Guide to the Jewish Community Relations Council, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, 1928-1959 AIS.1965.11

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Jewish Community Relations Council of Pittsburgh, Pa. Records
Creator
Jewish Community Relations Council (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Collection Number
AIS.1965.11
Extent
10.625 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Date
1928-1959
Abstract
The Jewish Public Relations Council was an organization designed to deal with the problems inherent in the relationships between Jews and all other religions and races. The records in this collection include correspondence, reports, periodicals, and pamphlets of extremist groups and individuals, largely anti-semitic, for the period 1935-1950.
Language
English .
Author
Archives Service Center Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process on May 27, 2003.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
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Scope and Content Notes

The Jewish Public Relations Council was designed to deal with the problems inherent in the relationships between Jews and all other religions and races. Through the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s the Jewish Public Relations Council collected materials from groups and organizations promoting fascism, race-hating, and anti-semitism. This collection contains four series - Series I contains correspondence, reports, periodicals, and pamphlets of organizations, largely anti-semitic. Series II contains subject files on discrimination and anti-semitic individuals. Series III contains periodicals based on racial discrimination. Series IV contains publications including books, journals, reports, and pamphlets from anti-semitic and racially prejudiced individuals and organizations; subjects include anti-semitism, civil rights, discriminations, Nazism, subversive organizations, Father Coughlin, and Gerald K. Smith.

Arrangement

Series I. Organization, 1936-1951

Series II. Subject Files, 1930-1963

Series III. Periodicals, 1928-1963

Series IV. Publications

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

A gift from the Jewish Community Relations Council, Pittsburgh Chapter, June 7, 1965.

Preferred Citation

Jewish Community Relations Council Records, 1928-1959, AIS.1965.11, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Previous Citation

Jewish Community Relations Council Records, 1928-1959, AIS.1965.11, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Jewish Community Relations Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Records, 1928-1959, 65:11, Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh Libraries

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff in October 2, 1972.

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Jewish Community Relations Council (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

    Personal Names

    • Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth)
    • Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward)

    Other Subjects

    • Social action
    • Ethnic groups
    • Associations
    • Radicalism -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Discrimination -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Civil rights -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

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