Jewish Labor Committee collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence, brochures, memorandum, pamphlets, fliers, invitations, reports, programs and press releases. The documents in this collection describe issues concerning the Holocaust, Jewish resistance, European labor concerns, the Jewish Labor Movement in America and anti-communism and Soviet Jewry. Included are invitations, programs and general information concerning miscellaneous concerts, conventions, symposia, and summer fellowships. A brochure regarding the Jewish Labor Committee's Child Adoption Program and materials relating to the Women's Division and Workmen's Circle also are found in the collection. In addition the collection contains publications issued by other organizations, including: American Federation of Labor, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Friends of Democracy, National Community Relations Advisory Council, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and the United States Displaced Persons Commission.
Dates
- undated, 1933-1969
Creator
- Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.
Use Restrictions
Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org
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The Jewish Labor Committee was founded on February 25, 1934. Its first efforts were directed toward relieving the suffering of the victims of Nazi terror, participating in rescue work, and supporting the growing anti-Nazi labor resistance movement in Europe. Eventually, JLC became an organization that would articulate the Jewish perspective and interests of American Jewish workers on issues of national and international importance. JLC serves as a bridge between Jewish workers and the trade union movement. It was active in the civil rights movement, the struggle for Soviet Jewry, and often acts as organized labor’s representative involving racial and religious issues. The Jewish Labor Committee manages activities in the area of social justice, civil and human rights, Yiddish-speaking programs and programs of Jewish cultural and Jewish defense.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, brochures, memorandum, pamphlets, fliers, invitations, reports, programs and press releases. The documents in this collection describe issues concerning the Holocaust, Jewish resistance, European labor concerns, the Jewish Labor Movement in America and anti-communism and Soviet Jewry. Included are invitations, programs and general information concerning miscellaneous concerts, conventions, symposia, and summer fellowships. A brochure regarding the Jewish Labor Committee's Child Adoption Program and materials relating to the Women's Division and Workmen's Circle also are found in the collection. In addition the collection contains publications issued by other organizations, including: American Federation of Labor, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Friends of Democracy, National Community Relations Advisory Council, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and the United States Displaced Persons Commission.
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Acquisition Information
Donated by Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives of the Tamiment Institute Library, New York University, October 1997.
- American Federation of Labor
- American Jewish Committee
- American Jewish Congress
- Brochures
- Correspondence
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Friends of Democracy (U.S.)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Invitations
- Jews, Soviet
- Labor -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
- Memorandums
- National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.)
- Pamphlets
- Press releases
- Programs (documents)
- Refugees
- Reports
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- United States. Displaced Persons Commission
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance
- Title
- Guide to the Jewish Labor Committee collection, undated, 1933-1969 *I-377
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Reprocessed by Adina Anflick
- Date
- © 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
