The Personal Research Files were labeled as such by Edelstein with a focus on the following subjects: immigration (with an emphasis on the McCarran-Walter Act), foreign policy, civil rights, communism (with an emphasis on McCarthyism), and power. The types of materials found within these files include correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newsletters, publications, and maps. These records are in their original order.
McCarthyism
Box 56
Freedom--General, 1952-1954, 2 folders
Box 56
Security Risks, 1954
Box 56
Communism, 1949, 1953-1954, 1949, 1953-1954
Box 56
Loyalty Program, 1942
Box 56
Flanders (Ralph E.) Resolution, 1954
Box 56
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 1954
Foreign Policy, 1949-1953
Box 56
Asia, 1950, 1953-1955, 1950, 1953-1955
Box 56
Indo-China, 1954
Box 56
Benton, William, 1957
Box 57
Welfare--Surplus Food Distribution Program, 1954
Box 57
Lucky Luciano, 1954
Box 57
Civil Rights--General Materials, 1952-1954, 2 folders
Box 57
Immigration--Security, 1956
McCarthyism, 1943, 1946-1947, 1950-1951, 1943, 1946-1947, 1950-1951
Box 57
McCarthy, Joseph R.--Franking Privilege, 1953-1954
Box 57
Senate Bill for Restoration of Alien Property Seizures, 1954
Box 57
Un-American Activities, 1949, 1953-1955, 1949, 1953-1955, 2 folders
Box 57
Immunity, 1953-1954
Box 57
Juvenile Delinquency, 1955
Box 58
ADL Bulletin
, 1959
Box 58
Anti-Discrimination Housing, 1957, 1959, 1957, 1959
Box 58
Anti-Semitism--Testimony, 1951
Box 58
Anti-Trust Laws, 1955
Box 58
Soldier Voting Laws, 1950-1951
Box 58
Atomic Energy Act, 1954
McCarthy, Joseph R.--Senator Lehman's Attack, 1954
Box 58
Communism, 1950, 1953-1955, 1950, 1953-1955
Box 58
National Security, 1950
Box 58
Foreign Students, 1950
Box 58
Trading with the Enemy Act, 1954
Box 58
Lamont, Corliss--Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, 1954
Box 58
Bank Holding Companies, 1955-1956
Box 58
Benton, William, 1956
Box 58
Bigotry, 1953-1955
Box 58
Foreign Policy--Arab States, 1950, 1953-1954, 1950, 1953-1954
Box 58
Bronx--Speech Drafts, 1956
Box 59
Correspondence--General, 1953-1954
Box 59
Legislative Mail, 1954
Box 59
McCarthyism, 1953-1954, 2 folders
Disaster Insurance--Testimony, 1955-1956
Box 59
Legislation, 1955-1956, 3 folders
Box 59
Correspondence, 1955
Box 59
Disaster Funds--Ideas, 1955-1956
Box 60
Juvenile Delinquency, 1953-1954
Box 60
Defense Production Act, 1956
Box 60
Puerto Rico, 1949-1958, 2 folders
Box 60
Foreign Policy Reports, 1951
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 1958
Box 60
Convention, 1958-1959
Box 60
Farm Policy, 1958
Box 60
Agriculture, 1953-1956, 2 folders
Box 61
Disarmament, 1948
Box 61
Drought, 1955
Box 61
Housing, 1954-1956, 2 folders
Box 61
Eastland, James O., 1956
Box 61
Flood Assistance for Northeastern States, 1955
Box 61
Great Lakes Basin Compact, 1955
Box 61
Subcommittee on Health, 1954
Box 61
Edelstein, Julius C. C.--Panel Debate on Immigration, 1956
Box 61
Interstate Military Compact, 1956
Juvenile Delinquency, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1953, 1955, 1957
Box 61
Bills Analysis, 1955
Box 61
Summary, 1955
Box 61
Milk Marketing, 1955
Box 61
Federal Trade Commission Act--McGuire Act, 1955
Box 61
Child Day Care Centers, 1954-1955
Box 61
Campaign Ideas, 1949
Box 61
Elections Rights Act, 1955
Box 61
New York Teachers Guild, 1955
Box 62
Bricker Amendment, 1954-1955
Box 62
Baruch (CUNY) Speech, 1954, 1957-1958, 1954, 1957-1958
Box 62
United Auto Workers (UAW), undated
Box 62
Negro Workers' Conference, 1955
Box 62
Harriman, Averell, 1956
Box 62
Albert Einstein (College of Medicine of Yeshiva University) Speech, 1956
Box 62
Liberal Party Speech, 1956
Box 62
Electoral Reform, 1950, 1955-1956, 1950, 1955-1956
Box 62
Foreign Policy--China, 1954-1955
Box 62
Wittenberg, Philip, 1956
Box 62
Sugar, 1956
Box 62
Urban League of Greater New York, 1955-1956
Box 62
Civil Rights, 1956-1957
McCarthyism
Box 62
Dirksen Bill--Amend Trading with the Enemy Act, 1955-1956
Box 62
Record of Congress, 1955
Box 62
Democratic Research Project, 1955-1956
Box 62
Cohen, Ben V., 1955
Box 62
Douglas Depressed Area Bill, 1956
Box 62
D'Ewart, Wesley A., 1947-1956
Box 63
Correspondence--Edelstein and Lehman, 1955
Box 63
Official Data--Names, 1953-1955
Box 63
Farm Aid Program, 1955-1956
Box 63
Bowles, Chester, 1954
Foreign Policy
Box 63
Defense--Speech Material, 1953-1954
Box 63
German and Japanese Reparations, 1945-1949, 3 folders
Box 63
Defense, 1932, 1953-1954, 1932, 1953-1954, 2 folders
Box 64
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1954, 1957, 1954, 1957
Box 64
Cloture, 1957-1958
Box 64
Civil Rights, 1955, 1957-1958, 1955, 1957-1958
Box 64
Constitutional Convention, 1957
Box 64
Electoral College, 1954-1955
Box 64
Economic Conditions, 1953, 1955, 1953, 1955
Box 64
Farrell, James T., 1953-1956
Foreign Policy, 1954-1955
Box 64
Quemoy Crisis, 1958
Box 64
Ghana, undated
Box 64
United Nations, 1945, 1953-1954, 1945, 1953-1954
Box 64
Defense, 1953, 1955, 1953, 1955
Box 64
Cyprus, 1956
Box 64
Brandeis University, 1954
Box 64
Bank Holding Companies, 1955
Box 64
Immigration--Migration, 1953
Foreign Policy
Box 65
Yalta, 1945, 1951, 1955, 1945, 1951, 1955
Box 65
Formosa, 1954-1955
Box 65
Germany, 1953-1955
Box 65
Industrial Areas Foundation, 1960
Box 65
Lehman, Herbert H.--General, 1936, 1949, 1953-1958, 1936, 1949, 1953-1958
Box 65
United Jewish Appeal, 1958
Box 65
Civil Rights--Speeches, 1957-1958
Box 65
Education--Speeches, 1957
Box 65
The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, 1957-1958
Box 65
Housing, 1954-1955, 1957, 1954-1955, 1957
Box 65
Inauguration of John Kennedy, 1961
Box 65
McMahon Plan, 1956
Box 65
McCarran-Walter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952), 1954-1956
Box 66
McCarran-Walter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952), 1951, 1953-1956, 1951, 1953-1956, 3 folders
Box 66
Immigration, 1954-1955, 1958-1959, 1954-1955, 1958-1959
Power
Box 66
General, 1953-1955
Box 66
Niagara Falls, 1953, 1955-1957, 1953, 1955-1957
Box 67
Right-to-Work Laws, 1958-1959
Box 67
Trade, 1953-1956
Box 67
Williams, G. Mennen, 1957
Box 67
Thomas K. Finletter Candidacy, 1958
Box 67
Federal Communications Commissioner Frieda B. Hennock, 1949-1955
Box 67
Campaign Contributions, 1958
Box 67
Political Strategy, 1953, 1956, 1953, 1956
Box 67
Humane Slaughtering Bill, 1958
Box 67
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 1957-1958, 3 folders
Box 68
Politics, 1954-1956, 2 folders
Box 68
Research, 1957
Box 68
Civil Liberties, 1955-1956
Box 68
Economic Conditions, 1956-1957
Box 68
Health Welfare, 1956-1957
Box 68
The Cross and the Flag
, 1956-1957
Box 68
Political Memo from COPE (Committee on Political Education), 1956-1957
Box 68
Immigration, 1956-1957
Box 68
Foreign Policy Bulletin, 1952-1953, 1956-1957, 1952-1953, 1956-1957
Box 69
Foreign Policy--Israel, 1952, 1954-1959, 1952, 1954-1959, 4 folders
Box 69
Staff Memoranda, 1953, 1955-1956, 1953, 1955-1956
Box 69
Politics, 1952, 1955-1956, 1952, 1955-1956
Box 70
Urban League of Greater New York, 1957
Box 70
Health for Peace, 1952-1959
Box 70
Health--Speeches and Drafts, 1958-1959
Correspondence
Box 70
Regarding Lister Hill Bill, 1958-1959, 2 folders
Box 70
Received by Julius Edelstein, 1957-1959
Box 70
Addressed to Lister Hill, 1958-1959
Box 70
Addressed to Howard A. Rusk, 1955, 1958-1959, 1955, 1958-1959
Box 70
From Foundations, Colleges and Private Organizations, 1958
Box 70
Disaster Insurance--Data, 1954, 1956, 1954, 1956
Box 71
Health Insurance, 1950-1954
Box 71
Proxy Rules, 1955
Box 71
McCarthy, Joseph R.--Charges, 1953-1954
Box 71
Politics of Natural Gas, 1956
Box 71
Legislation--General, 1955
Box 71
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers, 1955
Box 71
Order of Ahepa, 1956
Box 71
Chanukah Festival, 1955
Box 71
Davis, Elmer, 1955
Box 71
McCarthyism, 1954
Box 71
Rockefeller Contributions, 1958
Box 71
Immigration--Francis D. Walter's Proposal, 1958-1959
Box 71
Health for Peace, 1954, 1956-1959, 1954, 1956-1959, 2 folders
Box 72
Health for Peace, 1954, 1956-1958, 1954, 1956-1958
Box 72
The Fund for the Republic, Inc., 1958
Rappaport, Joseph--First Draft "Principles in Politics", 1958
Box 72
First Draft "Liberalism and Radicalism", undated
Box 72
"The Liberal Tactic", undated
Box 72
Assignments, 1958
Speranza Lectures at Columbia University--Correspondence and Drafts, 1957-1958
Box 73
Rappaport, Joseph--Drafts, Includes Speranza Notes, undated
Box 73
Marxism--Notes, 1955
Box 73
Farm Unrest, Populist Party and Radicals--Notes, circa, 1950s
Box 73
International Affairs--Notes, circa, 1950s
Box 73
The Universities--Notes, circa, 1950s
Box 73
The Muckrakers--Notes, circa, 1950s
Box 73
The Depression--Notes, circa, 1950s
Speranza Lectures--Second Lecture-Notes, 1957-1958
Box 73
First Lecture-Notes, circa, 1958
Box 73
General Notes, 1950s
Box 73
Research for The Progressive Article, 1958
Box 73
Columbia University Degree, 1958
Box 73
Howard University Degree, 1958
Box 73
Lehman, Herbert H.--Speech on Israel, 1958
Box 73
National Democratic Club, 1958
Box 73
Research for Thomas K. Finletter Article, 1958
Box 73
Immigration--NCIC--Correspondence, 1957-1958
Box 73
Wager, Walter, 1953-1957
Box 73
Lowe, Charles U. (Herbert Lehman's Nephew), 1957-1958
Box 73
Education Program, 1956-1958
Box 73
Edelberg, Herman--Notes, 1957
Box 73
Engel, Irving M., 1957
Box 73
Hession, Anne and John--Correspondence, 1957
Box 73
Civil Rights Legislation, 1957
Box 74
Correspondence--General, 1958
Immigration Materials, 1957-1958
Box 74
Saturday Evening Post on Immigration--Comments, 1957-1958
NCIC--Correspondence, 1954-1955, 1957, 1954-1955, 1957
Box 74
Interim Project, 1958-1959
Box 74
Fiscal, 1955
Box 74
Names for Membership, 1955
Box 74
National Democratic Advisory Council (NDAC), 1957-1958
Box 74
Council on Foreign Relations--Philippines Project, 1957
Box 74
Humane Slaughtering Legislation and Shechita, 1957-1958
Box 74
Council of B'nai B'rith, 1958
Box 74
United Nations--Human Rights, 1958
Box 75
Library of Congress--Research, 1959-1960
Box 75
Incoming Lehman Correspondence, 1959
Box 75
Memoranda to Lehman, 1959
Box 75
Democratic Voters--Facts and Figures, 1959
Box 75
New York Committee for Democratic Voters--Statements, 1959
Box 75
Foreign Policy, 1958
Box 75
Correspondence--General, 1956-1959, 2 folders
Box 75
The Cooperative Foundation, 1958
Immigration, 1953, 1959, 1953, 1959
Box 75
United States Committee for Refugees, 1959
Box 76
Correspondence--To Dictate, 1957-1958
Immigration, 1952-1959
Box 76
Refugees, 1959
Box 76
United States Committee on Refugees, 1959
Box 76
Photographs--Edelstein Passport Photograph, USS New Jersey and Unidentified Photograph, 1952, 1960, undated, 1952, 1960, undated
Box 76
The Naval Reservist
, 1948-1956, 2 folders
Box 76
Correspondence--General, 1953, 1955-1958, 1953, 1955-1958
Box 77
Foreign Policy--Israel,1953
Box 77
McCarthy, Joseph R.--Censure, 1928, 1931, 1953-1955, 1928, 1931, 1953-1955, 2 folders
Box 77
Taft-Hartley Act--Amendments, 1953
Box 77
Natural Gas--Harris and Fulbright Bills, 1955
Box 77
Catholics, 1954
Box 77
Tax Burden--New England Governors' Textile Committee, 1955
Immigration
Box 77
NCIC--Correspondence, 1955-1956
Box 77
Disaster Insurance, 1955-1956
Civil Rights--General, 1955-1956
Box 77
Housing, 1956
Box 77
Economic Coercion, 1956
Box 77
School Segregation, 1955-1956
Box 77
Armed Forces Segregation, 1954
Box 77
Bigotry, 1955-1956
Box 78
Civil Rights--Anti Segregation, 1954-1956, 2 folders
Box 78
Aid to Education, 1955
Box 78
Yalta Papers, 1941-1945, 1955, 1941-1945, 1955
Box 78
Immigration--Adlai Stevenson Testimony--Correspondence, 1954-1955
Box 78
Westinghouse Strike, 1955-1956
Box 78
New York State Thruway, 1955
Box 78
Tax Reduction Proposals, 1954
Box 78
Sugar Act of 1948, 1954-1955, 1948, 1954-1955
Box 78
Wiretapping--Anti Traitor Bill, 1954-1955
Box 79
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 1955, 1934, 1955
Box 79
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1955-1956, 2 folders
Box 79
Fair Code of Procedure for Congressional Investigating Committees, 1953-1955
Immigration
Box 79
Refugee Relief Act, 1953-1955, 2 folders
Box 79
Puerto Rico, 1956
Power
Box 79
St. Lawrence Seaway, 1952-1953
Box 79
Niagara Falls--House Public Works Committee, 1956
Box 80
St Lawrence Seaway, 1953-1955
Box 80
Electric Consumers Information, 1956-1957
Box 80
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 1937, 1941, 1953-1955, 1937, 1941, 1953-1955
Niagara Falls
Box 80
Background Material, 1952-1955
Box 80
Testimony, 1951, 1953-1955, 1951, 1953-1955
Box 80
Correspondence, 1950-1954
Box 80
Moses, Robert, 1954
Box 80
Platforms, 1954-1955
Box 80
White House Position, 1956
Box 81
Ralph Sucher Program, 1954-1955
Niagara Falls
Box 81
Background Material, 1950-1954, 2 folders
Box 81
Vote Evaluation, 1956
Box 81
Clippings, 1956
Box 81
Transmission Lines, 1956
Box 81
Senate Reservation to the 1950 Treaty, 1953, 1955-1956, 1950, 1953, 1955-1956, 2 folders
Box 81
Senator Schedules, 1956
Box 81
Favorable Speeches, 1956
Box 81
Correspondence, 1954
Box 81
Memoranda, 1950
Power Program, 1954
Box 82
Niagara Falls
Box 82
Drafts for Bill, 1950, 1954-1956, 1950, 1954-1956
Box 82
Background Material, 1952-1956, 2 folders
Box 82
Correspondence, 1954-1956, 3 folders
Box 82
Working Drafts (TVA Model), 1950-1951
Box 83
Niagara Falls--Treaty, 1931, 1942, 1948-1950, 1931, 1942, 1948-1950
Immigration
Box 83
Mexican Nationals, 1953-1954
Box 83
Material for Speeches--Includes Drafts, 1953-1955
Box 83
Passport Cases, 1953-1954, 1956, 1953-1954, 1956
Box 83
Background Material, 1948-1949, 1953, 1948-1949, 1953
Box 83
General, 1951, 1953-1955, 1951, 1953-1955
Box 83
Refugee Relief Act, 1952-1954
Box 84
Refugee Relief Act, 1953-1954, 2 folders
Box 84
Hearings, 1954
Box 84
Ives-Javits Bill, 1954
Box 84
Speech Material, 1953-1954
Box 84
McCarran-Walter Act--Correspondence, 1951, 1953-1954, 1956, 1951, 1953-1954, 1956
Box 84
NCIC--Correspondence Regarding Naturalization, 1956-1957
Box 84
Material for Speeches on McCarran-Walter Act, 1953
Box 84
Suggestions for Lehman Bill, 1952-1953
Box 84
McCarran-Walter Act, 1951-1954
Box 84
Niagara Falls--Opposing Arguments, 1955-1956
Box 85
National Politics, 1958
Box 85
Merchant Marine Academy, 1955
Box 85
Sampson Air Force Base, 1955-1956
Box 85
Natural Gas, 1955-1956
Box 85
Minimum Wage, 1955
Box 85
Mine, Mill and Smelter Union, 1955
Box 85
Miami Strike, 1955
Immigration
Box 85
Joseph Rappaport Drafts, 1952
Box 85
McCarran-Walter Act, 1953-1956
NCIC--Executive Director, 1955, 2 folders
Box 85
Incorporation, 1955
Box 85
Fiscal, 1954-1956
Immigration--General, 1953
Box 86
NCIC--General, 1953-1956
McCarran-Walter Law--Immunity, 1954
Box 86
Alien Sheepherders, 1952, 1954-1956, 1952, 1954-1956
Box 86
Rappaport, Joseph--Drafts, 1952
Box 86
Lehman Bill, 2952-1953
Box 86
Subversives, 1952
Box 86
National Community Relation Advisory Council (NCRAC), 1953
Box 86
Omnibus Immigration and Citizenship Bill, 1955
Box 87
Butler Bill, 1954
Lehman, Herbert H.--Schedule, 1958
Box 87
On the Campaign, 1958
Box 87
Gruening, Ernest--Campaign, 1958-1959
Box 87
Correspondence--General, 1957-1959, 3 folders
Box 87
People to See, 1957-1958
Box 87
Overseas Press Club of America, 1959
Box 87
American Jewish Congress Advisory Board, 1960
Immigration
Box 88
Reports, Newsletters and Pamphlets, 1952-1954, 2 folders
Box 88
Migration, 1952-1953
Box 88
Refugee Relief Act, 1953
McCarran-Walter Law--Editorials, 1951-1952
Box 88
Fascists, 1952-1953
Box 88
Summary, 1952-1953
Box 88
Research Materials, 1950, 1952-1953, 1950, 1952-1953
Box 88
Pro McCarran-Walter Act, 2952-1953
Box 88
Summary of Lehman Bill, 1952-1953
Box 88
Statements, 1951-1953
Box 88
Social Security--Public Assistance, 1957