Box 19
Container
Contains 17 Results:
Jewish Theological Seminary (See also Finkelstein), 1952-1959
File — Box: 19, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
1952, 1953-1959. Correspondence with Doctor Louis regarding Finkelstein, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, about Finkelstein's offer of deanship and professorship to Doctor Konvitz. Konvitz explains that his reasons for refusing the offer are that he prefers to remain a teacher and scholar. Konvitz comments that a professorship at Cornell is better suited than is the dean/professorship offered by the Seminary, for his work and the style of life that is most congenial to it....
Dates:
1952-1959
Jones, Tom (Black Liberation Front Spokesman), 1969
File — Box: 19, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Copy of a speech by Tom Jones, a black Cornell student. Jones delivered the speech at Willard Straight Hall on June 29, 1969 on the events that preceded and reasons for the occupation of Willard Straight Hall. Jones discussed race relations and the attitudes of black students and of the Black Liberation Front at Cornell.
Dates:
1969
Jung, 1966-1973
File — Box: 19, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Doctor Leo Jung, Rabbi at the Jewish Center relative to the scholarly and organizational work in which both Jung and Konvitz were involved. Personal correspondence and correspondence about their publications.
Dates:
1966-1973
Jung, Rabbi, 1973-1982
File — Box: 19, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Rabbi Leo Jung relative to Jung's and Konvitz's work and publications. Personal correspondence.
Dates:
1973-1982
KA-KE Correspondence, 1963-1980
File — Box: 19, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
1963, 1965-1969, 1971-1980. Correspondence with Doctor Max M. Kampelman, Vice-Chairman of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, on publication matters and comments on articles by Kampelman and Konvitz. Correspondence with Jacob Katzman, Jewish Teachers Seminary - Herzliah, on the merger of Jewish Teachers Seminary - Herzliah with Touro College (April-May 1978). At Katzman's request, Konvitz agreed to serve as the Temporary Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee of Jewish Teachers...
Dates:
1963-1980
K, 1945-1959
File — Box: 19, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence with David J. Kallen, the son of Professor Horace M. Kallen (1947-1948, 1954, 1957). Correspondence with Paul Kaminsky, President of Max Udell Sons and Company (March 20, 1951). Personal correspondence with H. Eliot Kaplan, Deputy Comptroller of New York State. Correspondence with Jack M. Kaplan, President of Welch Grape Juice Company. Professor Konvitz comments that Kaplan's arrangement for turning over the Welch Company to the National Cooperative Association...
Dates:
1945-1959
Kallen, Horace M. - Personal, 1946-1953
File — Box: 19, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
[1946-1948] 1950, 1953. Copy of a letter from Kallen to Doctor Alvin Johnson, New School, supporting the proposal of the Dutch government to establish Surinam as a refuge for 30,000 Jews. He also comments on the importance of establishing the Jewish National Home in Palestine and the failure of the British government to act responsibly and in good faith (March 21, 1948). Copy of a letter from Kallen to Senator Irving Ives regarding the appointment of the Chairman of the Atomic Energy...
Dates:
1946-1953