National Jewish Welfare Board, Records
Collection
Identifier: I-337 subiiserbsub1
Abstract
The collection documents the National Jewish Welfare Board's (JWB) evolution from an organization founded in 1917 to provide support for soldiers in times of war to an agency involved in all aspects of Jewish life both in the United States and abroad. In 1990 JWB recreated itself as the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America.
Dates
- Creation: undated, 1889-1995 (bulk 1917-1990)
Creator
- National Jewish Welfare Board (Organization)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, German, Latin, Hungarian and Afrikaans.
Extent
1535.8 Linear Feet (1527 Hollinger boxes; 4 [16 x 20"] oversized boxes; 1 [20 x 24"] oversized box; 71 MAP folders, 4 film cans)
Arrangement
The subseries has been organized into fifteen subsubseries as follows:
- a) Berlatsky, Emanuel, undated, 1945-1984
- 1. Communities: Individual, 1964-1984
- 2. Communities: Large, undated, 1962, 1968-1973
- 3. Communities: Metropolitan, 1962-1973
- 4. Communities: Midwest, 1966-1973
- 5. Communities: Regional Sections, 1960-1973
- 6. Communities: Schools of Social Work, 1968-1972
- 7. Field Services Committee, 1949-1962, 1966-1967
- 8. JCCD: Regional Sections, 1961-1967
- a. Conventions and Workplans, 1961-1965
- b. JCCD: Regional Sections, 1964-1967
- 9. Subject Files, undated, 1945-1973
- b) Boeko, Jack, undated, 1953-1976
- 1. Biennial Files, undated, 1972-1976
- 2. Community Files, 1961-1975
- 3. ICCES, 1955-1956, 1958-1963, 1965-1976
- 4. JCC Files, undated, 1953-1975
- 5. Subject Files, undated, 1964-1975
- c) Arthur Brodkin, undated, 1953-1982
- 1. Biennial Files, 1975-1982
- a. Communication Awards Entries, 1979-1981
- 2. Community Files, 1973-1979
- 3. Community Files: Small Cities, 1976-1981
- 4. Health and Physical Education, 1973-1982
- 5. Subject Files, undated, 1953-1981
- d) Sy Colen, 1945-1981
- 1. Belgian Youth, 1975-1978
- 2. Biennial Files, 1975-1980
- 3. Field Reports, 1963-1981
- 4. Subject Files, 1945-1981
- e) Harold Dinerman, undated, 1949-1976
- 1. Area Councils Files, 1967-1974
- 2. Community Files, 1954, 1960-1976
- 3. Subject Files, undated, 1949-1976
- f) Director's Office, undated, 1944-1972
- 1. Community Files, 1963-1969
- 2. Journal of Jewish Communal Service, undated, 1962-1967
- 3. Proceedings, 1955, 1960-1966
- 4. Regions, 1948-1966
- 5. Minutes, 1964-1969
- 6. Organizations, 1960-1969
- 7. Reports, 1951-1954
- 8. Subject Files, undated, 1944-1972
- g) Dobrof, Alfred, 1979-1981
- h) Englewood, New Jersey, 1967-1970
- 1. Study, 1967-1970
- i) Goodman, Philip, 1966-1973
- j) Hantman, Barry, 1973-1978
- 1. Community Files, 1973-1977
- 2. ICCES, 1975-1978
- 3. Nine Cities Conference, 1973-1977
- k) Hymovitz, Zev, undated, 1956-1989
- 1. Subject Files, undated, 1956-1989
- l) Jaffe, Mitchell, 1957-1988
- 1. Community Files, 1957-1988
- 2. Subject Files, 1959-1988
- m) Recreation, undated, 1939-1962
- 1. Leisure Reports, undated, 1939-1962
- n) Szpirglas, Larry, undated, 1954-1986
- 1. Community Files, 1966-1986
- 2. Conventions, 1973-1985
- 3. Data Files, 1954, 1974-1986
- 4. Resource Files, undated, 1955-1986
- o) Yaillen, Earl, 1970-1980
- 1. Community Files, 1972-1975
- 2. Scholarship Applications, 1975-1980
- 3. Subject Files, 1970-1980
- Title
- Subgroup II: Jewish Community Centers, Series B: Field Services, Subseries 1: Community Services, undated, 1945-1984 (bulk 1960-1978) *I-337
- Subtitle
- National Jewish Welfare Board
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Dominic Grandinetti, Susan Earle, Cat Lea Holbrook, and Judi Garner (May 2001-February 2004), and Marvin Rusinek (November 2006-July 2007)
- Date
- © 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
