Series IX. Hendricks and Related Families Supplement (1790-1976)
Extent
Scope and Contents
Like Series V, this supplemental series contains the personal papers of members of several generations of the Hendricks family and other families related to them by marriage, in the form of personal papers, correspondence, wills, marriage contract, and other religious and legal documents, photographs, and memorabilia. It also contains genealogical research and notes, and other background information.
The records describe the Hendricks family's involvement in the social, religious, and economic life of the city. Member of the Hendricks family were leaders of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Jewish Benevolent Society, and the American Jewish Historical Society. Given the extent of intermarriage with other prominent New York Jewish families and the Hendricks's position as community leaders, the material contains a wealth of information on the New York Jewish community and New York society in general, from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
For additional material see Series V. Hendricks and Related Families Personal Papers (1713-1966).
Arrangement
Series IX is divided into the following subseries:
Subseries IX.A. Early Hendricks family material
Subseries IX.B. Lilian (Henry) Hendricks
Subseries IX.C. Henry Solomon Hendricks
Subseries IX.D. Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks
Subseries IX.E. Hays and Solis families
Subseries IX.A. Early Hendricks family material
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains miscellaneous letters, receipts, property agreements, and genealogical material relating to various early Hendricks family members.
Arrangement
The documents in Subseries IX.A are in chronological order.
Uriah Hendricks [I] (1737–1798): agreement with George Ulshoeffer for a rental property on Nassau Street, Manhattan, 1790 February 5
Uriah Hendricks [I] (1737–1798): genealogical and biographical material, 1791–1792
Scope and Contents
Includes typed transcripts of two letters dated 1791 and 1792.
Harmon [II] and Frances (Isaacs) Hendricks: ketubah (marriage contract), 1800
Scope and Contents
In Hebrew; includes manuscript and typed translations.
John G. Bogert [?] and Brockholst [?] Livingston: agreement for property at 76 Broad Street, Manhattan., 1804 February 18
Harmon Hendricks [II] (1771–1838): receipt for tuition of son, Henry, 1816 January 9
Scope and Contents
With a letter from Rabbi David de Sola Pool (1885–1970) returning the receipt to Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Hendricks, [16?] September 1952.
Harmon Hendricks: letter from grandfather, [?] Nathan, 1851 July 3
Hendricks and related families: correspondence and receipts regarding Congregation Shearith Israel, 1805–1866
Joshua and Emma (Brandon) Hendricks: marriage invitation, 1857 January 28
Edgar Hendricks (d. 1894): obituary (newspaper clipping), 1894 December 15
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Joshua and Emma (Brandon) Hendricks.
Henry Harmon Hendricks (ca. 1860–1904): obituary (typescript), 1904
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Joshua and Emma (Brandon) Hendricks.
Subseries IX.B. Lilian (Henry) Hendricks
Scope and Contents
Correspondence (1876-1925) and a travel diary (1901-1924) of Lilian (Henry) Hendricks (1858-1924), widow of Edgar Hendricks (d. 1894) and mother of Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892-1959) [see Subseries IX.C]. She was for many years on the Board of Directors of the Sisterhood of Congregation Shearith Israel, and also served as its treasurer.
Arrangement
Subseries IX.B is largely correspondence, and is arranged chronologically. A travel diary covering 1901-1924 is filed after the sequence.
Correspondence, 1876–1910
Scope and Contents
Letters in French, from her school principal; includes rewards of merit.
Correspondence, 1879–1887
Edgar and Lilian (Henry) Hendricks: marriage invitation, 1890 November 5
Correspondence, 1903–1904, 1907
Scope and Contents
Mostly letters from son, Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892–1959). Includes an 1899 U.S. dollar bill silver certificate.
Correspondence, 1914, 1918
Correspondence, 1915–1916
Scope and Contents
Notes and letters of congratulation on engagement and marriage of son, Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892–1959) to Rosalie Gomez Nathan (1894–1986).
Correspondence, 1921 May–June
Scope and Contents
Notes and letters of congratulation on birth of granddaughter, Ruth Hendricks (later Mrs. Hyman A. Schulson).
Correspondence, 1925
Scope and Contents
Includes what appears to be her final letter to her son, Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892–1959), dated 18 June 1925, and an obituary.
Travel diary, 1901–1924
Subseries IX.C. Henry Solomon Hendricks
Scope and Contents
Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892-1959), son of Edgar and Lilian (Henry) Hendricks, was an attorney who served on the boards of a number of Jewish social and philanthropic organizations, among them the American Jewish Historical Society and Jewish Family Service Association. A lifelong member of Congregation Shearith Israel (as were his ancestors back to the founding of the synagogue), he served it as a trustee from 1923 until his death, and as president (parnas) in 1927-1930, 1934-1935, and 1939-1951, and honorary president from 1952.
This subseries includes Henry's general correspondence (1895-1958) and travel diaries (1901, 1914), as well as papers relating to his time as ensign in the United States Navy (1917-1918) and United States Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary.
The bulk of the subseries contains files from his roles as trustee and president of Congregation Shearith Israel (1919-1953).
Arrangement
The material in Subseries IX.C is arranged chronologically by format, with general correspondence and travel diaries preceding military papers, and Congregation Shearith Israel files following.
Correspondence: general, 1895–1931 September
Correspondence: general, 1931 October–1947 March
Correspondence: general, 1947 May–1958
Correspondence: Congregation Shearith Israel donations, 1925–1944
Biographical information and obituaries, 1953–1959
Notes and ephemera, n.d.
Travel diary, 1901
Travel diary, 1914
Navy papers, 1917–1939
Navy identification tags (3 items), n.d.
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve & Auxiliary papers, 1941–1948
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1916, 1919–1923
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Rabbi H. Pereira Mendes on the prohibition of dancing in the synagogue basement, 19 January 1920.
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1924–1926
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1927
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1928–1929
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1930–1931
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1932–1934
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1935–1937, 1939, 1941
Congregation Shearith Israel files, 1946–1948
Congregation Shearith Israel financial reports, 1945–1953
Congregation Shearith Israel, 70th Street Holding Corporation reports, 1946–1949
Subseries IX.D. Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks
Scope and Contents
Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks (1894-1986) was the daughter of Edgar J. Nathan Sr. and Sara (Solis) Nathan [see Subseries IX.G], and the wife of Henry Solomon Hendricks [see Subseries IX.C]. She donated the original Hendricks Papers to the New-York Historical Society in 1965. This subseries includes her personal correspondence, genealogical research, miscellaneous notes and speeches.
Arrangement
The material is sorted chronologically by format.
Correspondence: general, 1916–1940
Correspondence: general, 1946–1967
Correspondence re: portrait of Gershom Mendes Seixas commissioned for Columbia University, 1929–1930
Correspondence and papers re: donation of Hendricks Family Papers to New-York Historical Society, 1954–1976
Addresses, articles, notes, speeches, 1927–1967
Genealogical material on Gomez, Hendricks, Levy, Nathan, Seixas, and related families, n.d.
Genealogical material on the link(s) between poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) and the Nathan family, n.d.
Research and article on Rebecca Gratz (1781–1869), 1881-1933
Scope and Contents
Includes Rosalie (Nathan) Hendricks's "Jewish Daughters of the American Revolution," Women's League Outlook, vol. 3, no. 4 (May 1933), 2.
Henrietta Szold research: correspondence, 1897–1938
Henrietta Szold research: printed material, 1892–1945
Scrapbook, 1954–1956
Scope and Contents
Focused on tercentenary celebrations of Congregation Shearith Israel.
Scrapbook, 1957–1959
Ephemera, 1902–1927, n.d.
Photographs, n.d.
Scope and Contents
Includes exterior and interior views of Congregation Shearith Israel, Central Park West and West 70th Street.
Subseries IX.E. Hays and Solis families
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains miscellaneous papers and genealogical material relating to the intermarried Hays and Solis families, from whom Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks [see Subseries IX.D] descended.
Arrangement
Hays family material precedes Solis family material. Each folder is sorted chronologically.
Esther Ellen (—?—) Hays: linen swatches, n.d.
Biographical/Historical Note
Wife of David Hays.
David Hays Solis (1822–1882): obituary, 1882
Biographical/Historical Note
Husband of Elvira (Nathan) Solis (1826-1912).
Elvira (Nathan) Solis (1826–1912) [mother]: miscellaneous papers, 1852–1912
Biographical/Historical Note
Wife of David Hays Solis (1822-1882).
Elvira Nathan Solis (1860s–1953) [daughter]: correspondence, 1892–1913
Biographical/Historical Note
Daughter of David Hays and Elivra (Nathan) Solis.
Solomon Solis-Cohen (1857–1948): printed material, 1902, 1911–1912
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- A System of Physiologic Therapeutics (1902)
- The Relation of the Pharmacopoeia to the Practice of Medicine (1911) [version published in Bulletin of the American Pharmaceutical Association (September 1911)]
- The Relation of the Pharmacopoeia to the Practice of Medicine (1911)
- "Some Useful Household Medicaments," New York Medical Journal (17 February 1912)
- Brief Notes on Vasomotor Ataxia (1912)
- "Love Called Me Not Away" [poem; undated typescript]
Biographical/Historical Note
Husband of Emily Grace (Solis) Solis-Cohen.
Emily Grace (Solis) Solis-Cohen (1859–1936): poems (2 items), 1910, n.d.
Biographical/Historical Note
Daughter of David Hays and Elvira (Nathan) Solis; wife of Dr. Solomon Solis-Cohen.
Emily Solis-Cohen Jr. [born Emily Elvira Solis-Cohen] (1886–1969): miscellaneous papers, 1915, 1932
Biographical/Historical Note
Daughter of Solomon and Emily Grace (Solis) Solis-Cohen.
Isaac N. Solis (1857–1909): correspondence, 1890–1909
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of David Hays and Elvira (Nathan) Solis.
Isaac N. Solis (1857–1909): obituaries (2 folders), 1909
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of David Hays and Elvira (Nathan) Solis.
Subseries IX.F. Nathan family
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains miscellaneous papers and genealogical material relating to the Nathan family, from which Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks [see Subseries IX.D] descended.
Arrangement
Material is sorted chronologically.
Letter to Seixas Nathan[?]., 1821 October 1
Gershom Nathan (1821–1864): Diary, 1843
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Seixas and Sarah (Seixas) Nathan; husband of Rosalie (Gomez) Nathan.
Gershom Nathan (1821–1864): Diaries, 1858, 1860
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Seixas and Sarah (Seixas) Nathan; husband of Rosalie (Gomez) Nathan.
Gershom Nathan (1821–1864): Papers, various
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Seixas and Sarah (Seixas) Nathan; husband of Rosalie (Gomez) Nathan.
Rosalie (Gomez) Nathan (1825–1890): Correspondence, valentines, 1840s-1870
Biographical/Historical Note
Daughter of Aaron Lopez and Esther (Hendricks) Gomez; wife of Gershom Nathan.
Clarence Seixas Nathan (1856–1924): Genealogical and biographical material, 1910–1924
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Gershom and Rosalie (Gomez) Nathan; husband of Esther (Solis) Nathan.
Esther (Solis) Nathan (d. 1950): Genealogical and biographical material, 1903–1950
Biographical/Historical Note
Daughter of David Hays and Elvira (Nathan) Solis; wife of Clarence Seixas Nathan.
Frederick Nathan (1844–1918): Memorial, 1918
Biographical/Historical Note
Son of Benjamin and Emily G. (Hendricks) Nathan; husband of Maud (Nathan) Nathan.
Maud (Nathan) Nathan (1862-1946): Working Women and the Ballot [pamphlet], circa 1910
Biographical/Historical Note
Wife of Frederick Nathan.
Frances Nathan (1863–?): Correspondence, 1904–1924
Scope and Contents
Includes a rejection letter from famed theatrical producer David Belasco (1853–1931), 12 January 1904.
Subseries IX.G. Edgar Joshua Nathan Sr. and family
Scope and Contents
Edgar Joshua Nathan Sr. (1860-1929) was the son of Gershom and Rosalie (Gomez) Nathan. He was the husband of Sara (Solis) Nathan and father of Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks and Edgar Joshua Nathan Jr. Edgar Sr. was an attorney active in legal and philanthropic organizations, as well as Congregation Shearith Israel. Most of this subseries is comprised of condolence letters sent to his family and law partner on his death in 1929.
Arrangement
The material is sorted chronologically.
Correspondence and papers, 1887–1925
Correspondence and papers re: Cyrus L. Sulzberger campaign, 1903
Scope and Contents
Cyrus Leo Sulzberger (1858-1932) was the unsuccessful Fusion Party candidate for Manhattan Borough President in 1903.
Miscellaneous papers, n.d.
Condolence letters, 1929 June 18–21
Condolence letters, 1929 June 22–[December?], n.d.
Condolence telegrams, 1929 June–July
Condolence letters sent to law partner, Michael H. Cardozo, 1929 June 18–22
Condolence list, [1929]
Correspondence re: establishment of a Jewish Theological Seminary scholarship in his honor, 1929–1930
Obituaries and memorials, 1929
Edgar Joshua and Sara (Solis) Nathan Sr.: marriage invitation, 1890 June 4
Sara (Solis) Nathan (d. 1937): Obituaries, 1937
Biographical/Historical Note
Daughter of David Hays and Elvira (Nathan) Solis; wife of Edgar Joshua Nathan Sr.; mother of Rosalie Gomez (Nathan) Hendricks and Edgar Joshua Nathan Jr.
Edgar Joshua Nathan Jr. (1891–1965): Correspondence and obituaries, 1937, 1953, 1965
Scope and Contents
Son of Edgar Joshua Nathan Sr. and Sara (Solis) Nathan. Edgar Jr. was Manhattan Borough President, 1942-1945.
Subseries IX.H. Printed material
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes published pamphlets, periodicals, and books on Jewish life and religion, politics, biography, and social services.
Arrangement
The material is divided by topic and/or publishing body (e.g., Jewish Theological Seminary) and then arranged chronologically. Note that the newspaper clippings in box 31, folders 3-4 are too brittle for use.
American Jewish Historical Society meeting notices and programs, 1892–1903
Jewish Theological Seminary publications (folder 1 of 3), 1908-1936
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- List of Members (1 February 1908)
- S. Schechter, Abraham Lincoln (1909)
- Louis Finkelstein, The Pharisees: Their Origin and Their Philosophy (1929)
- Dedication of New Buildings Programme (1930)
- Herbert H. Lehman, The Problems of Present Day Civilization (1936)
Jewish Theological Seminary publications (folder 2 of 3), 1937
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- James Bryant Conant, Learning's Necessity for an Able Minister (1937) [2 copies]
- Cyrus Adler, The Semi-Centennial of the Seminary (1937)
- Louis Finkelstein, Tradition in the Making: The Seminary's Interpretation of Judaism (1937)
Jewish Theological Seminary publications (folder 3 of 3), 1937-1940
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- Heritage: 1887, 1937, 1987 (1937)
- Arthur H. Compton, The Religion of a Scientist (1938)
- Cyrus Adler: Addresses by Professor Louis Ginzberg, Sol M. Stroock, Esq., Professor Louis Finkelstein (1940)
Jewish institutions and social services, 1926–1955
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- Jewish Family Service of New York, 80 Years: A Report (ca. 1955)
- Fifty Years of Social Service: The History of the United Hebrew Charities of the City of New York, Now the Jewish Social Service Association, Inc. (ca. 1926)
- The Story of the Mount Sinai Hospital: The Formative Years, 1852-1872 (1942)
- The Story of the First Fifty Years of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 1852-1902 (1944)
Jewish life and religion (folder 1 of 2), 1818–1918
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- Mordecai M. Noah, Discourse, Delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue . . . (1818)
- S. H. Jackson, ed., The Jew: Being a Defence of Judaism (1824)
- How the Roman Bishops Take Pity on the Jews (1870)
- Max J. Kohler, Rebecca Franks: An American Jewish Belle of the Last Century (1894)
- Constitution and the Rights Appertaining to Members and Rules and Regulations, of the Hebra Hased Va-Amet of the Congregation Shearith Israel (1901)
- Emil Cohn, Some Problems of Modern Jewry (1907)
- Harry Friedenwald, The Attitude of the American Zionist: Two Addresses (1907)
- Maurice Fishberg, The Jews: A Study of Race and Environment (1911)
- Report of the Special Committee of Seven on Religious Educational Societies Made to the Organization Committee of the Federation For the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City (1917)
- David Werner Amram, A Jewish State in Palestine (1918)
- Martin Feinstein, Verses from the Trenches (1918)
- Jewish War Relief 1918 Campaign materials (1918)
Jewish life and religion (folder 2 of 2), 1919–1976
Scope and Contents
Missing Title
- M. W. Norwalk, The Economic Basis of the New Jewish State (1919)
- Israel Friedlaender, Zionism and the World Peace (1919)
- Little Studies in Judaism I: Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur (1920)
- Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City, Annual Report of the Treasurer for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1920 (1921)
- The "Protocols" Bolshevism and the Jews (1920/21)
- NEHILAH OU ENCERRAMENTO DE KIPUR (SEGUNDO O RITO PORTUGUES) (1929)
- [publication in Judaeo-Spanish and Hebrew] (1929)
- Opinion: A Journal of Jewish Life and Letters (21 March 1932)
- Louis Finkelstein, Israel Davidson (1939)
- The Congregation Shearith Israel in the City of New York, Founded 1655 (1940)
- Simon H. Rifkin, The Responsibilities of the Jewish Laity (1949)
- The Jewish Museum, Jewish Experience in the Art of the Twentieth Century (1976)
Congressional Record, 1917–1918
Scope and Contents
Includes issues of 2–9 April 1917 and 3 September 1918.
Miscellaneous topics (folder 1 of 2), 1880–1905
Scope and Contents
- P. Lorillard & Co., Puffs of Wisdom (1880)
- Address of the Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., at the Centennial Commemoration Service of Washington's Inauguration . . . (1889)
- Edward G. Riggs, "Wall Street," Munsey's Magazine, vol. 10 (Oct. 1893-March 1894)
- President McKinley's Last Speech (1901)
- Facts for New York Parents (1901)
- The Raines Law Hotel and the Social Evil (1905)
Miscellaneous topics (folder 2 of 2), 1909–1915
Scope and Contents
- The Outlook, vol. 91, no. 11 (13 March 1909)
- David J. Brewer, The Mission of the United States of America in the Cause of Peace (1909)
- Termination of Treaty Between the United States and Russia (1911)
- The Passport Question: Remarks by Louis Marshall, Esq., and Replies of Senator James A. O'Gorman and Senator Elihu Root (1911)
- The Russian Passport Question. Speech of Hon. William Sulzer, of New York, in the House of Representatives (1911)
- Frank Barkley Copley, The Impeachment of President Israels: A Story of War and Peace (1913)
- James E. Martine, Article on Woman Suffrage Introduced in the United States Senate (1915)
Newspaper clippings, 1840s-1946
Newspaper clippings, undated, n.d.
Newspaper clippings [RESTRICTED] (2 folders), 1883–1936
Use Restrictions
Too brittle to use.