TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Search Terms

Box Folder Listing

Series A. Correspondence. 1927-1992.

Series B. Manuscripts. Undated.

Series C. Organizational Records. 1926-1975.

Series D. General. 1927-1992.

A Finding Aid to the Joseph M. Papo Research Materials. 1926-1992. (bulk 1970-1987).

Manuscript Collection No. 866

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: Papo, Joseph M.
Title: Joseph M. Papo Research Materials
Dates: 1926-1992
Bulk Dates: 1970-1987
Quantity: 6.0 linear feet (6 record cartons)
Abstract: Research notes, personal and business correspondence relating to the book Sephardim in Twentieth Century America.
Collection Number: MS-866
Language: Collection material in English, Spanish, and Yiddish.

Biographical Sketch

Joseph M. Papo was born in 1902 in Palestine and attended school in Egypt. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Western Reserve University. Papo worked as a teacher and social worker in Cleveland, Ohio and Duluth, Minnesota.

Among his leadership roles, Papo was the founder and president of Masada, the Young Men’s Zionist Organization of America in Cleveland; head of the Duluth Jewish Federation (1941-1945); executive director of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America (1944-1947); and executive director of the Portland Jewish Federation (1947-1948).

He and his wife had two children, Ruth C. and Michael Abram.


Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of correspondence with Albert J. Amateau (Foreign Language Service Company), Moise Bensignor, Louis N. Levy (Sephardic Foundation), various Sephardic organizations, and others concerning the subject of Sephardic Jewry. Together with organizational records of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America and the Sephardic Jewish Community of New York during Papo’s involvement. Series D, General, contains research material compiled by Papo for his book Sephardim in Twentieth Century America.


Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in four (4) series:

Series A. Correspondence. 1927-1992.
Series B. Manuscripts. Undated.
Series C. Organizational Records. 1926-1975.
Series D. General. 1927-1992.

Conditions of Access and Use

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

Joseph M. Papo, by the act of donating the Joseph M. Papo Research Materials to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the heirs of Joseph M. Papo. 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

Related Collections

Papo family. Papers. 1897-1980. SC-9421.

Papo, Joseph M. A Study of the Jewish Community of Duluth. December 1941. SC-2989.

Duluth/Superior Collection/Joseph Papo collection. 000470. University of Minnesota. Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Joseph M. Papo Research Materials and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-866. Joseph M. Papo Research Materials. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Joseph M. Papo Research Materials were received from Joseph M. Papo, San Jose, California in 1994.

Processing Information

Processed by Elisa Ho, April 2012.

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.


Box Folder Listing

Series A. Correspondence. 1927-1992.
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence with Albert J. Amateau (Foreign Language Service Company), Moise Bensignor, Louis N. Levy (Sephardic Foundation), Sephardic Jewish Community of New York, and others regarding Sephardim.
Arrangement Note: Alphabetical by correspondent.
Box
1 Correspondence. 1927-1992. [29 folders]
Box
2 Correspondence. 1927-1992. [16 folders]
Box
3 Correspondence. 1927-1992. [14 folders]
Series B. Manuscripts. Undated.
Scope and Content Note: Articles and a draft of chapter two through the bibliography of Sephardim in Twentieth Century America.
Box
3 Manuscripts. Undated. [3 folders]
Box
4 Manuscripts. Undated. [7 folders]
Series C. Organizational Records. 1926-1975.
Scope and Content Note: Minutes and constitutions from the Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America, Sephardic Jewish Community of New York, and Sephardic Home for the Aged arranged alphabetically.
Box
4 Organizational Records. 1926-1975. [12 folders]
Series D. General. 1927-1992.
Scope and Content Note: Biographies, interviews, and newsclippings concerning Sephardic subjects compiled by Papo including material on the American Sephardi Federation, Sephardic House, and World Sephardi Federation.
Box
5 General, A to S. 1927-1992. [21 folders]
Box
6 General, S to W. 1927-1992. [22 folders]

Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA Online Catalog.

Persons and Families

Amateau, Albert J.
Levy, Louis N.
Papo, Joseph M.

Institutions

Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America
Sephardic House (New York, N.Y.)
United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Subjects

Jews -- United States -- History
Sephardim

Places

New York (N.Y.)