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Antisemitism -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Antisemitic Literature Collection

 File
Identifier: P-701
Abstract The Anti-Semitic Literature Collection documents journalistic source materials (newspapers, newsletters, and illustrations) regarding views of anti-Semitism in the United States during the 20th-century. A few items from the 19th-century are included, particularly illustrations from Puck, Vanity Fair, and The Judge. Items are from various periodicals (i.e., The Dearborn Independent, Common Sense, The Crusader, The White American), organizations (i.e., American Nazi Party, the Christian Educational Association, and the White Party of America), and by many different authors (i.e., Father C.E. Coughlin, Benjamin Freedman, Otto H.F. Vollbehr). Additionally, this collection contains responses by American organizations to American and European anti-Semitism as well as documentation on the reaction of anti-Semitism in Canada.
Dates: undated, 1869-1993, 2017
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Antisemitic Literature Collection

Herbert Friedenwald correspondence

 Collection — Consolidated Box P8, Folder: P-261
Identifier: P-261
Abstract Contains correspondence, mostly of a personal nature, from Mayer Sulzberger, Louis Marshall, Herbert Quick, Thomas W. Page, and Louis D. Brandeis. Also included is correspondence between Nathan Straus and Mayer Sulzberger regarding Friedenwald's candidacy for the House of Representatives in 1912, as well as correspondence with the American Jewish Historical Society regarding a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dates: 1894-1940
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Herbert Friedenwald correspondence

Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) Papers

 Collection — Consolidated Box P8, Folder: P-263
Identifier: P-263
Abstract Starting in June 1922, journalist Norman Hapgood wrote a number of articles exposing the anti-Semitic propaganda of Henry Ford. These articles were later compiled by Brandeis student Daniel E. Miranda, who realized the scarcity of the articles. This collection contains those articles and a forward describing them.
Dates: 1922 and 1966
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) Papers

Robert Rifkind Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-980
Abstract The Robert Rifkind Papers document the Jewish philanthropic and lobbying activities of Robert Singer Rifkind. Robert Rifkind was born in New York City in 1936 and became a partner at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore in 1971. He served on the boards of many Jewish philanthropic and activist organizations, including the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies. The collection includes correspondence, photographs and publications from Rifkind’s involvement in these and other organizations, primarily dating from the 1980s to the 2010s.
Dates: 1913-2013; Majority of material found within 1981 - 2011
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Robert Rifkind Papers

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