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Nochem S. Winnet Papers
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Nochem S. Winnet was born August 6, 1898, in Augustowo, Poland, as Nochem Winitsky. He immigrated to the United States in 1905. He attended school in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and received a bachelor's degree in 1920 and law degree in 1923 from Harvard. He practiced law in Philadelphia until 1940 when Governor Arthur H. James appointed him to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. Winnet was a founding member of the Crime Prevention Association of Philadelphia and served as its president from 1940 to 1960. He chaired the Fair Rent Committee of the Philadelphia Council of Defense from 1941 to 1942, was president of the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia from 1962 to 1965 and the Samuel S. Fels Fund from 1963 to 1990. Nochem S. Winnet died March 14, 1990.
The Nochem S. Winnet Papers consist of approximately 500 speeches Winnet gave during his career and reflect organizations he was associated with, including the Crime Prevention Association of Philadelphia, the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, and institutions funded by the Samuel S. Fels Fund. Speech topics include crime prevention, juvenile delinquency and the juvenile court system, child welfare, Jewish life and culture, housing and rent control, the Philadelphia legal community, and police work. Later speeches include eulogies, building dedications, tributes, and honorary award presentations. A few speeches are authored by associates of Winnet. A small number of articles authored by Winnet and press releases are interfiled among the speeches. Also included in the collection is an unpublished typescript on juvenile delinquency titled "Children in Trouble;" correspondence regarding Winnet's autobiography Vignettes of a Lucky Life; newspaper clippings; photographs, and a file on Winnet's estate.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Donated by Nochem S. Winnet, December 17, 1987 and Hebert M. Linsenberg, executor of Winnet estate, July 1993. A portion of this collection previously administered by the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, acquired by Temple in June 2009.
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standard in April 2015. Finding aid updated in October 2019 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist to list additional materials not previously included, revise folder titles for clarity, and adjust box and folder numbers.
Subject
- Child welfare
- Crime prevention
- Jews -- Social life and customs
- Juvenile courts -- Pennsylvania
- Juvenile delinquency
- Law enforcement -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Rent control
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- April 2024
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Collection is open for research.
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