Summary Information
At a Glance
| Call No.: | MS #1840 |
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| Bib ID: | 12483420 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Goren, Arthur A., 1926- |
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| Title: | Arthur A. Goren papers,
1834-2010
[Bulk dates 1900-2010].
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| Physical description: | 4.5 linear feet (11 boxes).
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| Language(s): |
In English,
Hebrew,
and
Yiddish.
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| Access: |
This collection is located on-site.
Student papers and letters of recommendation are restricted for 75 years from the
date of their creation.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged in one series: Arthur A. Goren papers, 1834-2010.
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Description
Scope and Content
The collection contains copies of articles and photocopies of archival material used
for research, drafts of speeches and manuscripts, handwritten and typed research notes,
correspondence, clippings, photographs, and teaching and course material such as
syllabi, readings, notes, and bibliographies. These materials were gathered by Goren
between approximately 1960 and 2005, as he conducted research in, wrote about, and
taught American Jewish history at universities in the United States and Israel.
Dates given for copied materials refer to the dates of the original materials, not the
date on which the copy was made.
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Using the Collection
RBML
Access Restrictions
This collection is located on-site.
Student papers and letters of recommendation are restricted for 75 years from the
date of their creation.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur A. Goren papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Selected Related Material
Arthur A. Goren papers:
Another group of Goren's research, teaching, and
publishing files, in the American Jewish Historical Society's collections at the Center
for Jewish History.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Papers processed by Albert Kohn, 2017
Finding aid written by Celeste Brewer, 2018
Some materials in Goren's papers were incorporated into the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies records in the Columbia University Archives.
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion May 25, 2018
Finding aid written in English.
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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History / Biographical Note
History
Arthur Aryeh Goren was born Arthur Gorenstein on February 15, 1926, in Chelsea,
Massachusetts. His parents, Saul and Lillian Gorenstein, were Labor Zionists and
Goren was raised in Habonim ("the builders"), a halutz (pioneer) youth movement in
Washington, D.C., and New York City. He enlisted in the army reserves when he turned
eighteen in February 1944 and completed his freshman year of Hebrew Studies at the
Teacher's Institute of Yeshiva College while preparing for the army. He entered the
service in July 1944 and trained in Mississippi. He was never posted overseas and
was discharged in December 1945, at which point he went directly to a Habonim
convention.
He made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel in 1951 "to fulfill his youthful Zionist
dreams. Those ideals also included fighting 'with like-minded people everywhere for
the emergence of a better society.'" He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Jewish
History at the Hebrew University in 1957, and continued with some graduate studies
in History at the same institution from 1958 to 1959. As a veteran, he attended the
Hebrew University on the GI Bill. He then returned to the United States, completing
both a Master's of Arts in 1964 and a PhD in United States History in 1966 at
Columbia University. Just prior to graduation, he Hebraicized his last name to
"Goren." (His research papers from his time as a student at the Hebrew University
all bear the last name "Gorenstein.")
Goren returned to Israel and taught at the Hebrew University from 1966 to 1988. He
then went back to Columbia University and was the Russell and Bettina Knapp
Professor of American Jewish History from the chair's establishment in 1988 through
his retirement in 2005. Specializing in "social and cultural Jewish history of the
United States," he has published numerous books and articles, including seminal
works in the field. Some of his publications include
The
Politics and Public Culture of American Jews
(1999),
Studies in American Civilization
(1987),
The American Jews: Dimensions of Ethnicity
(1982),
Dissenter in Zion: From the Writings of Judah L. Magnes
(1982), and
New York Jews and the Quest for
Community: The Kehillah Experiment 1908-1922
(1970), which "is
considered a landmark contribution to the field of American Jewish history."
Goren held visiting positions at Brandeis University, the University of Pennsylvania,
and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a Charles Warner Fellowship at Harvard
University. He has held numerous positions on boards and committees, including
Chairman of the Department of American Studies at the Hebrew University from 1970 to
1973 and again in the 1980s. He was a member of the American Jewish Historical
Society's Academic Council, and served on the editorial boards of American Jewish
History, the Journal of American Ethnic History, and the YIVO Annual. In 1998, he
received a Jewish Cultural Achievement Award for Historical Studies from the
National Foundation for Jewish Culture.
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