Records of the American Jewish Public Relations Society
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains internal memoranda, issues of The Handout and The AJPRS Reporter newsletters, remarks made by I.B. Singer upon his receipt of the Maggid Award, photographs of events and board members, United Jewish Appeal campaign materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, memoirs about the society’s founding, publicity materials, and newspaper clippings.
Dates
- 1947-1998
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to the public. Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained in writing from the YIVO Archives.
Use Restrictions
Conditions governing use:
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection.
For more information, contact:
YIVO Archives
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
email: archives@yivo.cjh.org
Historical Note
The Jewish Publicity Directors Council, a precursor organization, was founded in 1940 to serve the needs of those professionally employed as public relations specialists by Jewish organizations. In 1956 the JPDC was reorganized as the American Jewish Public Relations Society (AJPRS), aiming to advance the professional status of public relations professionals who were either employed by Jewish organizations or who represented Jewish clients, services, or products. In pursuit of this, the organization developed a professional code of ethics and standards for those in the Jewish public relations field and for those who worked with Jewish affairs in the United States and abroad, provided continuing education and networking opportunities, advertised employment opportunities, exchanged professional information and ideas, and published monthly, later seasonal, newsletters. The organization also presented awards for professional excellence, including the Maggid Award for an outstanding achievement that enhances Jewish life. The 1974 recipient of this award was Sam Levenson, the humorist and television personality, and the 1975 recipient was I.B. Singer.
Extent
0.83 Linear Feet
2 Manuscript Boxes
Abstract
This collection contains the records of the American Jewish Public Relations Society (AJPRS), the professional association of publicists in the Jewish communal field. It contains correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, society publications, memoirs about the society’s founding, photographs, publicity materials, and newspaper clippings.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically in one series. Correspondence files of board members are alphabetized by individual’s last name and often contain other types of materials in addition to correspondence.
Acquisition Information
The Archives Committee of the AJPRS donated the materials to YIVO in 1995-1998.
Separated Material
There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
Processing information
Processed by Rachel S. Harrison in October 2013, made possible by the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support "Illuminating Hidden Collections at the Center for Jewish History."
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the American Jewish Public Relations Society 1947-1998 RG 1378
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Rachel S. Harrison in 2013, made possible by the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support "Illuminating Hidden Collections at the Center for Jewish History."
- Date
- ©2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository
