National Organizing Committee for the Maimonides Octocentennial Records
Scope and Content Note
Contains the minutes, resolutions, correspondence, news releases, and press clippings of the National Committee for the Maimonides Octocentennial. Items related to the Committee's activities in planning and promoting the octocentennial of the birth of Moses Maimonides throughout the United States, in synagogues, local institutions, universities, and the main event held in New York (April 14, 1935). Among the participants were Albert Einstein, Louis Finkelstein, Henry Solomon Hendricks, Leo Jung, Henry Pereira Mendes, Abba Hillel Silver, Solomon Marcus Stroock, James Joseph Walsh, and Harry Austryn Wolfson. Includes also roster of available speakers and participating organizations, as well as material (poems, plays, pamphlets, books, and articles) on the life and works of Moses Maimonides.
Dates
- undated, 1934-1935
Creator
Language of Materials
The collection is in English, German, Hebrew, and Spanish.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes)
Abstract
Contains the minutes, resolutions, correspondence, news releases, and press clippings of the National Committee for the Maimonides Octocentennial. Items related to the Committee's activities in planning and promoting the octocentennial of the birth of Moses Maimonides throughout the United States, in synagogues, local institutions, universities, and the main event held in New York (April 14, 1935). Among the participants were Albert Einstein, Louis Finkelstein, Henry Solomon Hendricks, Leo Jung, Henry Pereira Mendes, Abba Hillel Silver, Solomon Marcus Stroock, James Joseph Walsh, and Harry Austryn Wolfson. Includes also roster of available speakers and participating organizations, as well as material (poems, plays, pamphlets, books, and articles) on the life and works of Moses Maimonides.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into a single series.
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Acquisition Note
Gift of the National Committee.
- Articles
- Books
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991
- Hendricks, Henry Solomon, 1892-1959
- Jung, Leo, 1892-1987
- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
- Mendes, H. Pereira (Henry Pereira), 1852-1937
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Pamphlets
- Plays (performing arts compositions)
- Poems
- Press releases
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963
- Stroock, Solomon M., 1873-1941
- Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), 1865-1942
- Wolfson, Harry Austryn, 1887-1974
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the National Organizing Committee for the Maimonides Octocentennial, undated, 1934-1935 I-12
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Marvin Rusinek
- 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
- May 2020: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
