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Guide to the Papers of Louis Kraft (1891-1975),
1914-1975

P-673

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April 2005: Encoded archival description updated by Tanya Elder. Replaced boilerplate entities, attached new stylesheet, updated document type description, and inserted access points. March 28, 2006: Encoded archival description updated by Marvin Rusinek. Fixed biographical note, chronology, dates, and language material. April 11, 2006: Encoded archival description updated by Marvin Rusinek. Added links to Arrangement list, added punctuation to chronology events, created box-folder id's, added language codes, geographical name, date and num tags. June 8, 2006: Added links to the Series Arrangement by Marvin Rusinek.

Descriptive summary

Creator: Kraft, Louis (1891-1975)
Title: Louis Kraft Papers
Dates: undated, 1914-1975
Abstract: Papers of Louis Kraft, social worker, writer, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Board from 1938 to 1947. The collection is valuable to researchers studying the Jewish Community Center movement, in particular the activities of the National Jewish Welfare Board during the 1940's, as well as the reestablishment of Jewish community life in Europe after World War II. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, financial and fund raising documents, newspaper clippings, publications, agenda of meetings and conferences, resolutions, annual reports, and handwritten notes. Also included are personal items such as certificates, scrapbooks, diaries, greeting cards, and photographs.
Languages: The collection is in English, French, Hebrew, and German.
Quantity: 11.70 linear feet (20 manuscript boxes, 1 20 x 17 x 3)
Accession number: P-673
Repository: American Jewish Historical Society
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Biographical Note

A U.S. social worker, Louis Kraft was born on January 2, 1891 to Abraham and Etta (Gellis) Kraft in Moscow, Russia, and was taken to the United States as a small child. He was brought up and educated in New York City. He married Isabelle Jacobsohn on April 12, 1919. They had four children, one of whom died in infancy. Stephen, Arthur, and Barbara survived into adulthood. Kraft later married Pauline Roman on July 1, 1948.

From 1914 to 1917 he served as Executive Director of the Bronx YM & YMHA. His first association with the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) was in 1917 as Director of Activities in military camps during World War I. In 1921, he was named Director of Jewish Community Center Activities of the JWB. From 1938 to 1947 he served as Executive Director of that organization. In 1947, Kraft helped establish the World Federation of YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers, and served as secretary of that body until the 1970s. During the 1940s and 1950s, he engaged in establishing Jewish Community Centers overseas. He established the Jerusalem YM & YWHA in 1948. In 1950-1951, he helped reorganize the School of Social Work in Jerusalemat the request of the State Department.

In 1953, Kraft was invited by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the Joint Distribution Committee to direct the planning of reconstruction and development of the Jewish communities in Europe and continued until 1961. In 1951, Kraft was the first recipient of the biennial Frank L. Well Award for notable contributions to the Jewish Community Center field. He was elected an Honorary Life member of the JWB Board of Directors. In 1964, he received the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Western Branch. He served at various times as President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service; President and Honorary President of the Association of Jewish Center Workers; President of the Social Group Work Section of the National Conference of Social Work; President of the International Conference of Jewish Social Work. He was one of the founders of the United Service Organization (USO) and a member of its Executive Committee during World War II. From 1961 until 1974, he served as voluntary Executive Secretary of the Association of Jewish Center Workers.

Kraft wrote Century of the Jewish Community Center Movement (1854-1954) (1953) and The Development of the Jewish Community Center (1968), and edited, with C.S. Bernheimer, Aspects of the Jewish Community Center (1954). He wrote many articles on subjects related to Jewish Community Centers, and was often referred to as "the architect of the Jewish community center movement."

Louis Kraft died on July 12, 1975 in his home on Central Park West, New York.

Chronology
January 2, 1891 Born Moscow, Russia
1912 B.S., CUNY
1914-1917 Executive Director, Bronx YM-YWHA
1917-1920 Director, Army, Navy Welfare Work, Jewish Welfare Board
April 12, 1919 Marries Isabelle Jacobsohn, they later divorce
1921-1937 Director, Jewish Community Center Activities, JWB
1938-1947 National Executive Director, JWB
1940-1946 Member, Executive Committee, USO
1943 President, National Conference of Jewish Communal Service
1947 General Secretary, World Federation of YMHA's and Jewish Community Centers; Honorary President, National Association of Jewish Center Workers
1948 Founder, Jerusalem Branch, YM-YWHA
July 1, 1948 Marries Pauline Roman
1948-1952 International Conference of Jewish Social Workers
1950 Reorganizes Jerusalem School of Social Work
1950-1951 Lecturer, Jerusalem School of Social Work
1953-1961 Community Reconstruction and Development, Europe, Joint Distribution Committee
1953 Author, A Century of the Jewish Community Center Movement
1954 Co-editor, Aspects of Jewish Center Work
1963 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
1966 Co-author, Change and Challenge: A History of 50 Years of JWB
1967 Author, Social Agency Administration; Author, Development of the Jewish Community Center
1971 Honorary degree, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion
1972 Townsend Harris Medal, City College Alumni Association
July 12, 1975 Died, New York City


References: The preceding Sketch and Chronology were compiled on the basis of archival documents in the Papers of Louis Kraft as well as from data presented in Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 10, p. 1235; Who's Who in World Jewry 1972. Ed. I.J. Carmin Karpman, N.Y.: Pitman Publishing Corp., 1972; The New York Times, July 12, 1975; Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America (William I. Trattner, editor) Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986; and an email from Barbara S. Kraft, December 6, 2004..

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Scope and Content Note

The Papers of Louis Kraft reflect various activities in the Jewish Community Center movement in which Louis Kraft participated. Though the collection does not preserve the total volume of papers produced by Louis Kraft, it is valuable to researchers studying the Jewish Community Center movement, in particular the activities of the National Jewish Welfare Board during the 1940's, when Louis Kraft was Executive Director, as well as the reestablishment of Jewish community life in Europe after World War II.

The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial and fund raising documents, telegrams, newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets and publications, opinion papers, agenda of meetings and conferences, resolutions, annual reports, and handwritten notes. Also included are personal items such as report cards, certificates, scrapbooks and other ephemera. The documents are primarily in English, with a few in Hebrew, one in French, and in German.

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Arrangement

Subjects are arranged corresponding roughly to the original filing system of Louis Kraft. The arrangement of folders within is mixed: topical or by type of item and chronological for items within.

The collection is arranged in nine series as follows:

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

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Related Material

Additional material is available in the Records of the National Jewish Welfare Board and the Records of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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Provenance

The Louis Kraft Papers were donated to the American Jewish Historical Society by Mr. Kraft's daughter, Barbara Kraft, in 1980.

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Louis Kraft Papers; P-673; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Access Points

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

 

Series I: Personal Affairs, undated, 1914-1975.
4.7 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

This series is composed of correspondence, biographical material, greeting cards, congratulatory letters and telegrams on the occasion of testimonial dinners honoring anniversaries, retirements, promotions and birthdays. There are scrapbooks, photographs, diaries and certificates, and awards. Included are membership cards, two report cards from Columbia University, the last page of a prenuptial agreement fingerprints, and other ephemera. Correspondents include Frank L. Weil, Rabbi Philip Goodman, Hon. Irving Lehman, Sanford Solender, Harvey Golden, Philip Klutznick, Carl Urbont and Graenum Berger, among others. There is printed material on matters of interest to him that did not have a clear place in other series.
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Correspondence 1920-1954
    Contains Hebrew.   
1 2 Correspondence 1956
1 3 Correspondence 1957
1 4 Correspondence 1958
1 5 Correspondence 1959
    Contains French.   
1 6 Correspondence 1960-1969
1 7 Correspondence undated, 1970-1975
1 8 Biographical: Curriculum Vitae 1966, 1971
1 9 Biographical: Publications 1914-1964 with gaps
    Contains Hebrew.   
1 10 Biographical: News clippings 1936-1971 with gaps
1 11 Biographical: Reports 1975
1 12 Biographical: Publications 1974
1 13 Biographical: Articles undated, 1970, 1974
1 14 Biographical: Newsletters 1975
1 15 Biographical: Pamphlets 1973, 1975
1 16 Biographical: News clippings 1970s
1 17 Biographical: Greeting cards undated, 1962
1 18 Biographical: Miscellaneous and ephemera undated, 1928-1961
Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Appointment as Executive Director: Congratulations, letters November 1-14, 1939
2 2 Appointment as Executive Director: Congratulations, letters November 15-29, 1939
2 3 Appointment as Executive Director: Congratulations, letters December 1939
2 4 Appointment as Executive Director: Congratulations, telegrams November 1939
2 5 Appointment as Executive Director: Publicity and clippings 1939-1940
2 6 Testimonial Dinner: Congratulations and regrets 1939-1940
2 7 Testimonial Dinner: Telegrams 1939
2 8 Testimonial Dinner: Miscellaneous 1939
2 9 25th Anniversary JWB: Correspondence 1942
2 10 25th Anniversary JWB: Telegrams undated, 1942
2 11 Testimonial, Pittsburgh: Correspondence and telegrams 1940
2 12 Retirement from JWB: Correspondence 1947
2 13 Testimonial Dinner: Correspondence 1947
2 14 Testimonial Dinner: Telegrams 1947
2 15 Testimonial Dinner: Miscellaneous undated
2 16 Israel Bonds Testimonial: Miscellaneous 1961
2 17 Testimonial, Jerusalem Y, 75th Birthday: Correspondence 1966
2 18 UJA Luncheon: Miscellaneous 1966
2 19 80th Birthday: Correspondence 1971
Box   Title Date
3   Diaries and commemorative books 1945-1964 with gaps
Box   Title Date
4   Photographs: Miscellaneous 1921-197?
Box   Title Date
OS   Photographs 1919
   

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Box   Title Date
5   Scrapbooks: USO undated
5   Scrapbooks: 80th birthday, contents 1971
5   Scrapbooks: 80th birthday, resolution 1971
5   Scrapbooks: 30th anniversary, JWB 1947
Box   Title Date
21   Scrapbooks: Retirement JWB 1947
   

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Box   Title Date
5   Certificates undated, 1947-1975
Box   Title Date
21   Certificates 1939-1973
   

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Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Printed Material: Reports undated, 1946-1975 with gaps
6 2 Printed Material: Conferences 1972, 1974
6 3 Printed Material: Newsletters and bulletins undated, 1964-1969
6 4 Printed Material: Press releases 1970-1971
6 5 Printed Material: Articles 1953-1966 with gaps
6 6 Printed Material: Articles undated, 1967-1972 with gaps
6 7 Printed Material: Publications 1947-1974 with gaps
6 8 Printed Material: Circle articles 1947-1973 with gaps
6 9 Printed Material: News clippings undated, 1960-1975 with gaps
6 10 Printed Material: News clippings undated
    Contains Hebrew.   
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Series II: National Jewish Welfare Board, undated, 1923-1975.
1.5 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

The National Jewish Welfare Board (JWB), founded in 1917, is a religious and welfare service organization for American Jewish military personnel, and coordinator of United States YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers. Louis Kraft worked for this organization from its inception until his retirement in 1961. Included in this series is correspondence with Frank L. Weil, Samuel D. Gershovitz, Oscar I. Janowsky, Samuel Behar, Jack Nadel, Bernard Postal, Sanford Solender, Rabbi Philip Goodman, Louis Stern, and others.
Box Folder Title Date
7 1 Correspondence 1941-1954
7 2 Correspondence 1955
7 3 Correspondence 1956
7 4 Correspondence 1957
    Contains German.   
7 5 Correspondence 1958
7 6 Correspondence 1959
7 7 Correspondence 1964-1975
7 8 Memoranda 1957, 1972
7 9 Reports 1944-1967
7 10 Statements 1947-1949
7 11 Articles undated, 1957-1961
7 12 Printed Articles 1940-1966
7 13 Newsletters 1959
7 14 Press releases 1950-1974 with gaps
7 15 News clippings undated, 1957-1967
7 16 Miscellaneous 1955-1959
Box Folder Title Date
8 1 JWB Survey: Correspondence, memoranda 1947-1948
8 2 JWB Survey: Reports undated, 1948
8 3 JWB Survey: Minutes 1947
8 4 JWB Survey: Articles undated, 1948
8 5 JPS Volume: Correspondence 1951-1965 with gaps
8 6 JPS Volume: Memoranda 1947, 1949
8 7 JPS Volume: Minutes undated
8 8 JPS Volume: Reports undated, 1945-1965
8 9 JPS Volume: Articles, publication 1923, 1948
8 10 JPS Volume: Circle articles 1946-1947
8 11 JWB History: Notes, manuscripts undated, 1937, 1962
8 12 JWB History: Printed material 1936-1967 with gaps
Box Folder Title Date
9 1 Emanu-El Midtown Y 1967
9 2 Metropolitan Section: Correspondence, printed material 1966-1967
9 3 Metropolitan Section: Annual reports 1952-1963
9 4 Metropolitan Section: Miscellaneous undated, 1963, 1967
9 5 92nd Street Y undated
9 6 East New York Y: Correspondence, reports, printed material 1963-1967
9 7 Bronx Y 1967
9 8 Associated Y's: Correspondence 1967-1968
9 9 Associated Y's: Memoranda 1966-1967
9 10 Associated Y's: Reports undated, 1966
9 11 Associated Ys: Handwritten notes undated
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Series III: Teaching, undated, 1946-1952.
The series is in English and Hebrew.
0.5 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

This series includes course material, publications, lecture notes, memoranda, news clippings, and miscellany related to courses that Louis Kraft taught, both through the JWB Training Bureau (established in 1922, it encouraged lectures, forums, and classes) and during his time in Israel reorganizing the Jerusalem School of Social Work.
Box Folder Title Date
10 1 Training Bureau Courses: Community Organization and Administration, course materials 1948
10 2 Training Bureau Courses: publications undated, 1947, 1948
10 3 Training Bureau Courses: Jewish Center Work, lecture notes undated, 1947, 1949
10 4 Training Bureau Courses: Yeshivah course, lecture notes undated, 1946, 1949
10 5 Jerusalem School of Social Work: Correspondence 1950-1952
10 6 Jerusalem School of Social Work: Memoranda 1947, 1965
10 7 Jerusalem School of Social Work: Administration of Social Agencies, lectures and notes undated
10 8 Jerusalem School of Social Work: Notes undated, 1950-1951
    Contains Hebrew.   
10 9 Jerusalem School of Social Work: News clipping 195?
10 10 Jerusalem School of Social Work: Miscellaneous 1946-1950
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Series IV: Jerusalem YM & YWHA, undated, 1929-1972.
0.5 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

Louis Kraft went to Israel in 1948 and established the YM-YWHA. A room and the entrance lobby in the Jerusalem Y are named for him. This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, fundraising material, newsletters, publicity material, etc., mostly during the period following the establishment of the Y. Included in this series is correspondence with Shimshon Zeevi, Graenum Berger, Samuel Behar, Frank L. Weil, Samuel D. Gershovitz, Rabbi Philip Goodman, Harvey Golden, Mordecai Kessler, Jack Nadel and Morris Levin, among others.
Box Folder Title Date
11 1 Correspondence 1948-1949
11 2 Correspondence 1956
11 3 Correspondence 1957
11 4 Correspondence 1958
11 5 Correspondence 1959
11 6 Correspondence 1960
11 7 Correspondence 1961, 1972
11 8 Memoranda 1948-1961 with gaps
11 9 Reports undated, 1948-1959 with gaps
11 10 Minutes 1948-1958
11 11 Fundraising 1958-1959
11 12 Newsletters 1956-1959
    Contains Hebrew.   
11 13 JPS material undated, 1947-1950
11 14 Publicity 1947-1948
11 15 Articles undated, 1929-1968
11 16 News clippings undated, 1948-1972 with gaps
11 17 Miscellaneous undated
    Contains Hebrew.   
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Series V: World Federation of YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers, undated, 1944-1958.
0.5 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

The World Federation of YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers was organized in 1946 under the leadership of Louis Kraft and JWB. This federation makes available United States program resources and guidance to interested groups overseas. It was also influential in the establishment and support of the YMHA in Jerusalem. The series contains some items in Hebrew, as well as correspondence with Benjamin Sternberg, Philip M. Klutznick, Shimshon Zeevi, Marguerite Kozenn Chajes, Samuel Behar, Rabbi Philip Goodman, Samuel D. Gershovitz, Saul Kagan, Mordecai Kessler, Morris Levin, Bernard Postal, Harvey Golden, and others.
Box Folder Title Date
12 1 Correspondence 1956
12 2 Correspondence 1957
12 3 Correspondence 1958
12 4 Correspondence 1959
12 5 Correspondence 1970
12 6 Memoranda 1956-1958
12 7 Telegrams 1957-1958
12 8 Minutes 1956, 1958
12 9 Reports 1952-1958
12 10 Notes (handwritten) undated
12 11 Press releases 1956
12 12 Newsletters 1956-1959
    Contains Hebrew.   
12 13 News clippings 1956, 1957
12 14 Miscellaneous undated, 1945-1959 with gaps
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Series VI: Joint Distribution Committee, undated, 1955-1974.
0.5 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

In 1953, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the Joint Distribution Committee named Louis Kraft to direct the planning of reconstruction and development of the surviving Jewish communities in Europe. His work involved reestablishing Jewish community organizations and forming many Jewish institutions-synagogues, community centers, schools, homes for the aged, summer camps and hospitals - in 14 European countries. Included in this series is correspondence with Saul Kagan and others.
Box Folder Title Date
13 1 Correspondence 1955, 1958, 1959
13 2 Memoranda 1958-1960
13 3 Notes undated
13 4 Programs 1960
13 5 Reports 1955-1960 with gaps
13 6 Articles and reprints 1959
13 7 Requisitions 1959
13 8 Geneva Conference: Correspondence, memoranda, minutes 1959-1960
13 9 Standing Conference, November 1961: Correspondence, memoranda, notes, program 1959-1961
13 10 Claims Conference Program: Miscellaneous undated, 1958, 1963
13 11 European Jewish Community Services: Correspondence, memoranda 1961-1974 with gaps
13 12 European Jewish Community Services: Notes undated
13 13 European Jewish Community Services: Reports 1961-1972 with gaps
13 14 European Jewish Community Services: Newsletters 1972-1974
13 15 European Jewish Community Services: Publications 1963-1964
13 16 European Jewish Community Services: Press releases 1965
13 17 European Jewish Community Services: News clippings 1973-1974
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Series VII: National Association of Jewish Center Workers, undated, 1926-1974.
0.5 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

The National Association of Jewish Center Workers was organized in 1918 and was encouraged in its work by the JWB in its attempt to develop a professional service. Louis Kraft served for a time as President, and then as Honorary President from 1947 until the 1970s. Included in this series is correspondence with Morris Levin, Percy Abrams, Azriel Eisenberg, Robert H. Weiner, and others.
Box Folder Title Date
14 1 Correspondence 1966-1974 with gaps
14 2 Minutes 1959
14 3 Reports 1964-1975
14 4 Programs 1973
14 5 Printed articles undated, 1926-1973 with gaps
14 6 News clippings 1969, 1974
14 7 Miscellaneous undated, 1960-1974
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Series VIII: Writings, undated, 1922-1974.
2 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

Louis Kraft was a prolific writer, in the 1940s while Executive Director of the JWB, and in the 1950s while working in Europe. In addition to his published works, he wrote many articles, speeches, and addresses, as well as a regular column, "Inner Circle," in the JWB Circle. This series includes correspondence with Samuel Elkin, Graenum Berger, Percy Abrams, Robert Weiner, Rabbi Philip Goodman, Morris Levin, and others.
Box Folder Title Date
15 1 Correspondence and memoranda 1941-1965 with gaps
15 2 Manuscripts 1932-1937
15 3 Manuscripts 1940-1945
15 4 Manuscripts 1946-1949
15 5 Manuscripts 1950-1953
15 6 Manuscripts 1954-1959
15 7 Manuscripts 1961-1967
15 8 Manuscripts 1970
15 9 Manuscripts undated
15 10 Manuscripts undated
15 11 Reprints 1922-1929
Box Folder Title Date
16 1 Reprints 1941-1948
16 2 Reprints 1950-1954
16 3 Reprints 1966
16 4 Speeches 1934-1939
16 5 Speeches undated, 1940-1949
16 6 Speeches 1950-1958 with gaps
16 7 Speeches 1963-1964
16 8 Notes undated
16 9 Publications 1944-1960 with gaps
16 10 Press releases 1961
16 11 News clippings 1943
16 12 Notes undated
16 13 Articles undated, 1958-1964
16 14 News clippings undated, 1957-1965 with gaps
16 15 JWB Circle: Manuscripts 1946-1947
16 16 JWB Circle: News clippings 1947-1973
16 17 JWB Circle: "Inner Circle" manuscripts undated, 1946-1950
16 18 JWB Circle: "Inner Circle" clippings 1947-1950
Box Folder Title Date
17 1 Janowsky Survey: Mauscripts undated, 1947
17 2 Janowsky Survey: Reprints 1947-1948
17 3 Paper on NAJCW Birthday and National Conference: Background material - correspondence, press releases, articles 1951-1971 with gaps
17 4 Paper on NAJCW Birthday and National Conference: News clippings 1971
17 5 Building Bureau: Correspondence 1974
17 6 Building Bureau: Background material 1974
17 7 Aspects of the Jewish Community Center: Reviews 1954
17 8 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York: Correspondence undated, 1967-1968
17 9 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York: Memoranda 1966, 1967
17 10 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York: Reports 1961-1967 with gaps
17 11 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York: Notes undated
17 12 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York: Drafts of chapter undated
17 13 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York: Articles 1962, 1968
Box Folder Title Date
18 1 Printed material undated, 1964-1966
18 2 Educational Alliance undated, 1961-1967
18 3 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Correspondence undated, 1964-1968 with gaps
18 4 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Footnotes undated
18 5 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Table of Contents and Foreword undated
18 6 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 1: "Century of the Jewish Community Center Movement 1854-1953" 1967
18 7 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 2: "Early Beginnings of Program, Building Planning and Management of Jewish Community Centers" 1967
18 8 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 3: "Jewish Centers in the Thirties" 1967
18 9 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 4: "Toward Achievement of Professional Status of Jewish Center Workers" 1967
18 10 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 5: "The Jewish Center Movement - Its Philosophy and Group Work Component" 1967
18 11 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 6: "The Needs of Adolescent Jewish Youth in War Time" 1967
18 12 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 7: "JWB Expands Service to Military Personnel in World War II" 1967
18 13 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 8: "Community Program for Education and Recreation" 1967
18 14 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 9: "The Need for a YM-YWHA in Jerusalem" 1967
18 15 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 10: "Council Acts" 1967
18 16 The Development of the Jewish Community Center: Chapter 12: "Contributions to World Jewry" 1967
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Series IX: JPS Volume, undated, 1946-1966.
1 linear ft.
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order.
Scope and Content:

This series is composed of materials found either in folders and envelopes marked "JPS Volume" or lying loose with that notation written on it. They seem to be background material for a significant piece of work-in-progress, and I suspect they may have to do with either a planned autobiography or a book based on his life's work. This series includes correspondence with Frank L. Weil, Sanford Solender, Mordecai M. Kaplan and Jack Nadel, among others.
Box Folder Title Date
19 1 Correspondence 1946-1947
19 2 Correspondence 1961-1965
19 3 Memoranda undated, 1963-1965
19 4 Handwritten notes undated
19 5 Reports 1961-1964
19 6 Papers 1956-1963 with gaps
19 7 Articles 1946-1954
19 8 Articles 1961-1962
19 9 Articles 1963
19 10 Articles 1964-1966
19 11 Book reviews undated, 1948-1966 with gaps
Box Folder Title Date
20 1 Press releases 1966
20 2 Publications undated, 1952-1965 with gaps
20 3 News clippings undated, 1963-1966
20 4 Jewish Education: Correspondence, memoranda, reports undated, 1941, 1951
20 5 Jewish Center Work: Articles, notes, memoranda undated, 1959-1964
20 6 Jewish Center Work: Material for lectures and speeches: notes, articles, press releases undated, 1943-1966 with gaps
20 7 Europe: Syllabi, articles, reports, clippings 1948-1966
20 8 Periodical Review: Reprints, clippings 1963, 1966
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Oversized Materials, 1939-1973.
Arrangement:

Arranged by type of materials.
Scope and Content:

Contains photographs, scrapbooks, and certificates that are too large to be included in the overall collection. Please see archivist for located of materials.
Box Folder Title Date
21 1 Photographs: Miscellaneous 1919
21 2 Scrapbook: Retirement JWB 1947
21 3 Certificates 1939-1973
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