Cincinnati, Ohio-- American Jewish Committee Records

Manuscript Collection No. 703

1966-1991. 11.2 Linear ft.

ACCESS AND PROVENANCE

The Cincinnati, Ohio, American Jewish Committee Records were donated in 1991 by American Jewish Committee, Cincinnati Chapter director Barbara Glueck. Property rights have been assigned to the American Jewish Archives. All literary rights to material authored by the American Jewish Committee are held by the American Jewish Committee itself. Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Director of the American Jewish Archives.

The Cincinnati, Ohio, American Jewish Committee Records are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.

INSTITUTIONAL SKETCH top

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) was founded in 1906 to safeguard the rights of Jews and to alleviate the consequences of persecution or disaster affecting them at home or abroad. The AJC Cincinnati Chapter, founded in 1944, combats bigotry and works to promote tolerance and mutual respect.
The AJC has three basic missions. First, to preserve and promote the security and welfare of Jews everywhere. Second, to encourage education as the best method to combat anti-Semitism, and thirdly, to encourage ties between American and Israeli Jews.

One important aspect of the work that the Cincinnati AJC does is to recognize those in the Cincinnati community that are working toward the common good. The Simon Lazarus Jr. Human Relations Awards, honors outstanding student volunteers nominated by area high schools. Nominees take part in an AJC sponsored human relations workshop. With their parents, teachers and friends, they attend the Awards ceremony and a committee screens the nominations and selects celebrity judges from the community, who choose five junior and five senior finalists. These finalists receive books and savings bonds, along with considerable publicity for their good works. Participating schools also receive books for their school libraries. Though the chapter hands out many awards, this award is most thoroughly represented in this collection.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE top

The records are arranged into three series:

A. CORRESPONDENCE AND SUBJECT FILES. 1966-1990.

Sub series 1. General Files.
Sub series 2. Human Relations Award.

B. EXECUTIVE BOARD AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATERIAL. 1975- 1991.
C. MISCELLANEOUS. 1982-1990.

Series A. CORRESPONDENCE AND SUBJECT FILES. 1973-1990 contains files taken directly from the chapter’s own filing system. In order to preserve the provenance the same file names were used. The files were then placed in alphabetical order and then chronological order within the files.

Series B. EXECUTIVE BOARD AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATERIAL. 1975-1991 deals mainly with the administrative material of the chapter and the direction and guidance it received from its board. This series consists of minutes and correspondence of the board as well as some nearprint and public relations material.

Series C. MISCELLANEOUS. 1982-1990 contains some photographs of various events and scrapbooks.

BOX AND FOLDER LISTING top

Box  Folder    Contents

SERIES A. CORRESPONDENCE AND SUBJECT FILES. 1966-1990

Subseries 1. General Files

Scope Note: This sub series was taken directly from the AJC, Cincinnati chapters files. 
The file names are those used by the chapter. This sub series deals with correspondence related 
to various projects and subjects.

1     1     Abortion. 1983-1987.
      2     American Jewish-Israeli Relations. 1987.
      3     Annual meeting. Cincinnati chapter. 1982-1986.
      4     Annual meeting. Cincinnati chapter. 1987.
      5     Annual meeting. Cincinnati chapter. 1988.
      6     Annual meeting. Cincinnati chapter. 1989.
      7     Anti-Israel. 1989-1992.
      8     Anti-Semitism and Extremism Task Force. 1986-1987.
      9     Anti-Semitism program. Paul Ornstein. 1982.
      10    Arms sales. 1981-1986.
      11    Awad, Mubarek. 1988.
	  
2    1      Black Hebrews. 1984-1986.
     2      Black Jewish Seminarians Conference. 15-17 Mar 1989.
     3      Black-Jewish Relations. 1979-1989.
     4      Blaustein Library. 1988-1989.
     5      Brotherhood Week. 1984-1986.
     6      Brown Fellow. n.d.
     7      Budget. n.d.
     8      Carrie, Charles. Reception. 27 Oct 1982.
     9      Chicano-Jewish Relations. 1984.
     10     Choice Among Public Schools. 1989.
     11     Church-State Commission. 1984-1985.
     12     Commission Building. 1984.

	
3     1     Commission on Law and Social Action. 1981.
      2     Commissions. 1989.
      3     Community Relations questionnaire and survey. 1985.
      4     Correspondence, general. 1983-1986.
      5     Correspondence, general. 1987.
      6     Correspondence, general. 1989.
      7     Correspondence, general. 1990.
      8     Correspondence, New York. 1987.
      9     Correspondence, New York. 1988.
      10    Correspondence, New York. 1989.
      11    Crime Control Act. 1985.
      12    Divorce. 1983-1984.	
      13    Editorial Review Committee. 1987-1988.
      14    Energy Coalition. Local. 1979.
      15    Episcopal-Jewish Dialogue. 1975-1988.
      16    Episcopal-Jewish Colloquium. 1975.
      17    Eruv. 1985.
      18    Ethiopian Jews. 1984-1989.
      19    Ethnicity. 1983-1988.

4     1     Fair campaigns. 1984.
      2     Family issues. 1983-1987.
      3     Family Task Force. 1988.
      4     Farm Crisis and Extremism. 1986.
      5     Farm Crisis and Extremism. 1987-1988.
      6     Farm Crisis and Extremism. Background materials.
      7     Farm Crisis and Extremism. Follow-up.
      8     Farm Crisis and Extremism. News clippings.
      9     Farm Crisis and Extremism. Publicity.
      10    Financial. 1981-1982.
      11    Financial. 1983.
      12    Financial. 1984.
      13    Financial. 1985.
      14    Financial. 1987.
      15    Fund Raising. 1973.
      16    Fund Raising Bills. 1975. 
      17    Fund Raising Committee. 1989.
      18    Fund Raising Meeting. 1990.

5     1	    German-Jewish Relations. 1986-1988.
      2     German Joint Task Force on Images in Education. 1985-1986.
      3     German Visit. 1984.
      4     Germany. 1982-1987.
      5     Germany Leadership Delegation. 1983-1987.
      6     Germany mission for chapter leadership. 1987.
      7     Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. 1985.
      8     Holocaust Committee. 1976-1978.
      9     Holocaust Committee. 1979.
      10    The Holocaust and Ghetto Experience. n.d.
      11    Holocaust materials. n.d.

6     1     Holocaust materials. Educators. n.d.
      2     Holocaust materials. History and background. n.d.
      3     Impact on present-day activities. n.d.
      4     Introduction. n.d.
      5     Holocaust Program for chapter. n.d.
      6     Housing. 1980-1986.
      7     Immigration. 1987-1990.
      8     Interfaith family Project. 1984-1985.
      9     Intermarriage. 1980-1991.
      10    International Relations. 1979-1989.
      11    Interreligious Affairs. 1981-1984.
	  
7     1     Interreligious Tour. 1975.
      2     Interreligious Study Tour. 1981.
      3     Intra-Religious Dialogue. 1987.
      4     Israel, 1988-1990.
      5     Israel Emergency Meeting. 23 Sept 1982.
      6     Israel Office. 1989.
      7     Japanese-American and Jewish Relations. 1983-1990.
      8     Jerusalem. 1980-1987.
      9     Jewish American Prince and Princess Stereotypes. 1989.
     10     Jewish-Christian Relations. 1982-1990.
     11     Jewish Identity. Paul and Rachel Cowan. 1983.
     12     Jewish Political Attitudes. 1984-1985.
     13     Jewish Resistance. 
     14     Jewish singles. 1987.
     15     Judges. 1987.
	 
8    1      Leadership Developing and Nominating. 1985.
     2      Legal Defense Committee. 1986-1987.
     3      Legal Defense Committee. 1988-1991.
     4      Legal Department. 1985-1990.

9    1      Local Issues Committee. 1981-1982.
     2      Luther, Martin. 1983.
     3      Lutheran-Jewish Conference. 13 Oct 1982. 
     4      Mormon Church. 1981.
     5      National Honorees. 1984-1989.
     6      National Survey of American Jews. 1982.
     7      Nazism. n.d.
     8      New Federalism. 1981.
     9      New Jerusalem Community. 1979-1980.
     10     New Right. 1980-1981.
     11     Nicaragua. 1986.
     12     Nuclear Threat. 1982-1985.
     13     Ohios Program in the Humanities. 1982-1987.
     14     Operation Moses. Ethiopian Jews. 1984-1985.
     15     Oral History Project. 1984-1985.
     16     Pay Equity. 1986.
     17     Pledge of Allegiance. 1988.
     18     Poland. 1981-1986.

10   1      Pornography and Violence. 1981-1986.
     2      Presbyterian-Jewish Relations. 1987-1988.
     3      Program plans. 1988-1989.
     4      Religious Pluralism Education Project. 1985.
     5      Remembering the Night of Broken Glass... 1988.
     6      Response to the Holocaust. n.d.
     7      Sanctuary Movement. 1983-1986.
     8      Schools. Discrimination Survey. 1982.
     9      Schultz, George. 1989.
     10     Scientific Creationism. 1982-1983.
     11     Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.). Summer Seminars in Judaic Studies. 1987-1988.
     12     Skinhead Recruitment. Response. Oct 1987.
     13     Skinheads/Neo-Nazis. 1987-1991.
     14     Social Clubs Discrimination. 1979-1986.
	 
11   1      South Africa. 1987-1993.
     2      Soviet Jewry. (Part I). n.d.
     3      Soviet Jewry. (Part II). n.d.

12   1      Take Stock in Agriculture. 1987.
     2      Task Force on Jewish Leadership. 1988.
     3      Terrorism response. 1986.
     4      Tribute Fund. 1987.
     5      Tribute Fund. 1988.
     6      Tribute Fund. 1989.
     7      Vatican II Commemoration. Workshop Evaluations. 1985.
     8      Vatican II Commemoration. Publicity. 1985.
     9      Womens Issues. 1984-1987.

13   1      Womens Issues. n.d.
     2      Womens Plea for Soviet Jewry. 1982-1983.
     3      Year-Ahead Planning. 1980.
     4      Year-Ahead Planning. 1982.
     5      Year-Ahead Planning. 1983.
     6      Year-Ahead Planning. 1984.
     7      Year-Ahead Planning. 1985.
     8      Year-Ahead Planning. 1986.
     9      Year-Ahead Planning. 1987.
     10     Year-Ahead Planning. 1988.
	 
Subseries 2. Human Relations Award

Scope Note: This sub series deals only with the Human Relations Award. See the Institutional Sketch 
on page two for further description of this award.

14   1     Judges. 1966-1980.
     2     Scrapbook. Norma B. Moss. 1967.
     3     Award Committee. 1971.
     4     Publicity. 1971.
     5     Award Committee. 1972.
     6     Award Committee. 1972.
     7     Publicity. 1972.
     8     Appeal for Human Relations Dinner. 1972-1976.
     9     Administrators. 1973.
    10     Award Committee. 1973.
    11     Publicity 1973.
    12     Publicity. 1973.
    13     Scrapbooks. 1973.
    14     Annual Meeting. Publicity. 1974.
    15     Award. 1974.
    16     Award (office copy). 1974.

15   1     Award. Helen I. Glueck. 1974.
     2     Judges. 1974.
     3     Publicity. 1974.
     4     Scrapbook. 1974.
     5     Award Committee. 1975.
     6     Award Nominee Profiles. 1975.
     7     Scrapbook. 1975.
     8     Background material. 1976.
     9     Evaluations. 1976.
    10     Publicity. 1976.
    11     Speaker. 1976.
    12     Summary report. 1976.
    13     Annual Meeting. 1977.
    14     Award Committee. 1977.
    15     Award Committee. Minutes. 1977.
    16     Nominations. 1977.
    17     Publicity. 1977.
    18     Summary report. 1977.
    19     Winner and Honorable Mentions. 1977.
    20     Annual Meeting. 1978.
    21     Award Committee. 1978.
    22     Publicity. 1978.
    23     Annual Meeting and Award. 1979.
    24     Award. 1979.

16   1     Award Committee. Minutes. 1979.
     2     Publicity. 1979.
     3     Award Committee. 1979-1980.
     4     Awards. 7 May 1980.
     5     Award . 1980.
     6     Dinner program. 1980.
     7     Sponsors. 1980.
     8     Plate dinners. 1980-1985.
     9     Awards. 1981.
     10    Awards. 1981.
     11    Dinner. 1981.	
     12    Dinner publicity. 1981.
     13    Award. 1982.

17   1     Award. 1983.
     2     Dinner. 11 Sept 1983.
     3     Seminar. 1983.
     4     Award. 1984.
     5     Seminar. 1984.

18   1     Award Committee. Correspondence and minutes. 1985.
     2     Plate dinner. 1985.
     3     Publicity. 1985.
     4     Seminar. 1985.
     5     Dinner. 1986.
     6     Plate. Agenda and script. 1986.
     7     Plate. Public relations and program. 1986.
     8     Publicity. 1986.
     9     Seminar. 1986.
     10    Award. 1987.
     11    Award. 1987.
     12    Dinner. 1987.
     13    Seminar. 1987.
     14    Applications. Seniors. 1988.
     15    Applications. Junior. 1988.
     16    Award. 1988.
     17    Award. 1988.
     18    Harriet Lazarus Tribute. Steiner Initial Gifts Reception. 28 Sept 1988.
     19    Seminar. 1988.
     20    Steiner Initial Gifts Reception. 1989.
     21    Awards. 1991.
     22    Awards. 1992.
	 
SERIES B. EXECUTIVE BOARD AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATERIAL

Scope Note: This series deals with organizational materials and deals with 
the administration and direction of the chapter.
	 
19   1     Minutes. 1975-1981.
     2     Minutes. 1982.
     3     Correspondence. Jan-Jun 1983
     4     Correspondence. Jul-Aug 1983.
     5     Minutes. 1983.
     6     Correspondence. Jan-Jun 1984.
     7     Correspondence. Jul-Dec 1984.
     8     Minutes. 1984.
     9     Correspondence. Jan-May. 1985.

20   1     Correspondence. Jun-Dec 1985.
     2     Minutes. 1985.
     3     Correspondence. Jan-Mar 1986.
     4     Minutes. 1986.
     5     Correspondence. Jan-Dec 1987.
     6     Correspondence. Jan-Jun 1989.
     7     Correspondence. 1989-1991.

21   1     Nearprint. 1979-1985.
     2     Nearprint. 1986-1987.
     3     Nearprint. 1988-1991.


22   1     Public Relations. 1978.
     2     Public Relations. 1980.
     3     Public Relations. 1981.

23   1     Public Relations. Jan-Jun 1982.
     2     Public Relations. Jul-Dec 1982.
     3     Public Relations. Apr 1986-Dec 1986.

24   1     Public Relations. 1988.
     2     Public Relations. 1988.
     3     Public Relations. Apr-Jul 1989.

25   1     Public Relations. Jul-Dec 1989.
     2     Public Relations. Jul-Dec 1989.
     3     Public Relations. Oct-Dec 1989.
 
26   1     Public Relations. Jan 1990.
     2     Public Relations. Feb 1990.
     3     Public Relations. Aug-Sep 1990.
     4     Public Relations. Oct-Dec 1990.
     5     Public Relations. Jan-Apr 1991.

SERIES C. MISCELLANEOUS

Scope Note: This final series contains photographs and scrapbooks of various AJC events.

27   1     Photographs.
     2     Photographs.
     3     Photographs.
     4     Scrapbook. 1982.
     5     Scrapbook. 1985.
     6     Scrapbook. 1986.

28   1     Scrapbook. 1987.
     2     Scrapbook. 1988.
     3     Scrapbook. 1989.
     4     Scrapbook. 1990.