Baltimore, MD: American Jewish Historical Society. 1892. hdl:2027/uc1.$b31191. OCLC 262540372.

[USCongress-ListOfNationalSocieties-1895-3] "Education Report, 1893–94. IX. History, Biography, and Genealogy: American Jewish Historical Society. Washington, D.C.". The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives: For the Third Session of the Fifty-Third Congress, 1894–95: in Thirty-Five Volumes. Washington: G.P.O. 1895. p. 1571. OCLC 50617458. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

[AmericanReligiousHistory-2009-4] Queen, Edward L.; Prothero, Stephen R.; Shattuck, Gardiner H. (2009). Encyclopedia of American Religious History (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Facts On File. p. Volume 1. ISBN 978-1-4381-0995-4. OCLC 370721276.

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