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Moses Moskowitz papers, 1923-1990, bulk 1942-1982

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Series IV: Professional Career

This series contains two subseries: subject files and writings. The subject files are arranged alphabetically by either organizational name or subject. Predominantly covering the period of the 1950s, these materials represent Moskowitz's early work at the United Nations. The writings subseries is arranged chronologically by publication date beginning with an articles subseries followed by a books subseries. The articles subseries spans the period from 1938 to 1976. Please note that English language translations have been provided in brackets for all foreign language article and journal titles. The books subseries contains all four volumes written by Moses Moskowitz: Human Rights and World Order: The Struggle for Human Rights in the United Nations (1958), The Politics and Dynamics of Human Rights (1968), International Concern with Human Rights (1974), and The Roots and Reaches of United Nations Actions and Decisions (1980). The first folder of each published book contains a first edition of the volume followed alphabetically by contract and correspondence files, drafts, notes, outlines, publisher catalogs and reviews.

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Subject Files

The American Jewish Committee


Box 8 Correspondence, 1942-1946

Box 8 Covenant on Political and Civil Rights, undated

Box 8 The European Convention on Human Rights--Council of Europe,, 1952-1954

Box 8 Reports--Germany--Post-war, 1946, undated, 1946, undated

Box 8 Anglo-Jewish Association, 1943-1944, 1959, 1943-1944, 1959

Box 8 Committee for World Human Rights, Inc., 1964-1969

Box 8 Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations (CCJO), 1948-1955, (4 folders)

Box 8 Encyclopedia Britannica--Report and Research, 1947 June

United Nations

Box 8 Administration, Organization and Structure, 1951-1954

Box 8 Bricker Amendment--U.S. Senate--Resolution 177 re, International Covenant of Human Rights,, 1951-1953

Box 8 Charter Revision, 1953 1955, 1953, 1955

Box 8 Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Stateless Persons,, 1953-1954, (2 folders)

Box 8 Czechoslovakia--Jewish Trial, 1953 February-March

Draft International Covenant on Human Rights--3rd Committee

Box 8 Press Releases, 1954 October-November

Box 8 Proposals and Resolutions, 1954 August-November

Box 8 Summary Records, 1954 October-November, (2 folders)

Box 8 Texts of Speeches, 1954

Economic and Social Council


Box 9 Commission on Human Rights--Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,, 1950, 1954-1955, (2 folders)

Box 9 General Assembly, 1952 1954, 1952, 1954, (3 folders)

Box 9 Reports, 1951-1954

Box 9 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1953-1954

Box 9 Freedom of Information--Code of Ethics, 1948-1954

Box 9 General Assembly--Statements, undated

Box 9 Hammarskjold, Dag--Statements, 1953-1954

Box 9 High Commissioner for Human Rights--Fight for, 1959-1965

Human Rights

Box 9 Conferences, Covenants, Days, Press Releases, Resolutions, Working Papers,, 1946-1953

Box 9 Publications--General, 1951-1954, (3 folders)

Box 9 Human Rights Commission--10th Session, 1953-1954

International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Box 9 Trachoma Control and Child Health Centers Project, 1952-1954

Box 9 Trick or Treat for UNICEF Program, 1959-1960

Box 9 Refugees--Convention, 1951, 1954-1955, (2 folders)


Box 10 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine in the Near East, 1954

Box 10 Reports, 1948-1954

Box 10 Secretary General--Speeches--Miscellaneous, 1952-1954

Box 10 Self-Determination, 1954 November-December

Box 10 Social Welfare Activities, 1953

Box 10 Statelessness, 1952-1954

Box 10 Statements--Officials, 1954

Box 10 Technical Assistance Program for the Economic Development of Under-Developed Countries,, 1954

Box 10 Trusteeship Council--Petition Procedure, 1954 May-June

Box 10 United Nations Day, 1954, undated, 1954, undated

Writings, 1938-1980

Articles, 1938-1976

Box 10 "Polish Public Opinion the 'Ghetto Benches,'"The Menorah Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 94-102,, 1938 January-March

Box 10 "The Jewish Situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia,"Jewish Social Studies, vol. IV, no. 1, pp. 17-44, 1942

Box 10 "Three Years of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia,"Political Science Quarterly, vol. 57, no. 3, 1942 September

Box 10 "In Retrospect and in Prospect,", 1946 May

Box 10 "The German's and the Jews: Postwar Report-The Enigma of German Irresponsibility,"Commentary, vol. II, no. 1, pp. 7-14, 1946 July

"The Political Reeducation of the Germans: The Emergence of Parties and Politics in Wuerttemberg-Baden, May 1945-June 1946" vol. 61, no. 4, The Political Science Quarterly--Article--Final, 1946 December, May 1945-June 1946, 1946 December

Box 10 Manuscript--Draft, 1946 December

Box 10 "The Outlawing of Genocide,"The City College Alumnus, pp. 14-15, 20--Article and Correspondence,, 1947 December

Box 10 "El décimo aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos del Hombre,"["The Tenth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"] Revista de la Alliance [ Journal of the Alliance ], pp. 19-21, 1958 October

Box 10 "A Decade of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,"Parents' Association Bulletin Yeshiva of Central Queens, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 2, 1958 November

Box 10 "Toward an Integrated Approach to International Human Rights,"René Cassin: Amicorum Discipulorumque Liber, vol. 4, pp. 61-68, 1970

Box 10 "The Narrowing Horizons of United Nations Concern with Racial Discrimination," La Revue des Droits de l'Homme [ The Human Rights Journal ], 4, 23, pp. 278-292, 1971

Box 10 Book Review--"Human Rights, The United Nations and World Community,"The American Political Science Association, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1417-1418 1972 December, 1417-1418, 1972 December

Box 10 "Whither the UN Human Rights Program," Israel Yearbook of Human Rights, vol. 6,, 1976

Books, 1958-1980

Human Rights and World Order: The Struggle for Human Rights in the United Nations (New York: Oceana Publications),, 1958

Box 10 Certificate of Copyright, Correspondence, Press Releases, Promotional Materials and Reviews,, 1958-1963

Box 10 Draft, undated

Box 10 Notes and Outlines--Chapters 1-3, undated

The Politics and Dynamics of Human Rights (New York: Oceana Publications), 1968


Box 11 Contract, 1967 July 12

Box 11 Correspondence, 1965-1972

Box 11 Draft--Title--The Internationalization of Man,, 1964 December

Box 11 Manuscript--Title: Human Rights and the Future of Man, 1968

Box 11 Notes and Outlines, 1968

Box 11 Publishers' Catalogs, 1968-1969, undated

Box 11 Reviews, 1968-1971

International Concern with Human Rights (New York: Oceana Publications, 1974)

Box 11 Manuscript--Drafts, 1974, (2 folders)

Box 11 Chapters 9-10, 1974

Box 11 Index, undated

Box 11 Page Proofs, 1974

Box 11 Reviews, 1978

The Roots and Reaches of United Nations Actions and Decisions (Rockville, MD: Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 1980)

Box 11 Manuscript--Original, 1980, (2 folders)


Box 12 Draft, 1980, (2 folders)

Box 12 Endnotes--Drafts--Chapters 1-9, 1980

Box 12 Notes and Outlines--Chapters 1-8, 1980, (6 folders)