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Series A. Administration. 1939-1989, 2002, 2007.
Series B. Conferences. 1965-1968, 1998-2009.
Finding Aid of the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records. 1939-2009.
Manuscript Collection No. 774
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | International Association of Jewish Vocational Services |
| Title: | International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records. |
| Dates: | 1939-2009 |
| Quantity: | 1.25 linear feet(3 Hollinger boxes) |
| Abstract: | The International Association of Jewish Vocational Services (formerly the Jewish Occupational Service) is a nonprofit network of 28 national and international human service agencies in major metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada, and Israel. Member agencies provide a vast array of services that have a direct effect on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year: career management, skills training, rehabilitation programs, health services, and home and community-based services. Their records include a constitution and bylaws, minutes, reports, conference programs, project files, and photographs documenting regular meetings, coordination of programs and services with agencies, and work with soviet emigres and the aged. Span dates for the collection are 1939-2009. |
| Identification: | MS-774 |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Institutional Sketch
The International Association of Jewish Vocational Services (IAJVS) was founded in 1939 as the Jewish Occupational Service. The original focus was employment services for WWII veterans and later included assistance for persecuted Jewish immigrants. The IAJVS has expanded its programs to include educational, rehabilitation, and home/community based services.
In 1938, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds invited a number of national Jewish organizations to a conference on occupational adjustment. Because of this conference, the Jewish Occupational Council (JOC) was organized to help other agencies carry out their vocational programs on a more effective basis. When the agency opened up its doors in 1939, it dealt with the problems of mass unemployment and severe discrimination against Jews in employment. The advent of World War II placed the JOC in a position of assisting the Jewish vocational services (JVS) in mobilizing Jewish labor potential for war production. The United States War Manpower Commission delegated authority through the JOC to the local JVS to carry out various provisions of its employment stabilization program. At the same time, JOC provided the staff services for the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations Dealing with Employment Discrimination in War Industries, which cleared complaints and acted as a liaison agent between Jewish organizations and governmental agencies. As the war ended, the JOC helped local Jewish communities adapt their services to the challenges of peacetime. The influx of veterans seeking vocational guidance, job placement, and rehabilitation services during the post-war period placed great demands upon the JVS. The clearinghouse functions of the JOC were used to assist member agencies to share their knowledge and experience with aptitude tests and counseling techniques to meet the vocational needs of returning service members. At the same time, the large-scale immigration of displaced persons placed a great challenge upon the JVS. The JOC continued is mission and expanded their services to include rehabilitation programs for handicapped workers and more educational programs In 1975, the JOC began a self-study resulting in a new constitution and bylaws and in 1976, the JOC changed their name to the National Association of Jewish Vocational Services to reflect the broader nature of their activities. When their scope of activities expanded to include Canada and Israel, the “National” was later changed to “International”.
-- Adapted from A Brief History of the Jewish Occupational Council and An Analysis of Recent Trends in the Jewish Vocational Service Fund and The Jewish Occupational Council, Box 1, File 3. International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Scope and Content Note
Records documenting the career management, skills training, rehabilitation programs, and history of the International Assocaition of Jewish Vocational Services (formerly Jewish Occupational Service). Records include administrative records, minutes, reports, conference programs, projet files, and photographs.
The International Association of Jewish Vocational Services (IAJVS) is an organization founded in 1939 to provide occupational assistance to Jews. Originally designed for Jews in the United States, the program focused on returning World War II veterans and later on assisting Jews persecuted in other countries. The IAJVS also holds educational programs, rehabilitation services, and home and community based services. The IAJVS records include their constitution and bylaws, minutes from the Board of Governors and Executive Committee, reports, conference programs, project files, and photographs. Minutes document administrative actions and oversight functions of the IAJVS. Project files include notes, correspondence, and reports on internships for Jews, work with emigres, and an aging workforce. Span dates for the collection are 1939-2009.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series:
Restrictions
Terms of Access and Use
The International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the reading room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
Property and Literary Rights
Genie Cohen, by the act of donating the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights to materials authored by the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services are dedicated to the public. Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives.
Property and Literary Rights
Genie Cohen, by the act of donating the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights to materials authored by the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services are dedicated to the public. 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.
Related Material
International Association of Jewish Vocational Services. Nearprint File..
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-774. International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Records were received from Genie Cohen, Executive Director, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 2009.
Processing Information
Processed by Nathan Tallman, March 2010.
Box and Folder Listing
| Series A. Administration. 1939-1989, 2002, 2007. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes constitution and bylaws, historical accounts, minutes from the IAJVS founding in 1939 to 1989, some promotional materials, reports authored by the IAJVS and other administrative documents. Minutes reflect meetings of the Board of Governors, Executive Committee, and other committees and often include reports. See also Series C: Projects for reports. This series is arranged in alphabetical order by format. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Certificates of incorporation. 1972-1976. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Constitution and bylaws. 1948, 1956-1959. | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Histories. Circa 1960, 1988, Undated. | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Minutes. 1939-1949. | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Minutes. 1940-1943. [bound volume] | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Minutes. 1950-1959. [removed from binding] | |||||||||
| 1 | 7-8 | Minutes. 1960-1969. [removed from binding] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Minutes. 1965, 1974-1981. [removed from binding] | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Minutes. 1970-1979. [removed from binding] | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Minutes. 1980-1989. | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Promotional materials. 2007, Undated. | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Reference. Journal of Jewish Communal Service. Special issue on Jewish vocational services. 2007. | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Reports. Building Blocks: A Best Practices Report on a National Welfare-to-Work Program. 2002. | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Reports. Contributions of Jews to the American Economy. 1954. | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Reports. Miscellaneous. 1971, 1985-1987. | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Tax exemption certificates. 1944, 1971, 1977. | |||||||||
| Series B. Conferences. 1965-1968, 1998-2009. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes programs from select annual conferences. Later conferences were held jointly with American Jewish Vocational Service Professionals. Conferences are arranged chronologically and identified by their title, if available. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Serving the Jewish Community in the 'Great Society': An Assessment of Current Vocational Trends. 1965. | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Getting the JVS Where the Action Is. 1968, 2001. | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Embracing the Future/Preparing for the 21st Century. 1998. | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Annual conference. 1999. | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | The Future is Ours. 2000. | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Our Working Future: Bringing Together Executive and Professional Staff from North America, Israel, and Argentina. 2004. | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | The Maturing Workforce: Not Business as Usual. 2006. | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Beyond Job Development: The Employer as Customer and Partner in Workforce Development. 2008. | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Annual conference. 2009. | |||||||||
| Series C. Projects. 1975-1984. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes files on special projects the IAJVS was involved with or organized. The Barriers to Employability for Handicapped People project was a grant funded and spearheaded by another organization that the NAJVS Executive Director was involved with. The Project VOICE file includes transcriptions of interviews with emigres from Chicago. Project files are arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Barriers to Employability for Handicapped People: A Cross-Cultural Study of Sheltered Workshop Participants in the United States and Israel. 1983-1984. | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | JOIN: Jewish Occupational Interns. 1974. | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | PSES: Program for Soviet Emigre Scholars. 1979-1980. | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | RETAIN: Re-Employment of The Aged in Industry. 1975. | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | VOICE: Vocational Outreach In Communities with Emigres. 1981. | |||||||||
| Series D. Photographs. 1968-1980. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes snapshots taken at conferences and related social functions, "Executive Suite" seminar/symposia, and other events. On the back of many photographs, the event and sometimes persons are identified. Most photographs are black-and-white, but some are in color. Negatives accompany a few sets. Photographs are arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Conferences and Social. 1968-1972, 1977-1980, Undated. | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Executive Suite seminars/symposia. 1969-1970, 197?. | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Miscellaneous. 1969-1972, Undated | |||||||||
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.