Mental health

Collection consists primarily of personal and professional correspondence, and copies of speeches relating to Shapiro's activities as a lawyer and as Secretary of Public Welfare of the state of Pennsylvania (1955-59). It also contains correspondence reflecting Shapiro's involvement in Jewish communal affairs, the largest amount relating to the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, and the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia.

This collection contains the archives of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, a national coordinating agency which assists national and regional Jewish agencies in the U.S. and Canada in fund raising, community organization, health and welfare planning, public relations, and similar missions.

Collection includes materials of the predecessor agency (Bureau of Jewish Social Research), correspondence, research, budget reports, audits, and reports on the activities of approximately 600 national, local, and overseas Jewish agencies.