A traveling museum exhibit from The Alexander Levi Heritage Project

 

Alexander Levi Exhibit at The Iowa State Historical Museum Library & Archives
600 East Locust Street
Des Moines
United States

ph: The Alexander Levi Heritage Project was Funded by the City of Dubuque (competitive Award), Humanities Iowa/The National Endowment for the Humanities

Credits

The Alexander Levi Heritage Project is a grant-funded educational outreach initiative of Temple Beth El, in Dubuque, Iowa. Learn more about Temple Beth El

Karin Pritikin - The Alexander Levi Heritage Project Project Director/Exhibit Developer/Program Administrator

Exhibit Concept, Grantsmanship & Grants Management, Research & Image Sourcing, Creative Direction, Copywriting & Continuity (Panels & Website), Multimedia Direction, Producing, Copywriting & Continuity (Sounds of  Judaica and A Living Legacy), Video Segment Producing, Copywriting & Continuity (A Stroll Through Linwood ), Sound Design & Vocal Performance (Sounds of Judaica), Lecture Presentation (Jewish History Writ Large & Small ), Website Design & Webmastering, Marketing & PR and Curriculum Materials.

The exhibit, and all ancillary educational programming and curriculum, are administered by Karin, who is Vice President of Temple Beth El. She was a 2008 Humanities Iowa/National Endowment for Humanities "Humanities Scholar" for this project and is a guest lecturer for the Iowa Jewish Historical Society. In her "day job" she is Director of Develoment for Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, a Chicago-based nonprofit committed to health access and equity. 

Barb Alexander

PR & Event Marketing, Genetic Genealogy Lecture Presentation (How Did We Get Here?)

 

 

 

Alan Garfield                                                      Original Ethnographic Videography & Editing (A Stroll Through Linwood)

 

 

Ann Barrash                                                          Foundational Archival and Library Research on Dubuque's Jewish Community

 

 

 


Larry Burrows                                                      
Levi Family Archive Image & Document Preparation (Living Legacy Panel, slideshow for A Living Legacy)

 

McCullough Creative Group, Dubuque, Iowa                             Exhibit Panel Design Refinement, Production & Assembly (Website logo adapted from Exhibit Header Panel, McCullough Creative)

Andy Steil - M Studios, Galena, Illinois                                       Sound Recording & Multimedia Editing (Sounds of Judaica and A Living Legacy), Production & Experience Design (Website Multimedia Arena, YouTube Site)

Tacie Campbell & Jim Wall-Wild -                                             The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution) Additional Image Sourcing & Preparation from The Captain William Bowell Sr. River Library



"Thank You" to the Greilsheim,
Burrows, and LeVoy-Richardson families, descendants of Alexander Levi, Dubuque's first Jewish settler and founder of Dubuque's first Jewish congregation in 1863; for   reestablishing a link with the Jewish Community of Dubuque, graciously making photographs, documents and artifacts available for this exhibit, and for attending the exhibit's opening and dedication.

  

Copyright 2008

The Alexander Levi Heritage Project.           

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Alexander Levi Exhibit at The Iowa State Historical Museum Library & Archives
600 East Locust Street
Des Moines
United States

ph: The Alexander Levi Heritage Project was Funded by the City of Dubuque (competitive Award), Humanities Iowa/The National Endowment for the Humanities