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Series A. Central Files. 1919-1976.

Series B. Political Department/Department of International Affairs and United Nations. 1919–1977. (bulk 1940s-1960s)

Series C. Institute of Jewish Affairs. 1918-1979.

Series D. Relief and Rescue Departments. 1939–1969. (bulk 1940-1950)

Series E. Culture Department. 1943–1974.

Series F. Organization Department. 1942–1976.

Series G. Administrative Departments. 1936–1979.

Series H. Alphabetical Files. 1919–1981. (bulk 1940-1981)

Series I. Publications. 1942–1971.

Series J. Non-Print Materials and Miscellaneous. 1930–1982.

A Finding Aid to the World Jewish Congress Records. 1918-1982.

Series I. Publications. 1942–1971.

Manuscript Collection No. 361


Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: World Jewish Congress
Title: World Jewish Congress Records
Dates: 1918-1982
Bulk Dates: 1940-1980
Quantity: 488.4 linear feet (1221 Hollinger boxes)
Abstract: Collection containing the files of the New York office of the World Jewish Congress, 1918-1982, with the bulk of materials dated between 1940-1980. Records include cables, correspondence, memos, minutes, photographs, press releases, publications, reports and research files. Subjects include: WJC organization, antisemitism, Israel, Jewish unity, Jewish rights, Jewish communities, Holocaust-era and World War II relief and rescue, Jewish-Arab relations, Soviet Jews, and Zionism. This collection also contains some material from the American Jewish Congress.
Identification: MS-361
Language: Collection material in English.

Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The World Jewish Congress Records 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

Literary rights are retained by the World Jewish Congress and its designees. 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 World Jewish Congress Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-361. World Jewish Congress Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.


Box and Folder Listing

Series I. Publications. 1942–1971. [19 Hollinger boxes (7.6 linear feet)]
Scope and Content Note: Contains general WJC periodical publications of the New York office not related to specific departments. See respective series for publications of individual departments. Publications from other branches of the WJC and from WJC sources can be found in other series filed by source of publication, topic of primary interest (such as event or person), or as filed by the WJC.
Please note that the Daily Digest of Congress Activities was later renamed Congress Digest. Following the issues of Congress Digest is a large subject index for this publication for the years 1950–1952 and 1965–1967.
Arrangement Note: Arranged in an alphabetical listing of titles. Periodicals written in languages other than English are noted in parentheses in the box and folder listing.
Box Folder
I1 1 Bulletin of the World Jewish Congress, vol. 1, no. 2–4, Oct 1942–Jan 1943
I1 2 Congress Bulletin (Yiddish) no. 1–4, Jan–Apr 1942
I1 3 Congress Digest, no. 286–312, Jan–Jun 1948
I1 4 Congress Digest, no. 313–340 (missing no. 327), Jul–Dec 1948
I1 5 Congress Digest, no. 341–360, Jan–May 1949
I1 6 Congress Digest, no. 361–381, Jun–Dec 1949
Box Folder
I2 1 Congress Digest, no. 382–415, 1950
I2 2 Congress Digest, no. 416–436 (missing no. 416), 1951
I2 3 Congress Digest, no. 437–446, 1952
I2 4 Congress Digest, no. 447–463, 1953
I2 5 Congress Digest, no. 464–475, Jan–Jun 1954
I2 6 Congress Digest, no. 476–486, Jul–Dec 1954
Box Folder
I3 1 Congress Digest, no. 487–498, Jan–Jun 1955
I3 2 Congress Digest, no. 499–507, Jul–Dec 1955
I3 3 Congress Digest, no. 508–516, Jan–May 1956
I3 4 Congress Digest, no. 517–528, Jun–Dec 1956
I3 5 Congress Digest, no. 529–538 (missing no. 538), 1957
I3 6 Congress Digest, no. 539–546, 1958
I3 7 Congress Digest, no. 551 (missing no. 547–550, 552–553), Jun–Jul 1959
I3 8 Congress Digest, no. 554–560, 1960
Box Folder
I4 1 Congress Digest, no. 561–566, 1961
I4 2 Congress Digest, no. 567–574, 1962
I4 3 Congress Digest, no. 575–586, 1963
I4 4 Congress Digest, no. 587–597, 1964
I4 5 Congress Digest, no. 598–608, 1965
I4 6 Congress Digest, no. 609–619, 1966
I4 7 Congress Digest, no. 628 (all but Sep missing), Sep 1967
I4 8 Congress Digest, no. 632–636 (May incomplete, Jun–Dec missing), Jan–May 1968
I4 9 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. I, 1950
I4 10 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. IIB, 1950
I4 11 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. III, 1950
Box Folder
I5 1 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. I, III, 1951
I5 2 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. IIA, 1951
I5 3 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. IIB, 1951
I5 4 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. III, 1951
I5 5 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. IIA, 1952
I5 6 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. III, 1952
Box Folder
I6 1 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. I, 1965
I6 2 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. II, 1965
I6 3 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol IV, 1965
I6 4 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. I, 1966
I6 5 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. II–III, 1966
I6 6 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. IV, 1966
I6 7 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. I, 1967
I6 8 Congress Digest (subject indexes, English), vol. IV, 1967
I6 9 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 1–25, 1947
Box Folder
I7 1 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 342–360, 1949
I7 2 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 361–381, 1949
I7 3 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 28–31, no. 291–311, 1948
I7 4 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 312–340, 1948
I7 5 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 382–415 (missing no. 389), 1950
I7 6 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 416–436, 1951
I7 7 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 437–446, 1952
Box Folder
I8 1 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 447–463, 1963
I8 2 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 464–477, 1954
I8 3 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 478–486, 1954
I8 4 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 487–497 (missing no. 492), 1955
I8 5 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 498–507, 1955
I8 6 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 508–515, 1956
I8 7 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 516–526, 1956
I8 8 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 529–538, 1957
Box Folder
I9 1 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 539–546, 1958
I9 2 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 547–553, 1959
I9 3 Congress Digest (Yiddish), no. 554–566, 1960
I9 4 Congress Digest (Hebrew), no. 1, no. 25–35, 1948–1949
I9 5 Congress Digest (Hebrew), no. 75, 82, 84, 1956
I9 6 Congress Digest (French), vol. VII, no. 1–vol. VIII, no. 4 (vol. VII, missing no. 5), 1952–1953
I9 7 Congress Digest (French), vol. XVI, no. 5–vol. XXIII, no. 2 (incomplete set), 1961–1968
I9 8 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 382–415 (missing no. 384–385, 390, 401, 405), 1950
Box Folder
I10 1 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 416–436 (incomplete set), 1951
I10 2 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 438–446, 1952
I10 3 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 447–452 (missing no. 448–450), 1953
I10 4 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 465–486 (missing no. 465, 470–471, 476–477), 1954
I10 5 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 487–507 (missing no. 491, 495–501), 1955
I10 6 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 508–528 (missing no. 518–520, 524–525), 1956
I10 7 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 529–544 (missing no. 534, 536–537, 540, 543), 1957–1958
I10 8 Congress Digest (Spanish), no. 564, 565, 568 (incomplete set), 1961–1962
Box Folder
I11 1 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 1–28 (missing no. 5), Jan–Feb 1946
I11 2 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 29–65, Mar–Apr 1946
I11 3 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 66–96, May–Jun 1946
I11 4 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 97–126, Jul–Aug 1946
I11 5 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 127–150, Sep–Oct 1946
I11 6 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 151–173, Nov–Dec 1946
I11 7 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 174–211, Jan–Mar 1947
I11 8 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 212–261, Apr–Jun 1947
I11 9 Daily Digest of Congress Activities, no. 262–285, Jul–Dec 1947
I11 10 Folk un Velt, 1952
Box Folder
I12 1 Folk un Velt, 1952
I12 2 Folk un Velt, no. 13–17, 1953
I12 3 Folk un Velt, no. 18–24, 1953
I12 4 Folk un Velt, no. 25–29, 1954
I12 5 Folk un Velt, no. 30–36, 1954
Box Folder
I13 1 Folk un Velt, no. 37–41, 1955
I13 2 Folk un Velt, no. 42–47, 1955
I13 3 Folk un Velt, no. 48–52, 1956
I13 4 Folk un Velt, no. 53–57, 1956
I13 5 Folk un Velt, no. 58–63 (missing no. 60), 1957
Box Folder
I14 1 Folk un Velt, no. 64–68, 1957
I14 2 Folk un Velt, no. 69–72, 1958
I14 3 Folk un Velt, no. 75–79, 1958
I14 4 Folk un Velt, no. 80–84, 1959
I14 5 Folk un Velt, no. 85–89, 1959
Box Folder
I15 1 Folk un Velt, no. 91–96, 1960
I15 2 Folk un Velt, no. 97–101, 1960
I15 3 Memo, “Ten Years of Folk un Velt”, 15 Dec 1961
I15 4 Folk un Velt, no. 102–106, 1961
I15 5 Folk un Velt, no. 107–111, 1961
I15 6 Folk un Velt, no. 112–117, 1962
Box Folder
I16 1 Folk un Velt, no. 118–121, 1962
I16 2 Folk un Velt, no. 122–132, 1963
I16 3 Folk un Velt, no. 133–138, 1964
I16 4 Folk un Velt, no. 139–142, 1964
I16 5 Folk un Velt, no. 143–148, 1965
I16 6 Folk un Velt, no. 149–152, 1965
Box Folder
I17 1 Folk un Velt, no. 153–157, 1966
I17 2 Folk un Velt, no. 158–161, 1966
I17 3 Folk un Velt, no. 162–167, 1967
I17 4 Folk un Velt, no. 168–171, 1967
I17 5 Folk un Velt, no. 172–176, 1968
I17 6 Folk un Velt, no. 177–180, 1968
Box Folder
I18 1 Folk un Velt, no. 181–185, 1968–1969
I18 2 Folk un Velt, no. 186–191, 1969
I18 3 Folk un Velt, no. 192–196, 1970
I18 4 Folk un Velt, no. 197–200, 1970
I18 5 Folk un Velt, no. 201–205, 1971
I18 6 Folk un Velt, no. 206–209, 1971
I18 7 Information Bulletin, vol. I, no. 1–7, Feb–Jul 1946
Box Folder
I19 1 Information Bulletin, vol. I, no. 8–13, Aug 1945–Jan 1946
I19 2 Information Bulletin, vol. II, no. 1–5, Mar–Jun 1946
I19 3 Information Bulletin, vol. II, no. 6–10, Jul–Dec 1946
I19 4 Information Bulletin, vol. II, no. 11–vol. III, no. 2 (includes index to vol. II), Jan–Mar 1947
I19 5 Jewish Affairs, vol. I, no. 1–vol. IV no. 1 (incomplete set), 1946–1950
I19 6 Memo Re: Jewish Comment, 30 Mar 1943
I19 7 Jewish Comment, vol. I, no. 1–24, 1943
I19 8 Jewish Comment, vol. II, no. 1–23, 1944
I19 9 News and Comments (English and Yiddish), Feb–Mar 1943
I19 10 Newsletter no. 1–5, Dec 1942–May 1943