Creator:
Pfeffer, Leo, 1910-1993.
Inclusive Dates:
1942- 1974
Abstract:
The papers of the American lawyer, activist for separation of church and state, legal counsel for the American Jewish Congress, and director of its Commission on Law and Social Action consist of correspondence, legal briefs, dockets, court transcripts, essays, speeches, and printed material, including articles, clippings, pamphlets, periodical issues, and general files relating to civil rights, federal aid to education, prayer in public schools, and other church-state issues.
Type of Material:
Briefs (legal documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Dockets.
Essays.
Galley proofs.
Legal documents.
Legal instruments.
Manuscripts for publication.
Transcripts.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Activism and social reform
Politics, government and public administration
Religion and philosophy
Church and state -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States.
Federal aid to education.
Freedom of religion -- United States.
Hungarian Americans.
Jews, American.
Lawyers -- United States.
Prayer in the public schools.
Religion and state -- United States.
Religion in the public schools.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Creator:
Reiner, Lillian
Inclusive Dates:
1890- 1991
Abstract:
Spanning 1890 to 1991, the Lillian Reiner Collection comprises Correspondence/subject files, Writings, and Memorabilia relating to the Syracuse, New York teacher and political activist (1901-1987).
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Notes (documents)
Photographs.
Subject:
Social reformers.
New York State
Activism and social reform
Women political activists, New York (State)
Women political candidates, New York (State)
Women social reformers
Sociology
Creator:
Newman, Louis Israel, 1893-
Inclusive Dates:
1926- 1968
Abstract:
Papers of the Rabbi, writer. Correspondence; manuscripts; and printed material including newsletters, a poem, sermons, and a book. Notable correspondents include Albert M. Bender and Nelson Glueck (president of Hebrew Union College).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Programs (documents)
Sermons.
Sheet music.
Subject:
Hasidic anthology: tales of the Hasidim.
Rabbis.
Church and clergy
Activism and social reform
Jews -- United States.
Judaism -- Clergy.
Rabbis -- New York (State)
Zionism.
Zionists -- New York (State)
Creator:
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880.
Inclusive Dates:
1856- 1856
Abstract:
Two letters from Lucretia Mott, American feminist and anti-slavery
activist, to Samuel J. May, also a proponent of abolition and of women's rights.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Feminists -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.