TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

Box Folder Listing

Series A. General. 1951-1973.

A Finding Aid to the Arthur Plaut Papers. 1951-1973. (bulk 1957-1965).

Manuscript Collection No. 824

NHPRCFunding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Plaut, Arthur, 1922-2006
Title: Arthur Plaut Papers
Dates: 1951-1973
Bulk Dates: 1957-1965
Quantity: 2.0 linear feet (2 record cartons)
Abstract: Papers pertaining to Arthur Plaut’s involvement in Jewish communal affairs in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Number: MS-824
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Born in 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arthur Plaut graduated from the University of Cincinnati following service in World War II. After graduation, Plaut remained in Cincinnati and became involved in advertising, public relations, and sales promotion, as well as radio and television. In 1967 he moved to San Diego, joining the staff of United Way. Arthur Plaut died in 2006.


Scope and Content Note

The Arthur Plaut papers pertain to his work in Jewish communal affairs in Cincinnati, Ohio mostly during the 1950s and 1960s. Included are files on his work in the Associated Jewish Agencies, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service Bureau, Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Welfare Fund, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the American Red Cross.


Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in a single, alphabetic, series.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

This collection is 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

Arthur Plaut, by the act of donating this collection to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Plaut family and their heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of some 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 Arthur Plaut Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-824. Arthur Plaut Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Arthur Plaut Papers were received from Arthur Plaut, San Diego, Calif., in December, 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by Kevin Proffitt, September 2011.

This collection was arranged and described according to minimal-processing standards. Funding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.


Box Folder Listing

Series A. General. 1951-1973.
Box
1 Associated Jewish Agencies. 1959-1971. [8 folders]
1 Big Brothers and Big Sisters. 1958-1960. [2 folders]
1 Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. 1964. [1 folder]
1 Jewish Community Center. 1959-1960. [11 folders]
1 Jewish Family Service Bureau. 1955-1973. [5 folders]
1 Jewish Vocational Service. 1956-1958. [1 folders]
1 Jewish Welfare Fund. 1957-1959. [6 folders]
Box
2 Jewish Welfare Fund. 1959-1965. [32 folders]
2 Red Cross. 1951. [3 folders]
2 Union of American Hebrew Congregations. 1959-1966. [4 folders]
2 Westheimer, Irvin. 1971-1973. [1 folder]

Search Terms

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

Persons and Families

Westheimer, Irvin Ferdinand, 1879-1980

Institutions

American Red Cross
Associated Jewish Agencies (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Big Brothers / Big Sisters Association of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jewish Community Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jewish Family Service (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jewish Vocational Service (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jewish Welfare Fund
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Places

Cincinnati (Ohio)