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Abraham A. Neuman Papers
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The following is a brief sketch of the life of Abraham Neuman, and is intended to highlight the salient facts in his professional and public career. The researcher may wish to consult the Selected Bibliography for a listing of some of the published biographical data.
Dr. Abraham Neuman was born in Brezau, Austria, in September 1890, to Max and Rachel Neuman and was a descendant of an old Rabbinic family. He immigrated to the United States in 1898, at the age of eight. He studied at the Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Yeshiva, Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). Recognized by the President of JTS, Solomon Schechter, he was appointed as an instructor at the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a rabbi and received a B.S. from Columbia University in 1912.
In 1913 he joined the faculty of Dropsie College in Philadelphia, where he taught history until 1940. He was appointed associate professor in 1923 and full professor in 1934. Neuman held rabbinical posts at the B'nai Jeshurun congregation from 1919-1927, and the Sephardi congregation Mikveh Israel, the second oldest pulpit in America, from 1927-1940.
Dropsie College President
After Cyrus Adler's death in 1940, Neuman became president of the Dropsie College, which was a post-graduate, non-sectarian and non-professional institution leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He held this post until his retirement in 1966.
Under Neuman's inspiration as second president of Dropsie College, the college expanded its curriculum, appointing new professors and adding new departments. In 1941, departments of Jewish Philosophy and Hebrew Literature were opened. In 1942, the department of History and Semitic Civilization was opened, followed by the department of Assyriology and Egyptology (1944) and Comparative Religion (1945). Neuman recognized the need for a Jewish graduate school of education on American soil. He perceived the deep need for a school of higher education, irrespective of its adherence to either orthodox, conservative or reform Judaism. The school was organized under the direction of Dr. Leo L. Honor in 1946.
The Institute for Israel and the Middle East was established in 1948 and was the first complete unit of Middle East studies at any American university, embracing history, anthropology, economics, religious, social and political institutions in the countries of the Middle East, with parallel courses relating to Israel. The Institute was well-known for training consular and diplomatic personnel. Under Neuman's administration, the enrollment of Jews, Christians and Moslems greatly increased.
From 1940, Dr. Neuman joined forces with Solomon Zeitlin to continue publishing the Jewish Quarterly Review, which had been published for 30 years under the aegis of Dropsie College and, before that, for 20 years in London under the editorship of Claude J. Montefiore and Israel Abrahams. In 1940 this journal almost ceased to exist because of a drop in the number of subscribers coming mainly from Jewish communities in Europe. The Dropsie College correspondence reflects relentless efforts to reach new subscribers.
Dr. Neuman launched the Dropsie College edition of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, of which seven books in six volumes were published.
Professional and Public Career
Neuman produced a number of works of high scholarly merit, chief among them being The Jews in Spain (two volumes, 1942). The work was based primarily on the responsa of Solomon Ibn Adret (RashBa), and it attempted to reconstruct the social life of the Jews in Spain. It served as a model of research in this type of Jewish source material. Also of importance was Cyrus Adler, a biography (1942) evaluating the life of an exemplary public servant during the period when American Jewry was assuming worldwide responsibilities. Neuman contributed to many scholarly periodicals and some of his important monographs on historical and religious themes were published in 1952 by the Board of Governors of the Dropsie College in "Landmarks and Goals."
Neuman served as chairman of the College Committee of Gratz College and Vice President of the Board of Overseers. He played a leading part in the reorganization of this institution in 1928.
Neuman was a member of the Publication Committee of the Jewish Publication Society of America and a recording secretary of the American Jewish Historical Society. He was associated with the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia as a collaborating editor in the Department of History.
Under Neuman's leadership, the United Synagogue of America erected the Palestine Synagogue Center in Jerusalem. In the Presidential election of 1940, he served as a Democratic Presidential Elector for the State of Pennsylvania.
Neuman was active in the development of the Zionist movement in the United States. He was recognized as a leader in cultural activities throughout the country. Neuman was renowned as an orator, and was much sought after as a public speaker.
Abraham Neuman died on November 20, 1970.
Short List of Affiliations:
Editorial Board for Jewish Apocryphal Literature -- Chairman
Jewish Quarterly Review -- Editor
Gratz College, College Committee -- Trustee and Chairman
Jewish Publication Society of America -- Member of the Publication Committee
Jewish Publication Society of America, Committee of Jewish History -– Chairman
American Jewish Historical Society -- Member, Executive Council and Vice-President
American Jewish Tercentenary Committee -- Associate Chairman
Universal Jewish Encyclopedia -- Revising Editor
American Schools of Oriental Research -- Associate Trustee
Rabbinical Assembly -- Member
American Historical Society -- Member
Historical Society of Pennsylvania -- Member
Pennsylvania Constitution Commemoration Committee (150th Anniversary) -- Member
Advisory Committee of the Adult Education Council for Philadelphia -- Member
Better Philadelphia Committee -- Member
National Education Association of the United States -- Member
American Oriental Society -- Member
Commission on Religious Organizations, National Conference of Christians and Jews -- Member
Jewish Historical Society of Israel -- Member
Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences -- Honorary Fellow
American Academy for Jewish Research -- Honorary Member
Jewish Historical Society of England -- Member
Democratic Presidential Elector for the State of Pennsylvania (1940)
''The World History of the Jewish People" (Medieval Period) -- Editor-in-Chief
The collection ranges in date from about 1910 (almost no earlier material was found in the collection) to 1966, with the bulk of the material relating to the 1940s and 1950s. The material is divided into two distinct groups:
Professional work - consisting of notes, diaries, drafts, manuscripts, articles and correspondence on Neuman's work as a scholar in Jewish History.
Dropsie College material - pertaining to the period of Neuman's presidency of Dropsie College.
While the Dropsie College material was filed alphabetically during Neuman's tenure as president of Dropsie College, the professional material was only generally arranged during the years by Neuman himself. Therefore, the processor arranged this material topically. As personal material was scattered in the various files, an effort was made to gather the material into one box of personal material (Box 9). In spite of this, personal material that was filed originally in the Dropsie College alphabetical files was left untouched.
Group and Series Descriptions
1. Professional and Personal Papers (Boxes 1-20)
As was mentioned above, the professional material was accumulated throughout Neuman's career. Therefore, one may find notes and drafts of articles from an early period of his career, as well as from later periods. Usually the notes and drafts are undated. Except for the Cyrus Adler Biography material, most of the material was unorganized. Therefore, the processor made an effort to group the material in a few boxes. Missing from the collection as a whole is pre-Dropsie College period correspondence with family and colleagues of Dr. Neuman. This might have been kept by the family.
Worth mentioning in this series are:
Addresses (Box 1)
Box 1 consists of addresses made by Neuman on various occasions. The first items on the container list are undated addresses; the rest of the addresses are organized chronologically. The bulk of the material consists of addresses made while Neuman was President of Dropsie College.
For additional information, the researcher may refer to addresses and lectures of Neuman according to specific organizations, universities, etc. in the Dropsie College Correspondence.
Drafts of Books and articles (Boxes 3, 11) and Offprints (Box 8)
These boxes contain drafts of books later published, such as The Jews in Spain, and drafts of articles. Box 8 contains offprints of articles written by Neuman, arranged chronologically. Box 11 also contains typescripts of articles sent to the press.
Correspondence with Neuman on his writings (Box 10)
This box contains correspondence on lectures, articles and books published by Neuman during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Books of Chronicles (Boxes 6 and 7)
These books were arranged chronologically, probably by Neuman. They include photographs, newspaper clippings and reprints.
Album of Clippings (Box 20)
Arranged probably by Neuman, this album consists of clippings and photographs mainly concerning Neuman's professional activities.
Cyrus Adler Biography (Box 4)
This box contains mainly correspondence with Harry Schneiderman of the American Jewish Committee on the Cyrus Adler biography (1942).
Typescripts and offprints by other authors (Box 5)
Box 5 consists mainly of offprints of articles by other authors. The container list is alphabetically arranged. Correspondence with these authors and sometimes their manuscripts can also be found in the Dropsie College Alphabetical Correspondence.
Notes (Boxes 12-19)
These boxes of notes consist mainly of catalog cards, handwritten by Neuman, including notes for his writings as well as an alphabetical card catalog of various quotations by other authors (Box 17). The notes are in English and Hebrew.
Personal Box (Box 9)
This box consists of scattered material, arranged chronologically: curriculum vitae, correspondence with and by family members, sketches of Neuman, honorary degrees, etc.
2. Dropsie College Correspondence (Boxes 21-91)
Correspondence constitutes the lion's share of the Neuman Papers. This group is arranged alphabetically and includes personal names, corporate names, and subjects. All files are organized in a strict alphabetical order (Ma before Mc-) and each new letter of the alphabet starts with one or more files of "miscellaneous" correspondence. The "miscellaneous" files consist of correspondence with various persons or organizations too slight in extent for each to be given a separate folder. However, an attempt was made to keep the original filing of material, done by assistants and secretaries of Neuman, even if folders are slight. The rare presence of photographs is indicated in the container list.
The container list consists of a description of boxes which are arranged alphabetically. Files of special interest are specifically mentioned in a note on the "scope and contents" of a box. This includes files which contain correspondence - either short or extensive - with well-known figures (scholars, politicians, rabbis, etc.), organizations (for example, the American Jewish Committee, Hadassah, etc.) or institutions (for example, The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Hebrew University). The correspondence reflects not only professional contacts but sometimes Neuman's personal ties. For example, in the Louis Levinthal correspondence, some of the letters belong to the days of Cyrus Adler's presidency of Dropsie College. Another example is correspondence with the Graduate School for Jewish Social Work, which begins with correspondence with Cyrus Adler and continues with correspondence with Abraham Neuman.
Topical Files
Most of the correspondence files relate to individuals, while others concern organizations, activities or topics. Files pertaining to specific topics usually consist of material sent or received through the mail. There are virtually no "vertical files," or collections of what might be called general information about any subject, although many files do include such ephemera as brochures and newspaper clippings. Dr. Neuman or his assistants did not cross-file carbon copies between individual correspondents and subjects. For example, while there is a file of letters exchanged with Moshe Davis, it does not contain every single letter Neuman exchanged with him. Many other letters both to and from Mr. Davis appear in other files. A researcher seeking information on M. Davis should consult files of the Hebrew University, etc.
Individual Files
Files of individual persons contain both the letters received from that individual (and/or his family) and any drafts or carbon copies made of Neuman's letters to that individual. In addition, many files also contain correspondence to and from others about that individual. For example, files relating to faculty members may contain letters of recommendation submitted on their behalf. A few individual boxes or series are worthwhile mentioning:
Cyrus Adler Correspondence
Box 21 contains mostly correspondence between Neuman and Adler, death notices upon Adler's death and correspondence with Mrs. Adler. This box is important in the Neuman collection because it documents Neuman's history at the College and his relationship with Cyrus Adler. Further correspondence between Adler and Neuman can be found in a few files, such as Fundraising in New York (Box 48).
The American Jewish Committee
Correspondence and ephemera of the American Jewish Committee can be found in boxes 24 and 25. For correspondence with specific members of the Committee, see individual files.
Dropsie College Series
Boxes 37, 38 and 39 contain material relating to Dropsie College administrative and financial matters. History examinations of Dropsie College can also be found in this series.
Fundraising Activity
Boxes 46, 47, 48 and 49 contain material on fundraising activity during the 1950s and 1960s. This material was originally arranged according to names of cities and not according to names of states. The original organization was maintained.
The Jewish Quarterly Review
Box 59 contains correspondence regarding the Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR). As a matter of fact, a large portion of the Dropsie College correspondence consists of correspondence with subscribers of the journal, with potential donors and with scholars wishing to publish in the journal. Drafts of articles, correspondence on content and the structure of articles, as well as rejection letters, are numerous.
The Jewish Theological Seminary
Boxes 60 and 61 contain correspondence and ephemera of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). Elsewhere in the container list, one may find additional information (for instance, correspondence with faculty of the JTS, JTS publications, cooperation on certain topics between the JTS and Dropsie College, etc.).
The Middle East Institute
Boxes 68, 69, 70 and 71 contain correspondence of and about the Middle East Institute.
Neuman as Dropsie College President
Box 79 consists of material relating to Neuman as president of the Dropsie College. Numerous notes of congratulations, sent to Neuman upon his election to the post in 1940, as well as administrative matters concerning Neuman, can be found in this series.
Certificates, Honorary Degrees
Files 92-97 consist of certificates and honorary degrees conferred upon Neuman. They are all oversized and have been transferred to the oversized documents storage.
Before the present work (1997) of processing and description began, at least two previous attempts were made to process the collection. The first attempts focused on the physical features of the collection: placing the material into acid-free files, replacing old clips with plastic clips, etc. Apparently, the files that were taken care of were randomly selected, and only a small part was processed. Most of the material was later processed alphabetically (roughly 50 boxes of a total of 91) and placed in containers. The phrase "DC 2 A" was added as a notation on each file folder in the Dropsie College Correspondence series. It seems that this procedure was in accordance with the original filing, either by Neuman or by the registrar, Sarai Zausmer (she signed many of the letters). Evidence to this is pencil notations on many of the documents, for example, "File: Levy", or circles around last names. Such notations might have been added when the files were not self-evident from such information as the signator, letterhead, or addressee. Many of these originally bear the notation "DC" indicating that this material was processed by the administration of Dropsie College. The processor continued processing this collection in this manner.
While the Dropsie College correspondence was mostly prearranged, the processor took the liberty of determining whether to place the material alphabetically or chronologically in the Personal and Professional Papers. The processor also split up files to maintain a standard size for each file. When this was done, it was a chronological division.
The researcher is advised to consult the Cyrus Adler Papers, since for the first period of Neuman's presidency at Dropsie College, Neuman added his correspondence to existing files.
Oversize Materials
Certain materials have been removed from their original context within the collection due to their size and format. Certificates, honorary degrees and awards were placed in files and transferred to the Oversized Items collection at the Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies (seven items, files 92-97, see container list).
Rare Items
Two rare items were removed to the Rare Book Collection at the Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies:
--A Hebrew calendar from 1856
--A Sura from the Koran (undated)
Abraham Katsh papers
A few files including correspondence with Abraham Katsh, bearing later dates than the Neuman Papers, have been transferred from the Dropsie College Papers in the A. Neuman files to the Abraham Katsh Papers in the Dropsie College Collection:
--A file regarding the Harris Estate (1968-1969)
--Three files of pamphlets, documents and correspondence with the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1968-1969).
Insurance Matters (the 1980's)
Two files containing information and correspondence on insurance matters dating from 1980-1983 were transferred to the building management of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.
Books Pamphlets
The following publications have been transferred to the Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies:
--International Antiquariaat: Fine and Good Books from the XVth - XXth Cent., including some manuscripts, catalogue no. 49
--Judaica - Hebraica, manuscripts - incunabula Hebrew books printed on vellum; Jewish and Hebrew Books 1500-1943; Catalogue no. 95
People
- Adler, Cyrus
- Satinsky, Sol
- Zeitlin, Solomon
- Wolf, Edwin
- Zolli, Eugenio
- Ben-Gurion, David
- Billikopf, Jacob
- Bullitt, William Christian
- Cohen, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Joseph)
- Bunche, Ralph J. (Johnson)
- Diefenbaker, John G.
- Felix, Frankfurter
- Fineshriber, William H. (William Howard)
- Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
- Levinthal, Louis E. (Louis Edward)
- Lewis, Bernard
- Magnes, Judah Leon
- Orlinsky, Harry Meyer
- Passow, Isidore David
- Segal, Bernard G. (Bernard Gerard)
- Grayzel, Solomon
- Agron, Gershon
Organization
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania: Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Finding Aid Author
- Anat Banin.
- Finding Aid Date
- 1997 September 25
- Access Restrictions
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Box 87, File Folder 8 contains personal information about Dropsie College employees and therefore access is restricted.
Collection Inventory
Address at the Dedicatory Exercises of the Samuel Gustine Thompson Annex of the Jefferson Hospital
One of a "Series of Five Broadcast Talks," Station WEVD, under the Auspices of the Dropsie College. Also includes addresses by Robert Szold, the Honorable Arthur Lourie, Rabbi Louis I. Newman and the Honorable Edwin Samuel.
For additional biographical data on Dr. Adler, see also Box 22
The file includes a copy of the periodical Asia and the Americas from April 1946 which contains an article by Touvia Ashkenazi
The file contains an invitation to the installation of Neuman as Rabbi and Isaac Edrehi as Hazan, newspaper articles and a pamphlet of the service on September 27, 1927
Reviews of The Jews in Spain
See also: Addresses (Box 1) and the Dropsie College Collection (Abraham Neuman files)
For additional information on Neuman's appointment as instructor at Dropsie College, see Box 21 (correspondence with Cyrus Adler).
For additional information on Neuman's public and professional career, see Books of Chronicles, Boxes 6 and 7.
For additional information regarding Neuman as President of Dropsie College, congratulation letters and correspondence concerning his retirement, see Boxes 78 and 79.
Correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent
**Class notes, in Hebrew and English, on 3" x 5" catalog cards
**Notes for Neuman's books, on 3" x 5" catalog cards
**Twenty-six bound diaries covering 1944-1969
**3" x 5" index cards with notes
Mostly correspondence between Abraham Neuman and Cyrus Adler, death notices on Adler, and correspondence with Mrs. Adler
For material concerning Neuman's biography of Cyrus Adler, see Box 4
Contains a copy of a letter from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Cyrus Adler (dated December 1939) and a return telegram to the President from Dr. Adler.
Box contains one file of correspondence with Gershon Agron (1951-1959) and one with Irving A. Agus (1940-1965)
File contains correspondence with the American Council for Emigres in the Professions (1943-1956), two files of correspondence with the American Friends of the Hebrew University (1942-1966) and three files of correspondence with the American Association for Jewish Education (1944-1966)
Box contains correspondence with the American Jewish Committee (1940-1966)
Box contains files of the American Jewish Committee regarding the Conference on Jewish Adjustment in America (1945-1946), two files of correspondence with the American Jewish Congress (1948-1966), and seven files of correspondence with the American Jewish Historical Society (1941-1952). The American Jewish Historical Society files are arranged chronologically in Boxes 25 and 26.
Box includes mostly American Jewish Historical Society files containing correspondence with Isidore Meyer (1953-1966)
Box contains:
**six files of correspondence with American Schools for Oriental Research, Baghdad and Jerusalem, chronologically arranged, including Archaeological newsletter (1940-1966)
**correspondence with Walter Annenberg (1947-1965)
Box contains short correspondence with David Ben Gurion (1948-1951), Fritz (Isaac) Baer (1945-1947), correspondence concerning an Honorary Degree to Y. Ben Zvi (1958) and correspondence with Isaac B. Berkson, including offprints (1945-1963)
Box contains correspondence with Simon Bernstein and nine files of correspondence with Jacob Billikopf (1928-1951)
Box contains correspondence and a photograph with Arthur Bloch (1943-1954), with Solomon Bluhm (1937-1956) and a few files of correspondence with B'nai Brith (1943-1965) and B'nai Brith-Hillel Foundation (1941-1965)
File contains a photograph of three men with the Athletic Club of Philadelphia charter
File contains three black and white photographs of Solomon Bluhm
File contains an article "Standards to be Observed in School Construction"
File consists of the program for The Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia, Sixth Annual Convocation and Installation of Officers (1965)
File contains 2 copies of an article by Brachman in the "Texas Jewish Post" on Thursday March 17, 1949.
Box contains short correspondence with William Bullitt (1943) and with Ralph Bunche's secretary regarding conferring an Honorary Degree upon Ralph Bunche (1955-1966)
File contains a reprint of an article published in Newsweek on 1961 June 26 about Abraham Carmel, an Orthodox Jew who had been a Roman Catholic priest
File also contains some correspondence between Cyrus Adler and Professor Cassuto and between Adler and Dr. Julius Grodinsky
Box contains correspondence with Israel Chipkin of the Jewish Education Committee and the Israel Chipkin School (1941-1945), Wendell Cleland (1949-1950), Rabbi Mortimer Cohen (1940-1964) and Samuel M. Chen (1942-1948)
File contains a booklet published in commemoration of the 250 Anniversary Year of Christ Church in 1945
File contains a photograph of Dr. Cleland
Box contains correspondence with Oscar Janowsky (Commission for the Study of Jewish Education in the United States, 1953-1957), correspondence with the Committee for Post War Rehabilitation of Jewish Scholarship (1943), four files of correspondence with the Conference of Jewish Material Claims against Germany (1953-1964), short correspondence with the Committee on Refugee Ministers (1940), and minutes of the Committee of the Study of Arab-Jewish Relations (1943)
Box contains two files on the Conference on Post War Rehabilitation of Jewish Centers (1942-1945), correspondence with Alan Corre, and five files of correspondence with the Council of Jewish Federations (1947-1966)
Box contains correspondence with David Daube (1943-1966), Moshe Davis (1942-1963), two files of correspondence with Joseph Diamond (1941-1964), short correspondence with Ben Zion Dinur (1954-1964), and an address by Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker and Dr. Max Nussbaum
File contains Subscription Agreements and prices for Group and Individual Plans in 1959
File contains materials related to the Middle East Institute, including a First Pennsylvania Bank checkbook
Also see specific boxes, under Middle East Institute, 1952-1959
File contains a variety of materials related to World War II era defense, including proclamations and recommendations issued by the State of Pennsylvania, the City of Philadelphia and Federal agencies to ensure the safety of the students and citizens of the city. In addition, there is a telegram from Secretary Morgenthau requesting that Dropsie initiate a program to sell Defense Savings Stamps on the campus.
Brochures and receipts for the following products and services include:
a Coca Cola machine, a Kwik Kafe hot chocolate and coffee machine,
office supplies, including a photocopy machine c. 1959, a dictating machine, a mimeograph, and an Addressograph, a movie projector, typewriters and sound equipment
and oil companies (Sinclair Oils).
Among the Jewish Philadelphia companies were Pomerantz & Company and Raymond Rosen & Company
Contains note on the microfilming of Leeser letters held by Dropsie College.
See also Boxes 4 and 21
File contains a copy of an Israel Savings bond, passbooks for PSFS Savings Bank and the Philadelphia Company, financial information on Irvin Borowsky, and property sales on behalf of Dropsie College
Box contains correspondence with Alexander Dushkin (1945-1946) and Ismar Elbogen (1940-1946)
Box contains two files of correspondence with Louis N. Epstein (1929-1959)
Box contains correspondence with Samuel I. Feigin on Neuman's biography of Cyrus Adler (1938-1947) and seven files of correspondence with Samuel B. Finkel, executive vice-president of Dropsie College (1950-1962)
Box contains correspondence with Louis Finkelstein (1940-1965), Henry Ford, and Abraham Fraenkel (1946-1960)
Box contains short correspondence with Felix Frankfurter (1950-1958)
Original arrangement, according to names of cities in the United States, was kept
Original arrangement, according to names of cities in the United States, was kept
Box contains correspondence with Rabbi Max Nussbaum on fundraising (Hollywood, California, 1959-1962)
Original arrangement, according to names of cities in the United States, was kept
Box contains early correspondence on fundraising (1928-1932).
Note: Dropsie College is referred to as the Philadelphia Branch of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Some of the correspondence is with Cyrus Adler. Neuman's letters are on Mikveh Israel stationery
Original arrangement, according to names of cities in the United States, was kept
Box contains correspondence with Louis Ginsberg and his wife and includes a photograph of him, correspondence with Henry S. Gehman (1940-1945) and with Leo Gitelson on the Nehemiah Gitelson Library of Rabbinics (1947-1952)
Box contains two files of correspondence with Nahum Goldman (1953-1966) and includes a photograph and correspondence with Israel Goldstein (1940-1966)
Box contains four files of material relating to Gratz College, including curriculum and minutes (1943-1967), correspondence with Hayim Greenberg (1952) and one file of correspondence with Solomon Grayzel (1940-1966)
Box contains correspondence with Hadassah (1949-1957) and with Hebrew University (1945-1965)
File contains a set of translated letters donated to Dropsie College by Joseph Hagedorn related to his family from 1857-1876
Box contains:
**three files of correspondence with and on Moshe Held, mainly on immigration matters. There is also correspondence about immigration issues with B.Z. Netanyahu
**three files of correspondence with Hebrew Union College (1940-1966)
**short correspondence with Uriel Heyd (1948-1954)
**two files of correspondence with HIAS (Visa matters of B.Z. Netanyahu, 1943-1959)
Box contains correspondence with Leo L. Honor (1956-1966)
Box contains short correspondence with Israeli Embassy (1959-1960) and correspondence with Oscar I. Janowsky (1940-1965)
Box contains correspondence with the Jewish Agency (1950-1965) and about a Jewish Army (1942)
Box contains unpublished articles submitted to The Jewish Quarterly Review, two files of correspondence and reports of the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc. (1949-1951), and two files of correspondence with the Jewish Statistical Bureau (1943-1948)
Box contains mostly files of correspondence and memoranda of the Jewish Theological Seminary (1923-1965). It also contains correspondence of the Jewish Theological Seminary's American Jewish History Center with Sol Satinsky, Moshe Davis and Gladys Rosen (1959-1964)
Box contains correspondence with Edward J. Jurgi (1943-1959), Baruch Kanael (1954-1961) and with and about Mordecai Kaplan (1942-1961)
Box contains a 1935 essay by Walter M. Kraus about the St. Charles, the ship that brought the first group of Jewish settlers to America in 1651
File includes an essay by Walter M. Kraus (dated 1935) on the St. Charles, the ship that brought the first group of Jewish settlers to America in 1651.
Box contains correspondence with Herbert S. Lehman (1946-1963) and two files of correspondence with Judge Louis E. Levinthal, including copies of correspondence between Levinthal and Joseph Proskauer (1940-1966)
Box contains correspondence with, and a photograph of, Bernard Lewis (1951-1954), with the Library of Congress 1940-1965), and correspondence with, and articles by, Ilse Lichtenstadter (1955)
Box contains correspondence with Judah Magnes (1942-1948), with Professor Alexander Marx (1946-1953) and correspondence related to the Margolis Volume and Collection (1950-1951). In addition, there is correspondence with Julius Mark (1949-1958) from Benjamin Parker about Jacob Friend, who helped obtain visas for Jews during World War II, through contacts with a Japanese admiral
Box contains material on the Middle East Studies Conference held at the Dropsie College and organized by the Middle East Institute of the Dropsie College. There is also correspondence with Isidore Meyer.
Box includes files concerning recruiting, fellowships, faculty minutes, courses, and examinations (1949-1963)
File includes a schedule for the Near Eastern Culture and Society Conference held at Princeton University in 1947
Box contains files concerning lectures, symposiums, papers submitted, invitations and responses