The collection of Rabbi Abraham J. Rose consists of manuscript music, print music, and personal papers relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Rabbi Rose (1901-1987) was born in Berezhany in what is modern-day Ukraine. He came to the United States with his family in 1910. He was trained as a cantor before becoming rabbi of Congregation Kneseth Israel in Elgin, Illinois. He served as their rabbi for 25 years before moving to South Florida. Rabbi Rose also served as the first president of the Cantors Assembly and the Department of Music of the United Synagogue of America. Both of his sons Emanuel Rose and David Hillel Rose, followed in their father's footsteps and became rabbis.
