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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Lewis H. Weinstein (1905- )
Title:	Lewis H. Weinstein papers
Dates:	undated, 1947-1992
Abstract:	Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, pamphlets, publications and other similar materials pertaining to Weinstein's involvement in Jewish organizations and institutions in the Boston area and nationally.
Languages:	The collection is predominantly in English, with Russian and Lithuanian.
Quantity:	15 linear feet (30 manuscript boxes)
Identification:	P-641
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society
Location:	Located at AJHS, Boston, MA.

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Biographical Note

Lewis H. Weinstein (1905- )

A U.S. attorney and communal leader, Lewis H. Weinstein was born on April 10, 1905 to Jacob Menehem and Kuna (Romanow) Weinstein in Arany, Lithania, and was taken to the United States as an infant. He grew up in Portland, Maine. He married Selma Yeslawssy on September 2, 1932 and had two children-David J. (born 1936) and Louise (born 1945).

Before coming to Boston in 1921, while he lived in Portland he worked as a reported for the Press Herald, as office manager in a furniture business, as a Hebrew school teacher and principal, and waiter.

After graduating from Harvard (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1927 and Harvard Law School in 1930, he was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1930 and practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts at the firm of Rome and Weinstein and then Foley, Hoag and Elliot from 1946 until his retirement.

During World War II he served in the army, in 1944 on General Eisenhower's staff as liaison to General Charles de Gaulle and in 1945 as chief of the liaison section of the European theater of operations. After the Normandy landing, he served as liaison officer from General Eisenhower to Generals DeGaulle and Koenig. He entered Paris with them on the Day of Liberation in 1944. After the war he returned to his law practice and was active in local, state, and national bar associations.

Among his many interests was housing: he served as counsel for urban renewal agencies and on city, state, and federal housing agencies, and taught city planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and law at Harvard and other professional institutions. He served as chairman, from 1946-1052, of the Massachusetts State Housing Board, Emergency Housing Commission, Massachusetts Housing Council and was counsel to numerous housing and redevelopment authorities, in Massachusetts and elsewhere. He was a member of the U.S. Rent Control and Housing Commission.

His wide-ranging interest in Jewish life led to his service as chairman of four national Jewish agencies: the Council of Jewish Federation and Welfare Funds (1965-1966); the National Community Relations Advisory Council (1960-1964); the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, which he helped found and which he served as co-chairman from its inception and from 1968 as chairman; and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (1963-1965). He also served a number of local, state, and national organizations, including the Temple Mishkan Tefila Board, Boston's Hebrew College (President, 1946-1953), and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston as President and general campaign chairman. He served on the Boards of the Beth Israel Hospital, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, Bureau of Jewish Education, and other local agencies.¹

¹ Compiled on the basis of archival documents in the Papers of Lewis H. Weinstein as well as from data presented in Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. W, p. 871; Who's Who in American Jewry (1980), p. 516.

Chronology of the Life of Lewis H. Weinstein
1905	LHW born in Vilna, Lithuania, on April 10th
1906	Arrived in United States
1927	B.A. (magna cum Laude), Harvard University
1930	L.L.B. Harvard Law School
1932	Marries Selma Yeslawsky
1930-1932	Associate, Rome & Weinstein
1932-1945	Partner, Rome & Weinstein
1934-1938	Asst. Corporate Counsel, City of Boston
1938-1945	General Counsel, Boston Housing Authority
1946-	Partner, Foley Hoag and Eliot
1946-1952	Chairman, Massachusetts State Housing Board
1946-1953	President, Hebrew Teachers College
1950	Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Board of Trustees, Executive Committee)
1954-1957	President, Combined Jewish Philanthropies
1956-1957	General Campaign Chairman
1960-1968	Senior Visiting Lecturer on Land Use and Planning, MIT
1960-1964	Chairman, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council
1961-1968	Senior Visiting Lecturer in City Planning, MIT
1968-1970	Chairman, American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry
1960-1975	Lecturer, Harvard Law School
1963-1965	Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
1965-1966	President, Council of Jewish Federations
1986	Publishes Masa
1993	Publishes My Life at the Bar: Lawyer, Soldier, Teacher and Pro Bono Activist
Military Honors	Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Clusters; Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France); Papal Military Medal
Civilian Awards	National Brotherhood Award, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1957; Heritage Award, Yeshiva University; National Community Service Award, Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Scope and Content Note

The Papers of Lewis H. Weinstein reflect various Jewish organizational and institutional activities in which LHW participated. Though the collection does not preserve the total volume of papers produced by LHW, its importance goes beyond the name under which these papers are preserved.

The collection is valuable to researchers studying the Jewish Federation movement, in particular the activities of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Conference of Presidents of the Major American Jewish Organizations, and the Council of Jewish Federations, especially during the 1960s, when LHW was most active with these organizations. It is also valuable for the study of issues at that time related to civil rights activities, Soviet Jewry, church-state matters such as prayer decision, the ultra-right, relations of the United States with Israel.

The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial and fundraising documents, legal documents, telegrams, newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets and publications, opinion papers, agendas of meetings and conferences, resolutions, annual reports, and handwritten notes. The documents are primarily in English, with a few in Russian and Lithuanian. Subjects are arranged according to series, and folders are arranged internally in chronological order.

The collection is divided into 12 series corresponding roughly to the original filing system of LHW.

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Arrangement

The collection is divided into twelve series, as described below:

• Series I: Hebrew Teachers College, 1952-1969
• Series II: National Community Relations Advisory Council, 1960-1992
• Series III: Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 1962-1986
• Series IV: Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, 1947-1990
• Series V: Combined Jewish Appeal, 1947-1961
• Series VI: Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 1961-1980
• Series VII: American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1952-1986
• Series VIII: Jewish Community Council, 1958-1969
• Series IX: Large City Budgeting Conference, 1964-1967
• Series X: Israel, 1964-1969
• Series XI: Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1957-1961
• Series XII: Personal Correspondence, undated, 1968-1992

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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
email: info@ajhs.org

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Related Material

National Community Relations Advisory Council
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
Papers of Label A. Katz (P-92)
American Jewish Congress (I-77)
Combined Jewish PhilanthropiesCombined Jewish Philanthropies
Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Lewis H. Weinstein papers; P-641; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to AJHS in 1992 and 1993 by Lewis Weinstein.

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Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Katz, Label A., 1918-

• Subject Organizations:

  • American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry.
  • Boston (Mass.). Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
  • Boston (Mass.). Jewish Community Council.
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra.
  • Brookline (Mass.). Hebrew College.
  • Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.).
  • Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
  • Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.
  • Large City Budgeting Conference.
  • National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.).

• Subject Places:

  • Israel.

• Subject Topics:

  • Cabinet officers
  • Diplomats
  • Emigration and immigration law
  • Governors
  • Jewish leadership
  • Jewish legislators
  • Jewish statesmen
  • Judges
  • Legislators-United States
  • Philanthropists
  • Social problems

• Document types:

  • Agendas (administrative records)
  • Clippings
  • Correspondence
  • Financial records
  • Legal documents
  • Memorandums
  • Minutes
  • Notes
  • Pamphlets
  • Press releases
  • Reports
  • Resolutions (administrative records)
  • Telegrams

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Container List

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

Series I: Hebrew Teachers College, 1952-1969.
The Series is in English.
.5 linear feet. Box 1.
Arrangement: Original order.
Scope and Content: This college for Jewish Studies was founded in 1921 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and in 1951 moved to Brookline, Massachusetts. LHW was President from 1946-1953 and was active in facilitating this move. The series includes correspondence, news clippings, corporate papers, minutes of the Executive Committee, pamphlets and a copy of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Correspondence	1952-1969
1	2	Corporation Papers	1955-1969
1	3	Minutes, Reports	1952-1965
1	4	Board of Managers/Financial Reports	1966-1969
1	5	Board of Managers/Correspondence	1966-1969
1	6	Higher Education Act of 1965	undated, 1955-1967
1	7	Pamphlets, Brochures	1965-1967
1	8	Miscellaneous	undated, 1963, 1967
1	9	Presidential Search	1986

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Series II: National Community Relations Advisory Council, 1960-1962.
The Series is in English.
4.7 linear feet. Boxes 2-12.
Arrangement: Original order.
Scope and Content: This organization was established in 1944 in order to formulate policy and coordinate the work of national and local Jewish agencies in the field of community relations in the United States. It was composed initially of four national organizations and 14 local community relations councils. LHW was President from 1960-1964. The series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas, publicity material, case histories, news clippings, statements and miscellany.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2	1-3	General/Correspondence	1962-1963
2	4-11	General/Memoranda	1959-1965, 1967-1969
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	1-4	General/Minutes, Reports, Agendas	1960-1962, 1965
3	5	General/News Clippings	1960
3	6-11	General/Miscellaneous	undated, 1960-1964, 1969
3	12	Civil Liberties	undated
3	13	Urban Affairs Housing	1961-1964
3	14	Legislation	1962
3	15	Jewish Labor Committee	1952-1965
3	16	Equal Rights De-Facto Segregation	1962-1964
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	1-5	JDA Agencies/Misc. Correspondence, Committee Reports, Memoranda, etc.	undated, 1962-1965
4	6	Discrimination in Housing	1962
4	7	Church-State/Correspondence	1960-1963
4	8	Church-State/Memoranda	1960-1964
4	9	Church-State/Reports	1960-1964
4	10	Church-State/Case Histories	undated
4	11	Church-State/Statements	undated, 1963
4	12	Church-State/Articles & Lectures	1962-1963
4	13	Church-State/Press Releases	undated, 1960
4	14	Church-State/Brochures & Pamphlets	undated, 1961-1970
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	1	Prayer Decision/Correspondence	1962
5	2	Prayer Decision/Memoranda	1962
5	3	Prayer Decision/Reactions, Statements	1962
5	4	Prayer Decision/Press Releases	1962
5	5	Prayer Decision/Printed Material	1962
5	6	Prayer Decision/Articles	1962-1963
5	7	Prayer Decision/News Clippings	1962
5	8	Prayer Decision/Miscellaneous	undated
5	9	Vatican Ecumenical Council	1964
5	10	Chaplaincy Study	1964
5	11-14	Conference of Presidents/Correspondence	1960-1963
5	15-18	Conference of Presidents/Memoranda	1960-1963
5	19-21	Conference of Presidents/Meetings, Minutes	1961-1963
5	22	Conference of Presidents/Statements	1963
5	23-24	Conference of Presidents/Miscellaneous	1961, 1963
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	1-2	American Jewish Committee/Correspondence	1961-1964
6	3-4	American Jewish Committee/Memoranda	1961-1964
6	5	American Jewish Committee/Minutes	1961
6	6	American Jewish Committee/Meetings	1961-1964
6	7	American Jewish Committee/Statements	1961
6	8	American Jewish Committee/Reports	1961
6	9	American Jewish Committee/Press Releases	1961
6	10	American Jewish Committee/News Articles	1961
6	11	American Jewish Committee/Miscellaneous	1961-1964
6	12	American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry	1964-1968
6	13	Aid to Education/Memoranda	1962-1965
6	14	Aid to Education/Minutes	1960-1961
6	15	Aid to Education/Reports & Statements	undated, 1961-1965
6	16	Aid to Education/Miscellaneous	undated, 1960-1965
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	1	Annual Plenums/Correspondence	1960
7	2	Annual Plenums/Miscellaneous	undated
7	3	Annual Plenums/Incoming Correspondence	1961
7	4	Annual Plenums/Outgoing Correspondence	1961
7	5	Annual Plenums/Memoranda	1961
7	6	Annual Plenums/Miscellaneous	1961
7	7	Annual Plenums/Correspondence	1962
7	8	Annual Plenums/Memoranda	1962
7	9	Annual Plenums/Reports, Statements	1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	1	Annual Plenums/Correspondence	1963
8	2	Annual Plenums/Memoranda	1963
8	3	Annual Plenums/Agenda Committee	1963
8	4	Annual Plenums/Correspondence	1963
8	5	Annual Plenums/Miscellaneous	1964
8	6	Annual Plenums/Agenda Committee	1964
8	7	Committee on Immigration Matters/Correspondence	1958-1961
8	8	Committee on Immigration Matters/Memoranda	1963
8	9	Committee on Immigration Matters/Miscellaneous	1961, 1963
8	10	Committee on Immigration Matters/Press	1961
8	11	Committee on Immigration Matters/Statements, Reports	1961
8	12	Committee on Immigration Matters/Correspondence	1963
8	13	Committee on Immigration Matters/Memoranda	1963
8	14	Committee on Immigration Matters/Minutes	1963
8	15	Committee on Immigration Matters/Miscellaneous	1963
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	1	Committee on Interreligious Activities/Correspondence	1960-1962
9	2	Committee on Interreligious Activities/Memoranda	1960-1962
9	3	Committee on Interreligious Activities/ Minutes, Reports & Statements	1960-1962
9	4	Committee on Interreligious Activities/Press	1962
9	5	Joint Advisory Committee/Correspondence	1960-1964
9	6	Joint Advisory Committee/Memoranda	1960-1964
9	7	Joint Advisory Committee/Minutes	1960-1964
9	8	Joint Advisory Committee/Statements & Reports	1959-1964
9	9	Southern CRCs	1960-1961
9	10	Eichmann Trial	1960-1961
9	11	Mass Media Committee-Motion Picture Project	1960-1963
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	1	American Jewish Congress/Correspondence	1961-1963
10	2	American Jewish Congress/Memoranda	1963
10	3	American Jewish Congress/Reports	1961-1964
10	4	American Jewish Congress/CLSA Reports	1962-1965
10	5	American Jewish Congress/Miscellaneous	undated, 1965
10	6	Israel-Middle East/Correspondence	1960-1965
10	7	Israel-Middle East/Memoranda	1960-1965
10	8	Israel-Middle East/Minutes	1962
10	9	Israel-Middle East/Reports	1960-1965
10	10	Israel-Middle East/Statements	1960-1963
10	11	Israel-Middle East/Press Releases	1960-1963
10	12	Israel-Middle East/News Articles	1960-1965
10	13	Israel-Middle East/News Clippings	undated, 1960-1964
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	1	Ultra-Right Wing/Memoranda	1961-1964
11	2	Ultra-Right Wing/Minutes	1961
11	3	Ultra-Right Wing/Reports	1961-1964
11	4	Ultra-Right Wing/Statements	1961-1962
11	5	Ultra-Right Wing/News Articles	1961-1964
11	6	Ultra-Right Wing/Miscellaneous	1961-1964
11	7	Memberships	1960-1963
11	8	Budget/Correspondence	1960-1965
11	9	Budget/Memoranda	1960-1965
11	10-13	Budget/Reports	1960-1965
11	14	Budget/Budget Analyses	1962-1965
11	15	Budget/Miscellaneous	1960-1965
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	1	Community Consultation	1962-1964
12	2	Leadership Conference	1963
12	3	Executive Committee	1966
12	4	Soblen	1962
12	5	Humane Slaughter	1960-1965
12	6	Becker Amendment	1964
12	7	Legislative Reapportionment	1964
12	8	Williams-Javis, Bill	1965
12	9	War & Peace- Vietnam	1965-1966
12	10	Printed Material	1952-1986
12	11	Programs	1973-1989
12	12-14	Miscellaneous	1987-1990

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Series III: Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 1962-1986.
The Series is in English.
1 linear foot. Boxes 13-14.
Arrangement: Original order and chronological.
Scope and Content: The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations was organized in 1955 out of a growing concern for unified action by major American Jewish organizations to help strengthen peace and stability in the Middle East. It served as a forum for exchange of information and as coordinating body for its members, dealing with American-Israel affairs and problems affecting Jews in other lands. LHW served as Chairman during the years 1963-1965. This series covers the years 1963-1981 and reflects the Conference's activities at the time: the publishing of documents, the calling of conferences and the personal exchange of views in meetings with political figures and Jewish communal leaders in other lands, including President Richard Nixon, Secretary of State Rogers, Prime Minister Golda Meir of Israel, et al. This series includes correspondence with Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Label A. Katz, Isaiah Minkoff, Yehudah Hellman, et al; press releases, news clippings, meeting agendae, Near East Reports, acknowledgements of congratulations on Weinstein's chairmanship, reports and minutes of meetings, material on Israel/Arab relations, budgets and notes.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13	1-4	General/Correspondence	1963-1965, 1978-1986
13	5	General/Congratulations & Acknowledgements	1963-1964
13	6-10	General/Memoranda	1963-1968
13	11	General/Concerning Budget	undated, 1962-1964
13	12	General/Minutes	1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14	1	General/Reports & Statements	1968
14	2	General/Press Releases	1980-1981
14	3	General/News Articles	1979-1985
14	4	General/Miscellaneous	1963-1964
14	5	Germany/Correspondence	1964-1965
14	6	Germany/Memoranda, Reports	1964-1966
14	7	Germany/Statements	1964-1966
14	8	Germany/News Articles, Printed Materials	1964-1965
14	9	Israel/Correspondence	1964
14	10	Israel/Memoranda, Reports	undated, 1963-1965
14	11	Israel/Statements	undated, 1964
14	12	Israel/Press	1964
14	13	Israel/News Articles	1963-1965
14	14	Israel/Notes	undated

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Series IV: Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, 1947-1990.
The Series is in English.
2.5 linear feet. Boxes 15-20.
Arrangement: Original order.
Scope and Content: The CJFWF provides national and regional services to 218 associated Jewish community organizations in the United States and Canada, aiding in campaigns and interpretation, budgeting, planning for health and welfare, and cooperative action. LHW was president in 1965, but ill health limited his activities and cut short the time he spent in this position. The series includes correspondence, memoranda, minutes, financial papers, publicity material, news clippings, translations, statements, note, pamphlets, daily mail sheets, organizational materials, General Assembly resolutions and printed programs. The most important sections include materials while he was chair of the Overseas Committee and while he was President of the Council.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	1-5	Overseas Committee/Correspondence	1963-1968
15	6-9	Overseas Committee/Memoranda	1963-1968
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	1-2	Overseas Committee/Minutes	1963-1964
16	3	Overseas Committee/Reports	1963
16	4	Overseas Committee/Statements	1963
16	5	Overseas Committee/Budget	1963
16	6	Overseas Committee/Publicity	1963
16	7	Overseas Committee/News Clippings	1963
16	8	Overseas Committee/Miscellaneous	1963-1967
16	9-10	General/Correspondence	1964-1965
16	11-12	General/Memoranda	1964-1965
16	13	General/Newsletters	1964
16	14	White House Conference	1964
16	15	Publicity, Press	1965
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	1	As President/Daily Mail Sheets	1965-1966
17	2-8	As President/Correspondence	1965-1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
18	1-2	As President/Internal Memoranda	1965-1966
18	3	As President/External Memoranda	1966
18	4	Meetings/Correspondence	1966
18	5	Meetings/Memoranda, Reports	1966
18	6	Meetings/Minutes	1965-1966
18	7	Meetings/Miscellaneous	1966
18	8	Meetings/Board of Directors	1966
18	9	Organizational	1965
18	10	Legacies and Endowments/Correspondence	1965-1966
18	11	Legacies and Endowments/Reports	1965-1966
18	12	Legacies and Endowments/Memoranda	1966
18	13	National Jewish Population Study/Correspondence	1966
18	14	National Jewish Population Study/Memoranda/Reports	1966
18	15	National Jewish Population Study/Statements, News Clippings, Notes	1966
18	16	General Assembly/Correspondence	1966
18	17	General Assembly/Memoranda	1966
18	18	General Assembly/Statements	1966
18	19	General Assembly/Resolutions, Printed Program	1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
19	1	Correspondence	1969
19	2	Memoranda	1969
19	3	Meetings	1969
19	4	Printed Material	1969
19	5	Correspondence, Memoranda	1970
19	6	Printed Material	1970
19	7	Correspondence	1971
19	8	Printed Material: Pamphlet	1976
19	9	National Committee on Intermediate Cities Service	1977
19	10	March Board of Committee Meetings	1977
19	11	Correspondence	1978
19	12	Memoranda, Report	1978
19	13	Publicity	1978
19	14	Correspondence	1979
19	15	Memoranda, Reports	1979
19	16	Press Releases	1979
19	17	Philip Bernstein Tribute
Box	Folder	Title	Date
20	1-11	Correspondence, Miscellaneous	1980-1990
20	12	National Planning Conference of Large Jewish Communities	1947
20	13	Pamphlets	1954-1985
20	14	Printed Material	1970-1981

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Series V: Combined Jewish Appeal, 1947-1961.
The Series is in English.
1 linear foot. Boxes 21-22.
Arrangement: Original order and chronological.
Scope and Content: The Combined Jewish Appeal is the central fund-raising agency for support of local, national, overseas and Israeli agencies for Boston and surrounding communities. It is the fundraising arm of Associated Jewish Philanthropies. In 1960 LHW chaired the merge committee, which joined CJA and AJP into a single Combined Jewish Philanthropies, thus creating a central Jewish federation, which has been an active member of the Council of Jewish Federations of the United States and Canada. The series consists of correspondence, speeches, publicity materials, news clippings, by-laws and miscellany mostly from the 1950's.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
21	1-6	General/Correspondence	1955-1960
21	7-9	General/Memoranda, Reports	1955-1956, 1960
21	10	General/Minutes, Agenda	1956
21	11	General/Printed Material	1955
21	12	Suburbia/Reports	1955
Box	Folder	Title	Date
22	1	Rally	1955
22	2	Allocation/Correspondence	1955-1956
22	3	Allocation/Miscellaneous	1955-1956
22	4	Budget	1960
22	5	1957-1958 Campaign/Correspondence	1958
22	6	1957-1958 Campaign/Miscellaneous	1958
22	7	Personnel Committee/Correspondence	1959-1960
22	8	Personnel Committee/Miscellaneous	1959-1960
22	9	Merger Committee/Correspondence	1960-1961
22	10	Merger Committee/By-Laws	1947-1960
22	11	Merger Committee/Miscellaneous	1960-1961
22	12	Miscellaneous	1947-1960

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Series VI: Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 1961-1980.
The Series is in English.
1 linear foot. Boxes 23-24.
Arrangement: Original order and chronological.
Scope and Content: Combined Jewish Philanthropies is the central planning, budgeting and fundraising arm of the metropolitan Boston Jewish Community. It helps support 12 local constituent agencies and 75 other local, national and overseas social welfare and educational organizations. About half of its annual campaign is allocated to human service needs in Israel and to aiding Jews around the world. Founded in 1895, CJP was the first federated charity in the United States and has served as the model for United Way, Catholic Charities, and the numerous Jewish Federations around the country. LHW served as president from 1955-1957 and as general campaign chairman from 1956-1957. This series includes correspondence, minutes, treasurer's reports, printed material and miscellany primarily during the 1960s.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
23	1	Correspondence	1961
23	2	Legacies and Endowments	1961
23	3	Reports	1961
23	4	Correspondence	1962
23	5	Memoranda, Reports	1962
23	6	Budgets	1962
23	7	Miscellaneous	1962
23	8	Correspondence	1963
23	9	Reports	1963
23	10	Budget	1963
Box	Folder	Title	Date
24	1	Campaigns/Correspondence	1963-1964
24	2	Campaigns/Minutes, Treasurer Reports	1963-1964
24	3	Campaigns/Reports	1964-1968
24	4	Campaigns/Printed Material	1963-1964
24	5	Campaigns/Miscellaneous	1963-1966
24	6	70th Anniversary	1964-1965
24	7	Correspondence, Miscellaneous	1967-1968
24	8	Executive Committee	1967-1968
24	9	Correspondence	1969
24	10	Central Area Program Planning Committee	1980
24	11	Miscellaneous	1966-1971

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Series VII: American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1952-1986.
The Series is in English and Russian.
1.25 linear feet. Boxes 25-28.
Arrangement: Original order.
Scope and Content: In 1963 LHW helped found this ad hoc group seeking to formulate a joint program and policy on behalf of Soviet Jewry and served as President in 1968. The Conference encompassed all the major Jewish organizations in the country (including the American Jewish Committee, which generally did not participate.) It held mass rallies, press conferences, and meetings with the White House and State Department and also published factual information on the current situation of Jews in the U.S.S.R. These activities are reflected in this collection's papers in correspondence with Leonard Garment, President Richard Nixon, Elliot Richardson, Arthur Goldberg, Dwight Chapin, Emory Swank, Sr. Saul I. Teplitz, etc. The series also includes memoranda, organizational information, publicity materials such as press releases, pamphlets, posters and flyers, and newsletters and bulletins from other organizations concerned with Soviet Jewry. There are also statements, speeches, articles, biographical sketches, translations of letters sent by Russian Jews, research information, notes and news clippings.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
25	1-14	Correspondence	undated, 1963-1964, 1968-1971
Box	Folder	Title	Date
26	1	Internal Memoranda	1963-1971
26	2-4	Memoranda to Membership	1968-1971
26	5	External Memoranda	1968-1970
26	6	Organizational Material	1963-1970
26	7	Memoranda re: Technical Subcommittee	1969
26	8	Minutes	1969
26	9	Outgoing Publicity	1968-1970
26	10	Incoming Publicity	1969-1970
26	11	Miscellaneous Publicity	undated
26	12	Printed Material/Jewish Telegraph Agency Daily News Bulletins	1968-1970
26	13	Printed Material/Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry	1969-1970
26	14	Printed Material/Soviet Jewry Action Newsletter	1969-1970
26	15	Printed Material/Near East Report	1970-1971
26	16	Printed Material/Newsletters	1969-1970
Box	Folder	Title	Date
27	1	Printed Material/Posters-Flyers	undated, 1970
27	2	Printed Material/Pamphlets	1952-1970
27	3	Printed Material/Programs	1968-1969
27	4	Printed Material/Miscellaneous	1969-1970
27	5	Statements, Speeches	1964-1970
27	6	Biographies	1968-1969
27	7	Translations	1968-1970
27	8	From Russian Jews	1969
27	9	Articles, Reports, Research	1963-1970
Box	Folder	Title	Date
28	1	Notes	undated, 1968-1970
28	2	News Clippings	1969-1970
28	3	Miscellaneous	1963-1970
28	4	National Conference on Soviet Jewry/Meetings, Bulletins	1977
28	5	National Conference on Soviet Jewry/3rd International Conference	1982
28	6	National Conference on Soviet Jewry/Statements	1983
28	7	National Conference on Soviet Jewry/Reports	1985-1986
28	8	National Conference on Soviet Jewry/"Belgrade: Breach of Breakthrough"	1978
28	9	National Conference on Soviet Jewry/Miscellaneous	1978

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Series VIII: Jewish Community Council, 1958-1969.
The Series is in English.
.25 linear feet. Box 29.
Arrangement: Alphabetical and chronological.
Scope and Content: The community council is a central agency with the responsibility for fundraising for local, national, and overseas services; allocation and distribution of funds for these purposes and the coordination and central planning of local services, in order to strengthen them, eliminate duplication, and fill gaps. The materials in this series consist of correspondence and news clippings related to the JCC's 25th Anniversary.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
29	1	15th Anniversary of Israel/Correspondence	1963
29	2	15th Anniversary of Israel/Press Releases	1963
29	3	15th Anniversary of Israel/Printed Material	1958-1963
29	4	15th Anniversary of Israel/News Clippings	1963
29	5	15th Anniversary of Israel/Miscellaneous	1963
29	6	General/Correspondence	1963-1964
29	7	General/Minutes, Releases, Reports	1963-1968
29	8	25th Anniversary/Miscellaneous	1969

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Series IX: Large City Budgeting Conference, 1964-1967.
The Series is in English.
.25 linear feet. Box 29.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: The Large City Budgeting Conference was an informal body made up of officers of Jewish welfare funds in the larger cities for the purpose of joint discussions and budgetary hearing with national agencies. At the time of its formation it consisted of representatives of the 15 large Jewish Federations who were concerned with the developing competition for funds by national Jewish community relations agencies. This series includes miscellaneous materials from the mid-1960s.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
29	9-12	Correspondence, reports	1964-1967

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Series X: Israel, 1964-1969.
The Series is in English.
Five folders. Box 30.
Arrangement: Original order and chronological.
Scope and Content: This series contains correspondence, a map, press release and news clippings relating to the Unified Water Plan and Israel’s Kinnereth-Negev water project; papers relating to the 20th anniversary of the State of Israel, including a handwritten letter from then Speaker John McCormack; and materials relating to general matters such as security, human rights, etc.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
30	1	Israel Water Project/Correspondence, Map, Press Release, News Clipping	1964
30	2	20th Anniversary/Correspondence, Committee List, News Clipping	1968
30	3	General/Correspondence	1967-1969
30	4	General/Statements, Reports, Papers, Press Releases	1968-1969
30	5	General/Printed Material	1968-1969

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Series XI: Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1957-1961.
The Series is in English.
1 folder. Box 30.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: LHW was always involved with music. He played the violin and viola and played in his high school band. With his wife he was a regular at Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts, retaining the same seat for more than 40 years. This series includes correspondence thanking donors for gifts and soliciting others for funds, receipts from gifts, a brochure, assignment sheets and a fact sheet about the orchestra.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
30	6	Miscellaneous/Correspondence, Receipts, Brochure, etc.	1957-1961

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Series XII: Personal Correspondence, 1968-1992.
The Series is in English.
1 folder. Box 30.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: This short series consists of personal correspondence regarding insurance, personal banking arrangements, LHW’s art collection, and other miscellany.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
30	7	Correspondence	undated, 1968-1992

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