Subject: Sunday schools

A stampless letter dated June 11, 1827, from the clergy of Lykens Valley, Pennsylvania, to the American Sunday-School Union. The letter discusses the clergy's admittance to the organization. The letter originates from Gratztown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and may bear the earliest known Gratztown postmark. The letter's connection to Michael Gratz, after whom Gratztown is likely named, and the 1831 founding of the Wiconisco Coal Company by his son, Simon Gratz, are noted.

A one-page letter written by S. C. Marralho to Isaac Leeser on January 31, 1844, from Barbados. The letter discusses the minutes of the Barbados Hebrew Congregation's Ladies' Auxiliary and the founding of a Sunday School.

This four-page pamphlet, printed in 1859, outlines the regulations of the Philadelphia Hebrew Sunday School. Established March 4, 1838, the school's regulations are detailed in seven brief rules. This is a rare item, with only one known copy recorded by Singerman (No. 1596).

This book, "Scripture History Simply Arranged for the Use of Jewish Schools," is an 84-page volume printed for the Sunday Schools of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York. Published in 1879 by H. Sakolski's Hebrew Book Store (53 Division Street, New York), it represents a later edition (the first American edition was published in 1870). This edition is not listed in OCLC, making this copy at the University of Pennsylvania a unique resource.

Eight-page pamphlet (7 x 8 inches) published in Philadelphia by Billstein & Son in 1888. The pamphlet commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first Hebrew Sunday School in America, held at the American Academy of Music on March 3, 1888. It includes a detailed historical sketch of the school, founded by Rebecca Gratz, along with the program, board members, and committees. The pamphlet shows some age browning on the cover only. (Singerman No. 3731; only three copies recorded). Found with Isaac Leeser papers.

This is the first edition of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia, published in 1859 by L.R. Bailey. The 9-page book, printed in salmon-colored wrappers, details the society's organizational structure and rules. The Hebrew Sunday School Society, founded through the efforts of Rebecca Gratz and Reverend Isaac Leeser, played a pivotal role in reforming Jewish education in 19th-century America.

Book published by C. Sherman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1851. The book contains an address delivered at the first opening of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia's Sunday School on the 4th of Nissan.

Book published by the American Sunday-School Union for Christian Children, likely in 1848. The book recounts the life of Alfred Moritz Myers. This item is listed in the Rosenbach catalog, #638.

This book, published by the American Sunday-School Union for Christian children in 1848, tells the story of Alfred Moritz Myers. The book is listed in the Rosenbach catalog (#638). It likely presents a narrative of Myers' life, framed within a Christian perspective suitable for a young audience.