Guide to the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee collection, undated, 1914-1988
*I-345
Reprocessed by Marvin Rusinek
American Jewish Historical Society
Center for Jewish History
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Machine-readable finding aid created by Marvin Rusinek as MS Word document, August 13, 2009. Finding aid was encoded by Marvin Rusinek on August 14, 2009. Finding aid written in English.
March 30, 2017: Added Box 1 Folder 10A to collection. Updated collections dates for title, abstract, series. Tanya Elder.
Descriptive Summary | |
Creator: | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee |
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Title: | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, collection |
Dates: | undated, 1914-1988 |
Abstract: | This collection is comprised of annual reports, budget reports, cables, calendars of events, catalogs, correspondence, minutes, memorandum, lists of Board of Director members, photographs of speakers, and a chart of the organization’s Geneva Headquarters. The documents in this collection describe the many and varied activities of the committee such as fundraising, relief distribution, general information concerning Russian farm colonies and immigration. Also included are cables of congratulation on JDC’s 33rd anniversary. The collection also includes a bound volume of the financial, statistical and general data relating to the committee's activities since its inception which is located at the end of the Miscellaneous Collections. |
Languages: | The collection is in English. |
Quantity: | 2.2 linear feet (1 manuscript box, 1 oversized box) |
Identification: | I-345 |
Repository: | American Jewish Historical Society |
Historical Note
The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relieve suffering during the war, it developed more fully and complexly in the period of postwar reconstruction. In 1931 the organization changed its name to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, becoming a much-needed and permanent agency. Throughout the 1930s the organization became the relief center for Jews fleeing Nazi oppression, and in the late 1940s it conducted efforts to get oppressed Jews to Israel. In addition to its concern for, and activities in Israel, the JDC developed projects for oppressed and needy Jews throughout the world.
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This collection is comprised of annual reports, budget reports, cables, calendars of events, catalogs, correspondence, minutes, memorandum, lists of Board of Director members, photographs of speakers, and a chart of the organization’s Geneva Headquarters. The documents in this collection describe the many and varied activities of the committee such as fundraising, relief distribution, general information concerning Russian farm colonies and immigration. Also included are cables of congratulation on JDC’s 33rd anniversary. The collection also includes a bound volume of the financial, statistical and general data relating to the committee's activities since its inception which is located at the end of the Miscellaneous Collections.
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The collection is organized into a single series.
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Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Collections and Engagement 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 Director of
Library and Archives 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:
reference@ajhs.org
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known);
American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, collection;
I-345; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY.
Acquisition Note
Unknown.
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NoteOld call#: MS-NAT.A45
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Container List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Collection, undated, 1914-1988 | ||||
English. | ||||
Boxes 1 and 2. | ||||
Scope and Content: | ||||
Box | Folder | Title | Date | Request |
1 | 1 | Correspondence/photographs (speakers) | undated, 1922, 1933, 1935-1936, 1938, 1941, 1945, 1955-1956, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1985 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | Annual Meeting/Program | 1950 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | Annual Meeting/Workbook (contains photograph) | 1967 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | Annual Report | 1988 | ![]() |
1 | 5 | Board of Directors/Table of Organization | 1974-1976 | ![]() |
1 | 6 | Budget Information | 1942-1984 (incomplete) | ![]() |
1 | 7 | Cables--Incoming: Concerning Russian Jewish Farming/Agrojoint Colonies (fragile) | 1926 | ![]() |
(contains restricted material) | ||||
1 | 8 | Cables--Incoming: General and Congratulatory, 33rd Anniversary | 1947-1948 | ![]() |
1 | 9 | Cables--Outgoing | 1947-1948 | ![]() |
1 | 10 | Calendar of Events | 1984-1985 | ![]() |
1 | 10A | Compassion in Action: A Continuing Task. A Study of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | 1976 | ![]() |
1 | 11 | Information on JDC from Other Organizations | 1929, 1946, 1964, 1968 | ![]() |
1 | 12 | Minutes/Various Committee Meetings | 1942, 1955 | ![]() |
1 | 13 | Catalogue of the Archives | 1914-1918 | ![]() |
1 | 14 | Catalogue of the Archives | 1919-1921 | ![]() |
Box | Folder | Title | Date | Request |
2 (OS1) | Financial, Statistical, and General Data Relating to Its Activities since Inception (bound) | October 1935 | ![]() |