Abraham Epstein papers, 1918-1945

Abraham Epstein papers, 1918-1945

Summary Information

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Call No.:
MS#0397
Bib ID:
4078739 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Epstein, Abraham, 1892-1942
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
80 boxes (80 boxes 1 flat box)
Language(s):
English .
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, minutes, lists, reports, financial records, and printed materials of Abraham Epstein. The personal and business papers relate to his fight on behalf of Social Security and old age pensions.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder listed and arranged.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abraham Epstein papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Epstein, Mrs. Abraham. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1950. Accession number--M-50.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-01- 26 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Research Director, Pennsylvania Commission on Old Age Pensions, 1918-1921 and 1923-1927; Executive Secretary, American Association for Social Security, 1927-1942.

Subject Headings

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Place
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953
Subject
Old age pensions
Older people -- Economic conditions
Social problems
Social reformers
Social security -- United States

Contents List


Box 1

Adams Jane--Correspondence (October 1929-June 1935)


Box 1

Advisory Commission to the Council of National: Defense Reports, etc. (July 194O-.January 1941)


Box 1

Alabama--Correspondence (April 1929-June 1938)


Box 1

Amalgamated Bank of Now York--Correspondence (June 1931-January 1952)


Box 1

American Child, published by the National Child Labor Committee., N.Y. City (November 1931-April 1941)


Box 1

America. Association for Economic Freedom, Wash., D.C.--Correspondence, declaration, etc. (October 1937-February 1938)


Box 2

American Association for Social Security:


Box 2

Appeals for money--Correspondence, etc. (May 1931-November 1942)


Box 2

Appeals foundations--Correspondence, etc. (January 1932-Oct. 1935)


Box 2

Bill--"A State Old Age Assistance Bill"


Box 2

Commended in correspondence (June 1932-April 1941)


Box 2

Comments on work & N.Y. old age pension bills (March 1926-April 1931)


Box 2

Constitution:


Box 2

Correspondence


Box 2

Suggested draft


Box 2

Cooperative struggle for existence--Correspondence, announcement, etc. (December 1941-September 1942)


Box 2

Luce's Press Clipping Bureau--Correspondence (June 1931-June 1943)


Box 2

Nice letters responding to appeals, etc. (October-November 1941)


Box 2

Organization--Beginning--Correspondence, minutes, etc. (January-December 1927)


Box 3

Press release (January 1957-November 1958)


Box 3

Press release (February 1959-0ct. 1940)


Box 3

Publicity--Correspondence (April 1941-January 1942)


Requests for information:


Box 3

1 (May - December 1928)


Box 3

2 (January- February 1929)


Box 3

3 (March - April 1929)


Box 3

4 (May- October 1929)


Box 3

5 (August- October 1929)


Box 4

A.A.S.S.:


Box 4

Advisory Council--Correspondence (October 1927-November 1933)


Advisory Com. on Social Insurance--Correspondence, lists, etc.:


Box 4

1 (June 1935)


Box 4

2 (July 1933-December 1940)


Board of Directors:


Box 4

Invitations to meetings:


Box 4

(January 1937-December 1938)


Box 4

(January 1939-November 1940)


Box 4

Minutes (October 1935-December 1940)


Box 5

Executive Committee meetings--Correspondence, minutes, etc.:


Box 5

1 (September 1929-December 1930)


Box 5

2 (January 1931-Apr1 l932)


Box 5

Minutes, agenda, etc. (March 1927-May 1933)


Social security (monthly):


Box 5

Free mailing lists:


Box 5

1 (March 1933-Nov. 1936)


Box 5

2 (February 1937-November 1941)


Box 6

American Council on Public Affairs. Schnapper, Morris B.:


Box 6

Correspondence, pamphlets, etc. (December 1937-November 1941)


American Federation of Labor:


Box 6

Correspondence, draft, etc. (November 1929-5ept. 1942)


Box 6

Maurer, James H. -- Correspondence (February 1927)


Box 6

Pres. Green, William-- Correspondence, bills, etc. (August 1931-March 1936)


Box 6

American Mercury--Correspondence (November 1930-February 1932)


Box 6

American various assns.--National conferences--Program (May-December 1933)


Box 6

Appeal for charity--C1ippings, pamphlets, etc. (December 1924-February 1929)


Box 7

Argentina--Pensions, correspondence, etc. (1921-June 1927)


Box 7

Arizona--Correspondence (September 1930-July 1933)


Box 7

Arkansas--Correspondence (February 1929-Feg. 1940)


Box 7

Associated Silk Workers. Matthews, Joseph E.--Correspondence (January1930-February1932)


Associations of social work, workers, consumers, universities, churches, etc.:


Box 7

Correspondence lists, etc. (September1928-April 1941)


Box 7

Austria--Acts, etc. (December1906-December 1924)


Box 7

Australia--Pamphlets, regulation, table, forms, correspondence (l908-December1926)


Box 8

Bardwell, Francis, Bureau of Old Age Assistance, MA.-Correspondence (April 1931-April 1942)


Box 8

Barkin, Solomon--Correspondence (May-July 1933)


Box 8

Battle, George G.--Correspondence (March 1931-March 1932)


Box 8

Belgium--Bul., pamphlet (1925)


Box 8

Billikopf, Dr. Jacob--Correspondence(January1928-1930/1931-January1942)


Box 8

Bills 1931--Drafts--Arkansas, Conn., Mich., Ohio


Box 8

Blossom, Frederick A. Correspondence, etc (January 1932-March 1942)


Box 8

Bradon, Jack. The Truth About Weekly Industrial Insurance) (magazine), Chicago, Ill.—Corerspondence (June 1933-April 1937)


Box 8

Brazil--Décret No. 4,682 (Janvier 1923)


Box 8

Broadeasting--WNYC (February1938)


Box 8

Brookwood, Inc., A School for.Progressive Labor Education --Correspondence, etc. (October1927-March 1936)


Box 8

Bulgaria-regulat1ons, etc. (March 1906-June 1924)


Box 8

Burlingham, C. C., N.Y.City--Correspondence, etc. (March 1929-November1939)


Box 9

Caldwell, Helen E .Irving, N.J.-- Correspondence. (August1928-January1930)


Box 9

California--Correspondence (February l939-February1942)


Box 9

CaliSocial Welfare Dept.-- Correspondence. (January1929-December1938)


Box 9

Canada--Correspondence (December1929-January1942)


Box 9

Canada. Dept. of Labour. Government. Annuities Branch--Report, Correspondence, etc. (March 1936-April 1938)


Box 9

Canada Toronto. Cohen, J.L. -- Correspondence. (April 1927-November1928)


Box 9

Cartoons, drawings, etc.--Old age pensions (February 1932-July 1935)


Box 9

Chamberlin, Joseph P ~ Columbia University--Correspondence, (1928-1936)


Box 9

Chile--Articles (1924)


Box 9

Christian Social Justice Fund. Gilman, Elizabeth--Correspondence, (January 28-December 31)(January'32-July'38)


Box 10

Christmas appeal--Clippings, etc. (Dee.1930)


Box 10

Clark, ProJane, Perry. The rise of a new federalism--Correspondence, (July 1937-June 1938)


Box 10

Cochran, Edwin Paul-- Correspondence (September1939-January1941)


Box 10

Cogswell, Edmund S Extent of old age dependency (November-December 1926)


Box 10

Cohen, Wilbur H. See: S.S.B.


Box 10

Colorado--Correspondence (March 1938-August 1940)


Box 10

Colorado Denver—Com. and general correspondence (July 1931-September1938)


Box 10

Columbia University. Seager, Henry R - Correspondence. (February1930)


Box 10

Connecticut--Correspondence, etc. (February1934-June 1940)


Box 10

Conn, Commission on Old Age Pensions. Meeker, Royal-- Correspondence.(June 1931-August 1934)


Box 10

Conn. Com. for Old Age Security:


Box 10

Correspondence., etc. (June 1934-October1935)


Box 10

Minutes (February1936-January1935)


Box 10

Conn. Federation of Labor. Egan, John J.-- Correspondence. (March'30-September '41


Box 10

Czechoslovakia—Regulations (December 192l)


Box 11

Delaware--Correspondence, etc. (February1929-September19S6)


Box 11

Denmark--Notifications (June 1922-February1925)


Box 11

Devine, Dr. Edward T -- Correspondence. (January1932-May 1937)


Box 11

Dies Com.--Amer. Youth Cong. rebuffed by Epstein, A.—Correspondence (October-December'31


Box 11

Dill-Connery bill 1932 & l934-- Correspondence. (February'32-May'34) in 4 Folders., 1932


Box 11

Douglas, ProPaul H., University of Chicago -- Correspondence. (January '29-January '42)


Box 11

duPont, Alfred I., Wilmington, Del.-- Correspondence. (October'3O-June '36)


Box 12

The Eagle magazine (September1922 &December 1923)--Correspondence, clippings, etc. (July '33-September'37)


Box 12

Eag1es, Fraternal Order of --Bulletins, Correspondence, etc. (April '22-November '27)


Box 12

Elias, Harry L. - Correspondence. (February 1931-August 1933)


Box 12

Emergency Work Bureau--Correspondence, payroll sheets, etc. (December '30-October '35)


Box 13

Epstein, A.:


Box 13

Articles (September 1923-?) in 4 Folders.


Box 13

Correspondence (July 1950-1939) in 6 Folders.


Box 13

Biographical materials


Box 13

Biography by Preo, Fred L.


Box 14

Biography &. Comment by Leonard, Oscar (February 1938)


Box 14

Centennial Observance of the 100th Anniversary of Epstein's birth. (Correspondence and printed materials, 1992)


Box 14

Helping far immigration visa:


Box 14

Guigui, Albert--Correspondence, (February-April 1942)


Box 14

Wadler, Arnold (September '40-December '41)


Box 14

Rager, Dr. Fritz--Correspondence, etc. (April '38-November '41)


Box 14

Personal correspondence (February 1927-June 1932) in 2 Folders.


Box 14

Radio ta1ks--Correspondence, (October 1936-December 1940)


Box 14

Research--Cards, clippings.


Box 14

Speeches &lecture series--Perry & Wise, Inc.--Correspondence, lists, news releases, etc. (November'37-June '38)


Box 14

Syllabi for (Comparative) Social Security courses (1941-1942)


Box 15

Speaking endangerments--Correspondence, etc. (October '33-December '37) in 6 fo1ders.


Box 16

Speaking engagements--Correspondence, etc. (January'33-May '39) in 2 Folders.


Box 16

Western lecture tours, 1936 & 1937 in 5 Folders., 1936, 1937


Box 17

The Challenge of the aged--Correspondence, etc. ('28-September'42) in 4 Folders


Box 17

Insecurity: a challenge to America (l936-July 1942) in 4 Folders.


Box 18

The Insurance Racket, articles (1930-1934) in 5 Folders.


Box 18

N.Y.U. term papers by his student.(June 1940-January 1942) in 4 Folders.


Box 19

Epstein, Henrietta (Mrs. Abraham)--Correspondence, (December 1937-May 1938)


Box 19

Epstein, the Abraham Testimonial Com. --Financial statements, appeals, etc. (January 1942-February 1943)


Box 19

Evening Sun, Baltimore. Fitzgerald, Stephen E.—Corresponence (January '37-October '40


Box 19

Federated Press—releases in I


Box 19

Federated Press--Releases on old age pensions, labor movement, etc. (July 1927-June 1934)


Box 19

Florida--Correspondence (February 1928-October 1939)


Box 19

Flynn, John T. --Correspondence against Epstein's militancy, statements about several state and associations, etc. (February '39-May '40)


Box 19

Foreign correspondence (January 1930-June 1941) in 4 Folders.


Box 20

Foundations. The Thrift & Security Foundation. Fell, Herbert N.--Correspondence (August 1937-October 1937)


Box 20

Foundations, Philanthropic--Pamphlets, reports, clippings, & Correspondence, (1930-May 1942)


France:


Box 20

Act (July 1909), rapports, bul. (1923-September 1925)


Box 20

Pamphlets, etc. (1900-Mars 1925) in 2 Folders.


Box 20

France, Clemens J. --Correspondence (March 1941-April 1943)


Box 20

Fur industry--Charity chest--Correspondence( etc. (I1ay 1929-January 1940)


Box 21

Gage, Margaret--Correspondence (February 1935-June 1943)


Box 21

Gale, Zona's story Lights out (1932-1934)


Box 21

General Welfare Act--Correspondence, etc. (September 1937-January 1940)


Box 21

Georgia--Correspondence (February 1929-April 1940)


Box 21

Germany--Pamphlet & correspondence (July-September 1921)


Box 21

Gilbert, Mart & E. Albert, Philadelphia, Pa. --Correspondence, (February 1936-May 1937)


Box 21

Glassberg, Benjamin--Federated Jewish Charities, etc.


Box 21

Glassberg, Benjamin--Correspondence (January 1928-January 1935)


Box 22

Great Britain:


Box 22

Bibl., etc. (1925 etc.)


Box 22

Industrial welfare in England:


Box 22

Pamphlets, magazines (1999-1925)


Box 22

Bournville--Pamphlets, etc. (May '06-September'25)


Box 22

Pamphlets, rept., & correspondence, (1908-June 1925)


Box 22

Greece--Acts, decrees, etc. (1924-1925)


Box 23

Haber, ProWilliam, Mich.--Correspondence (December 1935-February 1942)


Box 23

Harmon, William E.--Correspondence, & a plan for old age & investment protection (May-June 1927)


Box 23

Hawaii--Correspondence (March 1937-April 1939)


Box 23

Hitler, Adolf--Public speeches--Extracts (10 February 1933-1 September 1939)


Box 23

Hogue, Dr. Richard W.--Correspondence (June 1954-January 1941) in 2 Folders


Box 23

Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, NY City—Correspondence, suggested program (February 1932-1939)


Box 23

Hurst, Fennie--Correspondence (February 1934-November 1935)


Box 23

Hyde, Albert Alexander, Wichita, Kan.--Correspondence, etc. (January '29-February '35)


Box 24

Iceland--Act, the General Old Age Pension (9 July 1909)


Box 24

Idaho--Correspondence, etc. (February 1929-May 1938)


Illinois:


Box 24

Correspondence (March 1934-November 1941)


Box 24

The British Old People's Home (under the auspices of the Daughters of the British Empire in the Middle Western States). Adams, Pres. Julie Cooke--Correspondence, etc. (January 1934-May 1937)


Box 24

The American Legislators' Assn.--Correspondence (March 1931-June 1935)


Box 24

Chicago--Correspondence, etc. (February 1934-Qct. 1941) in 2 Folders.


Box 24

Commission on Old Age Pensions-Correspondence. (January 1932-December 1932)


Box 24

Committee for Old Age Security,-Lists, correspondence(March 1933)


Box 24

Imberman, A. A.-Correspondence (September 1937-January 1942)


Box 24

India. The Indian witness vol. LVI no.42 (20 October 1926)


Box 25

Indiana--Correspondence (January 1930-February 1942)


Insurance:


Box 25

Insurance Law Revision--Draft, Correspondence, (January 1939-June 1941)


Box 25

Pamphlets, articles, etc. (1929-December 1937)


Box 25

Works, articles, Correspondence, etc. (December 1937-Hov. 1838)


Box 25

Industrial Life Insurance--Works;. Correspondence, Pamphlets, etc. ('33)


Box 25

Insurance companies--Forms, rates, etc. (Jan & October 1925 etc.), October 1925


Box 26

International Labor Office-- Correspondence (November 1925-5ept. 1926)


Box 26

International Labor Organization:


Box 26

Correspondence, monthly summary (April, '32-December '41


Box 26

Magnusson, Leifur--Correspondence (February 1929-May 1939)


Box 26

Inter-professional Assn.--Correspondence, bill draft, call (August '34-April '36)


Box 26

Iowa--Correspondence (January 1929-June 1941) in 2 Folders.


Box 26

Isaacs, Stanley H., friend of the Manhattan slum-dwellers--Correspondence, memorandum, organizations, etc. (September 1932-September 1941)


Box 26

Italy--Regulations (guigno 1924-april 1925)


Box 27

Japan--Correspondence, acts (October-November 1926)


Box 27

Joint Com. on Unemployment (& Taxation)--Correspondence, etc. (October'31-June'34)


Box 27

Joint Com. to Sponsor the Automobile Accident Compensation Plan-Articles, correspondence, etc. (March 1937-June 1938)


Box 27

Kane, Francis Fisher, Attorney at Law, Philadelphia--Correspondence, (January 1933-February 1936)


Box 27

Kansas--Correspondence (January 1930-November 1940) in 2 Folders.


Box 27

Kelley, Nicholas, Treasurer of A.A.S.S. --Correspondence, (April 1930-Dec 1941)


Box 27

Kentucky--Correspondence (April 1928-April 1937)


Box 28

Labor, etc.--Newspapers, etc. (January 1925-0ct. 1928)


Box 28

Lansburgh, Dr. Richard H., Univ. of Pa.--Correspondence, (May 1928-May 1930)


Box 28

Larkin, Oliver W.--Correspondence (June-Ju1y 1934)


Box 28

Leach, Agnes Brown--Correspondence (October 1929-March 1932)


Box 28

League for Industrial Democracy--Corres., minutes, etc. (December '29-February '42)


Box 28

Legislative questionnaire--Lists, clippings, etc. (September 1929-1930)


Box 28

Lehman, , J. S. Circularization of pamph1ets--Correspondence, etc. (February. 1930-March 1934)


Box 28

Leiserson, Dr. William. H.--Correspondence (February 1929-April 1938)


Box 28

Louisiana--Correspondence, etc. (April 1930-oct. 1940)


Box 29

Maine--Correspondence, etc. (March 1927-June 1941)


Box 29

Massachusetts--Correspondence, etc. (October 1937-June 1929); (February 1932-February 1942)


MA:


Box 29

Boston--Correspondence (January 1932-April 1942)


Box 29

Saving Bank--Corres., statement (November 1926)


Box 29

Wiesman, Margaret, Consumers' League --Correspondence, etc. (January '33-December '35; (January 1936-March'43)


Box 30

Maryland--Correspondence (January 1929-Harch 1941)


Box 30

Md. Baltimore--Correspondence (January 1934-December 1941)


Box 30

Md. Imberman, A. A.--Correspondence (January 1935-September 1937)


Box 30

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company--Correspondence, (March '37-March '42)


Box 30

Michigan--Correspondence, etc. (September 1931-June 1935) in 2 Folders; (January 1937-April 1941)


Box 30

Mich. Com. far Old Age Security--Lists or names (January 1933)


Mich:


Box 30

Detroit--Correspondence (July 1938-February 1942)


Box 30

Grand Rapids Com.--Correspondence (September 1931-January 1937)


Box 30

Kalamazoo--Corres., list, etc. (December 1931-April 1934)


Box 31

Middle age problem--Correspondence (November 1929-1942)


Box 31

Minnesota--Correspondence (November 1928-July 1941) in 2 Folders.


Box 31

Minn. Commission on the Aged--Pamphlets, Correspondence, synopsis (November 1925)


Box 31

Mississippi-Correspondence (March 1931-November 1941)


Box 31

Missouri:


Box 31

Correspondence (February 1937-March 1939)


Box 31

Poorhouses, poor farms: "Place of Horrors"-Inspection repts., etc. (1923-1933)


Mo.:


Box 31

Com. for Old Age Security--Correspondence, etc. (April '32-September '33)


Box 31

Leonard, Oscar--Correspondence (October 1954-December 1941)


Box 32

Mo.:


Box 32

Kansas City-Correspondence, etc. (September 1930-February 1939)


Box 32

Russell, Meigs B.--Correspondence, lists & miscellaneous data (November 1931-April 1932) in 2 Folders.


Box 32

St. Louis--Correspondence (January 1935-February 1942)


Box 32

Montana--Correspondence (January 1925-December 1927); (November 1929-April 1938)


Box 33

National Assn. of Manufactures--Clippings, Correspondence, etc. (April' 30-October '35)


Box 33

(First-Third) National Conference on Old Are Security--Correspondence, proceedings, bills, etc. (April 1928-1931) in 6 Folders.


Box 34

National Conference on Social Security--Correspondence, etc. (June 1932-November 1942) in 3 Folders.


Box 34

Nationa1 Council of Jewish Women, Jersey City Section. Mahler, Benjamin (Minna)--Correspondence, (September 1930-May 1931)


Box 34

National Industrial Recovery Act, Pamphlets, etc. (July-September 1933)


Box 34

National Public Housing Conference. Alfred, Helen, Correspondence, etc. (September 1929-March 1934); (March 1937-April 1942)


Box 34

Nebraska--Correspondence, (January 1958)


Box 34

Netherlands--Regulations, Correspondence, etc. (October 1920-January 1927)


Box 34

Neuberger, Dr. Otto--Corres., biographical sketch, etc. (January 1936-September 1942)


Box 34

Nevada--Biennial rept. of the supt. old-age pensions 1923-1924 (1925), 1923-1924


Box 34

New Hampshire--Corres., Legal information bul. (October 1930-December 1941)


Box 35

NJ:


Box 35

Correspondence, (January 1927-January 1942)


Box 35

Lists, miscellaneous data (May-October 1931)


Box 35

Press release (October 1929-December 1931)


Box 35

Resolutions (February 1929-April 1931)


Box 35

Speaking engagements--Correspondence, (May-September 1930)


Box 35

Alloway, J. E., Trenton--Correspondence, etc (October 1932-November 1934)


Box 35

Camden--Correspondence (October 1928-March 1931)


Box 35

Consumers' League of N. J. Wiley, Katherine G. T.- General Correspondence, (November 1929-March 1934)


Box 35

Assn. for Social Security--Correspondence, by-laws (November 1937-March 1938)


Box 35

Council on Old Age Pensions:


Box 35

Correspondence, statement, etc. (October 1930)


Box 35

Correspondence w. Governor (December '29-April '31)


Box 35

etc.--Contributions--Correspondence, etc. (April 1930-November)


Box 35

Executive Com.--Minutes, agenda, lists, correspondence, etc. (February '30-May '3l)


Box 35

Correspondence, etc. (January 1930-October 1932) in 2 Folders.


Box 36

Board of Chosen Freeholders--Correspondence (December 1931)


Box 36

Diocese of N. J. Weeles, Rev. Samuel G.--General Correspondence, (December 1929-November 1932)


Box 36

Emil Franke1--Correspondence (January 1928-July 1940)


Box 36

Federation of Labor. Reilley, Hugh V.--Correspondence (December 1929-June 1931)


Box 36

Hasley, Florence--General Correspondence, (January 1930-February 1932)


Box 36

Glover, Ralph--Correspondence, (October 1930-March 1931)


Box 36

Jersey City--Correspondence, (May 1929-February 1933)


Box 36

Leuper, Fred J.--Correspondence, (November 1929-January 1933)


Box 36

Lewis R. D.--General Correspondence, (October 1930-August 1931)


Box 36

New Brunswick--Correspondence, (October 1930-February 1931)


Box 36

Newark--Correspondence, (November 1929-February 1934)


Box 36

Paterson--Correspondence, (August 1930-February 1931)


Box 36

Pension Survey Commission--Correspondence, reports. (September 1930-November 1931)


Box 36

Permanent Conference--Correspondence, minutes, agenda, etc. (January-April 1930)


Box 36

Plainfield--Correspondence, (December 1929-December 1930)


Box 36

Trenton-general correspondence, (December 1929-November 1932)


Box 36

Trenton. Ellis, William J.--Correspondence, (January 1931-0ct. 1941)


Box 36

Women's Republican Club of N.J.--Correspondence, (August '30-January'3l)


Box 37

New Mexico--Correspondence, (September 1934-June 1958)


Box 37

New York (City)--Correspondence, (January 1930-October 1942) in 3 Folders.


N.Y.:


Box 37

City Affairs Com.--Correspondence, minutes, etc. (December'37-December '42)


Box 37

City Club--Correspondence, etc. (December 1936-April 1939)


Box 37

N.Y. (City):


Box 37

Congregational Education Society--Correspondence, (September '31-Sep. '34)


Box 37

Dept. of Welfare. Old Age Security Div., etc. --Correspondence, (May 1930-January 1943)


Box 37

Shientag, Bernard L., Judge--Correspondence, (December '29-0ct. '50)


Box 37

Welfare Council, Research Bureau--Private agencies (May '29)


Box 38

N.Y. (State):


Box 38

General Correspondence, (February 1938-September 1942)


Box 38

Legislation--Old Age Assistance Act (Liberalization)--Correspondence, etc. (January 1937-March 1939)


Box 38

Legislation--Old Age Pension bills--Signed by Governor (March-April 1930)


Box 38

Legislative Hearing Conference--Correspondence, lists, etc. (January 1938-May 1929) in 2 Folders.


Box 38

Meetings, & conferences--Correspondence, (March 1929-February 1930)


Box 38

Repeal attempts--Correspondence, etc. (December 1931-April 1932)


Box 38

N.Y.:


Box 38

Albany--Correspondence, (June 1929-February 1942) in 2 Folders.


Box 38

Hearing--Bil1 for old age security--Correspondence, lists, etc. (January 1930-February 1931) in 2 Folders.


Box 38

Albany Conference on Old Age Security--Correspondence, remarks, lists (October 1932)


Box 38

Andrews, Elmer F., Dept. of Labor--Correspondence, (September'35-November'38)


Box 38

Binghamptor--Correspondence, (October 1929-0ct. 1932)


Box 39

Buffalo--Correspondence, (June 1929-March 1921)


Box 39

Dept. of Social Welfare--Correspondence, (February 1934-October 1941), etc.


Box 39

Dept. of Social We1fare. Schneider, David M. One thousand recipients of old age allowances (1935)


Box 39

Joint Legislative Welfare Com., etc.--Corres., etc. (February 1928-Ju1y 1929)


Box 39

N.Y. Commission on Old Age Security--Correspondence, (April 1929-February 1933)


Box 39

N.Y. Constitutional Convention. Com. on Social Welfare.


Box 39

NY. Edward Corsi--Correspondence, (July-Aug, 1938)


Box 40

Permanent Conference on Old Age Security:


Box 40

Correspondence, releases, lists, speeches, minutes, etc. (January 1927-May 1934) in 7 Folders.


Box 41

N.Y.:


Box 41

Permanent Conference-Correspondence, minutes.. etc. (January '37-November '41) in 2 Folders.


Box 41

Permanent Conference. Com. on Education--Correspondence, minutes, etc. (January 1934-April 1935)


Box 41

Permanent Conference. Executive Com. affiliated organizations--Correspondence, etc. (September 1929-June 1937) in 3 Folders.


Box 42

Rochester--Correspondence, (July 1929-February 1942)


Box 42

Roosevelt, F.D., 1929-33 3 letters (photocopied)


Box 42

Senate:


Box 42

Byrne, William T.--Correspondence, (December 1934-January 1936)


Box 42

Mautick, Seabury C. & Mastick bill--Correspondence, etc. (January 1930-January 1934)


Box 42

Mandelbaum, Samue1-- Correspondence an act (January 1933-January 1936)


Box 42

Syracuse--Correspondence, (October 1929-May 1936)


Box 42

Utica--Correspondence, (July.1929-October 1935)


Box 42

New Zealand--Pamphlets, Correspondence, annual reports., forms, etc. (1908-January 1927)


Box 42

Nordholm, Alex--Correspondence, (September 1935-July 1938)


Box 42

North Carolina--Correspondence, Public welfare progress (January 1930-April 1938)


Box 42

North Dakota--Correspondence, (May 1930-March 1936)


Box 43

Ohio:


Box 43

Bills, statistics, conferences, Correspondence, lists, etc. (December 1930-December 1931)


Box 43

Old Age Security herald (July-August 1931)


Box 43

Correspondence, (April 1928-March 1941)


Box 43

Old Age refund--Correspondence, (September 1939-Apri 1940)


Box 43

Old Age Pensions & Unemployment Campaign (1929-1938) (photocopies)


Box 43

Bigelow, Herbert S.--Correspondence, etc. (February 1928-March 1937)


Box 43

Cincinnati--Correspondence, (November 1928-July 1941)


Box 43

Columbus--Correspondence, (January 1929-April 1942)


Box 43

Cleveland--Correspondence, (January 1937-December 1941), Rose leaves (June '41)


Box 43

Dayton--Correspondence, (September 1929-February 1939)


Box 43

Toledo--Correspondence, (February 1931-April 1937)


Box 44

Oklahoma. Old Age Pension Bill--Correspondence etc. (April 1928-November 1932);(March 1933-(October 1939)


Box 44

Old age pensions--Development, foreign countries, etc..--Articles, lists, etc. (1916-February 1929)


Box 44

Old age pensions--Development in various states & so on--Articles, etc. (1908-February 1929)


Box 44

Old age pensions--N.Y., Ky., etc.--Correspondence, (January 1934-August 1943) in 2 Folders.


Box 44

Old age pensions--Schemes (June 1929 etc.), 1929


Box 44

Old Folks' Relief Society, Inc... NY. City--Correspondence, (May 1930-December 1934)


Box 44A

Old Folks' Relief Society, Inc... NY. City--Correspondence, (May 1930-December 1934)

Was treated for mold in 2022


Box 45

Oppositions to old age pensions--Articles & general data, clippings, letters, etc. (April 1931-July 1933)


Box 45

Oregon--Correspondence, etc. (January 1928-July 1940)


Box 45

Organizations--Reports, Correspondence, resolutions (September 1927-February 1934)


Box 45

Organizations, etc. endorsing old age pensions--Pamphlets, etc. (December '28)


Box 45

Organizations magazines, etc.--Correspondence, (October 1927-December 1928); (January 1929-May 1930)


Box 46

Pennsylvania--Correspondence, (December 1926-December 1929) in 2 Folders.


Box 46

Pennsylvania--Correspondence, (January 1937-July 1942)


PA:


Box 46

Allentown--Com. & general correspondence, etc. (November 1931-October 1941)


Box 46

Altoona--Com. & general corres., etc. (December 1931-November 1934)


Box 46

Chamber of Commerce--Bul., lists, correspondence, etc. (May-December 1926)


Box 46

Chamber of Commerce--Pa. progress, monthly (July 1926-September 1928)


Box 46

Com. On Old Age Security--Corres., etc. (December 1931.-January 1954)


Box 46

Federation


Box 46

Easton--Com. & general correspondence, etc. (November 1931-April 1934)


Box 46

Erie—Com. & general correspondence, etc. (November 1931-1932)


Box 46

Federation of Labor:


Box 46

Reports, resolutions, etc. (May '24-'28)


Box 46

Maurer, James Hudson .Correspondence, etc.


Box 46

Maurer, James Hudson .Correspondence, etc. (January 1928-April 1942)


Box 47

Fight--Correspondence, acts, supreme court records, etc. (May '32-November'33)


Box 47

Ford City. Almshouse, etc.--Re-inspect1on sheets, articles, etc. (February 1922-October 1923)


Box 47

Harrisburg--Correspondence. (May 1936-April 1942)


Box 47

Pittsburgh--Correspondence, (February 1936-April 1942)


Box 47

Reading--Correspondence, etc. (April 1931-February 1933)


Box 47

Scranton--Correspondence, etc. (March 1932-December 1932)


Box 47

Wilkes-Barre--Correspondence, etc. (February 1933-June 1939)


Box 47

Senate. Vare. Old Age Pension Amendment--Fight-Correspondence, reports, etc. (April 1924-April 1927) in 2 Folders.


Box 47

Old Age Assistance Commission--Articles & Miscellaneous data (1924-1927) in 2 Folders.


Box 47

Old Age Pension Commission--Correspondence, certificate, etc. (May 1924-May 1927)


Box 47

Security League. Schermerhorn, Gertrude L.--Correspondence, newsletters, etc. (August 1934-July 1936)


Box 48

People's Lobby, Wash, D.C. --Correspondence, declaration, etc. (December '29-November '39)


Box 48

Personal Correspondence, (January 1924-February 1937) in 3 fo1ders.


Box 48

Philadelphia--Correspondence, (1937-1941)


Box 48

Philadelphia Conference--Correspondence, lists, etc. (May-November 1930)


Box 48

Policyholders' Advisory Council--Correspondence, constitution, testimony (April-September 1939)


Box 48

Pope, Willard, Detroit, Mich.--Correspondence, etc. (May 1930-0ct. 1938)


Box 48

Portugal--Decreto n.5 (mai 1919)


Box 48

Principles, Statement of, an article ?F1ynn (February 1938-May 1940)


Box 49

Rackets:


Box 49

Health--Clippings (February-June 1934)


Box 49

Old age pensions--"National Old Age Pension Assn." by "Dr." J.E.Pope--Clippings, Correspondence, etc. (1933-1936) in 2 Folders.


Box 49

Old age pensions--Townsend Clubs, San Diego, Calif.-Correspondence, etc. (February 1933-February 1936) in 3 Folders.


Box 49

Social security--Miscellaneous correspondence, clippings, etc. (July 1933-October 1941) in 2 Folders.


Box 50

Railroad Retirement Board. Latimore, Murray W.--Correspondence, (May '35-November'40)


Box 50

Reed, Dr. Louis S., Md.--Correspondence, (December 1937-Jan 1941)


Box 50

Reporting service (stenotype)--Corres. (July 1930-February 1941)


Box 50

Republican Program Com. (Glenn Frank)--Correspondence, program, charges, etc. (March 1937-January 1942)


Rhode Island:


Box 50

Correspondence, (December 1933-November 1941)


Box 50

Council for Old Age Security--Correspondence, (September 1930-May 1934) in 2 Folders


Box 50

Minutes (November 1930-February 1932)


Box 50

House. Soriere, Albert A.--Correspondence, (December 1935-February 1937)


Roosevelt, pres. Franklin D.:


Box 50

Correspondence, etc. (December 1928-September 1940)


Box 50

Clippings (February-July 1934)


Box 51

Rosenberg controversy--Correspondence, press -releases, etc. (September ' 37-July '41)


Box 51

Rosenwald, Julius--Requesting contribution--Correspondence, (November '27-January '29)


Box 51

Romania--Act (January 1912), Monitorul oficial (November 1924)


Box 51

Rubinov, Dr. Isaac Max--Correspondence, clippings, etc. (January 1928-January 1939)


Box 52

Sanford, Frederick, N.J. League of Women Voter~-General correspondence (May 1930-February 1931)


Box 52

Sanford, Raymond, Ill. Com. for Old Age Security--Correspondence, (March 1932-October 1935) in 2 Folders.


Box 52

Saposs, David J .--Correspondence, (February 1939-March 1942)


Box 52

Snyderman, George S., Pa.--Correspondence, (February 1933-July 1940)


Box 52

Social Science Research Council—Correspondence (April '36-November '40)


Box 52

Social Security Board (Correspondence on the origin of the name "Social Security")


Box 52

South Carolina--Correspondence, (September 1950-August 1938)


Box 52

South Dakota--Correspondence, (February 1934-March 1939)


Box 52

State Com.'s Stationery--Samples


Box 52

Stewart, Bryce M., Industrial Relations Counselors-Suggested changes for H.R. 7260 (April 1935-January 1940), 7260


Box 52

Sweden, Netherlands, Greece--Acts, order, etc. (May '18-August '25)


Box 53

Tennessee--Correspondence, (February 1950-March 1941)


Box 53

Texas--Correspondence, (January 1930-March 1940)


Box 53

Twentieth Century Fund, Inc., Boston--Corres concerning a grant (January 1928-April 1929)


Box 53

Utah--Correspondence, etc.(October 1929-February 1955)


Box 53

Utopian state--Townsend, Dr. E.'s Utopian Society in Southern Calito Utah; Sinclair, Upton.--C1ippings, etc. (December 1931-Sept 1934)


Box 53

Unions--Correspondence, & pamphlets, etc. (1923)


Box 53

United Mine Workers of America. Old Age Pension Commission-Corres. (October-November 1924)


Box 54

U.S. Congress:


Box 54

Amendments to social security act--Correspondence, (December'38-Marcn'39)


Box 54

Congressional Intelligence--Receipt of $25 (September 1935)


Box 54

Dinner on old age pensions, January 1932


Box 54

Correspondence, lists (December 1931-April 1932)


Box 54

Dinner, March 1934--Correspondence, lists (February-March 1934)


House:


Box 54

Ellenbogen, Henry-- Correspondence. (January 1933-November 1938)


Box 54

Fitzgerald, Roy G.--Correspondence, (December 1929-Nay 1930)


Senate:


Box 54

Hearings--Correspondence, etc. (December '29-January '31) in 2 Folders


Box 54

Hearings--Persons promised to attend--Correspondence, (May '3O)


Box 54

Hearings--Persons unable to attend--Correspondence, (May '30)


Box 54

Hearings-on Dill's Old Pension bill, February 1930


Box 54

Correspondence, etc. (December 1929-March 1931)


Box 54

Budlong, Percy E., Official Reporter--Correspondence, (September-December 1932)


Box 54

Dill, C.C.--Correspondence, bill, etc. (May '29-March '43)


Box 55

U.S. Dept. of Labor. Lubin, Dr. Isador--Correspondence, (June '33-March '36)


Box 55

Employment Office. Ringe, Helen H.--Correspondence, etc. (September '33-December 35)


Box 55

Social Security Board--Travel orders, contract, correspondence, etc. (October 1939-January 1942)


Box 55

Uruguay--Social legislation, Legislation obrera (October 1919)


Box 55

Vermont--Corres. (November 1932-February 1942)


Box 55

Villard, Oswald Garrison--Correspondence, (July 1931-April 1932)


Box 55

Vinton, Warren Jay--Corresp (December 1931-July. 1941)


Box 55

Virginia--Correspondence, (April 1929-September 1942)


Box 55

Va. Senate. Morris, Emma--Correspondence, a bill (May 1930-June 1934)


Box 56

Walter, Dr. Josephine's will--Correspondence, receipt by A.A.S.S., etc. (May 1935-June 1935)


Box 56

Washington--Correspondence, (April 1938-November 1940)


Wash.,D.C.:


Box 56

Correspondence, (February l939-May 1942)


Box 56

Memorandum, bill, etc.


Box 56

Conference--Correspondence, (May 1929)


Box 56

Permanent Com. --Minutes, Correspondence, etc. (May 1932-January 1934)


Box 56

West Virginia--Correspondence, (January 1929-May 1940)


Box 56

Whitney, William C.: Foundation. Bogue, Anna--Correspondence, (December 1927-June 1941) in 2 fo1ders


Box 56

Wisconsin--Correspondence, etc. (January 1936-February 1942)


Box 56

Old age pensions law--Pamphlets, Correspondence (June '26-February '28)


Box 56

Workers' Education--Correspondence, (February-May 1941)


Box 56

Workmen's Circle--correspondence, etc. (December 1934-March 1938)


Box 56

Wyoming--Correspondence, etc. (November 1929-Ju1y 1934)


Box 57

Miscellaneous correspondence, I-IV


Box 58

Miscellaneous correspondence, I-IV


Box 59

Miscellaneous correspondence, I-IV


Box 60

Miscellaneous correspondence, I-IV


Box 61

Requests for "Negro Migrant" (1918-1921)


Box 62

American Assn. for Social Security--Clippings (1930)


Box 63

Miscellaneous clippings, I-IV


Box 64

Miscellaneous clippings, I-IV


Box 65

Miscellaneous clippings, I-IV


Box 66

Miscellaneous clippings, I-IV


Box 67

Electrictype cuts reprints--Scrapbook


Box 68

Editorials--Scrapbook (1932-1933)


Box 69

Magazine articles--Scrapbook (1919-1930)


Box 70

Miscellaneous scrapbooks


Box 71

Miscellaneous scrapbooks


Box 72

Miscellaneous scrapbooks


Box 73

Miscellaneous scrapbooks


Box 74

Lecture material, New York University


Box 75

"Insecurity: A Challenge to America": Typescript


Box 76

"Insecurity: A Challenge to America": Typescript


Box 77

"Insecurity: A Challenge to America": Typescript


Box 78

"Insecurity: A Challenge to America": Typescript


Box 79

"Challenge of the Aged": typescript with related materials


Box 80

Old Age Pensions


Box 81

Misc. manuscripts; Misc. newspaper clippings, including letters to the editor of N.Y. Times from A. & H.C. Epstein and some pamphlets (Gift 1978)


Box 82

Miscellaneous


Box 83

Miscellaneous


Box 84

Miscellaneous


Box 85

American Association for Social Security: Membership Cards


Box 86

American Association for Social Security: Membership Cards


Flat Box 46

Photographs