RG 3B Faculty Records-Faculty Files
| Title: | Faculty Files, 1903-1949. |
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| Name(s): | Jewish Theological Seminary of America Faculty Records. | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
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| Extent: | 2.25 linear ft. | |
| Abstract/Description: | The faculty files, 1903-1949 (the bulk dates from the 1930s-1940s) are a small group of files which mainly contain correspondence by or about members of the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Faculty members represented include: Max | |
| Abstract/Description: | Arzt, Boaz Cohen, H.L. Ginsberg, Robert Gordis, Simon Greenberg, Abraham S. Halkin, Moses Hyamson, Mordecai Kaplan, Saul Lieberman, Alexander Marx, Alexander Sperber, Shalom Spiegel, speech teacher Arleigh Williamson, and others. Some | |
| Abstract/Description: | correspondence is between faculty members and Seminary presidents Solomon Schechter, Cyrus Adler, and Louis Finkelstein. Files consist mainly of correspondence, but class attendance records, lists of grades, student recommendations, entrance | |
| Abstract/Description: | examinations, schedules, press releases announcing the arrival of new faculty members, lecture notes, course outlines, typescripts of papers, and other materials documenting classroom, academic, and administrative activities are also included. Of | |
| Abstract/Description: | note a | |
| Note(s): |
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, located in New York, was founded in 1886 and reorganized in 1902. The Seminary, considered the fountainhead of the Conservative Movement in Judaism, consists of a rabbinical school and graduate and undergraduate programs in Jewish Studies. During the early decades of the century it also included a teacher training institute. The Seminary's heads have been Solomon Schechter (1902-1915), Cyrus Adler (1915-1940), Louis Finkelstein (1940-1972), Gerson Cohen (1972-1986), and Ismar Schorsch (1986-present). Inventory available. |
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Arzt, Max Cohen, Boaz, 1899-1968 Finkelstein, Louis, 1895- Ginsberg, Harold Louis Gordis, Robert, 1908- Greenberg, Simon, 1901- Halkin, Abraham S, 1903- Hyamson, Moses, 1863-1949 Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881- Lieberman, Saul, 1898- Marx, Alexander Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915 Sperber, Alexander, 1897- Spiegel, Shalom, 1899- Williamson, Arleigh Americanization Conservative Judaism Emigration and immigration -- United States Immigrants -- United States Jewish religious education Jews, American Rabbinical seminaries -- New York (N.Y.) Refugees, Jewish Universities and colleges -- Administration Universities and colleges -- Faculty World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees |
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| Library Classification: | R.G.3B | |
| Restrictions on Access: | Permission required. Some material restricted. Reproduction of fragile items is not permitted. Consult Librarian about literary rights. | |
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