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The Menorah Society was an inter-campus group that studied topics related to Jews, among them Israel (then Ottoman and later Mandatory Palestine), Judaism, and Biblical studies. Although it was primarily a Jewish group, apparently non-Jews were also…

With many of the University's students coming from Baltimore at this time, the Menorah Society, like many other early Jewish organizations, serviced several other Baltimore campuses. This helped maintain a unified Baltimore Jewish community among…

Records of the Menorah Society board, along with that of the later Zionist Society, give us an idea of the Jewish leaders on campus at that time. Several of Baltimore's leading families were involved with the organizations-- in this case including…

At the time, Adolf Meyer was an influential figure in the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. It was an organization dedicated to the reform of psychiatry, the promotion of mental health research, the creation of outpatient services and expansion…

First row: William A. Fisher, Thomas Boggs, John M. T. Finney, James Heisinger, Winford H. Smith, George Walker, William S. Baer. Second row: Bertram M. Bernheim, Harvey B. Stone, Walter A. Baetjer, Eveleth W. Bridgman, Clyde G. Guthrie, George J.…