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Series I: Special Files, 1922-1972
Series II: General Correspondence, 1914-1962
Series III: Manuscripts and Speeches, 1914-1960
Series IV: High Commissioner for Refugees, 1933-1936
Series V: Presidential Advisory Committee on Political Refugees, 1936-1945
Series VI: Photographs, 1937-1961
Series VII: Development Corporation For Israel, 1951-1961
Series IX: Memorabilia, 1950-1961

James G. McDonald papers, 1838-1972, bulk 1914-1962

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Series I: Special Files, 1922-1972

This series contains correspondence with prominent public figures, primarily politicians and government officials such as Dean Acheson, Henry Stimpson, and Harry Truman. The files were originally part of the general correspondence found in Series II, but were removed and housed separately. They are arranged alphabetically by correspondent name.


Box 1 Folder 1 Acheson, Dean, 1945-1951

Box 1 Folder 2 Aldrich, Winthrop W, 1933

Box 1 Folder 3 Astor, Viscount and Viscountess (Nancy Langhorne), 1929-1931

Box 1 Folder 4 Baerwald, Paul, 1934-1961

Box 1 Folder 5 Baker, Newton D., 1932-1936

Box 1 Folder 6 Barrett, Edward Ware, 1949

Box 1 Folder 7 Baruch, Bernard M., 1932-1958

Box 1 Folder 8 Ben-Gurion, David,1946-1961

Box 1 Folder 9 Benton, William, 1945-1959

Box 1 Folder 10 Berle, Adolph A., Jr., 1932-1943

Box 1 Folder 11 Ben-Zvi, Itashak, 1954-1961

Box 1 Folder 12 Berlin, Irving, 1951

Box 1 Folder 13 Bernstein, Leonard, 1949-1958

Box 1 Folder 14 Black, Hugo, 1950

Box 1 Folder 15 Bloom, Sol, 1944

Box 1 Folder 16 Bok, Curtis, 1928-1934

Box 1 Folder 17 Bowles, Charles, 1953

Box 1 Folder 18 Bradley, Omar, 1949

Box 1 Folder 19 Brandeis, Louis D., 1931-1934

Box 1 Folder 20 Brannan, Charles, 1949

Box 1 Folder 21 Brooks, Van Wyck, 1951

Box 1 Folder 22 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1931-1946

Box 1 Folder 23 Byrnes, James, 1945-1946

Box 1 Folder 24 Cantor, Eddie, 1937-1960

Box 1 Folder 25 Cardozo, Benjamin V., 1934-1935

Box 1 Folder 26 Celler, Emanuel, 1938-1949

Box 1 Folder 27 to 30 Chamberlain, Joseph P., 1933-1938 (4 Folders), 1933-1938


Box 2 Folder 1 Chamberlain, Joseph P., 1939-1945

Box 2 Folder 2 Clay, Lucius D., 1949

Box 2 Folder 3 Cohen, Benjamin V., 1945-1946

Box 2 Folder 4 Clayton, William L, 1944-1946

Box 2 Folder 5 Coudert, Frederic R., 1933-1936

Box 2 Folder 6 Davies, Joseph E., 1942-1943

Box 2 Folder 7 Davis, Elmer, 1939-1954

Box 2 Folder 8 Davis, Norman, 1932-1942

Box 2 Folder 9 Dewy, Thomas E., 1942-1944

Box 2 Folder 10 Donovan, William J., 1940-1941

Box 2 Folder 11 Douglas, William O., 1948-1949,1960

Box 2 Folder 12 Dubinsky, David, 1940-1959

Box 2 Folder 13 Dulles, Allen W., 1942

Box 2 Folder 14 Dulles, John Foster, 1938-1954

Box 2 Folder 15 Eban, Abba, 1951-1961

Box 2 Folder 16 Einstein, Albert, 1933-1949

Box 2 Folder 17 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1948-1954

Box 2 Folder 18 Eshkol, Levi, 1953-1961

Box 2 Folder 19 Ford, Henry, II, 1941,1944

Box 2 Folder 20 Forrestal, James V., 1945-1948

Box 2 Folder 21 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1933, 1948-1957, 1933, 1948-1957

Box 2 Folder 22 Fosdick, Raymond B., 1933,1972

Box 2 Folder 23 Frank, Jerome N., 1938

Box 2 Folder 24 Frankfurter, Felix, 1933-1953

Box 2 Folder 25 Fulbright, J. William, 1946,1957

Box 2 Folder 26 Green, William, 1934-1935

Box 2 Folder 27 Harriman, W. Averell, 1943,1957

Box 2 Folder 28 Hayes, Carlton J.H., 1922-1945

Box 2 Folder 29 Herter, Christian A., 1942-1957

Box 2 Folder 30 Hoffman, Paul G., 1943-1944

Box 2 Folder 31 Hoover, Herbert, 1929-1954

Box 2 Folder 32 Hoover, J. Edgar, 1942

Box 2 Folder 33 House, Edward M., 1932

Box 2 Folder 34 Hughes, Charles Evans, 1924-1930

Box 2 Folder 35 Hull, Cordell, 1933-1946

Box 2 Folder 36 Javits, Jacob K., 1949.1959

Box 2 Folder 37 Jessel, George, 1941-1945

Box 2 Folder 38 Jessup, Philip C., and Mrs. (Lois K.), 1932, 1941-1960, 1932, 1941-1960

Box 2 Folder 39 Kennedy, Joseph P., 1938, 1946, 1938, 1946

Box 2 Folder 40 Kellog, Paul, 1933

Box 2 Folder 41 Kennedy, Joseph P., 1938, 1946, 1938, 1946

Box 2 Folder 42 Knopf, Alfred A., 1936,1947


Box 3 Folder 1 Kollek, Theodore, 1951-1958

Box 3 Folder 2 Krock, Arthur, 1939-1961

Box 3 Folder 3 La Guardia, Fiorello, 1943-1946

Box 3 Folder 4 Lehman, Irving, 1935-1945

Box 3 Folder 5 Lamont, Thomas W., 1922-1944

Box 3 Folder 6 Laval, Pierre, 1931

Box 3 Folder 7 Leffingwell, Russell, 1934

Box 3 Folder 8 Lehman, Herbert, 1932-1961

Box 3 Folder 9 Leidesdorf, S.D. & Co., 1946-1961

Box 3 Folder 10 Lerner, Max, 1949

Box 3 Folder 11 Lindbergh, Charles A., 1944-1946

Box 3 Folder 12 Lippmann, Walter, 1933-1953

Box 3 Folder 13 Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1952

Box 3 Folder 14 Macdonald, J. Ramsey, 1932

Box 3 Folder 15 Magnes, Judah L., 1946

Box 3 Folder 16 Mann, Thomas, 1940

Box 3 Folder 17 Marshall, George C., 1948-1949

Box 3 Folder 18 Masaryk, Jan, 1937

Box 3 Folder 19 McDonald, James G., 1928-1946

Box 3 Folder 20 McNutt, Paul V., 1938, 1942, 1938, 1942

Box 3 Folder 21 Meir, Golda, 1961, 1958, 1951, 1961, 1958, 1951

Box 3 Folder 22 Mellon, Andrew W., 1930

Box 3 Folder 23 Meyer, Eugene, 1934-1961

Box 3 Folder 24 Moley, Raymond, 1932-1933, 1936, 1932-1933, 1936

Box 3 Folder 25 Morgenthau, Henry, Sr. and Mrs. Josephine Sykes Morgenthau, 1922, 1930-1937

Box 3 Folder 26 Morgenthau, Henry, Jr. and Mrs. Elinor Fatman Morgenthau, 1939-1953

Box 3 Folder 27 Morgenthau, Henry III, 1930

Box 3 Folder 28 Murphy, Frank, 1940

Box 3 Folder 29 Murrow, Edward R., 1934-1935

Box 3 Folder 30 Nelson, Donald M., 1943

Box 3 Folder 31 Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1946

Box 3 Folder 32 Norris, George W., 1942

Box 3 Folder 33 Patterson, Robert P., 1943

Box 3 Folder 34 Poletti, Charles, 1936-1942

Box 3 Folder 35 Potofsky, Jacob S., 1949-1954

Box 3 Folder 36 Proskauer, Joseph M., 1939-1959

Box 3 Folder 37 Rabi, Isidor I., 1959

Box 3 Folder 38 Reid, Ogden R., 1952-1960

Box 3 Folder 39 Reid, Helen Rogers, 1948-1953

Box 3 Folder 40 Rickenbacker, Edward V., 1943-1944

Box 3 Folder 41 Robinson, Edward G., 1953-1954

Box 3 Folder 42 Rockefeller, David, 1939-1941

Box 3 Folder 43 Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 1927-1958

Box 3 Folder 44 Rockefeller, Nelson A., 1942-1955

Box 3 Folder 45 Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 1949-1950

Box 3 Folder 46 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1932-1943

Box 3 Folder 47 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1932-1936


Box 4 Folder 1 Roosevelt, James, 1950

Box 4 Folder 2 Rosenberg, Anna M., 1941-1949

Box 4 Folder 3-4 Rosenberg, James N., 1937-1961 (2 Folders), 1937-1961


Oversize Box 39 Folder 5 Rosenberg, James N.--German Protest Poster, circa, 1930s


Box 4 Folder 5 Rosenwald, William, 1935-196

Box 4 Folder 6 Salter, Sir Arthur, 1935

Box 4 Folder 7 Sarnoff, David, 1938-1959

Box 4 Folder 8 Schiff, Dorothy, 1952-1953

Box 4 Folder 9 Seligman, Eustace, 1932-1954

Box 4 Folder 10 Shotwell, James T., 1932-1953

Box 4 Folder 11 Silver, Abba Hillel, 1949-1960

Box 4 Folder 12 Silver, Charles H., 1954-1960

Box 4 Folder 13 Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 1949, 1951, 1949, 1951

Box 4 Folder 14 Stettinius, Edward R., 1943-1946

Box 4 Folder 15 Stimson, Henry L., 1930-1933, 1942-1946, 1930-1933, 1942-1946

Box 4 Folder 16 Stone, Dewey D., 1950-1961

Box 4 Folder 17 Straus, Roger W., 1948-1954

Box 4 Folder 18 Straus, Lewis L., 1934-1959

Box 4 Folder 19 Taylor, Myron C, 1941-1953

Box 4 Folder 20 Sulzberger, Arthur H., 1932-1957

Box 4 Folder 21 Swope, Gerald, 1936, 1949-1958, 1936, 1949-1958

Box 4 Folder 22 Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1934, 1945-1951, 1934, 1945-1951

Box 4 Folder 23 Taft, Robert A., 1939-1944, 1953, 1939-1944, 1953


Oversize Box 39 Folder 24 Thomas, Norman, 1941


Box 4 Folder 25 Thompson, Dorothy, 1936-1942


Box 5 Folder 1 Truman, Harry S., 1944-1961

Box 5 Folder 2 Vandenberg, Arthur H., 1945-1948

Box 5 Folder 3 Wagner, Robert , Sr., 1934, 1945-1949, 1934, 1945-1949

Box 5 Folder 4 Wald, Lillian, 1933-1936

Box 5 Folder 5 Warburg, Felix M., 1933-1934

Box 5 Folder 6 Warburg, Edward M. M., 1940-1960

Box 5 Folder 7 Warburg, Felix M., 1935-1936

Box 5 Folder 8 Warburg, Frieda Schiff, 1933, 1948-1958, 1933, 1948-1958

Box 5 Folder 9 Weizmann, Chaim, 1945-1955

Box 5 Folder 10 Welles, Sumner, 1942-1952

Box 5 Folder 11 Whalen, Grover, 1941

Box 5 Folder 12 Wilkie, Wendell L, 1939-1947

Box 5 Folder 13 Weizmann Institute, 1952-1959

Box 5 Folder 14 Wise, Stephen S., 1934-1949

Box 5 Folder 15 Young, Owen D., 1928-1933

Series II: General Correspondence, 1914-1962

The correspondence in this series spans most of McDonald's life, but much of the material dates from after World War II and relates to McDonald's involvement with the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, the formation of Israel, and his experience as U.S. ambassador to Israel. There is also considerable material relating to refugees, as well as some personal correspondence with family and friends. Files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent or institution name.


Box 6 Folder 1 A

Box 6 Folder 2 Abrams, Benjamin

Box 6 Folder 3 Alfange, Dean


Oversize Box 6 Folder 4 American Christian Committee for German Refugees, 1934-1936

American Embassy


Box 6 Folder 5 Furnishing

Box 6 Folder 6 Personal Finances

Box 6 Folder 7 Invitation Lists

Box 6 Folder 8 Press Clippings

Box 6 Folder 9 American Friends Service Committee

Box 6 Folder 10 American Jewish Congress

Box 6 Folder 11 American Palestine Campaign

A.A.C.I.P

Box 6 Folder 12 European Diary, circa, 1946

Box 6 Folder 13 European Trip, 1946


Oversize Box 39 Folder 1 European Trip--Status Reports, 1946


Box 7 Folder 1 Palestine

Box 7 Folder 2 U.S. Material

Box 7 Folder 3 Related U.N. Material

Box 7 Folder 4 Governments and Organizations--General

Box 7 Folder 5 Report to U.S. and U.K.

Box 7 Folder 6 Arvery, Jacob M., 1949-1961

Assistance Medicale

Box 7 Folder 7 Eddie Cantor Appeal

Box 7 Folder 8 Promotional Scrapbook

Box 7 Folder 9 Aydelotte, Frank, 1945-1947

Box 7 Folder 10 Ba-Bn

Box 7 Folder 11 Baer, Arthur, 1945-1949


Box 8 Folder 1 Balaban, Barney, 1949-1952

Box 8 Folder 2 Baldwin, Hanson W., 1949

Box 8 Folder 3 Bar-Ilan University

Box 8 Folder 4 Barkley, Alben W., 1948-1950

Box 8 Folder 5-8 Bentwich, Norman, 1934-1961

Box 8 Folder 9 Berry, Burton Y., 1950-1951

Box 8 Folder 10 Biddle, Francis, 1938-1945

Box 8 Folder 11 Billikopf, Jacob, 1946-1947

Box 8 Folder 12 Blank, Sam, 1946-1961

Box 8 Folder 13 Blaustein, Jacob, 1946-1960


Oversize Box 39 Folder 10 B'nai B'rith Israel Committee Scroll of Honor Awarded to McDonald, undated


Box 9 Folder 1 Bo-Bz

Box 9 Folder 2 Board of Education, NYC

Box 9 Folder 4 Bolles, Blair, 1945

Box 9 Folder 5 Borchard, Edwin M., 1932

Box 9 Folder 6 Brewster, Owen, 1947

Box 9 Folder 7 Bronfman, Samuel, 1946-1960

Box 9 Folder 8 Brown, Charles, 1945-1959

Box 9 Folder 9 Buck, Ellsworth, 1944-1948

Box 9 Folder 10 Bullitt, William C., 1934-1942

Box 9 Folder 11 Bunche, Ralph J., 1949-1959

Box 9 Folder 12 C

Box 9 Folder 13 Cantor, Eddie, 1937-1960

Box 9 Folder 14 Catholic Church

Box 9 Folder 15 Cecil of Chelwood, Viscount, 1933-1946

Box 9 Folder 16 Clifford, Clark, 1947-1953

Box 9 Folder 17 Connelly, Matthew J., 1948-1949

Box 9 Folder 18 Connelly, Tom, 1948

Box 9 Folder 19 Council on Foreign Relations

Box 9 Folder 20 Cox, Oscar, 1944

Box 9 Folder 21 Crank File

Box 9 Folder 22 Crosgrave, Lloyd M.

Box 9 Folder 23 Crossman, Richard H.S., 1947

Box 9 Folder 24 Crum, Bartley C., 1946-1956


Oversize Box 39 Folder 6 D--Oversize


Box 10 Folder 1 D

Box 10 Folder 2 D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry, 1936-1960

Box 10 Folder 3 Davis, Monnett B., 1951-1953

Box 10 Folder 4 Dayan, Moshe, 1954-1959

Box 10 Folder 5 De Botton, Gilbert, 1952-1956

Box 10 Folder 6 De Los Rios, Fernando, 1937

Box 10 Folder 7 Department of State

Box 10 Folder 8 De Rothschild, Baron Guy, 1949-1956

Box 10 Folder 9 De Rothschild, Baron Robert, 1945

Box 10 Folder 10 Diplomatic Corps--Israel

Box 10 Folder 11 Dodd, William E., 1934

Box 10 Folder 12 Douglas, Paul H., 1956

Box 10 Folder 13 Dunn, James C., 1948

Box 10 Folder 14 E

Box 10 Folder 15 Eichelberger, Clark, 1945

Box 10 Folder 16 Elmhirst, Mrs. Dorothy Payne Whitney (wife of Leonard K. Elmhirst), 1934

Box 10 Folder 17 Emergency Committee in Aid of German Scholars

Box 10 Folder 18 Empire State Bldg. Office

Box 10 Folder 19 Esco Foundation for Palestine Inc.

Box 10 Folder 20 Ethrige, Mark, 1949

Box 10 Folder 21 Ewing, Oscar R., 1943-1954

Box 10 Folder 22 Eylath, Eliahu, 1958

Box 10 Folder 23 Eytan, Walter, 1949-1960

Box 10 Folder 24 F


Box 11 Folder 1 Farley, James A., 1940-1954

Box 11 Folder 2 C.C.--James L. Fly, 1942-1944

Box 11 Folder 3 Feinberg, Abraham, 1949-1958

Box 11 Folder 4 Flynn, Edward J., 1941-1945

Box 11 Folder 5 Forbes, W. Cameron, 1930

Box 11 Folder 6 Ford, Richard, 1950-1951

Foreign Policy Association

Box 11 Folder 7 General

Box 11 Folder 8-9 Commendatory Letters, 1929-1933 (2 Folders), 1929-1933

Box 11 Folder 10 Frank, Gerold, 1950-1959

Box 11 Folder 11 Gardner, John W., 1953

Box 11 Folder 12 Ga-Gol

Box 11 Folder 13 George, Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1914-1915

Box 11 Folder 14 German University League

Box 11 Folder 15 German Society of Chicago--Louis Guenzel

Box 11 Folder 16 Glueck, Nelson, 1946-1959

Box 11 Folder 17 Goldman, Emanuel, 1948-1961

Box 11 Folder 18 Goldman, Norman, 1951-1958

Box 11 Folder 19 Goldstein, Israel, 1935-1962

Box 11 Folder 20 Goldwater, Monroe, 1945-, 1949


Box 12 Folder 1 Gom-Gz

Box 12 Folder 2 Good, Ann Campbell, 1945

Box 12 Folder 3 Grandi, Dino, 1932

Box 12 Folder 4 Grayzel, Soloman, 1959-1960

Box 12 Folder 5 Griffis, Stanton, 1948-1949

Box 12 Folder 6 Grossinger, Jennie, 1951-1958

Box 12 Folder 7 H

Box 12 Folder 8 Hadassah

Box 12 Folder 9 Hammett, Dashiel, 1938

Box 12 Folder 10 Harazi, Shalom,1951-1960

Box 12 Folder 11 Harkness, Edward H., 1934

Box 12 Folder 12 Harman, Avraham, 1951-1961

Box 12 Folder 13 Harvard University and Harvard Club

Box 12 Folder 14 Herold, Sidney, 1947-1950

Box 12 Folder 15 Herzog, Yaacov, 1950-1960

Box 12 Folder 16 Hexter, Maurice, 1958-1961

Box 12 Folder 17 Hilldring, John, 1947-1959

Box 12 Folder 18 Hisws, Alger, 1946

Box 12 Folder 19 Hopkins, Harry, 1945

Box 12 Folder 20 Hudson, Manley O., 1917


Box 13 Folder 1 Humphrey, Hubert H., 1956-1959

Box 13 Folder 2 Hutcheson, Joseph C., Jr.1946-1957

Box 13 Folder 3 I

Box 13 Folder 4 Indiana University

Box 13 Folder 5 Ingersoll, Raymond V. and Mrs. Marion Crary Ingersoll, 1934-1943

Israel

Box 13 Folder 6 Artists


Oversize Box 39 Folder 7 Personal Finances


Box 13 Folder 7 Founders of Israel Award Plaque Presented by the State of Israel Bond Organization, 1961

Box 13 Folder 8 J

Box 13 Folder 9 Jackson, C.D., 1953

Box 13 Folder 10 Jacobson, Eddie, 1948-1955

Box 13 Folder 11 James, Edwin, 1951

Box 13 Folder 12 Jones, Jesse, 1942

Box 13 Folder 13 Joseph, Dov, 1951

Box 13 Folder 14 K

Box 13 Folder 15 Kaplan, Eliezer and Dr. Elisheva Kaplan (wife of Eliezer Kaplan), 1951-1959

Box 13 Folder 16 Karlin Family, 1947-1959

Box 13 Folder 17 Kerner, Otto, 1961

Box 13 Folder 18 Kintner, Robert E., 1945

Box 13 Folder 19 Knox, Charles, 1949-1961

Box 13 Folder 20 Kohn, Leo, 1953-1960

Box 13 Folder 21 Krinizi, A., 1949-1955

Box 13 Folder 22 Kuper, S.M., 1954-1959


Box 14 Folder 1 L

Box 14 Folder 2 Lawson, Edward B., 1955-1959

Box 14 Folder 3 Lewisohn, Samuel and Mrs. Margaret Valentine Lewisohn, 1930-1949

Box 14 Folder 4 Long, Breckenridge, 1944

Box 14 Folder 5 Lourie, Arthur, 1934-1960

Box 14 Folder 6 Lucas, Scott W., 1948

Box 14 Folder 7 Ma-Mc

Box 14 Folder 8 Marks, Sir Simon, 1946-1960

Box 14 Folder 9 May, Herbert L. 1932-1934, 1952, 1932-1934, 1952

Box 14 Folder 10 Mazer Family

Box 14 Folder 11 McDonald, Edward D., 1923-1960

Box 14 Folder 12 McDonald, Anna, 1924-1934

Box 14 Folder 13 McDonald Family

McDonald, James G.

Box 14 Folder 14 Biography

Box 14 Folder 15 Personal Finances


Box 15 Folder 1 Automobile Insurance

Box 15 Folder 2 75th Birthday

Box 15 Folder 3 Memorabilia

Box 15 Folder 4 McDonald, John A., 1928-1934

Box 15 Folder 5 McDonald, Joseph Lee, 1922-1961

Box 15 Folder 6 McDonald, William H.,1922-1961

Box 15 Folder 7 McGhee, George C., 1949-1951

Box 15 Folder 8 Me-Mz

Box 15 Folder 9 Mead, James M., 1945-1946

Box 15 Folder 10 Merz, Charles, 1939-1957

Box 15 Folder 11 Messersmith, George S., 1933-1947

Box 15 Folder 12 Phillips, William, 1933-1959

Box 15 Folder 13 Millin, Sarah Gertrude, 1948-1949

Box 15 Folder 14 Minton, Sherman, 1950

Box 15 Folder 15 Montor, Henry, 1947-1958

Box 15 Folder 16 Moses, Robert, 1953-1958

Box 15 Folder 17 Murray, Thomas E., 1956-1948


Box 16 Folder 1 N

Box 16 Folder 2 Myers-Henderson Case, 1930

Box 16 Folder 3 Nathan, Otto, 1934-1936

Box 16 Folder 4 New York Times

Box 16 Folder 5 New York University

Box 16 Folder 6 New York University Project

Box 16 Folder 7 Niles, David K., 1943-1951

Box 16 Folder 8 Norman, Edward A., 1937-1945

Box 16 Folder 9 O

Box 16 Folder 10 Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1958

Box 16 Folder 11 P

Box 16 Folder 12 Padberg, Eugene L., Jr., 1950-1951

Box 16 Folder 13 Parkes, James W., 1933-1959

Box 16 Folder 14 Parsons, Geoffrey, 1945

Box 16 Folder 15 Passport Division, Dept of State

Box 16 Folder 16 Passports--Visa Applications, 1935-1953

Box 16 Folder 17 Pervy, Adolphe, 1936-1961

Box 16 Folder 18 Peurifoy, John E., 1950

Box 16 Folder 19 Phillips, David, 1954-1959

Box 16 Folder 20 Picon, Molly, 1953-1954


Box 17 Folder 1 Q

Box 17 Folder 2 Ra-Rof


Oversize Box 39 Folder 7 Ra-Rof


Box 17 Folder 3 Rabinowitz, Louis M., 1951-1955

Box 17 Folder 4 Radio Advisory Board

Box 17 Folder 5 Refugee Rehabilitation Committee

Box 17 Folder 6 Refugees--Appeal for Funds

Box 17 Folder 7 Rifkind, Simon H., 1946-1953

Box 17 Folder 8 Riley, William E., 1948-1953

Box 17 Folder 9 Robinson, Leland Rex, 1931-1961

Box 17 Folder 10 Rog-Rz

Box 17 Folder 11 Rogosin, Israel, 1955-1960

Box 17 Folder 12 Rokach, Israel, 1948-1951

Box 17 Folder 13 Rothberg, Sam, 1950-1960

Box 17 Folder 14 Rountree, William M., 1946-1959

Box 17 Folder 15 Rusk, Dean, 1948

Box 17 Folder 16 Russell, Francis H., 1954

Box 17 Folder 17 Russian War Relief, Inc.

Box 17 Folder 18 Rycus, Jacob, 1952-1954


Box 18 Folder 1 Sa-Schu

Box 18 Folder 2 Salant, Richard S., 1948-1959

Box 18 Folder 3 Sarnoff, Irving, 1951, 1959, 1951, 1959

Box 18 Folder 4 Satterthwaite, Joseph, 1948-1949

Box 18 Folder 5 Sawyer, Olive L., 1952-1960

Box 18 Folder 6 Sayre, Francis B., 1936-1947

Box 18 Folder 7 Schw-Sh

Box 18 Folder 8 Schwartz, Joseph J., 1952-1961

Box 18 Folder 9 Seeve, Harry, 1952-1955

Box 18 Folder 10 Senate Committees, Armed Services and Foreign Relations

Box 18 Folder 11 Sharett, Moshe, 1950-1960

Box 18 Folder 12 Si-Sp

Box 18 Folder 13 Silver, Edward S., 1954-1960

Box 18 Folder 14 Slawson, John, 1948-1960

Box 18 Folder 15 Sloan, Alfred P., Jr., 1942-1945

Box 18 Folder 16 Smith, H. Alexander, 1933-1952

Box 18 Folder 17 Synder, John W., 1946

Box 18 Folder 18 Sobeloff, Simon E., 1952-1955

Box 18 Folder 19 Sokolsky, George, 1953


Box 19 Folder 1 Spain, King and Queen of

Box 19 Folder 2 St-Sz

Box 19 Folder 3 Stone, William T.,1927-1953

Box 19 Folder 4 Sugrue, Thomas, 1949-1953

Box 19 Folder 5 Swig, Benjamin, 1952-1961

Box 19 Folder 6 T

Travel

Box 19 Folder 7 Israel, Spain

Box 19 Folder 8 Australia , Far East

Box 19 Folder 9 South America

Box 19 Folder 10 Europe and Israel

Box 19 Folder 11 Israel


Box 20 Folder 1-2 Europe, 1933 (2 Folders), 1933

Box 20 Folder 3 Europe, 1932

Box 20 Folder 4 Europe, 1931

Box 20 Folder 5 Addresses

Box 20 Folder 6 Trujillo, Rafael L., 1953-1954

Box 20 Folder 7 Twentieth Century Fund

Box 20 Folder 8 U

Box 20 Folder 9 Uhlmann, Paul, 1950-1960

Box 20 Folder 10 University of Miami

Box 20 Folder 11 V

Box 20 Folder 12 Van Tijn, Gertrude, 1951-1959

Box 20 Folder 13 Vardi, Itzhak, 1954

Box 20 Folder 14 Vassar College

Box 20 Folder 15 Wa-We

Box 20 Folder 16 Waller, Frederic Elton, 1952-1961


Box 21 Folder 1 Warren, George L., 1953-1954

Box 21 Folder 2 Weinstein, Joe, 1948-1960

Box 21 Folder 3 WH-Wz

Box 21 Folder 4 Wheeler, Burton K., 1945

Box 21 Folder 5 Weisgal, Meyer, 1948-1949

Box 21 Folder 6 Winchell, Walter, 1951

Box 21 Folder 7 Wise, Jonah B., 1949-1954

Box 21 Folder 8 Wyzanski, Charles E. Jr., 1934-1955

Box 21 Folder 9 X-Y

Box 21 Folder 10 Z

Box 21 Folder 11 Zionist Organization of America


Oversize Box 39 Folder 4 Zionist Organization of America--Proofs, undated


Box 20 Folder 11 Zylberlast, Henry and Sonia, 1956-1959

Series III: Manuscripts and Speeches, 1914-1960

This series holds drafts of two of McDonald's books, Palestine and the Middle East and My Mission to Israel, as well as drafts and transcripts of his speeches on current events and international policy. It includes many of the speeches McDonald broadcast over radio while working for the Foreign Policy Association, drafts for a 1943 NBC radio show, and many other speeches given before a variety organizations. Materials are arranged chronologically.


Box 21 Folder 12-16 General, 1914-1921 (5 Folders), 1914-1921


Box 22 Folder 1-15 Speeches, 1922-1943 (15 Folders), 1922-1943

Box 22 Folder 16-17 Radio Scripts (NBC), 1943 (2 Folders), 1943


Box 23 Folder 1-4 Radio Scripts (NBC), 1943 (4 Folders), 1943

Box 23 Folder 5-6 Speeches, 1945-1946 (2 Folders), 1945-1946

Box 23 Folder 7 Palestine in the Middle East, Part I


Box 24 Folder 1-4 Palestine in the Middle East, Part II,III, IV, (4 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 5-8 Speeches, 1947-1950 (4 Folders), 1947-1950

My Mission to Israel

Box 24 Folder 9-10 Chapters 1-35 (2 Folders)


Box 25 Folder 1 Chapters 36-52

Box 25 Folder 2 Page Proofs,1951

Box 25 Folder 3 Galley Proofs

Box 25 Folder 4 Simon & Schuster Contract Material

Box 25 Folder 5 Lists for Publicity

Box 25 Folder 6 Distribution, 1950-1952

Box 25 Folder 7-9 Speeches, 1951-1953 (3 Folders), 1951-1953


Box 26 Folder 1-6 Speeches, 1954-1960 (6 Folders), 1954-1960

Box 26 Folder 7 Notes, undated


Box 33 Folder 4 British Guiana Reports

Box 33 Folder 5 McDonald, James G. "What Should Be America's Policy in the Far East?", 1937

Box 33 Folder 6 State Department

Series IV: High Commissioner for Refugees, 1933-1936

This series contains material relating to League's effort to help refugees attempting to leave Germany prior to World War II. It includes reports from meetings with Nazi officials and extensive letters and reports discussing the insurance and property rights of refugees. Several files document McDonald's trip to South America with S.G. Inman to assess potential locations for refugee settlements. Documents are arranged chronologically.


Box 26 Folder 8 McDonald Resignation

Box 26 Folder 9-10 Confidential File, 1933-1934 (2 Folders), 1933-1934


Box 27 Folder 1-3 Confidential File, 1934-1936 (3 Folders), 1934-1936

Box 27 Folder 4 Finances and Expenses, 1933-1935

Box 27 Folder 5-9 Geneva Office, 1933-1934 (5 Folders), 1933-1934


Box 28 Folder 1 Geneva Office, 1934-1935

Box 28 Folder 2 Statement of Resignation and Drafts, 1935

Inman, S.G.

Box 28 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1934-1936

Box 28 Folder 4 Interviews, 1935

Box 28 Folder 5 Inman-McDonald Missions South America, 1935


Box 29 Folder 1 Inman-McDonald Missions--Central and South America Duplicates

Box 29 Folder 2-3 Kotschnig, Walter M., 1936 (2 Folders), 1936

Box 29 Folder 4 National Coordinating Comm, New York, Cecilia Razovsky

Box 29 Folder 5 Correspondence, 1935-1936 Olive L., Sawyer, 1935-1936

Box 29 Folder 6-7 Wurfbain, Andre L., 1936 (2 Folders), 1936


Box 30 Folder 1 Lists and Organizations, 1933-1935

Box 30 Folder 2-3 Speeches and Releases, 1933-1936 (2 Folders), 1933-1936

Box 30 Folder 4 Clippings

Series V: Presidential Advisory Committee on Political Refugees, 1936-1945

Series V is comprised of a wide range of documents on refugee issues, including discussions of visa requirements; letters from groups seeking to help particular groups of refugees (such as children or Spanish refugees); and correspondence on technical problems, such as transportation issues. Files are arranged alphabetically by name or topic.


Oversize Box 39 Folder 3 Clippings--German Newspapers, 1938

Oversize Box 39 Folder 8 Clippings, 1936

Oversize Box 39 Folder 9 Food Map, 1938


Box 30 Folder 5-6 A-B (2 Folders)

Box 30 Folder 7 Bentwich, Norman, 1940

Box 30 Folder 8-9 C-D (2 Folders)


Box 31 Folder 1 D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Osmond E, 1939

Box 31 Folder 2 Dominican Republic Settlement, 1942

Box 31 Folder 3 E

Box 31 Folder 4 Evian Conference, 1938

Box 31 Folder 5 Evian Conference--Clippings, 1938

Box 31 Folder 6 F

Box 31 Folder 7 Ford Conference, 1941

Box 31 Folder 8 G

Box 31 Folder 9 H

Box 31 Folder 10 Harrison, Earl G., 1945

Box 31 Folder 11 I


Oversize Box 39 Folder 2 "International Understanding and Friendship"--Article, 1936


Box 31 Folder 12-13 J-K (2 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 14 Kotschnig, Walter M., 1938-1939

Box 31 Folder 15-16 L-M (2 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 17 May, Herbert L., 1939-1940

Box 31 Folder 18 Mexico

Box 31 Folder 19-21 N-P (3 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 22 Palestine-Partition, 1936-1938

Box 31 Folder 23 Refugee Economic Corp.

Box 31 Folder 24 R

Box 31 Folder 25 Robinson, Leland Rex, 1943


Box 32 Folder 1 Rosenberg, James N., 1938-1939

Box 32 Folder 2 Rosenwald, William, 1942

Box 32 Folder 3 Rummel, Joseph, 1938-1945

Box 32 Folder 4 S

Box 32 Folder 5 Schenkolewski, M., 1940-1944

Box 32 Folder 6 Strauss, Lewis L., 1938-1941

Box 32 Folder 7 T

Box 32 Folder 8 Twentieth Century Fund,1939

Box 32 Folder 9 U-W (3 Folders)

Box 32 Folder 12-17 Warren, George L., 1938-1941 (6 Folders), 1938-1941


Box 33 Folder 1-3 Warren, George L., 1943-1945 (3 Folders), 1943-1945

Series VI: Photographs, 1937-1961

This series holds a small number of photographs of McDonald, primarily formal portraits.

Box 33 Folder 7 McDonald, James C., undated

Box 33 Folder 8 Bleakley, William and James G., McDonald, undated

Box 33 Folder 9 McDonald, James G., 1938-1961

Box 33 Folder 10-11 McDonald, James G., undated (2 Folders), undated

Box 33 Folder 12 Ben-Gurion, David and James G. McDonald, undated

Series VII: Development Corporation For Israel, 1951-1961

This small series contains business documents from McDonald's position as chairman of the Advisory Council. It includes correspondence, meeting information, speaking schedules, and expense reports.


Box 34 Folder 1 Abrams, Benjamin, 1952-1953

Box 34 Folder 2-10 General Correspondence, 1953-1961 (9 Folders), 1953-1961

Box 34 Folder 11 Speaking Schedule, 1951-1955 (5 Folders), 1951-1955


Box 35 Folder 1-7 Speaking Schedule, 1956-1961 (7 Folders), 1956-1961

Box 35 Folder 8 Expense Accounts, 1951-1956 (6 Folders), 1951-1956


Box 36 Folder 1-5 Expense Accounts, 1957-1961 (5 Folders), 1957-1961

Series VIII: Pamphlets and Clipping Books, 1914-1951

Subseries I: Pamphlets, 1914-1951

This subseries holds pamphlets containing McDonald's articles on refugees and Palestine. They are filed chronologically.

Box 36 Folder 6 "German 'Atrocities' and International Law,", 1914

Box 36 Folder 7 "The German Refugees and the League of Nations,", 1936

Box 36 Folder 8 "International Broadcasting--A Humanizing Force,", 1933

Box 36 Folder 9 Letter of Resignation of James G. McDonald

Box 36 Folder 10 "Palestine: The Primary Hope of the Post-War Era,", 1945

Box 36 Folder 11 "Palestine to the Rescue: Life or Death Struggle for a People,", undated

Box 36 Folder 12 "Should the United States Open Its Doors to Displaced Persons Now?", 1946

Box 36 Folder 13 "The Truth About Palestine,", 1946

Box 36 Folder 14 "What is Happening to Christian Spiritual Values in Today's World?", 1951


Box 37 Folder 1 "What is the Best Solution to the Palestine Problem?", 1947

Box 37 Folder 2 "Where can the Refugees Go?", 1945

Box 37 Folder 3 Stefansky, George, "Does the Refugee Have a Future"

Subseries II: Clipping Books, 1921-1939

This subseries is comprised of newspaper articles about Poletti's actions as chairman of the Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and chairman of the President's Advisory Commission on Political Refugees. Clippings are arranged chronologically.

Box 37 Folder 4-6 Clipping Book, 1921-1929 (3 Folders), 1921-1929

Box 37 Folder 7-8 Clipping Book, 1929-1931 (2 Folders), 1929-1931

Box 37 Folder 9 Clipping Books, 1931-1933


Box 38 Folder 1-2 Clipping Book, 1931-1933 (2 Folders), 1931-1933

Box 38 Folder 3 Clipping Book, 1932-1936

Box 38 Folder 4 Clipping Book, 1936-1939

Series IX: Memorabilia, 1950-1961

This series contains a small number of awards, gifts, and other memorabilia given to McDonald.


Box 40 Humanitarian Award Presented to James McDonald in Appreciation of his Distinguished Service to the State of Israel and Mankind by Albert Einstein Lodge, B'Nai B'rith #2022--Plaque, 1961 October 7

Box 40 Israel's Bar Mitzvah Award Presented to James G. McDonald--Plaque, 1961 November 30

Box 40 Cardozo Memorial Award of Tau Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity Presented to James G. McDonald, First US Ambassador to the State of Israel--Plaque, 1956

Box 40 Hebrew Book on Vellum in Case, undated

Box 40 Blue Embroidered Bag, undated

Box 40 Ceremonial Trowel Presented to McDonald--Zoa House, 1950