Konvitz, Milton R. Additional Papers, 1936-1986
Collection Number: /4039 B
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers, 1936-1986
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
/4039 B
Creator:
Konvitz, Milton R.
Quanitities:
6.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, French
March 12, 1908-September 5, 2003 Milton Konvitz, a Cornell University faculty member
and authority on constitutional and labor law, and civil and human rights, died Sept.
5 at the age of 95. Konvitz was a founding faculty member in the School of Industrial
and Labor Relations from 1946 until his retirement in 1973. He was also a professor
in Cornell's Law School. Konvitz is perhaps best known for his American Ideals course,
which he taught to more than 8,000 students over the course of his career, never giving
the same lecture twice. "I saw the U.S. Constitution as it has been interpreted as
a magnificent depository of our ideals, both individual and social," he said. His
course exposed students to the great intellectual thinkers and philosophers throughout
history whose writings had shaped those ideals. They included Sophocles, whose play
Antigone is Cornell's New Student Reading Project this year. One student he influenced
was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cornell Class of 1954, who considers
him a mentor. At Cornell Konvitz also was a founder of the university's Department
of Near Eastern Studies and Program of Jewish Studies. "I felt it was essential for
a college interested in the humanities not to leave out Hebrew language and literature,"
he said. "And the knowledge of Jewish history, which began 4,000 years ago and has
contributed to civilization no less than Greek, Roman or English history, is important
to today's students-Jewish and non-Jewish." He often hosted students at his Ithaca
home and helped start the first Kosher dining option at Cornell, Young Israel House.
In addition, for nearly 30 years he directed the Liberian Codification Project, which
drew up the official body of statutory laws that is still in force in the Republic
of Liberia today, despite the current political upheaval there. Konvitz also edited
the opinions of Liberia's Supreme Court and received the Grand Band of the Order of
the Star of Africa, the highest award given to foreigners, as well as an honorary
degree from the University of Liberia, one of seven honorary degrees he received in
his lifetime. Active as a scholar and writer until his death, he wrote books and articles
on American constitutional law that won him wide recognition and were cited in U.S.
Supreme Court opinions. Among his nine books is Fundamental Liberties of a Free People:
Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, which was republished earlier this year with an
expanded introduction by him that is strongly critical of the Rehnquist Supreme Court.
Other books include A Century of Civil Rights (1983) and Judaism and Human Rights
(2nd ed. 2001). He also edited a dozen volumes, including two on American philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose thinking shaped his views. One Emersonian idea he absorbed
was that readers give life to books, which Konvitz recast as follows: "It is in their
hearing that students bring life to the words, the thoughts, the teacher." Konvitz
was born in Safed, Palestine (now Israel ), in 1908, the son of a rabbi. He immigrated
to the United States in 1915 and became a naturalized citizen in 1926. He received
a bachelor's degree in 1929 and a law degree in 1930, both from New York University,
and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Cornell in 1933. Before joining Cornell's faculty,
he was one of three assistant general counsels to Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund for three years. He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Oakhurst, N.J.;
a brother, Phillip, of Elberon, N.J.; a son and daughter-in- law, Josef and Isa, of
Paris, France; and two grandsons, Eli and Ezra. Josef Konvitz, who grew up in Ithaca,
is now an official at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers #/4039 B. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: /3033: Milton R. Konvitz Liberian Project Files /4039: Milton R. Konvitz Papers /4039 AV: Milton R. Konvitz American Ideals Lectures Audio-Visual Materials /4039 a: Milton R. Konvitz Papers Guide (Volume 1). Laser Copy /4039 L: Milton R. Konvitz Liberian Codification Project /4085: Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers /4220m: Milton Konvitz Additional Papers /4289 AV: ILR School Alumni Affairs and Development Audio-Visual Materials /4297: ILR School Biography Files 6047: Archives Information File
Names:
Konvitz, Milton R.(Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Whole file folders of newspaper clippings removed from Subject file series as per
RS instructions
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Folder A, Correspondence of Rabbi Jacob B Agus
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1984-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Has English and Hebrew
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Folder B, Primarily the Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1984-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Folder C, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1983-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Folder D, Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, Professor Konvitz
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1984-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Folder E, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1984-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Folder F, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz and Papers
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1984 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
"Free Inquiry: Why I am a Jew"
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping and correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Folder G, Envelopes of Professor Konvitz
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1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Folder G, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz and Miscellaneous Papers
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1985-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Sidney Goldmann, Correspondence, Obituary, and Profile
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1974-1981 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Folder G, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1983-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Folder H, Professor Konvitz Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Folder H, Papers and Correspondence
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1984 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Hebrew Culture Foundation
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1982-1984 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Hebrew Culture Foundation
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1983-1985 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Folder I-J, Hebrew Culture Foundation and Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Professor Konvitz, "Hakhanah"
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
July 1984
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Folder I-J, Correspondence of Milton Konvitz
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1983-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Folder I-J, Correspondence of Milton Konvitz and "A Century of Achievement" Booklet
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
In English and Hebrew
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Pamphlets for "Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences" and Biographies
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
In Hebrew and English
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
The Journal of Law and Religion Documents
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1982-1984 |
Box 2 |
Whole file folders of newspaper clippings removed from Subject file series as per
RS instructions
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Folder K, Correspondence and Biography of Horace Kallen
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1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Folder K, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1983-1986 |
Scope and Contents
In English and Hebrew
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Biography and Publications of Max Kampelman
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1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Folder L, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz, Paper by Beryl Levy
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1984-1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Folder M, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Writing
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1985-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
"Midstream: A Monthly Jewish Review" Documents and Correspondence
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1984-1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Folder M, Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1983-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence of Shirley McClintock
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1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Folder N, Correspondence, Royalty Statements
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1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Folder O, Correspondence
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1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Essays in Honor of Leo Pfeffer Paper
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1982-1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Folder P, Correspondence, Royalty Statements, Miscellaneous Papers
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1983-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Folder R, Correspondence
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1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Folder R, Correspondence and Book Reviews
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1983-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Folder S, Correspondence and the Smilen Literary Award
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1984-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Folder S, Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Folder S, Correspondence
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1983-1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Folder T-U, Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Folder W, Correspondence, Guide to American Law
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1984-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Folder X-Y-Z, Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Unidentified Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Unidentified Correspondence
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1983-1986 |
Box 3 |
Whole file folders of newspaper clippings removed from Subject file series as per
RS instructions
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
School of Industrial and Labor Relations Documents
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1983-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence Regarding Forest Home
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Docum Center and Correspondence regarding the Milton Konvitz Papers
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence and Writings of Professor Konvitz
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1983-1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Cornell Inquiry and Writing by Konvitz
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Cornell/ILR Correspondence, Correspondence with Glen Faber
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Cornell/ILR Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Cornell/ILR Correspondence
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1983-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Cornell/ILR Correspondence
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1984-1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Cornell/ILR Correspondence
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1983-1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
The Legacy of Horace M Kallen
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1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence of Professor Konvitz
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1983-1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Council on Religion and Law Documents
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Evaluation of a Research Proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Alan Dershowitz, Biographies and Newspaper Clippings
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1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Newspaper Clippings
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1984-1986 |
Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Newsletters, etc.
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1983-1984 |
Box 4 |
Whole file folders of newspaper clippings removed from Subject file series as per
RS instructions
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
ACLU Papers
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1982-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
ACLU Papers
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
ACLU Papers
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
ACLU Papers
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
ACLU Papers
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1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 6 |
ACLU Papers
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1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
ACLU Papers
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1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 |
ACLU Papers
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1943-1985 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Anti-Defamation League Papers
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1983-1985 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Anti-Defamation League Papers
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1983-1985 |
Box 5 |
Whole file folders of newspaper clippings removed from Subject file series as per
RS instructions
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Council of Europe Press Releases
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1983-1985 |
Scope and Contents
In English and French
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Council of Europe Press Releases
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1984-1985 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Council of Europe Press Release, Directorate of Press and Information
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1983-1985 |
Scope and Contents
English and French
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Council of Europe Press Releases
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1980-1982 |
Scope and Contents
English and French
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Council of Europe, Collection of Decisions of the European Commission of Human Rights
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1960-1963 |
Scope and Contents
French and English
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Council of Europe, Collection of Decisions of the European Commission of Human Rights
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1960-1962 |
Scope and Contents
English and French
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Box 6 |
Recent accession from MK of current newsletters, etc.
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Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Legalization of Bingo in New York City
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
August 8 1958
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Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Bilingual Rights and Issues Newspaper Clippings
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1973-1980 |
Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Confirmation of Judge John Bigelow
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1956 |
Box 6 | Folder 4 |
African American and Jewish Rights and Issues
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1971-1979 |
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Birth Control Legality and Religious Opposition Newspaper Clippings
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1958 |
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
The Bible and Prayer Newspaper Clippings
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1961-1963 |
Box 6 | Folder 7 |
The Bible and Love Newspaper Clippings
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1955-1957 |
Scope and Contents
English and Hebrew
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Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Beggars in New York Newspaper Clipping
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1969 |
Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Father Berrigan Newspaper Clippings
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1970-1973 |
Box 6 | Folder 10 |
The Allan Bakke Case Newspaper Clippings
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1977-1978 |
Box 6 | Folder 11 |
The Bible Newspaper Clippings
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1952-1973 |
Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Newspaper Clippings on Bail
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1951-1974 |
Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Backlash Newspaper Clippings
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1966-1969 |
Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Automobile Newspaper Clippings
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1950-1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Automation Newspaper Clippings
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1955-1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 16 |
The Arts Newspaper Clippings
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1965-1980 |
Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Army Segregation Newspaper Clippings
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1953 |
Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Artificial Insemination on Humans Newspaper Clippings
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1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Arbitration Newspaper Clippings
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1968-1983 |
Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Association: NAACP Newspaper Clippings
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1958-1964 |
Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Rights to Asylum Newspaper Clippings
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1950-1966 |
Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Athens Newspaper Clipping
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1966 |
Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Attica Incident Newspaper Clippings
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1971 |
Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Australia Newspaper Clippings
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1948-1951 |
Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Arrest and Records Newspaper Clippings
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1962-1973 |
Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Arts and State Aid Newspaper Clippings
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1961-1969 |
Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Annual Wage Articles
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1961-1966 |
Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Arms Newspaper Clippings
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1963-1977 |
Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Newspaper Clippings Regarding Arabs
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1964-1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Anti-Trust Laws Newspaper Articles
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1947-1964 |
Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Appalachian Indictment Newspaper Clippings
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1959-1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Anti-Trust Laws Newspaper Clippings
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1958-1969 |
Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Anti-Semitism Newspaper Clippings
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1966-1979 |
Scope and Contents
English and Hebrew
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Box 6 | Folder 34 |
"American Way of Life" Newspaper Clippings
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1958 |
Box 6 | Folder 35 |
Anti-Discrimination Legislation Newspaper Clippings
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1965-1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 36 |
Quentin Anderson Newspaper Clipping
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1971 |
Box 6 | Folder 37 |
Anderson Papers Newspaper Clippings
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1972 |
Box 6 | Folder 38 |
Anarchism Newspaper Clippings
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1964-1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 39 |
Amsterdam Article
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Box 6 | Folder 40 |
American Medical Association Article
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1949 |
Scope and Contents
July 30 1949
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Box 6 | Folder 41 |
American Labor Research Institute Newspaper Clippings
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1946 |
Box 6 | Folder 42 |
American Jews Miscellaneous Articles
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1959-1964 |
Box 6 | Folder 43 |
American Committee for Cultural Freedom Newspaper Clippings
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1954-1956 |
Box 6 | Folder 44 |
American Civilization Article
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1960 |
Scope and Contents
December 23 1960
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Box 6 | Folder 45 |
Saul Alinsky Articles
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1964 |
Box 6 | Folder 46 |
"ALIEN" Treaties Senate Record
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1953 |
Box 6 | Folder 47 |
Japanese Aliens Newspaper Clippings
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1949-1951 |
Box 6 | Folder 48 |
Aliens Deportation Newspaper Clippings
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1949-1952 |
Box 6 | Folder 49 |
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
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1955-1979 |
Box 6 | Folder 50 |
Last Folder
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Box 7 |
Recent accession from MK of current newsletters, etc.
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
New Jersey Law Journal Volume 59
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1936 |