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Isaac Max Rubinow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5616

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

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

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

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5001: American Association for Labor Legislation Records 5001 mf: American Association for Labor Legislation Records on Microfilm 5001 PAM: American Association for Labor Legislation Pamphlet File 5616 (A) mf: Isaac Max Rubinow Selected Files on Microfilm 5616 OH: Isaac Max Rubinow Oral History

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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183