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1949, 1954-1960, 1962-1964. Correspondence with Herbert Gussman on contributions to Cornell University Libraries for the acquisition and processing of Hebrew and Judaica books.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Justice Philip Halpern, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, relating to Halpern's requests for material on activities of the United Nations in the field of human rights. Konvitz comments that non-Americans always have difficulty understanding that in the United States there is no "minorities" problem, except for the Indian. Rather, the problems in the United States impinge on individual rights (September 14, 1954). Correspondence with United States Senator...

Scope and Contents 1947-1949, 1951-1952, 1955-1966. Correspondence with Professor Louis M. Hacker, Department of Economics at Columbia University. Konvitz asks Hacker to teach his American Ideals course in the spring of 1965 when Konvitz will be at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (February 3, 1964). Konvitz and Hacker were unable to agree on when the class would be scheduled (February 7, 1964). Routine personal correspondence with Paul M. Herzog, President of the American Arbitration...

Scope and Contents 1948, 1955-1960, 1962-1980. Correspondence with Professor William Haber, Department of Economics at the University of Michigan and international president of Obshestvo Remeslenofo zemledelcheskofo Truda (ORT), regarding routine activities concerning their involvement in Jewish organizations, mutual friends, and other personal matters. Also, some correspondence from Haber commenting on the political situation in Israel (April 19, 1978). In a letter from Haber to Konvitz, Haber describes his...

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Correspondence with Doctor Abraham Kaplan, Provost of the University of Haifa. Konvitz agrees to serve as a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls, sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and the University of Haifa (June 1, 1973).

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Detailed letter from Martha Applegarth Hallane relative to Konvitz's review of a book by Matthew Josephson (January 26, 1968).

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1946-1947, 1949, 1951, 1953-1954. Personal correspondence with Benjamin Halpern, director of the Department of Culture and Education of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and former Managing Editor of Jewish Frontier

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Correspondence with Thomas M. Law, Director of the Division of Business of the Hampton Institute, regarding Konvitz's evaluation of his visit to Hampton on March 13-14, 1967; and routine documents about the Cornell-Hampton Cooperative Program.

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1947-1948 1957-1958, 1960, 1976. Correspondence with book review editors and the president of the Harvard Law Review in relation to book reviews by Konvitz and the possibility of Konvitz writing an article.

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Materials regarding John F. Hatchett. Documents concerning Hatchett and concerning his relationship to Cornell. ACCESS RESTRICTED. No date.