Box of manuscript and other archival materials from the Ahaveth Sholem Lodge No. 160, Independent Order of Bnai Brith, including hundreds of letters, envelopes and printed documents. Also: one Masonic apron.

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 155

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Box of manuscript and other archival materials from the Ahaveth Sholem Lodge No. 160, Independent Order of Bnai Brith, including hundreds of letters, envelopes and printed documents. Also: one Masonic apron.

Most of the material is from, or addressed to: Jacob, Emily or Lawrence Berliner. Includes materials from the period the Berliner family were resident in Corry, Penn., as well as after they moved to New York. Sold not subject to return.

v.p: v.d

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $800

The Ahaveth Sholem Lodge of B’nai B’rith was based out of Corry, Penn, founded by Meyer Berliner and his son Jacob Berliner. In 1900, five years after the death of his father, Jacob Meyer and his two sons, Lawrence and Manfred, launched the Corry Hide and Fur Company with offices located on West Main Street in Corry. Following the death of Manfred in 1924, Lawrence moved with his mother, Emily, to New York City. In the 1930’s, Berliner returned to Corry before relocating to Florida in the 1940’s. (See The Berliner Family Papers: Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, PA).