Rabbi David Aronson's father was from White Russia, and his mother was from Latvia. Aronson was born in White Russia and came to the United States with his family at age eleven. The family lived on New York's East Side. Aronson went to day school for one year, then high school, college and seminary. He became a rabbi at Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis in September of 1924. At the time of the interview he was professor of rabbinics in the graduate school of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The 1924 replacement of crosses by Stars of David on markers along Victory Memorial Drive for Jewish soldiers killed in World War I - family history - Jews living on Minneapolis's North Side - first impressions of Minneapolis - the status of Jews in the community - and Jewish organizations including Beth El, Talmud Torah, and Menorah and Hillel at the University of Minnesota. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: MHS received the interview material in 1972 from Mrs. Nathan Berman of the Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service.
Art and Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The patterns of the fish, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The Angel II patterns, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
These patterns of the cross, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The Gold patterns, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The patterns of the lamb, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The patterns of symbols of the Rose, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The patterns of stag, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The patterns of symbols of the Eucharist, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Art Needlework Department, 1883-1968, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Date Created:
1883 - 1968
Description:
The patterns of the symbols of passion, most of which are perforated, were stamped for embroidery onto liturgical vestments and accouterments. Many of the patterns are original designs of members of the Art Needlework Department of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
This booklet is the catalog and notes to an exhibition of weavings by Hilma Berglund. The cover includes an illustration of a floor loom with all of the parts labeled. The catalog opens with an essay by Laurence Schmeckebier, Department of Fine Arts, University of Minnesota. The rest of the booklet lists and describes each work. The pieces are samples of a wide variety of weave structures.
Thisbooklet, written by Hilma Berglund, consists of 8 pages and a cover. It contains recommendations for mordanting, equipment, dyestuffs and fibers. It includes directions for the dye process and a chart of plants, mordants and resulting colors. The colors are identified using the Munsell Color System notations.
A woven swatch in green and off-white cotton threads, mounted on cardstock, woven by Hilma Berglund. The weaving is 8 x 13.5. The title "Eight-Harness Double Weave" is hand printed by Hilma Berglund.
Name-weaving instructions from the Handweaving Workbook by Heather Thorpe. The text of the card describes the process to translate the name "Hilma Berglund" into an overshot weaving draft.
A woven overshot swatch in cotton threads in "Pine Bloom" pattern, with ink drawn draft and notations. These are mounted on cardboard with notation "Pine Bloom page 121 in my notebook H B". The swatch is 11 x 15.5 cm.
A woven swatch in cotton threads, with pencil drawn draft, and notations in ink. Titled "raindrops" it is a 4 shaft lace weave. The 3 items are mounted on card stock. The woven swatch is 6 x 21cm.
Hilma Berglund screen-printed this Christmas card in 1967 using reddish brown ink on cream cardstock. The card is cut into a triangle and sand particles are glued along the two long edges. The card was accompanied by her 1967 Christmas letter. The card measure 8.3 x 21.5 cm.
Three swatches mounted on cardboard were woven by Hilma Berglund. A hand printed label at the bottom reads "Experiments with textures/look under each one/all are cotton. The upper swatch is labeled "50-50 weave H. B. 24 to inch. The center swatch has two different setts. Below the swatch is printed six-harness twill H.B. The lower swatch has 3 different setts. Under the swatch reads 30 to inch/24 to inch/30 to inch/2 different reeds 4-harness H.B.
Two swatches were woven by Hilma Berglund, on cotton warps with linen wefts. The first swatch (17cm x27.5cm) shows four variations of overshot: ordinary overshot, overshot in summer and winter/ spacing, Italian treadling and sunlight and shadow. Handwritten paper labels are sewn to the back of the swatch. The second (4cm x 38cm) is Bronson Lace. A handwritten draft is sewn to the back of the swatch. A draft, handwritten on graph paper, shows the overshot threading and treadling variations, and Bronson lace threading and treadling.spacing, Italian treadling, sunlight and shadow
Two swatches woven in cotton threads and draft mounted on heavy paper. The swatches show several treadling variations. The swatches illustrate warp patterning with thick and thin threads. The swatches are 16 x 8 cm and 19.5 x 7.7 cm.
