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Introduction

Institutional Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Series A: Administrative Records. 1996-1998.

A Finding Aid to the Records of the

Third Scholars Conference on American Jewish History

Manuscript Collection No. 656

1996 - 1998

Institutional Sketch

The Conference on American Jewish History began as a biennial conference in 1994, sponsored by Brandeis University and the American Jewish Historical Society. The goal was to provide a setting for academics and advanced graduate students to share their recent research and to discuss emerging issues in the field of American Jewish history. The conference is organized by members of the Academic Council for the American Jewish Historical Society together a sponsoring institution of higher learning. The conferences usually run 3-4 days and have approximately 20 sessions presented by scholars.

The 2nd Conference was held at the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York City in 1996. The 3rd conerence was held at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1998, and was organized by Dr. Karla Goldman. The 4th was held at the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society of Denver, Colorado in 2000.

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Scope and Content Note

The biennial Scholars Conference on American Jewish History was jointly sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society and an institute of higher learning. In 1998, the Conference was hosted by the Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Materials include session proposals, correspondence, programs and working papers of the conference planning committe.

These records are organized into a single alphabetical series by topic.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

The records are open to all users and are available in the reading room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

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Administrative Information

Citations

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Scholars Conference on American Jewish History and the American Jewish Archives.

Provenance

The records were donated by Karla Goldman, Boston, Massachusetts, in May 2001. All papers donated prior to June 2001 have been arranged and described in this inventory.

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Box and Folder Listing

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