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BA-BK - Correspondence, 1966-1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

1966 [1969-1981]. Correspondence with Professor Paul H. Baris, Bar-Ilan University. Doctor Konvitz mentions that because of the revolutionary government's activities in Liberia he decided to close out the Liberian codification Project (June 10, 1980). Correspondence with Catherine Barnes, a Ph.D. candidate in American History at Columbia University, regarding information relating to desegregation of railroad and bus transportation from 1935 to 1963. Barnes contacted Konvitz because of his work as Assistant General Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Konvitz answers several questions about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples' work in this area in the early 1940s (April 13, 1977). Correspondence with Professor Salo Baron, Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University, regarding the journal Jewish Social Studies (1971-1974). Routine correspondence with Marver H. Bernstein, President of Brandeis University. Routine personal correspondence with Herbert Bienstock, Regional Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor (1975, 1979-1980). Correspondence with William M. Birenbaum, President of Antioch University and formerly President of Staten Island Community College of the City University of New York, regarding affairs at both institutions. Routine personal correspondence, reports, and materials concerning both schools, and a copy of a letter from Horace Kallen to Birenbaum regarding Birenbaum's Testimony on Community Colleges (March 28, 1973).

Dates

  • 1966-1981

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, German, Yiddish

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

204.78 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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