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Jewish Cultural Reconstruction papers



Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc. was dissolved in 1976. JCR was
established in 1947 by the Commission on European Jewish Cultural
Reconstruction. The Commission was created in 1944 by the Conference on
Jewish Relations, later known as the Conference on Jewish Social Studies.
The Conference published the journal Jewish Social Studies (1939-1988/1993).
Historian Salo W. Baron (1895-1989) was a key player in all of these
organizations.

According to information I had gathered in 1978 (when Baron was alive) for a
survey of archival resources about German-Jewish refugees, the records of
JCR and of the Conference "were stored in a warehouse and inaccessible.
Their ultimate disposition has not been determined by the Conference."
Baron's papers are in the Dept. of Special Collections at Stanford
University (Call number M580). Baron's library was purchased by Stanford as
the nucleus of their Judaica holdings.

Perhaps the folks at Stanford Special Collections can shed some light on the
archives of JCR and the Conference on Jewish Social Studies. Baron's papers
comprise a very large amount of material. The RLIN description of Baron's
papers is below my signature.

Steven Siegel
Library Director and Archivist
92nd Street YM-YWHA
New York City
ssiegel@92ndsty.org


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Author:        Baron, Salo W.
Title:         Papers, ca. 1900-1980.
Description:   ca. 398 linear ft.
Notes:         Gift of the Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Foundation, 1990.
               Unpublished finding aid and searchable data base available in
the department.
Subjects:      Abramsky, Chimen, 1916-
               Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940.
               Altmann, Alexander, 1906-
               Ankori, Zvi, 1920-
               Aptowitzer, Victor, 1871-1942.
               Arendt, Hannah.
               Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956.
               Barzilay, Isaac, 1915-
               Ben-Horin, Meir, 1918-
               Bernstein, S. (Simon), b. 1884.
               Blau, Joseph L. (Joseph Leon), 1909-1986.
               Blumenfield, Samuel U., 1901-1972.
               Blumenkranz, Bernhard.
               Cohen, Arthur Allen, 1928-
               Cohen, Morris Raphael, 1880-1947.
               Damask, Emil.
               Davis, Moshe.
               Diesendruk, Zvi.
               Duker, Abraham.
               Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
               Feigin, Samuel I. (Samuel Isaac), 1893-1950.
               Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-
               Friedmann, Philip, 1901-1960.
               Fuks, Leo.
               Gandz, Solomon.
               Gartner, Lloyd P., 1927-
               Glatzer, Nahum Norbert, 1903-
               Goitein, S.D., 1900-
               Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982.
               Grayzel, Solomon, 1896-1980.
               Halpern, Ben.
               Halpern, Israel, 1910-
               Handlin, Oscar, 1915-
               Hertzberg, Arthur.
               Janowsky, Oskar.
               Kaplan, Jacob.
               Karp, Abraham J.
               Kisch, Guido, 1889-
               Knapp, Russel.
               Kohut, George Alexander, 1874-1933.
               Konvitz, Milton Ridvas, 1908-
               Lieberman, Saul, 1898-
               Mahler, Raphael, 1899-
               Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-
               Marx, Alexander, 1878-1953.
               Netanyahu, Benzion.
               Neusner, Jacob 1932-
               Oelsner, Toni.
               Orlinsky, Harry, Meyer, 1908-
               Pinson, Koppel.
               Prinz, Joachim, 1902-
               Roth, Cecil, 1899-1970.
               Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, 1897-
               Silberschlag, Eisig, 1903-
               Spiegel, Shalom, 1899-
               Starr, Joshua, 1907-1949.
               Steinberg, Aaron, 1891-1975.
               Stern, Selma, 1890-
               Tal, Uriel.
               Tartakower, Aryeh, 1897-1982.
               Täubler, Eugen, 1879-1953.
               Twersky, Isadore.
               Wischnitzer, Mark, 1882-1955.
               Wischnitzer, Rachel, 1885-1989.
               Wise, George Schneiweis, 1906-
               Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949.
               Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim, 1932-
               American Jewish Committee.
               American Academy for Jewish Research.
               American Jewish Congress.
               American Jewish Historical Society.
               Columbia University. Center for Israel and Jewish
                  Studies.
               Conference on Jewish Cultural Reconstruction.
               Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against
                  Germany.
               Conference on Jewish Relations (U.S.)
               Conference on Jewish Social Studies (U.S.)
               Emergency Committee for Displaced German
                  Scholars.
               Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati)
               Hebrew University (Israel)
               Institute of Jewish Religion (New York)
               Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc.
               Jewish Pubication Society.
               Jewish Theological Seminary (New York)
               Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.
               National Foundation for Jewish Culture.
               National Jewish Welfare Board.
               Tel-Aviv University (Israel)
               Training Bureau for Jewish Communal Service.
               Union Theological Seminary (New York)
               World Jewish Congress.
               YIVO
               Jews -- History.
               Jewish studies.
Location:      Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries
Stanford, CA  94305
Control No.:   CSUR90-A28


Date:    Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:55:58 -0500
From:    "Truman, Anna" <atruman@CN.HUC.EDU>
Subject: Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Commission Papers

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of the archives for the Jewish Cultural
Reconstruction Commission founded post-WWII to aid in the recovery and
dissemination of Nazi-confiscated Jewish cultural items.  We have the
holdings of the New York office of the World Jewish Congress and there are
some things in there - I've tried doing a search on the www and come up with
nothing, though I know they have to exist someplace (doesn't everything??).
We have a researcher here until Thursday, and she is, as they all are,
desperate to find the lists of confiscated materials compiled shortly after
the war.

Thanks in advance,
AT

Anna K. Truman
Project Archivist
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the
American Jewish Archives
 <mailto:atruman@cn.huc.edu> atruman@cn.huc.edu
(513) 221-1875 ext. 221

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