Abstract
The personal papers of Dr. Rubinow who was active in the movement for social security from a medical point of view. He was also an economist and served in that capacity with th U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistices, the American Medical Association, and several Jewish welfare societies, including Bnai B'rith. The collection is composed of his correspondence, some of his articles and manuscripts.
Dates
- 1892-1945
Creator
- Rubinow, Isaac Max (creator, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Russian
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Biographical / Historical
1875 Born in Grodno, Russia
1893 Immigrated to the United States
1895 Columbia University, A.B. Degree
1898 New York University Medical College, M.D.
1899 Practiced medicine
1900-03 Columbia University, Studied political science
1903 Gave up practice of medicine
1903-07 Examiner, U.S. Civil Service Commission
1907 Economic Expert, Bureau of Statistics, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1907-08 Member, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Commerce & Labor
1908-11 Member, Bureau of Labor
1911-16 Chief Statistician, Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation
1913 First book published, Social Insurance
1914 Columbia University, PhD.
1914-l6 President, Casualty Acturial Society
1916-17 Executive Secretary, American Medical Association, Social Insurance Commission
1917 Expert, California Social Insurance Commission
1917 Director, New York City Department of Public Charities, Bureau of Labor Statistics
1917-18 Investigator, Federal Trade Commission
1919-23 In Charge of American Zionist Medical Unit (renamed Hadassah Medical Organization)
1923-28 Director, Jewish Welfare Society of Philadelphia
1926-36 Executive Secretary, B'nai B'rith
1929 Executive Director, United Palestine Appeal
1932- 33 President, National Conference of Jewish Social Service
1934 The Quest for Security published
1936 September, Died at the age of 61
Extent
16.33 cubic feet
Quantity:
16.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers (documents) .
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, July 15, 2005
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, June 06, 2019
- Title
- Rubinow, Isaac Max Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- June 06, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository