Jewish Public Relations Council (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Records
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of one folder of telegrams to President Franklin D. Roosevelt citing American Association of University Women Pittsburgh branch and other Pittsburgh-based support for the “Free Ports” plan for European refugees; correspondence from Lillian A. Friedberg, Executive Director of the Jewish Public Relations Council in Pittsburgh, to Isaiah Minkoff; and a “Resolution on Nazi Brutality” prepared by the Jewish Public Relations Council for the May 27-28, 1944 All-Slav Convention in Pittsburgh. All material dates between May and June of 1944.
Dates
- Creation: 1944
Creator
- Jewish Community Relations Council (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
Use Restrictions
No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.
For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org
Historical Note
In 1944, the Jewish Public Relations Council of Pittsburgh, later known as the Jewish Community Relations Council of Pittsburgh, locally represented the: American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, B’nai B’rith, and Jewish Labor Committee. Lillian Friedberg was Executive Director of the Council from 1943 to 1965.
Extent
1 Folders
Abstract
This collection is comprised of one folder of telegrams, correspondence, and a resolution, disseminated by the Jewish Public Relations Council in Pittsburgh, PA in response to the “Free Ports” plan, May-June 1944.
Physical Location
Collection is located in Consolidated Box I-2.
Subject
- Jewish Community Relations Council (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Jewish Public Relations Council (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Records, 1944 I-176
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Rachel Miller
- Date
- © 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Described and encoded as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany
Revision Statements
- April 2021: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
