Creator:
New York State Council of Churches.
Inclusive Dates:
1934- 1977
Abstract:
Correspondence, agendas, minutes, memoranda, reports, printed material, and other papers relating to the Council's positions on such legislative issues as abortion, church and state relations, civil rights, family relations, labor, pornography, and Christian education.
Type of Material:
Bills (legislative records)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Sound recordings.
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Phonograph records.
Reports.
Subject:
Church and clergy
New York State
Religion and philosophy
Activism and social reform
Abortion.
Alcoholism.
Christianity and politics.
Church and state.
Civil rights.
Domestic relations -- New York (State)
Drug addiction.
Federal aid to education.
Lobbyists -- New York (State)
Lotteries -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)
Migrant labor.
Religion and state.
Prayer in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)
Religion in the public schools.
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.