Various memorabilia from Leo Finkelstein's life, including handwritten letters, flyers, Lions Club and Beth ha-Taphila information, and newspaper clippings.

This item consists of a folder with several items including a bulletin from the Asheville reform synagogue, Beth ha-Tephila, which gives information on all the happenings of the Jewish community. It also contains correspondence from G. Finkelstein in Jacksonville, Florida, and from Sigbert Loeb on Congregation Bikur Cholim letterhead.

This item contains notes from Leo Finkelstein's speech and his account of his family roots, from Lithuania to Asheville, North Carolina.

Anecdotes about Leo Finkelstein's life growing up in Asheville during the first half of the 20th century as well as his reminiscence of the Lion's Club.

This items contains photographs, pages from The Southern Israelite, and newspaper clippings about the history of the Jewish congregation Beth Ha-Tephila, and its anniversaries, including its Centennial Anniversary in 1991, as well as a family tree from 1790. The item also contains photographs and newspaper clippings, incluing the 1939 Asheville Citizen-Times article, "Pawnshops Here Could Furnish Good Museum" and a 1923 article "End of the Freight Thieves Gang" from The World Magazine.

This scrapbook contains numerous photographs, greeting cards, event programs, newspaper clippings, membership cards, and other ephemera. It also documents Leo Finkelstein's involvement in the Asheville community, especially as a member and exalted ruler of the Elk's Lodge. He was also part of the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith and a dedicated member of the Beth Ha-Tephila congregation.

A scrapbook of letter correspondence between Leo Finkelstein and his friends in Asheville and photos from the war. An article by David Schulman tells about Leo's status as an unofficial historian of Asheville and the significant impact he had on the community.