Jerome Agel Research Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Jerome Agel Research Collection includes materials collected by Jerome Agel in preparation for the book Deliverance in Shanghai which was published in 1983. The book tells the story of Jewish immigrants in Shanghai during World War II.
Included here are printed materials, correspondence with former residents of Shanghai, interviews, and memoirs. A small portion of Jerome Agel’s manuscript is also included.
Dates
- 1951, 1970s-1980s
Creator
- Agel, Jerome (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English with some German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Biographical Note
Jerome Agel is the author of more than forty major books. He has collaborated with Marshall McLuhan, Carl Sagan, Stanley Kubrick, Herman Kahn, and Issac Asimov. His most recent works include the nonfiction novel Deliverance in Shanghai and The U.S. Constitution for Everyone.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Jerome Agel Research Collection includes materials collected by Jerome Agel in preparation for the book Deliverance in Shanghai which was published in 1983. The book tells the story of Jewish immigrants in Shanghai during World War II.
Arrangement
The collection consists of a single series.
- Agel, Jerome
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Germany
- Jews -- Fiction
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Printed materials
- Shanghai (China)
- Shanghai (China) -- Fiction
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Fiction
- United States
- War stories
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Title
- Guide to the Jerome Agel Research Collection 1951, 1970s-early 1980s AR 7269
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Yakov Illich Sklar
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation
Revision Statements
- June 05, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
