Letter to Edward Owens from Grover C. Elmore at Kilkare Lodge and Cottages writes illustrating what the lodge has to offer. "Carefully restricted clientele" is noted.
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Letter to Erwin Oreck from Frank Mebane, Jr. at Kilkare Lodge and Cottages explains from Oreck's recent letter that without a date it is hard to decide if the lodge is able to take care of him.
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Letter to H.W. Davis at the Jewish Federation & Community Council from John J. Garber at King's Gateway Hotel responding to a letter from November 10th saying the hotel is booked due to hunting season.
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Letter to Herman Roth at Jewish Federation and Community Council of Duluth from Sidney Sayles at the Milwaukee Jewish Council states what he will do about the matter of possible resort discrimination.
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Letter to Erwin Oreck from S. Valentine Saxby at Minnesota Arrowhead Association letting Erwin know that they have not had any mentioned folders on their rack for some time.
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Letter to Sidney H. Sayles at the Milwaukee Jewsih Council from Samuel L. Scheiner at Minnesota Jewish Council informs that the King's Gateway Hotel needs attention.
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This letter to "All Resort Operators" from Verne E. Joslin at the Minnesota State Tourist Bureau informs operators about Chapter 579, Laws 1943 in which it is a "gross misdemeanor to discriminate on account of race, color, national origin or religion."
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Letter to King's Gateway Hotel from Mrs. H. W. Davis at the Jewish Federation & Community Council asking if their policy has changed reguarding a member being rejected a suite of rooms after they were told it was available.
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Letter from M.J. Ruttger at Ruttger's Pine Beach Lodge to Rosemary Brown states that they will able to accommodate Miss Brown the week prior to September 7th. They note their clientele is restricted.
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Letter to Shirtsleeves Club and Minnesota Jewish Council from Samuel L. Scheiner, Executive Director, about the response received from a letter sent to Grand View Lodge relating to how they discriminate against people of Jewish faith and what to do next about it.
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The second page of a letter to Mildred A. Foster at Grand View Lodge from Samuel L. Scheiner which goes on to say that "refusal of service to persons of a certain religious faith so deinitely violates the American ideal." The book, To Hell with Hunting, by Ed Zern is mentioned.
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This letter from Herman Roth at Jewish Federation and Community Council of Duluth discribes that it is likely no action will be taken reguarding the "Refusal of King's Gateway Hotel, Land O'Lakes, Wisc. To accept reservations from George Berstein."
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Letter to Rosemary Brown from Ray Hoefler at The Wilderness Outfitters, Inc., states that they will send information about Basswood Lodge and have accommodations for September. "Our clientele is selected" is noted.
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This is correspondence from Erwin Oreck and Alec Ruttger, from Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge. Ruttger is writing in response to a letter Oreck previously sent about the use of the word ""restricted"" on the folder of brochure matterial for the lodge that is given out. Ruttger assures Oreck that ""restricted"" was not meant to only restrict Jewish folk, or based on religion. Oreck then says he is glad the term will be changed, but hopes not to ""selected"".
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President Eisenhower replying to a letter sent by Mr. Pink concerning Brotherhood Week, a public awareness campaign promoting religious tolerance sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
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A list of resorts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Canada who have noted "restricted" or "selected" clientele as well as "gentiles only" in their current resort brochures. The first page is dated 1946 and other pages are stamped July 19, 1947.
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Five men stand for a photograph at the National B'nai Brith Bowling Tournament. Bowling was a popular form of recreation for men and women sponsored by B'nai Brith.
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H. S. Berman and Mrs. A. Birengberg present a check to Dr. Joseph Tennebaum, then president of the A. F. P. J. The organization attempted to protect Polish Jews during the Holocaust by eliciting Catholic Church intervention, to little avail.
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Group of children are shown making matzo before it is baked by a group of adult members of Lubavitch and Temple Israel synagogue at an annual baking event.
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Members of the Lucky Strike bowling team stand, holding their bowling balls, behind a table which is exhibiting a banner. B'nai Brith is a national Jewish philanthropic and service organization that was founded in the United States in the mid-1800s.In addition to advancing the welfare of Jews in secular society, B.B. provides social and recreational opportunities for men and women by sponsoring sports teams, typified by the popular bowling leagues of the 1950s and 1960s. American bowling has Jewish roots: Louis B. Stein (1858-1949) helped organize the American Bowling Congress in 1895. An outstanding bowler, Stein established 300 as the score in tenpin bowling and determined that the weight of the ball should be 16 pounds, setting standards that continue to the present day.
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