Call Number:

SCRC 38

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

336.47 linear feet (577 boxes)

Language:

English, Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and French

Date:

1877-2020 (inclusive) and 1888-1993 (bulk)

Creator:

Jewish Publication Society

Form:

Administrative records, Audiocassettes, Books, Booksellers' catalogs, Clippings, Correspondence, Drawings, Financial records, Manuscripts, Membership lists, Minutes (administrative records), Negatives, Newsletters, Photographs, Poems, Press releases, Proofs, Publications (documents), Reports, Scrapbooks, Sound recordings, and Web sites

Abstract:

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The Jewish Publication Society Records document the activities of this nonprofit publisher dating to its founding in 1888. The collection includes board and committee minutes, administrative correspondence, reports, financial records, member correspondence, publication files, manuscripts, book reviews, galley proofs, illustrations, photographs, newspaper clippings, awards, audio cassettes and preserved versions of the Jewish Publication Society's website. The administrative and financial records provide documentation of the business and financial activities as well as policy changes that affected the society's operations. The publishing records provide insight into the editorial functions, the publication decision-making process, and the development of manuscripts. The collection also includes author submitted manuscripts for works published from the 1940s through the 1990s and translation manuscripts and production material for the society's two Hebrew Bible English translation projects completed in 1917 and 1985. Documents in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and French can be found throughout the collection.