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Scope and Contents 1961, 1967, 1969-1981. Correspondence with Reverend Professor T. A. Burkill, Head of the Department of Theology at the University of Rhodesia regarding Konvitz's contribution to a proposed collective work, Myth and the Scientific Mind. Copy of a letter to Doctor Konvitz from United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black. Black compliments Konvitz on his Fundamental Liberties of a Free People and Bill of Rights Reader. Black emphasizes the importance of Konvitz continuing to write about...

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Correspondence with Doctor Algernon D. Black, Chairman of the Society for Ethical Culture and Education Director of the Encampment for Citizenship. Correspondence regarding the activities of the Encampment and Konvitz's participation at Encampment meetings and conferences; and copies of recommendations written for Black by Konvitz.

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1946-1948, 1950, 1953. Correspondence with Ida Blacksin, Ph.D. candidate at New York University.

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[1964-1966] 1964-1965. Correspondence with Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn, B'nai B'rith Hillel Commission National Director, regarding Professor Konvitz's address at the Academic Convocation held at Harvard University (March 16, 1964). Correspondence with the Chairman and with the Director of the Commission on Adult Jewish Education. Konvitz was a member of the Commission and was on its Publication Committee. Also memorandums, minutes, agendas, and reports.

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1969, 1972-1980. Correspondence with Rabbi William D. Rudolph. Konvitz responds to questions regarding the definition of a Jewish book and the characteristics of Jewish writers. Konvitz was chairman of its Commission on Formal Jewish Studies in Higher Education. Correspondence regarding lectures and publications by Konvitz. Routine correspondence and materials regarding B'nai B'rith activities and programs.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Lily Edelman, Editorial Associate of the B'nai B'rith Department of Adult Jewish Education, regarding comments of readers on Konvitz's Brandeis manuscript (April 7 and 15, 1959). Konvitz was a member of the Executive, Personnel, Program, and Publications Committees of the National Hillel Commission. Correspondence with Doctor Judah Shapiro, National Director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation regarding B'nai B'rith personnel codes and policies (January 13, 1959). Also...

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Routine correspondence with various Hillel officers regarding programs, activities and policies. Confidential minutes of meetings of the Executive and Personnel Committees; memorandums to Hillel Commission members; various reports; budget information; and other routine materials.

Scope and Contents 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955 [1956-1958]. Konvitz was a member of the Special Committee on Survey and Evaluation. Copy of an October 6, 1957 memorandum from Konvitz to the Committee on Survey and Evaluation containing detailed suggestions by Konvitz regarding various aspects of Hillel activities and concerns on campuses. Correspondence with Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, National Director, regarding Professor Konvitz's manuscript on "Judaism and the Pursuit of Happiness" (February 1, 1956)....

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Correspondence with various people including Dean Martin P. Catherwood, Doctor Emerson Day and Mrs. Edmund Ezra Day; also copies of letters from Catherwood to Deane W. Malott, President of Cornell University, and to T.P. Wright, Acting President of Cornell. All correspondence regarding the publication of a book of Doctor Edmund Ezra Day's public addresses and articles. Konvitz compiled and edited the documents. Other related materials.

Scope and Contents [1962] 1964, 1966, 1968. Correspondence with people in various organizations including the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the National Community Relations Advisory Council, regarding Doctor Konvitz's request for information about these organizations and their activities in this field of intergroup relations. Konvitz requested this information in order to write a chapter on intergroup...