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Correspondence with Jerome J. Shestack, President of the Jewish Publication Society. Doctor Konvitz suggests that the Jewish Publication Society apply to the Charles E. Merrill Trust for a grant of $50,000. Correspondence with Doctor Chaim Potok, Editor of the Jewish Publication Society, relative to suggestions for publication projects. Correspondence with other officers at the Jewish Publication Society, including Doctor Solomon Grayzel, Editor; and Lesser Zussman, Executive Director.

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Program of Rutgers University's "Convocation in Recognition of the Tercentenary of Jewish Culture in North America" on November 7, 1954. At the Convocation Konvitz received an honorary degree from Rutgers. Related articles and newspaper clippings.

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Correspondence with officers of the American Jewish Tercentenary regarding routine activities of the organization in relation to the Tercentenary celebration. Konvitz was appointed as the Chairman of the Ithaca Tercentenary Committee (October 27, 1954). Pamphlets, bulletins, articles, and other materials regarding the Tercentenary celebration.

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Letters from Doctor Norman Greenwald to Doctor Konvitz and Greenwalds memorandum about the establishment of an international college in Israel. Minutes of the founding meeting of the American College in Israel (May 31, 1965). Konvitz is listed as a founding member.

Scope and Contents 1954, 1957-1958, 1960-1965, [1969. 1985]. Correspondence with Doctor David Ben-Dov, Israeli Consul to the United States, about the arrangements for the visit of Ambassador Harman to Cornell on September 13, 1962; on the dismissal, on academic grounds, of an Israeli student (September 22, 1961); and on arrangements for Konvitz to guest lecture at Hebrew University (May 1961), and to study labor relations in Israel and, particularly, the Histadrut. Notes by Konvitz on the Histadrut regarding...

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[1960-1962] 1965. Correspondence with Doctor David Ben-Dov, Education Attache of Israel to the United States, about the visit to the United States and lecture at Cornell University on February 8, 1962.

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Correspondence with Doctor Norman Abrams of the Israeli Law Project at Harvard University (October 28, 1957)

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1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1958. Correspondence with Irving M. Ives, United States Senator and former Dean of the Industrial and Labor Relations School. Letter from Ives informing Konvitz that an enclosed letter (not in the file) is the formal notification of Konvitz's appointment to the staff of the Industrial and Labor Relations School (July 26, 1946). Other correspondence with Ives relative to recommendations from Konvitz on behalf of other people and on personal matters.

Scope and Contents 1946-1955, 1957, 1959. Correspondence with R. Jespersen regarding public schools or high schools teaching non-sectarian religion (February 4, 1947). Correspondence with Jacob Pat, Executive Secretary of the Jewish Labor Committee. Pat writes (in Hebrew) his recollections of Konvitz's grandfather (August 1959). Personal correspondence with Leonard B. Job, President of Ithaca College (May 4, 1955). Correspondence with Doctor Charles S. Johnson, President of Fisk University, relative to...