Box 13
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Fund for the Republic, 1953-1965
File — Box: 13, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
1953, 1955-1959, 1965. Correspondence with administrators at the Fund for the Republic. Doctor Konvitz was asked to participate at a May 5-9, 1958 seminar sponsored by the Fund's project, "Religion in a Democratic Society" (March 21, 1958). Correspondence in regard to the publication of Konvitz's book, Fundamental Liberties of a Free People, which he wrote with fellowship support from the Fund. Konvitz suggests that the Fund support the study of civil liberties in the field of labor...
Dates:
1953-1965
Fundamental Liberties of a Free People, 1952-1978
File — Box: 13, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
1952-1960, 1963-1964, 1972-1973, 1976, 1978. Correspondence with Cornell University Press about Konvitz's book, Fundamental Liberties of a Free People. Letters from Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice William O. Douglas thanking Konvitz for copies of his book. Douglas comments that he found the book to be extremely provocative and the best over-all summary and critique that he has read of the First Amendment problems and their treatment by the Court (March 27, 1958). Correspondence with...
Dates:
1952-1978
G, 1959-1965
File — Box: 13, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Letter from Marvin Gelfand, Farleigh Dickinson University, asking Konvitz for comments on a "Preliminary Report of the Committee to Save Ellis Island," (February 25, 1960). Correspondence with Professor Eric Goldman, Department of History at Princeton University; Konvitz participated in the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) television program, Open Mind, on "The Living Constitution: Labor and the Corporation," December 11, 1960. Goldman was the program's moderator (November 29, 1960)....
Dates:
1959-1965
G, 1948-1959
File — Box: 13, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
1948, 1950-1959. Correspondence with Susan Brandeis Gilbert and Jacob H. Gilbert, on the Brandeis Centennial celebration at Cornell on April 2, 1957. Correspondence with Robert A. Goldwin, American Foundation for Political Education, relating to Konvitz's Civil Rights in Immigration. Professor Konvitz explains why he did not consider the Fifth Amendment problem (June 15, 1954). Correspondence with Bertha Gruner. Konvitz mentioned that at various times he has urged upon the College of Arts...
Dates:
1948-1959
G - General Correspondence, 1966-1980
File — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Professor Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, on Galanter's publication on the problem of affirmative action in India (October 20, 1978). Correspondence with Doctor Abe P. Gannes relating to activities of the Hebrew Culture Foundation. Correspondence with Dennis M. Gingold. Konvitz comments that disqualifying differences between citizens and aliens should be eliminated (April 26, 1973). Correspondence with Sidney Goldmann, former Superior Court of...
Dates:
1966-1980
Gallob, Ben, 1949-1956
File — Box: 13, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
1949-1951, 1952-1956. Personal correspondence with Ben Gallob in which the economic views of Hapoel Hamizrachi and Israel laws on religion are discussed. Also correspondence regarding The National Jewish Post where Gallob was employed as the managing editor until February 1951; and personal matters.
Dates:
1949-1956
Gaulkin, Edward, 1946-1959
File — Box: 13, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Edward Gaulkin, Judge in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, regarding Congressman Kean of New Jersey, his activities for the Jewish Community, and his insights with regard to the role of the court system and judges. Konvitz describes the American Jewish Congress and his involvement in Congress affairs. Includes a copy of a letter from United States Congressman Robert W. Kean to Gaulkin. Kean comments that he has been concerned that the Taft-Hartley...
Dates:
1946-1959
Gaulkin, Edward, 1960-1980
File — Box: 13, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
1960-1975, 1977-1980. Personal correspondence with Edward Gaulkin. Gaulkin discusses national and international political situations. Correspondence with Gaulkin's son, Charles, who works for the publication department of the United Nations on the United Nations Human Rights Commission and its investigation of the Israeli practices with respect to the Arab population in the occupied territory. Konvitz and Edward Gaulkin are close friends, and this is reflected in the nature of their...
Dates:
1960-1980
The Ghetto and Beyond [Peter I. Rose, editor], 1964-1976
File — Box: 13, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Professor Peter I. Rose, Smith College, regarding Konvitz's contribution to the volume.
Dates:
1964-1976
Goldberg, Arthur J., 1956-1978
File — Box: 13, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
1956, 1958, 1960-1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1978. Correspondence with Arthur J. Goldberg, United States Ambassador at Large and former Secretary of Labor. Goldberg asks Konvitz to join him and several other individuals and organizations in signing a letter Goldberg wrote urging Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to ensure that member states of the United Nations refrain from expelling or suspending Israel from the United Nations (August 15, 1975). Includes copies of...
Dates:
1956-1978