Arthur A. Goren Papers, 1834-2010, bulk 1900-2010

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Arthur Goren Papers, 1834-2010, bulk circa 1900-2010



Box 1 Folder 1 Articles on Pluralism and Multiculturalism, 1968-1998


Box 1 Folder 2 Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity, 1975-1979

Proofs of project proposals and guides.


Box 1 Folder 3 Reviews of The Kehilah Experiment and Magnes, 1970-1972

Reviews of Goren's bookThe Kehilah Experimentand op-eds discussing Jewish criminality.


Box 1 Folder 4 Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 1997-1998

Information and correspondance about an exhibit at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum called "Sitting Shiva."


Box 1 Folder 5 Early American Synagogues: Research, 1901-1941

English and Yiddish materials about Adath Israel of New York, includes synagogue constitution and publications.


Box 1 Folder 6 Student Papers: AJH, 1991-1998

Closed to researchers until 2073.

Student written papers about American Jewish History, some not submitted for a course with Goren.


Box 1 Folder 7 Letters from a Jewish Soldier: Skidell, 1944-1945

Transcription of letters written during the war by American soldier, Kieve Skidell; pages bookmarked; appears identical to folder 10.


Box 1 Folder 8 American Jewish Tercentenary, 1951-1954

Documents about the celebration of 300th anniversary of Jewish arrival in America.


Box 1 Folder 9 Philip Gleason Articles, 1983-1987

Articles about American life by Philip Gleason.


Box 1 Folder 10 Letters from a Jewish Soldier: Skidell, 1944-1945

Transcription of letters written during the war by American soldier, Kieve Skidell; pages bookmarked; appears identical to folder 7.


Box 1 Folder 11 Penn tenure considerations, 1982-2010

Tenure materials closed to researchers until 2085.

Materials considering the granting of tenure to a faculty member at University of Pennsylvania; Haaretz article reviewing Goren book on Judah Magnes.


Box 1 Folder 12 Research Materials: Magnes, Criminality Zionism, 1901-1935

Varied material. Papers concerning Zionism in America, translation of article concerning "Jewish Criminality," handwritten letters by Judah Magnes from Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People collection (http://cahjp.nli.org.il/webfm_send/1027), article by Kaplan about God idea in Reconstructionism.



Box 2 Folder 1 Letters: Navon, etc., 1908-1980

Letters to newspapers and Israeli President Navon concerning American perceptions of Zionism.


Box 2 Folder 2 Articles: American Jewish History and American Social Dynamics, 1955-2001

Various publications and reports.


Box 2 Folder 3 Jewish Frontier - Misc., 1936-1949

Assorted publications fromJewish Frontierregarding Zionism and Israel.


Box 2 Folder 4 Articles: On der kibitse, Parades, Festivals, 1999

Student seminar paper closed to researchers until 2074.

Articles; student seminar paper.


Box 2 Folder 5 Corner Stones and Synagogue Dedications, 2001

Sources about dedication of synagogues; correspondance with Haym Soloveitchik; personal letter about Oslo Accords.


Box 2 Folder 6 Land of Promise (Film): Articles and Reviews, 1935-2001

Articles discussing the filmLand of Promise;personal notes; Hebrew and English material.


Box 2 Folder 7 Documents: Answer, Irgun, Haganah, Habonim, 1991

Photocopies of newspapers, articles and images about pre-state relationship with the British in Mandate Palestine.


Box 2 Folder 8 Independence Day: Guide for Celebration, 1977

Print-out of manual guiding Israel Independence Day and Jerusalem Day celebrations.


Box 2 Folder 9 Jerusalem Post, Israel Parade, '93-'95, 1993-1995

Jerusalem Postarticles about the Israel Parade in New York City.


Box 2 Folder 10 Articles and Socialism Discussions Packets, 1932-?

Socialism discussion packets, articles.


Box 2 Folder 11 Dedication services. (?) synagogues, 1834-1900?

Photocopies of dedication services for various American synagogues.



Box 6 Folder 12 International Cultures Parade and Broadcasting American Judaism, 2000

International Cultures Parade printout, article.



Box 2 Folder 13 The Rosenbergs: Dash-Moore Article, 1998

Article "Reconsidering the Rosenbergs" and a response to it.


Box 2 Folder 14 Documents: Sheareth Israel, 1847-1937

Articles, photocopies of newspapers, concerning synagogue dedications.


Box 2 Folder 15 What Zionism has Given the Jews: Magnes, 1911

Photocopy of Magnes article "What has Zionism given the Jews" with Goren comments.


Box 2 Folder 16 Crime Articles, 1927-1972

Articles (both academic and journalistic) about American and Jewish crime.


Box 2 Folder 17 Parker: Myth of Immigrant Experience in 19th Century New York City, 1992

Closed to researchers until 2067.

Student essay, "The Five Points: The Myth of the Immigrant Experience in 19th Century New York City."



Box 3 Folder 1 Assorted Documents: Brandeis, etc., 1917-1942

Collection of documents about Louis Brandeis, as well as assorted other articles and addresses on Zionism by other influential Jewish Americans.


Box 3 Folder 2 Assorted Materials: AJH, Anti-Semitism, etc, 1908-2000

Collection of articles and an email.


Box 3 Folder 3 Friesel: Schiff Becomes a Zionist, 1982

Articles about both American Zionism and Americanism.


Box 3 Folder 4 Assorted Materials, 1930-1995

Various articles, syllabi, letter written to Judah Magnes, list of people to be sent copy of book.


Box 3 Folder 5 American Jewish Ethnicity: Brandeis, Sklar, Berkson, 1943-2003

Articles about Jewish historiography, materials related to the American Jewish Historical Society, emails relating to classes taught.


Box 3 Folder 6 Assorted Documents: American Jewish Historiography, etc., 1950-1955

Articles and some personal notes.


Box 3 Folder 7 Public Cultures: Parades 19th century, 1980-1989

Various articles about public culture.


Box 3 Folder 8 Public Cultures: Articles, 1857-1991

Articles and photocopied materials about public culture.


Box 3 Folder 9 Kessler-Harris/Organizing the Unorganizable, 1975-1980

Article of same title.


Box 3 Folder 10 Oscar Handlin, undated

Article about and book review of Oscar Handlin.


Box 3 Folder 11 Magnes: Statement on the Palestine Situation, 1948

Copy of "Statement on the Palestine Situation" which concerns Judah Magnes.


Box 3 Folder 12 Letters: Magnes, etc, 1934-1937

Personal letters in English, Hebrew and German by and to Judah Magnes.


Box 3 Folder 13 Central Synagogue: Documents, 1936-1970

Actual and photocopies of materials about the Central Synagogue and American Jewish/religious life, personal notes.


Box 3 Folder 14 AJ Tercentenary: Documents, 1953

Primary documents about American Jewish Tricentenary and other materials, personal notes.


Box 3 Folder 15 Jewish Funerals: Articles and Documents, 1961-1983

Articles and a photocopied handwritten section of a book, primary documents about Jewish funerals.



Box 4 Folder 1 Illustrations/Images, 1916-1960

Images and Illustrations from Yiddish newspapers concerning Magnes and Brandeis, Zionism.


Box 4 Folder 2 Articles and Documents on American Crime: Organized, Jewish, etc., 1970-1991

Articles about crime and Jewish crime.


Box 4 Folder 3 J.S Seminar Address, undated

Lecture to IIJS notes, personal notes and newspaper clipping; marked "mail to Israel."


Box 4 Folder 4 Teaching and Personal Documents, 1997

Teaching documents, personal bio.


Box 4 Folder 5 The Forward: 1961-1965, 1961-1964

Letters with editor of Forward, 11/25/61 copy of theForward.


Box 4 Folder 6 Public Cultures/Articles, 1988

Collection of articles and documents.


Box 4 Folder 7 Baron AJ History (1950), 1950

Article by Salo Baron.


Box 4 Folder 8 Assorted Documents and Articles: Personal, Teaching, Research, etc, 1943-2005

Assorted teaching and personal materials, some research photocopies and newspaper clippings.


Box 4 Folder 9 Ideological Development of HaBonim, 1958


Box 4 Folder 10 Ethnicity in 20th Century America: Articles, Documents, Jews, Syllabus, 1917-1996

Teaching materials, personal emails, photocopies of articles.


Box 4 Folder 11 H. Soloveitchik, Contemporary Orthodoxy, 1994

Article sent to Goren by Soloveitchik.


Box 4 Folder 12 250th Celebration: Documents, etc., 1903-1906

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of documents.


Box 4 Folder 13 Newspaper Research Materials: Building Dedications, 1900-2000

Materials concerning corner stones and building dedications; appears to be compiled by Judith Farkas and not Goren.


Box 4 Folder 14 Central Synagogue: Documents, 1936-1999

Organized materials about Central Synagogue.



Box 5 Folder 1 The Immigrant and the City - History W3934y, 1994 Spring

Course Reader.


Box 5 Folder 2 The Public Culture of American Ethnic Groups - W3953x, 2000 Fall

Course Reader.


Box 5 Folder 3 American Jews Since 1945 - W3997x, 2001 Fall

Course Reader.


Box 5 Folder 4 World's Fairs and the Dawning of "The American Century", 1998

Course Reader for 9th-12th grade.


Box 5 Folder 5 American Jewish History -W3548x, 1996 Fall

Course Reader, Co-taught with Zvi Kaplan.


Box 5 Folder 6 Guide to Microfilm Edition of Abba Hillel Silver Papers, 1994


Box 5 Folder 7 Art of the Congregation, 2000

Closed to researchers until 2075.

Final Paper by MA student.


Box 5 Folder 8 The American Jewish Experience - History G8636, 2004 Spring

Course Reader.


Box 5 Folder 9 A Gilgul fun a Nigun, 1997

Closed to researchers until 2072.

Honors Thesis for BA at Harvard.



Box 6 Folder 1 Communal Life of American Jews - G8599, 2000 Spring

Course Book.



Box 10 Folder 2 The New Palestine, 1925

Occasional notes and tabs.



Box 6 Folder 3 Immigration and Acculteration - G8575y, 2002 Spring

Course book.


Box 6 Folder 4 Immigrants and Acculteration - G8575y, undated

Different from materials in Box 10, Folder 3.


Box 6 Folder 5 American Holocaust Films, 2000

Closed to researchers until 2075.

BA Thesis from Colby College.


Box 6 Folder 6 Stephen Wise Papers, 1915-1928

Collection of letters and telegrams to and from Stephen Wise.


Box 6 Folder 7 A Worthy Use of Summer, 1993

Book on Jewish summer camping.


Box 6 Folder 8 The Story of the Jewish Labor Bund, 1998

Book



Box 7 Folder 1 Jews and Blacks in 19th Century South Carolina, 1992

Dissertation for University of Haifa.


Box 7 Folder 2 Bibliographies and Syllabi, 1960-1980

Binder of course and bibliographic material.


Box 7 Folder 3 Pamphlets on American Jewish Identity, 1965-1995

Assorted Pamphlets; Previously unsorted, folder title by archival processor, not Goren.


Box 7 Folder 4 Pamphlets on Zionism and Israel, 1958-1996

Assorted Pamphlets; Previously unsorted, folder title by archival processor, not Goren.


Box 7 Folder 5 Magnes: Unsorted Pamphelets, 1917-1945

Assorted addresses by Magnes; in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, German.


Box 7 Folder 6 Kehilah: Unsorted Pamphlets, 1912-1915

Assorted Documents and Reports.


Box 7 Folder 7 Personal Documents, undated

Picture of Goren and personal note.


Box 7 Folder 8 Assorted Articles and Documents: American Jewish History, American Jewish Committee, 1915-2003



Box 8 Folder 1 Rethinking American Judaism - Arnold Eisen, 1999

Loose pamphlet without folder; Belin Lectures.


Box 8 Folder 2 Jack Zellig: Story Manuscript, undated

Original type-up and photocopies of a story by same title; identified as "Story #14."


Box 8 Folder 3 J Magnes 1914-25, 1913-1931

Copies and translations of letters; copied in Israel.


Box 8 Folder 4 Demonstrations/Cartoons 1930-1940, 1916-1998

Images and cartoons; some developed pictures, most photocopied.


Box 8 Folder 5 Source Documents from Newspapers and Kehillah Charter, 1921-1958

Newspaper clippings, Kehillah charter.


Box 8 Folder 6 Thompson and Burke: Social Practice, 1987-1994

Articles.


Box 8 Folder 7 Intro: New York Jews and the Quest for Community, 1946-1986

Articles, materials for Goren Book of same name.


Box 8 Folder 8 Hebrew Union College 1904 and Colonial American Jews, 1898-1963

Articles, materials from HUC graduations.


Box 8 Folder 9 AJH Notes: MMK, Zcain(?), 1986-2003

Teaching materials and personal notes.


Box 8 Folder 10 Assorted Materials, 1943-2001

Articles and copies of primary documents.


Box 8 Folder 11 Assorted Materials, 1914-1948

Articles, Newspaper copies and Hebrew material.


Box 8 Folder 12 Documents, Misc., 1918-1980

Articles, teaching material, primary documents.


Box 8 Folder 13 AJH: 1840-1900 and German Jewry, 1940-1990

Articles, copies of primary documents.


Box 8 Folder 14 Shuster and Gans, 1945-1956

Articles.


Box 8 Folder 15 AJH: Articles for Lectures(?), 1979-1995

Articles.


Box 8 Folder 16 Assorted Materials, 1965-1990

Articles, newspaper clippings, music, extensive personal notes.


Box 8 Folder 17 Syllabi-AJH/(?), 1991-2004

Syllabi, reading lists.



Box 9 Folder 1 Menorah Journal: Baron and Edman, 1928

Articles.


Box 9 Folder 2 Research Materials: American Jews and Zionism, 1984-1995

Articles.


Box 9 Folder 3 Film Catalogs, undated

Catalog of films with descriptions.


Box 9 Folder 4 Assorted Research Material, 1961-1980

Bibliographic material, article photocopy, personal notes.


Box 9 Folder 5 The Reconstructionist , 1935-1938

Articles fromThe Reconstructionist.


Box 9 Folder 6 Interpreting American Jewish Experience: Book Materials, undated

Articles, manuscript of article, handwritten feedback for article.


Box 9 Folder 7 1912 Primary Sources, 1902-1912

letters, material from American Jewish Year Book, Baron article.


Box 9 Folder 8 Assorted Materials, 1908-1989

Articles, primary documents, newspaper clippings.


Box 9 Folder 9 SF/AJH pre-1865 Research-Library, 1977

Extracts of primary documents from published books.


Box 9 Folder 10 Articles: Ethnic Groups and American Immigration, 1961

Articles.


Box 9 Folder 11 Munich 2005 Conference, 2005

Materials for Munich conference on American Jewish History.


Box 9 Folder 12 Articles, post '45 AJH/Silk, post '48 Zionism, BG (?), Gans (?), 1951-1977

Articles and news clipping.


Box 9 Folder 13 Gelb Memorial Lecture 1995 and Yiddisha Yugnt-B'avagung, 1995

Pamphlet from Scranton lecture, Yiddish article.


Box 9 Folder 14 Troen Article and Bancroft Prize 2001, 1988-2001

Article and Bancroft award catalog.


Box 9 Folder 15 The Immigrant in American History - Higham, 1984

Article from library.


Box 9 Folder 16 Dance Materials, 1993

Conference materials about dance; title by archives processor, not Goren.


Box 9 Folder 17 Gottheil, Halpern and American Jewish Newspapers, 1914-1979

Articles, newspapers, Hebrew writing by Goren.


Box 9 Folder 18 Zionism: Articles and Documents, 1908-1951

Magnes material, Zionism-related primary sources.


Box 9 Folder 19 Goel Article and Magnes '48 Documents, 1909-1988

Letter of recommendation closed to researchers until 2063.

Article, Magnes letters, letter of recommendation.


Box 9 Folder 20 Horace Kallen Articles, 1915-1942

Article by Kallen, copies ofThe Nationfrom 1915


Box 9 Folder 21 Thompson, Handlin and Kallen: American Zionism, 1919-1950

Articles, mostly about dual loyalties for Americans.


Box 9 Folder 22 Articles: Zionism in the Diaspora, 1974-1996


Box 9 Folder 23 Loose Materials, 1963-1990

Conference and meeting proceedings.



Box 10 Folder 1 Conference Materials, 2004

Conference materials, personal correspondence.


Box 10 Folder 2 Eisenstein, Judah David, 1993-2004

Closed to researchers until 2079.

Seminary paper with Goren's comments, bibliographic information.


Box 10 Folder 3 Pluralism/Identity, 1950-1964

Articles about pluralism, Furrow article from 1950.


Box 10 Folder 4 On Baron - AJH, 1993

Closed to researchers until 2068.

Seminar Paper on Salo Baron.


Box 10 Folder 5 American Immigr. and their benedictions - Higham, Gleason, Matthews, undated

Sequence of articles from on book.


Box 10 Folder 6 Holinger and Gans Articles, 1979


Box 10 Folder 7 Gleason, Hansen Articles, undated

Articles by Gleason and Hansen.


Box 10 Folder 8 Jewish and Zionist Education, undated

Articles on Jewish education in America and Israel.


Box 10 Folder 9 LES (Lower East Side), 1997-2002

Materials about the Lower East Side; maps, newspapers, synagogue programming.


Box 10 Folder 10 Personal Correspondance and Hebrew Material, 1862-2001

Bibliographic material, humorous personal emails (with Ezra Mendelsohn), German newspaper clipping, Hebrew article.


Box 10 Folder 11 Autobiographical Material, 2000

Reflections on life between Israel and America.


Box 10 Folder 12 Kivisto and Gordon Article, 1990

Two articles.


Box 10 Folder 13 Jewish and Zionist Music, 1956-1998

Materials about Jacob Weinberg, Jewish Music and scattered references to American Zionist Public Culture.


Box 10 Folder 14 Louis Brandeis Letters, 1913-1921

Copies of published editions of Louis Brandeis letters.


Box 10 Folder 15 Bellah and Gleason Articles, 1967

Civil Religion in America, Bellah and Pluralism and Assimilation, Gleason.


Box 10 Folder 16 Salute to Israel Parade (1965-1998), 1965-1998

Newspaper clippings, Jerusalem Post notes, and interviews.


Box 10 Folder 17 Personal Notes on Early American Jewish History, undated

Personal handwritten notes, primary documents.



Box 11 Folder 1 Images and Personal Notes, 1905-1975

Images (prints and copies) and notes on index cards.


Box 11 Folder 2 Syllabi and other material, 2000-2001

Syllabi and an article.


Box 11 Folder 3 Images with Notes and Permissions, 1997-1999

Images with notes and emails/faxes.


Box 11 Folder 4 Nir, Mendelsohn and Korn Articles, 1970-1992

Articles: Hebrew and English.


Box 11 Folder 5 Assorted Articles, 1922-1975

Articles with primary documents mixed in.


Box 11 Folder 6 Public Festivals: Foundations and Developments, undated

One article with images.


Box 11 Folder 7 Articles and Newspapers, 1889-1972

Newspaper clippings from 1889, articles.


Box 11 Folder 8 Book Manuscript and notes, undated

Manuscript for Goren article/book and handwritten notes.


Box 11 Folder 9 Primary Sources and Notes, 1911-1980

Newspaper article, maps and personal notes.


Box 11 Folder 10 Tercentenary Materials, 1954

Images and articles.


Box 11 Folder 11 Immigration of Russian Jews to the US - Kuznets, 1975

Butler Article.


Box 11 Folder 12 Material on Peeksville Tercentenary AJH Conference, 1954-2003

Archival materials, email, articles.


Box 11 Folder 13 Dialogues and Extensions - Musical Concert, 1998

Program for concert.