TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Julian William Mack Papers. 1854-1975.

Manuscript Collection No. 262



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Mack, Julian William, 1866-1943.
Title: Julian William Mack Papers.
Dates: 1854-1975.
Quantity: 0.8 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of business and personal correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items; together with manuscript copy and research notes for THE FORGING OF AN AMERICAN JEW: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE JULIAN W. MACK, by Harry Barnard.
Collection Number: MS-262
Language: Collection material in English and German.

Biographical Sketch

Julian W. Mack was born in San Francisco in 1887. Mack became a federal judge and was law professor at Northwestern University (1895-1902) and the University of Chicago (1902-1940). Mack was among the founders of the American Jewish Committee (1906), was president of the first American Jewish Congress (1918) and was active in many Zionist organizations. Julian W. Mack died in 1943.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of business and personal correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items; together with manuscript copy and research notes for THE FORGING OF AN AMERICAN JEW: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE JULIAN W. MACK, by Harry Barnard.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Julian William Mack Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Julian William Mack and Harry Barnard, by the act of donating the Julian William Mack Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the CREATOR and their heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Julian William Mack Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-262. Julian William Mack Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Julian William Mack Papers were received from Richard J. Mack, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1973; and Harry Barnard, Wilmette, Illinois, in 1975.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
Jewish judges -- Illinois -- Chicago
Law teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago
Lawyers, Jewish -- Illinois -- Chicago
Mack, Julian William -- 1866-1943
Photographs
Zionism