Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds oral history collection
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes interviews with 26 individuals actively involved in the development of the Jewish Federation movement. They are William Avrunin, Lavy Becker, Phillip Bernstein, Toby E. Citrin, Rosalie Cohen, Arnald & Madelein Epstein, Jacob (Jack) Fisher, Max Martin Fisher, Louis J. Fox, Sam Goldsmith, Maurice Hexter, Robert Hiller, Jack Kravitz, Robert Morris, Stanley Myers, James P. Rice, Esther Leah Ritz, Dan Rosenberg, William Rosenwald, Florence Hutner Rosichan, Fannie Schaenen, Samuel J. Silberman, Sanford Solender, Lewis H. Weinstein, George Wolfe, and Henry L. Zucker.
Dates
- 1985-1989
Creator
- Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds (Organization)
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
Extent
6 Manuscript Boxes
3.0 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes interviews with 26 individuals actively involved in the development of the Jewish Federation movement. They are William Avrunin, Lavy Becker, Phillip Bernstein, Toby E. Citrin, Rosalie Cohen, Arnald & Madelein Epstein, Jacob (Jack) Fisher, Max Martin Fisher, Louis J. Fox, Sam Goldsmith, Maurice Hexter, Robert Hiller, Jack Kravitz, Robert Morris, Stanley Myers, James P. Rice, Esther Leah Ritz, Dan Rosenberg, William Rosenwald, Florence Hutner Rosichan, Fannie Schaenen, Samuel J. Silberman, Sanford Solender, Lewis H. Weinstein, George Wolfe, and Henry L. Zucker.
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Acquisition Note
Gift of Council of Jewish Federations 1991
- Avrunin, William
- Becker, Lavy M., 1905-
- Bernstein, Phillip
- Citrin, Toby E
- Cohen, Rosalie
- Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
- Epstein, Arnald
- Epstein, Madelein
- Fisher, Jacob
- Fisher, Max M.
- Fox, Louis J., 1911-1995
- Goldsmith, Sam
- Hexter, Maurice Beck, 1891-1990
- Hiller, Robert I., 1921-
- Kravitz, Jack
- Morris, Robert, 1910-2005
- Myers, Stanley
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Rice, James P., 1913-1997
- Ritz, Esther Leah (1918-05-16-2003-12-26)
- Rosenberg, Dan
- Rosenwald, William, 1903-
- Rosichan, Florence Hutner
- Schaenen, Fannie
- Silberman, Samuel J
- Solender, Sanford, 1914-
- Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-
- Wolfe, George
- Zucker, Henry L., 1910-
- Title
- Guide to the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds oral history collection, 1985-1989 I-59
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by marc2ead_ajhs.xsl
- Date
- © 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2016-08-03: PDF box list converted to dsc. Finding aid encoding revised. Sarah Glover
- January 2021: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
