D - Personal, 1948-1964

1948, 1953-1956, 1960-1964. Correspondence with Samuel H. Daroff, President of the American Jewish League for Israel, regarding League matters of interest to Konvitz as a member of the League's Board of Directors. Routine personal correspondence with Doctor Henry David, head of the Office of Science Resources Planning of the National Science Foundation (February 1964). Routine personal correspondence with Miguel De Capriles, Dean of New York University School of Law (November 13, 1964). Letter from C.W. de Kiewiet, President of the University of Rochester and former Acting President of Cornell, regarding personal matters. De Kiewiet discusses George Sabine and a tragic event in Cape Town in which he was the last person to speak with someone (Davie) before he died "in battle if ever man did." De Kiewiet describes the day on which his friend died as one of "a great imaginative act of defiance and faith" (February 6, 1961). Correspondence with Professor Lincoln Reis, Chairman of the Colleges and Universities Committee of the Democratic State Committee, regarding concerns of the Committee of which Konvitz was a member (November 1960). Routine personal correspondence with Charles Desmond, Chief Judge of the State of New York Court of Appeals. Correspondence with Elliot B. Doft in which Konvitz elucidates the history of Jewish students and faculty at Cornell (October 11, 1962). Correspondence with Judge Mary H. Donlon, United States Customs Court. Donlon responds to a letter from Doctor Konvitz passing along a query from Morris Bishop as to the origin of the idea that the Industrial and Labor Relations School should be established as one of the contract colleges at Cornell. Donlon responds in detail (December 17, 1962). Other routine personal correspondence with Donlon. Correspondence with Justice William O. Douglas, United States Supreme Court, regarding brief, and comments on publications (1952-1956). Correspondence with Rabbi Samuel H. Dresner, Editor of Conservative Judaism, and Doctor Abraham Duker, Yeshiva University and former President of the College of Jewish Studies in Chicago, regarding routine scholarly and personal matters.