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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Steinberg, Milton (1903-1950)
Title:	Milton Steinberg (1903-1950) Papers
Dates:	undated, 1883-2003
Bulk Dates:	1923-1950
Abstract:	The Milton Steinberg (1903-1950) Papers documents the personal and intellectual life of the American author, philosopher, rabbi, teacher, and theologian. The collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, audio recordings, and memorabilia. In addition to numerous articles he authored several books including, The Making of the Modern Jew (1934), As A Driven Leaf (1939), A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem (1945), Basic Judaism (1947), A Believing Jew (1951), Anatomy of Faith (1960), and A Prophet’s Wife (2010). In a professional career that lasted a little over twenty years he served as rabbi at three synagogues, mainly at the Park Avenue Synagogue. In addition he was active in the community at large working with many Jewish community and civic organizations. As a disciple of Mordecai Kaplan, he and others helped to establish the Reconstructionist movement of American Jewry.
Languages:	The collection is in English with some Hebrew.
Quantity:	Currently at 13.4 linear feet (21 manuscript boxes, 1 OS1 Box, 1 SB1 Box, 1 Phonograph Box)
Identification:	P-369
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

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Biographical Note

Milton Steinberg, American author, philosopher, rabbi, teacher, and theologian, was born in Rochester, NY on November 24, 1903. His father Samuel was born in Seraye, Lithuania and educated at the yeshiva in Volozhin, Lithuania. His mother Fannie, nėe Sternberg, was born in Rochester, NY to a family that managed a boarding house. Milton had two sisters, Florence and Frieda. In 1919, the Steinberg family relocated to the Bronx so that his older sister Florence might pursue a singing career. After moving and attending DeWitt Clinton High School, he excelled in his studies and graduated valedictorian. He then attended City College of New York to study philosophy and there too he graduated first of class with additional prizes in history, philosophy, Greek, and Latin in 1924. He went on to attend the Jewish Theological Seminary and was ordained a rabbi in 1928. While attending seminary he also attended Columbia University where he earned a Masters degree in Philosophy.

His rabbinical career began in Indianapolis, Indiana where he would serve at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck starting in 1928. In June of 1929, Milton married Edith Alpert. Despite his good work and efforts at ministering to that community, the distance from family and familiar surroundings in New York City put a strain on the Steinbergs. It was with much delight in 1933, when he and Edith were able to return to New York City as Milton had been made Rabbi of the Park Avenue Synagogue. The following year their first son, Jonathan was born. Their second son, David, was born in 1937. Park Avenue Synagogue grew under his administration and teaching and grew from 120 families to over 700. The Steinbergs made their home at the synagogue and Milton remained its rabbi until his death. In addition to his rabbinical career he worked with Hadassah, the American Jewish Congress, and the Rabbinical Assembly-Committee on Social Justice, B’Nai B’rith’s Hillel Commission, Jewish Publication Society’s Publication Committee, the Board of Jewish Education, Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, and served as editor of The Reconstructionist. He taught classes at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Teachers Institute, and at the 92nd Street YMHA. And In 1942, while serving at Park Avenue Synagogue, Milton joined the New York State National Guard as a chaplain and was given the commission of Lieutenant Colonel. His first mission was to tour various Army bases throughout the country, mostly in Texas, to determine the spiritual needs of the soldiers there. His busy schedule and work load eventually took its toll on his health and while on tour in 1944 he suffered a heart attack. Due to the remoteness of his location he was unable to receive immediate medical attention which affected his ability to recover. While severely limiting his physical capabilities and restricted his propensity to do as many things in one day as possible it allowed him to focus on his family and his writings. Following the war his activities were limited mostly to writing, although he still served as rabbi and worked with Christian clergy seeking their support for the establishment of the state of Israel.

Throughout his life three men left their mark on the intellectual identity of Milton Steinberg and influenced his work: Morris Raphael Cohen, Jacob Kohn, and Mordecai Kaplan. He met Morris Raphael Cohen while a student at the City College of New York. Cohen’s teaching instilled in Steinberg intellectual discipline and a commitment to philosophical rationalism. Jacob Kohn was Steinberg's rabbi at the Ansche Chesed synagogue, where his family attended after moving to New York in 1919. Under the guidance of Rabbi Kohn, Milton came to believe that any philosophical understanding required faith in an absolute truth. Lastly, there was Mordecai Kaplan, who was Steinberg's homiletics professor and mentor at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Kaplan and Steinberg developed a significant and lasting relationship. Despite differences of opinion between Steinberg and Kaplan, Steinberg strongly believed that Kaplan’s Reconstructionism an acceptable ideology for American Judaism and a solution to what Steinberg believed were the problems facing modern Jewry.

Steinberg was convinced that faith is an essential component and compliment to modern Jewish life and elaborated on this philosophy in his works. In his first book The Making of Modern Jewry (1934), he examined the causes of what he and others called the “Jewish Problem,” that is how can the tenets of Judaism fit into modernity. Based on his philosophy and the ideas put forth in the above mentioned work he set out to describe his ideas in fiction. In his first novel, As A Driven Leaf (1939), he tells the story of the heretic Elisha ben Abuyah, who betrayed the Jews to the Romans during the Bar Kochba Revolt. In the novel Steinberg attempts to reconcile Judaism with Greek philosophy in order to demonstrate the interdependence between reason and faith. Between the writing of As A Driven Leaf and his next book A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem (1945), much in Judaism had changed and he had suffered a heart attack. In this new work he laid out his frustration at the lack of answers and offered his solutions to the many problems besetting the Jewish world. His Basic Judaism (1947), he returned to his topics of theology and offered synoptic description of the Jewish faith that would be approachable to Jews, believing and indifferent, and non-Jews. This was the last work published during his lifetime. When he died suddenly he had been already at work on two more works on theology and another novel. In 1950, Edith, his wife and assistant, published a collection of his sermons and papers called A Believing Jew (1951). The other Anatomy of Faith (1960), edited by Arthur A. Cohen, was an attempt describe Steinberg's theology in a systematic fashion. Following the Holocaust, Steinberg’s theology had grown increasingly relational and mystical as he read the works of Christian Neo-Orthodox writers such as the Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr and Karl Barth. The manuscript for his second novel, A Prophet’s Wife (2010), tells the account of the of Hosea and Gomer, in which God's compassion, mercy, and forgiveness are demonstrated. The novel was published sixty years after his death, in March 2010.

In March 1950 at the age of 46, Milton Steinberg passed away being survived by his wife, Edith, and sons Jonathan and David. Despite only having been in the rabbinate for two decades Steinberg's ideas, work, and writings, left a profound mark on American Jewish thought.

Sources:
Noveck, Simon. Milton Steinberg: Portrait of a Rabbi. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1978.

Steinberg, Jonathan. "Milton Steinberg, American Rabbi - Thoughts on his Centenary." The Jewish Quarterly Review 95.3 (2005): 579-600.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection documents the personal and intellectual life of Rabbi Milton Steinberg. The collection contains correspondence, writings, books, photographs, audio recordings and memorabilia. The collection includes documents pertaining to Steinberg’s rabbinate at Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, Indiana and at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City in the form of articles, letters, memorandum, notes, eulogies, and sermons. The collection documents his theological and literary works and the related correspondence pertaining to their publication and editing. His service in the New York State National Guard as a chaplain and his work in that capacity with the National Jewish Welfare Board in the development of a prayerbook are documented in this collection. In addition, his activities on behalf of various Zionist organizations, including his efforts to gain support for Israel from various Christian clergy and laity are documented.

Series I: Personal, documents the personal life of Milton Steinberg. The series has been divided into three series based on the content of the material. Sub-Series 1: Correspondence with Edith Alpert Steinberg, includes the marital correspondence of Milton Steinberg with his wife Edith from 1926 to 1932. The correspondence in this series documents the difficulties of their marriage and Steinberg’s commitment to fulfilling his duty as a rabbi. Sub-Series 2: Correspondence with Others, includes correspondence with other family members, friends, and mentors. Of particular interest, here is the correspondence between Milton Steinberg and his teachers Mordecai Kaplan and Jacob Kohn. A few papers belonging to Edith Alpert Steinberg can be found in Sub-Series 3: Edith Alpert-Steinberg Papers, including several letters to Edith Steinberg from Lord William Beveridge, A.K. Brohi and James Ernst. A glimpse into the education of Milton Steinberg may be found in Sub-Series 4: Education. Finally the untimely death of Milton Steinberg in 1950 was responded to with several essays by friends and family, most notably Arthur A. Cohen, and Milton Steinberg’s son, Jonathan, who reminisced about his father in a 2003 article. These articles, and many other tributes and memorials to Steinberg can be found in Sub-Series 5: Remembering Milton Steinberg.

Series II: Writings, documents Milton Steinberg’s intellectual product mainly in the form of articles and books of fiction and non-fiction. Sub-Series 1: Articles, contain his articles that appeared in a variety of settings, in either the "Reconstructionist" or elsewhere and cover a diverse range of topics such as, anti-Semitism, Jewish “survivalism,” and the theological outlook of Reinhold Niebuhr. Information regarding the books of Milton Steinberg may be found in Sub-Series 2: Books. This series includes both his fiction and non-fiction works in their various drafts and edits. Items of particular interest include the correspondence about and the full page-proof of Anatomy of Faith, edited posthumously by Arthur A. Cohen, as well as two letters from Lionel Trilling to Arthur A. Cohen (1960). Additionally there are two drafts of an unfinished novel about the prophet Hosea, which was published as A Prophet’s Wife in 2010. For reviews and criticism of Steinberg’s work, Sub-Series 3: Criticism and Reviews, is helpful. Sub-Series 4: Other Writings, contains Steinberg’s Graduate Thesis from City College of New York along with the research material used in its’ production. There are also some papers written by family members that were included in the collection.

The Rabbinical ministry of Milton Steinberg is documented in Series 3. This series has been divided between his responsibilities as a member of the clergy and his teachings from the pulpit and lectern. Sub-Series 1: Administrative Duties, documents his career from Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, Indiana to the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. In addition to the primary care of his congregations, Steinberg was also active in the affairs of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the establishment of the Reconstructionist Foundation and its’ publications. Of particular interest to the researcher is the correspondence from German Rabbi, Erwin Zimet, who was saved by the efforts of the Park Avenue Synagogue at the outbreak of World War II. Sub-Series 2: Sermons and Lectures, includes copies and notes of the various sermons and lectures given by Steinberg throughout his career on such topics as religion in general, holidays, and politics.

Milton Steinberg served his state and country during World War II as a chaplain in the New York State National Guard. This aspect of his life is documented in Series IV: Military Service. The bulk of this collection is comprised of correspondence between Steinberg and various officials and military officers. His efforts to develop a memorial service for fallen service members that Jewish chaplains of all American Jewish movements could conduct before High Holy Days services.

Steinberg was active in the Zionist movement of the mid-twentieth century, especially in regards to fostering sympathy amongst Christian clergy. His efforts are documented in Series V: Zionist Activities.

The papers of Milton Steinberg include numerous books that existed in his library. The books can be found in Series VI.

The collection also contains audio recordings in a variety of formats. The bulk of the audio in Series VII, is a re-dictation of Milton Steinberg’s four philosophical essays titled, “New Currents in Religious Thought,” found in Box 13, Folder 7-10 of Series 3- Sub-Series 2, by Arthur A. Cohen. This was originally recorded on Dictabelt tape, and then transferred to audiocassettes. Additionally there are several phonographs of various testimonies at the time of Steinberg’s death, including Morton Wishengrad’s eulogy made for Jewish Theological Seminary’s radio program “Eternal Light.”

There are numerous photographs to be found in Series VIII, many of which were used by Simon Noveck in his biography Milton Steinberg: Portrait of a Rabbi.

Finally, Series IX: Index of Correspondents consists of note cards that document those whose names appear throughout the collection in various forms of correspondence. This index was created during an earlier processing of the collection.

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Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into nine series according to the content of the material and the relationship these documents have to the life of Milton Steinberg. The material within each series, sub-series, and other divisions is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.

• Series I: Personal
  • Sub-series 1: Correspondence with Edith Alpert-Steinberg
  • Sub-series 2: Correspondence with Others
  • Sub-series 3: Edith Alpert-Steinberg Papers
  • Sub-series 4: Education
  • Sub-series 5: Remembering Milton Steinberg
    • A) Essays
    • B) Obituaries
    • C) Tributes
• Series II: Writings
  • Sub-series 1: Articles and Essays
  • Sub-series 2: Books
  • Sub-series 3: Criticism and Reviews
  • Sub-series 4: Other Writings
• Series III: Rabbinic Career
  • Sub-series 1: Administrative Duties
  • Sub-series 2: Sermons and Lectures
• Series IV: Military Service
• Series V: Zionist Activities
• Series VI: Books
• Series VII: Audio
• Series VIII: Photographs
• Series IX: Index of Correspondents

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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

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

In the holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society, and its partners at the Center for Jewish History, the published works of Milton Steinberg can be found. Additionally, in the holdings of photograph holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society the Milton Steinberg Photograph Collection P-681, can be found.

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Separated Material

This appendix lists a number of books that were found in the Accession File but relocated to the general holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society.

• Bible: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia: 1922)

• Bible: The Old Testament II (Moffatt, James translator) (NY 1925)

• Glatzer, Nahum Norbert. Geschichte der Talmudischen Zeit. (Berlin: 1937)

• Hart, Moss. Lady in the Dark. (New York, 19410.

• Josephus Flavius II. Antiquities of the Jews. (New York: 1825)

• Kaplan, Mordecai M. The Future of the American Jew. (New York: 1948)

• Kaplan, Mordecai M. Judaism in Transition. (New York: 1936)

• Katz, A. Raymond. A New Art for an Old Religion. (New York: 1952).

• Klein, A.M. Poems. (Philadelphia: 1944)

• Mahzor. Service of the Synagogue: Day of Atonement II. (London: 1922)

• Morgenthau, Henry. All in a Life-Time. (Garden City, NY: 1925)

• Noveck, Simon, ed. Contemporary Jewish Thought: A Reader. (Clinton, Mass.: 1966)

• Raban, Z. (Ilus.) The Story of Ruth. (New York: 1930)

• Raskin, Saul (Ilus.) Hagadah for Passover. (New York: 1941)

• Raskin, Saul (Ilus.) Sidur. (New York: 1945)

• Raskin, Saul (Ilus.) Land of Palestine. (New York: 1947)

• Raskin, Saul (Ilus.) Five Megiloth. (New York: 1949)

• Sachar, Abram Leon. Sufferance is the Badge. (New York: 1939)

• Samuel, Maurice. Jews on Approval. (New York: 1932)

• Samuel, Maurice. The Gentleman and the Jew. (New York: 1950)

• Samuel, Maurice. The Devil that Failed. (London: 1953)

• Mahzor Silverman, Rabbi Morris. High Holiday Prayer Book 1939: Special Edition for Park Avenue Synagogue. (Printed 1942)

• Sonneborn, (Rudolf) Siegmund B. The Book of the Baalshem Mishpat. (Balt: 1940)

• Steinberg, Milton. Anatomy of Faith. (New York: 1960)

• Steinberg, Milton. Como Una Hoja al Viento. (Buenos Aires: 1952) (translated Aida Aisenson)

• Steinberg, Milton. The Making of the Modern Jew. (New York: 1955)

• Twain, Mark. Concerning Jews. (New York: 1934)

• Walkowitz, Abraham (Ilus.) Ghetto Motifs. (New York: 1946)

• Warburg, Max M. Aus ‘Meinen Aufzeichnungen. (New York: 1952)

• Wishengrad, Morton. The Eternal Light. (New York: 1947)

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Milton Steinberg (1903-1950) Papers; P-369; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Acquisition Information

This collection is the gift of David J. and Jonathan Steinberg. The gift was made in 1980. This collection was originally processed in 1981 June, and revised in 1982 October, and again 1999 June. In 1980-1981 David j. and Jonathan Steinberg attempted to collect any of Milton Steinberg's papers that remained in the hands of family and friends. As a result of their efforts this collection was created. Where the original document was located elsewhere photocopies were made, this resulted in a collection consisting of roughly 100-150 copies of letters, articles or other documents. The earliest arrangement was done by Jeffrey L. Houben on June 3, 1981. In 2003 April 28 Adina Anflick entered the legacy finding aid as a word document. In 2010 July Michael Montalbano reorganized and rehoused the collection, providing additional information and creating a DACS and EAD finding aid for improved access and description.

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Access Points

• Individuals:

  • Cohen, Arthur Allen, 1928-
  • Cohen, Morris Raphael, 1880-1947
  • DuBois, Rachel Davis
  • Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991
  • Goldin, Judah, 1914-1998
  • Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983
  • Noveck, Simon
  • Rifkind, Simon H. (Simon Hirsch), 1901-1995
  • Steinberg, Jonathan
  • Steinberg, Milton,1903-1950
  • Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975
  • Weill, Milton, 1891-1975

• Organizations:

  • Beth-El Zedeck Congregation (Indianapolis, Ind.)
  • Christian Council of Palestine
  • Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation
  • Jewish Theological Seminary of America
  • Young Men’s Hebrew Association (New York, N.Y.)
  • Zionist Organization of America

• Subjects:

  • Armed forces – Prayerbooks and devotions
  • Chaplains, Military – United States
  • Conservative Judaism
  • Judaism – United States
  • Liturgy and ritual
  • Rabbis – Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
  • Reconstructionist Judaism
  • Refugees, German
  • Sermons
  • Students – Religious Life
  • Theology – Addresses, essays, lectures
  • Zionism – Addresses, essays, lectures
  • Zionism – Christian attitude

• Places:

  • Indianapolis (Ind.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Rochester (N.Y.)

• Document Types:

  • articles
  • audiocassettes
  • black-and-white photographs
  • clippings (information artifacts)
  • correspondence
  • manuscripts for publication
  • memorabilia
  • monographs
  • pamphlets
  • personal correspondence
  • phonograph records
  • scrapbooks
  • sermons
  • transcripts

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Container List

Series I: Personal, undated, 1923-2003.
The series is in English with some Hebrew.
2.0 linear feet (4.0 manuscript boxes and 2 folders). Box 1, Folder 1 to Box 5, Folder 2.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: Series I: Personal, documents the personal life of Milton Steinberg. The series has been divided into three series based on the content of the material. Sub-Series 1: Correspondence, with Edith Alpert Steinberg includes the marital correspondence of Milton Steinberg with his wife Edith from 1926 to 1932. The correspondence in this series documents the difficulties of their marriage and Steinberg’s commitment to fulfilling his duty as a rabbi. Sub-Series 2: Correspondence, with Others includes correspondence with other family members, friends, and mentors. Of particular interest, here is the correspondence between Milton Steinberg and his teachers Mordecai Kaplan and Jacob Kohn. A few papers belonging to Edith Alpert Steinberg can be found in Sub-Series 3: Edith Alpert-Steinberg Papers, including several letters to Edith Steinberg from Lord William Beveridge, A.K. Brohi and James Ernst. A glimpse into the education of Milton Steinberg may be found in Sub-Series 4: Education. Finally the untimely death of Milton Steinberg in 1950 was responded to with several essays by friends and family, most notably Arthur A. Cohen, and Milton Steinberg’s son, Jonathan, who reminisced about his father in a 2003 article. These articles, and many other tributes and memorials to Steinberg can be found in Sub-Series 5: Remembering Milton Steinberg.
Sub-series 1: Correspondence with Edith Alpert Steinberg, 1926-1932.
This series is in English.
1.0 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes and 3 folders). Box 1, Folder 1 to Box 3, Folder 3.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: Sub-Series 1 includes the marital correspondence of Milton Steinberg with his wife Edith from 1926 to 1932.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1926 July - 1928 July
1	2	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1928 December
1	3	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1929 January
1	4	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1929 February
1	5	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1929 March-April
1	6	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1929 May - 1930 November
1	7	Correspondence - to Edith Alpert	1930 December - 1931 January
1	8	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1927
1	9	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1928 February-October
1	10	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1928 October-November
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2	1	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1928 November-December
2	2	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1928 December
2	3	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 January
2	4	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 February-March
2	5	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 March
2	6	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 April
2	7	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 May
2	8	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 May-June
2	9	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1929 September
2	10	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1930 August-September
2	11	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1931 April-October
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	1	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert	1931 December - 1932 January
3	2	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert (1 of 2)	1931 January-February
3	3	Correspondence - from Edith Alpert (2 of 2)	1931 January-February
Sub-series 2: Correspondence with Others, 1928-1950.
This series is in English.
0.5 linear feet (8 folders). Box 3, Folder 4 to Box 3, Folder 11.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: This Sub-Series includes correspondence with other family members, friends, and mentors.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	4	Correspondence - Alpert Family	1928-1932
3	5	Correspondence - to Philip S. Bernstein	1933-1941
3	6	Correspondence - to Rena Alpert Cohen and Harold Cohen	1933-1948
3	7	Correspondence - to Judah I. and Grace Goldin	1935-1941
3	8	Correspondence - to Judah I. and Grace Goldin	1941-1950
3	9	Correspondence - with Mordecai Kaplan and Jacob Kohn	1929-1948
3	10	Correspondence - Miscellaneous	1933-1949
3	11	Correspondence - to Albert and Hannah Salomon	1946-1949
Sub-series 3: Edith Steinberg Papers, undated, 1923-1963.
This series is in English.
0.063 linear feet (4 folders). Box 3, Folder 12 to Box 4, Folder 2.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: A few papers belonging to Edith Alpert Steinberg can be found here.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	12	Autograph Book and Diary	1924-1927
3	13	Bibles - Jewish Publication Society Bible and Moffatt Bible II	1923-1925
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	1	Correspondence with William Beveridge, Allah Bukhsh Karim Bukhsh (A.K.) Brohi, and James Ernst, Abraham Fineberg, Helen M. Fox, and Abram Sachar	1961-1963
4	2	Miscellaneous Papers	undated, 1927
Sub-series 4: Education, undated, 1921-1947.
This series is in English.
0.063 linear feet (4 folders). Box 4, Folder 3 to Box 4, Folder 6.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: A glimpse into the education of Milton Steinberg may be found in this sub-Series.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	3	Correspondence regarding City College of New York Alumni Association	1939-1947
4	4	Memorabilia - Yearbooks and other papers	undated, 1926
4	5	Memorabilia - City College of New York Yearbook	1924
4	6	Records/Notes/Letters from City College of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary, and Columbia	1921-1933
Sub-series 5: Remembering Milton Steinberg, 1938-2003.
This series is in English.
0.313 linear feet (8 folders). Box 4, Folder 7 to Box 5, Folder 2.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: This sub-series documents the various ways in which people paid tribute and memory to Milton Steinberg.
A) Essays, 1965-2003.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	7	Essay regarding Steinberg - Arthur A. Cohen	1965
4	8	Essay regarding Steinberg - Alex J. Goldman and Simon Noveck	1964
4	9	Essay regarding Steinberg - Jonathan Steinberg - Milton Steinberg, American Rabbi: Thoughts on his Centenary	2003
B) Obituaries, 1938-1955.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	10	Obituaries / Memorials	1950-1955
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	11	Testimonials	1938-1948
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	12	Tributes in The Reconstructionist	1950-1951
C) Tributes, 1954-1981.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	1	Dedication of Milton Steinberg House at Park Avenue Synagogue	1954
5	2	Miscellaneous Memorial Materials	1959-1981

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Series II: Writings, undated, 1883-1982.
The series is in English with some Hebrew.
4.7 linear feet (6.0 manuscript boxes and 1 OS1 box). Box 5, Folder 3 to Box 10, Folder 4 and Box 24 (OS1), Folder 1 to Box 24 (OS1), Folder 4.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: Series II: Writings documents Milton Steinberg’s intellectual product mainly in the form of articles and books of fiction and non-fiction. Sub-Series 1: Articles, contain his articles that appeared in a variety of settings, in either the "Reconstructionist" or elsewhere and cover a diverse range of topics such as, anti-Semitism, Jewish “survivalism,” and the theological outlook of Reinhold Niebuhr. Information regarding the books of Milton Steinberg may be found in Sub-Series 2: Books. This series includes both his fiction and non-fiction works in their various drafts and edits. Items of particular interest include the correspondence about and the full page-proof of Anatomy of faith, edited posthumously by Arthur A. Cohen, as well as two letters from Lionel Trilling to Arthur A. Cohen (1960). Additionally there are two drafts of an unfinished novel about the prophet Hosea, which was eventually released as A Prophet’s Wife in 2010. For reviews and criticism of Steinberg’s work, Sub-Series 3: Criticism and Reviews, is helpful. Sub-Series 4: Other Writings, contains Steinberg’s Graduate Thesis from City College of New York along with the research material used in its’ production. There are also some papers written by family members that were included in the collection.
Sub-series 1: Articles, undated, 1933-1954.
This series is in English.
0.5 linear feet (1.0 manuscript boxes). Box 5, Folder 3 to Box 5, Folder 27.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: This sub-series contain, the various articles written by Milton Steinberg.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	3	Anti-Semitism, Yesterday and Tomorrow	1936 June
5	4	Commentary Magazine: Benefit or Detriment to American Judaism? - Article and Response	1949
5	5	The Common Sense of Religious Faith	1947
5	6	The Creed of An American Zionist - and correspondence	1944-1945
5	7	Crisis in Conservative Judaism - Part I: In Law and Observance	undated
5	8	Crisis in Conservative Judaism - Part II: The Crisis in Worship	undated
5	9	Crisis in Conservative Judaism - Part III: The Crisis in Leadership	undated
5	10	A Critique of "The Attributes of God Reinterpreted"	1941 March 7
5	11	First Principles for American Jews	1941 December
5	12	The Function of the Center in Social Change - Fragment	undated
5	13	God and the World's Evil	undated
5	14	Homeland Regarded as Only Hope for Jewish Problem	1945 October 7
5	15	How the Jew did it: The Mystery of His Survival - and correspondence	1933
5	16	Jew and the Universe	1937 February
5	17	Job Answers God: Being the Religious Perplexities of an Obscure Pharisee	1932 April
5	18	Judaism and Hellenism	undated
5	19	The Maccabean Scene Revisited	undated
5	20	The Outlook of Reinhold Niebuhr	1945
5	21	The Place of Palestine in Modern Jewish Life	1937
5	22	A Reinterpretation	1937 April
5	23	The Test of Time	1950 February 24
5	24	The Theological Issues of the Hour	undated
5	25	To Be Or Not To Be A Jew	1941-1944
5	26	To Hold With Open Arms	1954
5	27	Zionism and the New Opposition	1943
Sub-series 2: Books, undated, 1933-1982.
This series is in English.
3.45 linear feet (3.5 manuscript boxes and 1 OS1 box). Box 6, Folder 1 to Box 9, Folder 5 and Box 24 (OS 1), Folder 1 to Box 24 (OS 1), Folder 4.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: Information regarding the books of Milton Steinberg are found here. This series includes both his fiction and non-fiction works in their various drafts and edits.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	1	The Anatomy of Faith: The Theological Writings of Milton Steinberg - Correspondence - Editing	1941-1968
6	2	The Anatomy of Faith: The Theological Writings of Milton Steinberg - Manuscript (1 of 4)	1960
6	3	The Anatomy of Faith: The Theological Writings of Milton Steinberg - Manuscript (2 of 4)	1960
6	4	The Anatomy of Faith: The Theological Writings of Milton Steinberg - Manuscript (3 of 4)	1960
6	5	The Anatomy of Faith: The Theological Writings of Milton Steinberg - Manuscript (4 of 4)	1960
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	1	The Anatomy of Faith: The Theological Writings of Milton Steinberg - Reviews and correspondence with Arthur A. Cohen	1960
7	2	As A Driven Leaf - Correspondence - Editing	1938-1940
7	3	As A Driven Leaf - Correspondence - Reviewed by Albert Salomon	1940-1948
7	4	As A Driven Leaf - Correspondence - Hebrew Translation	1947
7	5	As A Driven Leaf - Correspondence - Negotiations / Sale of Rights to …	1970-1975
7	6	As A Driven Leaf - Notes and Fragments (including notes relevant to Prophet's Wife)	undated
7	7	As A Driven Leaf - Russian Translation	1982
Box	Folder	Title	Date
24 (OS 1)	1	As A Driven Leaf - Scrapbook of Reviews (1 of 4)	1940-1942
24 (OS 1)	2	As A Driven Leaf - Scrapbook of Reviews (2 of 4)	1940-1942
24 (OS 1)	3	As A Driven Leaf - Scrapbook of Reviews (3 of 4)	1940-1942
24 (OS 1)	4	As A Driven Leaf - Scrapbook of Reviews (4 of 4)	1940-1942
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	8	Basic Judaism - Page Proof	1947
7	9	The Making of the Modern Jew - Correspondence	1933-1948
7	10	A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem - Correspondence	1943-1945
7	11	A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem - Correspondence and Reviews	1945-1948
7	12	A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem - Fragment of Draft	1945
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	1	Prophet's Wife - Draft (1 of 10)	undated
8	2	Prophet's Wife - Draft (2 of 10)	undated
8	3	Prophet's Wife - Draft (3 of 10)	undated
8	4	Prophet's Wife - Draft (4 of 10)	undated
8	5	Prophet's Wife - Draft (5 of 10)	undated
8	6	Prophet's Wife - Draft (6 of 10)	undated
8	7	Prophet's Wife - Draft (7 of 10)	undated
8	8	Prophet's Wife - Draft (8 of 10)	undated
8	9	Prophet's Wife - Draft (9 of 10)	undated
8	10	Prophet's Wife - Draft (10 of 10)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	1	Prophet's Wife - Typescript - Prologue, Chapters I-IV and insert A	undated
9	2	Prophet's Wife - Typescript - Chapters V - VIII and insert B includes Part I	undated
9	3	Prophet's Wife - Typescript - Chapters IX - XIV includes Part II	undated
9	4	Prophet's Wife - Typescript - Part III; Chapters I-IV	undated
9	5	Prophet's Wife - Typescript - Part III; Chapters V-VIII	undated
Sub-series 3: Criticism and Reviews, 1934-1951.
This series is in English.
0.06 linear feet (3 folders). Box 9, Folder 6 and Box 9, Folder 8.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: This sub-series contains the various reviews and criticism received by the works of Milton Steinberg.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	6	Clippings - Reviews and Articles on Milton Steinberg's Works	1945-1951
9	7	Correspondence - Harcourt, Brace and Company	1945-1949
9	8	Editorials / Reviews from The Reconstructionist and relevant correspondence	1934-1942
Sub-series 4: Other Writings, undated, 1883-1947.
This series is in English.
0.5 linear feet (1.0 manuscript boxes and two folders). Box 9, Folder 9 and Box 10, Folder 4.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: This sub-series contains other writings found in the collection.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	9	Early Poems, Play and Excommunication Spoof	undated, 1921
9	10	Graduate Study - Masters Thesis - The Relation of Epistemology to Cosmology in the Systems of Bergson and Schopenhauer	1928
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	1	Graduate Study - Sources (1 of 2)	1912-1921
		This Folder Includes: Bergson, Henri Louis. An Introduction to Metaphysics. Translated by T.E. Hulme. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912. Bergson, Henri Louis. Mind-Energy: Lectures and Essays. Translated by H. Wildon Carr. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. Bergson, Henry Louis. Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness. Translated by F.L. Pogson. London: George Allen and Unwin LTD., 1921.
10	2	Graduate Study - Sources (2 of 2)	1883-1899
		This Folder Includes: Krauss, Samuel. Griechische und Lateinische Lehnwörter im Talmud, Midrasch und Targum I. Berlin: S. Cavalry and Company, 1898. Krauss, Samuel. Griechische und Lateinische Lehnwörter im Talmud, Midrasch und Targum II. Berlin: S. Cavalry and Company, 1898-1899. Schopenhauer, Arthur. World as Will and Idea. Translated R.B. Haldane and J. Kemp. London: Trübner and Company, 1883.
10	3	Miscellaneous	1940-1947
10	4	Short stories of the Steinberg Family	undated, 1938

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Series III: Rabbinic Career, undated, 1923-1960.
The series is in English with some Hebrew.
1.75 linear feet (3.5 manuscript boxes). Box 11, Folder 1 and Box 14, Folder 5.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: The Rabbinical ministry of Milton Steinberg is documented in Series 3. This series has been divided between his responsibilities as a member of the clergy and his teachings from the pulpit and lectern. Sub-Series 1: Administrative Duties, documents his career from Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, Indiana to the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. In addition to the primary care of his congregations, Steinberg was also active in the affairs of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the establishment of the Reconstructionist Foundation and its’ publications. Of particular interest to the researcher is the correspondence from German Rabbi, Erwin Zimet, who was saved by the efforts of the Park Avenue Synagogue at the outbreak of World War II. Sub-Series 2: Sermons and Lectures, includes copies and notes of the various sermons and lectures given by Steinberg throughout his career on such topics as religion in general, holidays, and politics.
Sub-series 1: Administrative Duties, undated, 1923-1960.
This series is in English.
1.0 linear feet (2.0 manuscript boxes and four folders). Box 11, Folder 1 and Box 13, Folder 4.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: This sub-series documents the administrative activities of Milton Steinberg throughout the course of his rabbinical career.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	1	Indianapolis Rabbinate (Beth-El Zedek) and Continuing Correspondence	1923-1933, 1949
11	2	Jewish Theological Seminary - Reorganization Campaign - Correspondence	1945-1946
11	3	Jewish Theological Seminary - Fundraising - Correspondence	1938-1944
11	4	Jewish Theological Seminary - Fundraising - Correspondence	1946-1951
11	5	Jewish Theological Seminary - Rabbinical Assembly Minutes and Correspondence	1928-1944
11	6	Park Avenue Synagogue - Adult Education Program - Notes and Outlines	1940-1944
11	7	Park Avenue Synagogue - Brandeis University	1946-1949
11	8	Park Avenue Synagogue - Bulletins	1941-1960
11	9	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - Congregational	1938-1949
11	10	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - General (1 of 3)	1933-1949
11	11	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - General (2 of 3)	1933-1949
11	12	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - General (3 of 3)	1933-1949
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	1	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - Simon H. Rifkind	1946-1950
12	2	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - Servicemen	1939-1949
12	3	Park Avenue Synagogue - Correspondence - Milton Weill	1946-1949
12	4	Park Avenue Synagogue - Cultural Democracy Workshop	1934-1954
12	5	Park Avenue Synagogue - Eulogies	1935-1949
12	6	Park Avenue Synagogue - German Refugees	1938-1949
12	7	Park Avenue Synagogue - German Refugees - Correspondence	1939-1949
12	8	Park Avenue Synagogue - Ketubah of Marian and Bernard Botein	1940 October 13
12	9	Park Avenue Synagogue - Lecture Bureau	1934-1941
12	10	Park Avenue Synagogue - Lecture Bureau	1942-1946
12	11	Park Avenue Synagogue - Religious Life of College Students	1934-1946
12	12	Park Avenue Synagogue - Silverman Machzor (1943) - Correspondence and Occasions	1936-1949
12	13	Park Avenue Synagogue - Use of Reconstructionist Prayerbook for Sabbath	1935-1950
12	14	Park Avenue Synagogue - Young Men's Hebrew Association, Hadassah, and other Jewish Educational Work	1938-1949
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13	1	Radio Program - The Eternal Light - Correspondence and Scripts	1945-1953
13	2	Reconstructionist Foundation - Application for Membership	undated
13	3	Reconstructionist Foundation - Editing and Fundraising	1934-1949
13	4	Reconstructionist Foundation - Pamphlets	undated. 1941-1945
		This Folder Includes: A Plan for Jewish Education: The Educational Implications of Reconstructionism. New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, n.d. Toward a Guide for Jewish Ritual Usage. New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1941. The Meaning of Reconstructionism. New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1942. The Reconstructionist Platform. New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1942. A Challenge to Freedom of Worship. New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945.
Sub-series 2: Sermons and Lectures, undated, 1942-1950.
This series is in English.
0.75 linear feet (fifteen folders). Box 13, Folder 5 and Box 14, Folder 5.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: The sermons and lectures delivered by Milton Steinberg throughout his rabbinical career can be found here.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13	5	Address - Gains Through Religion	1942 November 17
13	6	Address to United Jewish Appeal	1945 February 14
13	7	Lectures - New Currents in Religious Thought - The Revolt Against Reason	1950 January 9
13	8	Lectures - New Currents in Religious Thought - Religious Pragmatism	1950 January 16
13	9	Lectures - New Currents in Religious Thought - Revisions in the Conception of God	1950 January 23
13	10	Lectures - New Currents in Religious Thought - The Reevaluation of Man	1950 January 30
13	11	Sermons - Fragments	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: Chanukah - Athens and Jerusalem Chanukah - The Nature of Resistance List of Writings, Sermons, and Lecture Topics Telling Oneself the Truth
13	12	Sermons - Indianapolis	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: The Childless Generation Mid Channel The Reality of the Unseen Thanksgiving Day Unopened Doors
13	13	Sermons - Faith and Religion	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: Behold the American Jew How a Man Adorns Himself Many Religions and the Truth The Nature of the Religious Crisis Place of Epistemology in Cosmology Power of Faith Private Worlds Religion as World Outlook Science and Religion Toward the Rehabilitation of the Word Faith What is Missing from the Soul of Modern Man
13	14	Sermons - High Holidays (1 of 3)	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: Before We Forget Conduct Amid Chaos The Depth of Evil Doing and Being Expediency or Principle Freedom and Fate Has Anything Come of Jewish Suffering Jewish Suffering The Nature of the Religious Crisis The Only Chance The Politics of Eternity The Politics of Time Sabbath of Sabbaths Self-Examination Some Plain Speaking About Jews The Sword of Peace Tradition and Progress Untitled - Concerning Wisdom The Wavering Heart Why Religion Has Failed Us
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14	1	Sermons - High Holidays (2 of 3)	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: Contrast of Koheleth and Festival God is King: Meditation To Hold With Open Arms Insecurity - Blessing or Curse The Instrument of Salvation The Kingdom of God Latter Day Miracles Passover The Sins of Societies Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah The Simple Man Sukot - A Nature Festival The Sword of Peace
14	2	Sermons - High Holidays (3 of 3)	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: A Pity for the Living Indignation - A Lost Virtue On Being the Victim of Injustice Our Persistent Failures
14	3	Sermons - Jewish Survival, Zionism, weekly Torah portions	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: A Rabbi Embraces Catholicism After Zionism - What Ethical Culture: A Jewish Evaluation Factors in Israels Salvation The Future of the German Jew If Man is God Intermarriage Jewish Laughter The Kaddish The Long Range View Miss Henrietta Szold Our Heritage Palestine and the American Jewish Future The Peril to Jewish Palestine: The Crisis in Zionist Leadership The Price of Ideals Reconstructionism and the Jewish Religion Right to Disbelieve Second Commandment The Survival of the Jew
14	4	Sermons - Political Themes	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: Congress, Communists and Civil Rights Counsel for the Disillusioned The Dilemma of the Liberal - Lessons from the Recent Election The Heart of the Nations Is Peace Possible Israel - And the Arab Refugees The Issue of Dual Loyalties Man's Last Chance New Deal - Old Deal Sequel to the Hanukkah Story Why We Went to War - A Message Addressed to Cynics
14	5	Sermons - Praying and Prayers	undated
		Sermons in this folder include: God-Centered Morality Prayer Prayer for the Government Prayer for Men in the Armed Forces Prayer for War Fatality What Value Has Prayer

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Series IV: Military Service, 1942-1948.
The series is in English with some Hebrew.
0.375 linear feet (9 folders). Box 14, Folder 6 and Box 14, Folder 14.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: Milton Steinberg served his state and country during World War II as a chaplain in the New York State National Guard that aspect of his life is documented here. The bulk of this collection is comprised of correspondence between Steinberg and various officials and military officers. His efforts to develop a memorial service for fallen service members that Jewish chaplains of all American Jewish movements could conduct before High Holy Days services.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14	6	Correspondence - Chaplaincy of the New York State National Guard	1942 January - May
14	7	Correspondence - Chaplaincy of the New York State National Guard	1942 May - October
14	8	Correspondence - Chaplaincy of the New York State National Guard - Discharge	1943-1944
14	9	Correspondence - Concerning Holy Ark and Torah Scroll for Camp Smith	1942 November - 1944 August
14	10	Correspondence - Concerning Memorial Services	1942-1944
14	11	Correspondence - Concerning Memorial Services - Jewish Welfare Board - Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities - Response	1942 February - 1945 May, 1948 September
14	12	Correspondence - Concerning National Jewish Welfare Board's Tour of Army Camps	1942 June - 1943 November
14	13	Correspondence - During Illness and Recovery	1943-1945
14	14	Correspondence - to Edith Steinberg during National Jewish Welfare Board's Tour of Army Camps	1943

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Series V: Zionist Activities, undated, 1939-1949.
The series is in English with some Hebrew.
0.5 linear feet (1.0 manuscript boxes). Box 15, Folder 1 and Box 15, Folder 9.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by primary folder title, with additional folder titles following. In cases where the folder title is not unique, the material is ordered by the chronology of the material within the folder. The material in each folder has been left in the order in which it was found.
Scope and Content: Steinberg activities in the Zionist movement are documented in this series.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	1	Correspondence relevant to Zionist activities	1939-1949
15	2	Editing of New Palestine and Other Jewish Publications	1940-1945
15	3	New York Times anti-Zionist Stance	1945-1946
15	4	Organizing Christian Clergy in support of Zionism	1942 April-June
15	5	Organizing Christian Clergy in support of Zionism	1942 July-December
15	6	Organizing Christian Clergy in support of Zionism	1943 January-November
15	7	Organizing Christian Clergy in support of Zionism - Project of the Emergency Committee of Zionist Affairs	1941-1942
15	8	Pro-Zionist Statements from Clergy - Articles for Non-Jewish Publications	undated, 1942
15	9	Pro-Zionist Articles composed by Steinberg for Non-Jewish Audiences - Correspondence	1940-1943

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Series VI: Books, 1902-1949.
This series is in English.
4.5 linear feet (5.0 manuscript boxes) Box 16 to Box 21.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by author's last name and book title.
Scope and Content: The series contains the numerous books that existed in his library.
Box		Title	Date
16		Books
		This Box Contains: Albright, William Foxwell. From the Stone Age to Christianity: Monotheism and the Historical Process. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1940. Barnett, L.D. Brahma-Knowledge: An Outline of the Philosophy of the Vedanta as set forth by the Upanishads and by Sánkara. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1911. Barth, Karl. The Word of God and the Word of Adam. Translation Douglas Horton. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1935. Barton, George A. Archeology and the Bible. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1920. Beckwith, Clarence Augustine. The Idea of God: Historical, Critical, Constructive. New York: Macmillan Company, 1924. Bevan, Edwyn. Stoics and Sceptics. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. Bowne, Borden P. Theism. New York: American Book Company, 1902. Brunner, Emil. The Divine Imperative: A Study in Christian Ethics. Translated Olive Wyon. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1947.
Box		Title	Date
17		Books
		This Box Contains: Brunner, Emil and Karl Barth. Natural Theology. Translated by P. Frankel. London: The Centenary Press, 1946. Carlyle, Thomas. Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Tenfelsdrockh. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. Dewey, John. A Common Faith. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948. Dewey, John. The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays in Contemporary Thought. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1910. Dewey, John. Reconstruction in Philosophy. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. DeWolf, L. Harold. The Religious Revolt Against Reason. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1949. Ferré, Nels F.S. Faith and Reason. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1946. Fosdick, Harry Emerson. The Meaning of Faith. New York: Association Press, 1925. Frank, Erich. Philosophical Understanding and Religious Truth. London: Oxford University Press, 1945. Heard, Gerald. The Source of Civilization. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1937. Hintz, Howard W. Religion and the Crisis of Democracy: A Quaker View. Philadelphia: Friends General Conference, 1938. Horne, Charles F. The Technique of the Novel: The Elements of the Art, Their Evolution and Present Use. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1908. Hocking, William Ernest. Living Religious and a World Faith. New York: Macmillan Company, 1940.
Box		Title	Date
18		Books
		This Box Contains: Hocking, William Ernest. The Meaning of God in Human Experience: A Philosophic Study of Religion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature. New York: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1923. Kaplan, Mordecai M. The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion. New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House, 1937. Kierkegaard, Sǿren. Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Edited by Walter Lowrie. Translated by David F. Swenson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1944. Kierkegaard, Sǿren (Johannes Climacus). Philosophical Fragments or a Fragment of Philosophy. Translated by David F. Swenson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1946. Krutch, Joseph Wood. The Modern Temper: A Study and a Confession. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1929. Lee, R.S. Freud and Christianity. New York: A.A. Wyn, Incorporated, 1949.
Box		Title	Date
19		Books
		This Box Contains: Niebuhr, H. Richard. The Meaning of Revelation. New York: Macmillan Company, 1946. Niebuhr, Reinhold. Faith and History: A Comparison of Christian and Modern View of History. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949. Otto, Rudolf. The Idea of the Holy: An Inquiry into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and its Relation to the Rational. Translated by J.W. Harrey. London: Oxford University Press, 1923. Peake, Arthur S. A Commentary on the Bible. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1920. Puner, Helen Walker. Freud: His Life and His Mind. New York: Howell, Soskin, Publishers, 1947. Rauschenbusch, Walter. Christianity and the Social Crisis. New York: Macmillan Company, 1912. Robinson, James Harvey. The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1921.
Box		Title	Date
20		Books
		This Box Contains: Santayana, George. The Life of Reason or the Phases of Human Progress. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. Seaver, George. Albert Schweitzer: The Man and His Mind. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1947. Scholem, Gershom G. Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism. Jerusalem: Schocken Publishing House, 1941. Sorokin, Pitirima. The Crisis of Our Age: The Social and Cultural Outlook. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1941. Tawney, R.H. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. Todd, Arthur James. Theories of Social Progress: A Critical Study of the Attempts to Formulate the Conditions of Human Advance. New York: Macmillan Company, 1922.
Box		Title	Date
21		Books
		This Box Contains: Wallis, Louis. God and the Social Process: A Study in Hebrew History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1935. Whitehead, Alfred North. Religion in the Making. New York: Macmillan Company, 1926. Zilboorg, Gregory. Mind, Medicine, and Man. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Notes found in Santayana's Life of Reason (1924) and Dewey's Reconstruction in Philosophy (1920) along with other loose notes.

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Series VII: Audio, undated, 1950-1981.
This series is in English.
0.5 linear feet (1 phonograph storage box). Box 22.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by document title and order of programming.
Scope and Content: The collection contains audio recordings in a variety of formats. The bulk of the audio is a re-dictation of Milton Steinberg’s four philosophical essays titled, “New Currents in Religious Thought,” found in Box 13, Folder 7-10 of Series 3- Sub-Series 2, by Arthur A. Cohen. The dictation was originally recorded on Dictabelt tape, and then transferred to audiocassette. Additionally there are several phonographs of various testimonies at the time of Steinberg’s death, including Morton Wishengrad’s eulogy made for Jewish Theological Seminary’s radio program “Eternal Light.”
Box		Title	Date
22		Dictabelt Recordings #1-14	undated
22		Dictabelt Recordings #15-29	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 1-5 - (Copy 1)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 6-10 - (Copy 1)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 11-15 - (Copy 1)	undated
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 21-25 - (Copy 1)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 26-29 - (Copy 1)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - Continued - (Copy 1)	undated
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 1-5 - (Copy 2)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 6-10 - (Copy 2)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 11-15 - (Copy 2)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 21-25 - (Copy 2)	undated
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - 26-29 - (Copy 2)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Audiocassettes of Dictabelt Recordings - Continued - (Copy 2)	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Correspondence - Eternal Light Records	1981 June 11
22		Phonograph - Biographical Testimony - Park Avenue Synagogue - 1-4	1950 May 7
22		Phonograph - Biographical Testimony - Park Avenue Synagogue - 2-5	1950 May 7
22		Phonograph - Biographical Testimony - Park Avenue Synagogue - 3-6	1950 May 7
22		Phonograph - Eulogy - Morton Wishengrad - 1-3	undated
22		Phonograph - Eulogy - Morton Wishengrad - 2-4	undated
22		Phonograph - Eulogy - Morton Wishengrad - 5-7	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Phonograph - Eulogy - Morton Wishengrad - 6-8	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Phonograph - Eulogy - Morton Wishengrad - 9-11	undated
Box		Title	Date
22		Phonograph - Eulogy - Morton Wishengrad - 10-12	undated

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Series VIII: Photographs, undated, 1885-1960.
This series is in English.
0.42 linear feet (0.5 manuscript box and 1 OS 1 folder). Box 15, Folder 10 to Box 15, Folder 20.
Arrangement: This material is alphabetically organized by folder title and chronology.
Scope and Content: There are numerous photographs to be found in Series VIII, many of which were used by Simon Noveck in his biography Milton Steinberg: Portrait of a Rabbi.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	10	Childhood	undated, 1908-1920
15	11	Edith and Milton Steinberg with Friends	undated
15	12	Edith and Milton Steinberg with sons, Jonathan and David	1929-1960
15	13	Fanny Steinberg (Milton's Mother) Class Portrait	1885
15	14	Group Photo with Steinberg's Grandmother	undated
15	15	Parents, Grandparents and Other Relatives	undated, 1937
15	16	Park Avenue Synagogue	[1943-1946]
15	17	Philip Bernstein and Milton Steinberg; Rabbi Jacob Kohn (Portrait); Morris Raphael Cohen (Portrait)	undated
15	18	Pictures of Steinberg as a young man and during his time in the New York National Guard	undated, 1921- [1940]
15	19	Portraits	undated, 1949-1950
15	20	Country House	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
24 (OS 1)	5	Photographs	undated, 1933

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Series IX: Index of Correspondents, undated.
The series is in English.
0.5 linear feet (1 SB1 box). Box 23.
Arrangement: This material is organized alphabetically.
Scope and Content: Series IX: Index of Correspondents consists of note cards that document those whose names appear throughout the collection in various forms of correspondence. This index was created during an earlier processing of the collection.
Box		Title	Date
23		Index of Correspondents	undated

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