Guide to the Henry Israel Papers,
1899-1958

Collection Number: 2159

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Henry Israel papers, 1899-1958.
Collection Number:
2159
Creator:
Henry, Israel b. 1877.
Quantity:
.7 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence with civic leaders of Hastings and Westchester County concerning recreational and educational programs and the country life movement; a scrapbook of Y.M.C.A. material, 1899-1903; notes and rough drafts of speeches, minutes, pamphlets, clippings, and other printed materials of the Community Service Council of Hastings, especially relating to educational problems and child welfare, taxation, and the administrative organization of Westchester County and the problems associated with it.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Executive secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Sing Sing, New York.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence with civic leaders of Hastings and Westchester County concerning recreational and educational programs and the country life movement; a scrapbook of Y.M.C.A. material, 1899-1903; notes and rough drafts of speeches, minutes, pamphlets, clippings, and other printed materials of the Community Service Council of Hastings, especially relating to educational problems and child welfare, taxation, and the administrative organization of Westchester County and the problems associated with it.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Israel, Henry,b. 1877.
Community Service Council (Hastings, N.Y.)
Young Men's Christian Association of Sing Sing, N.Y.

Subjects:
Child welfare--New York (State)--Westchester County.
Education--New York (State)--Westchester County.
Politics, Practical.
Taxation--New York (State)--Westchester County.
Young Men's Christian associations--New York (State)--Sing Sing.
Youth--Societies and clubs.

Places:
Hastings (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Westchester County (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
Westchester County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Form and Genre Terms:
Speeches.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Henry Israel papers, #2159. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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