Box 16

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Letters from Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn, National Director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations; a copy of a news release and a memorandum to Hillel Directors from Kahn, relative to a grant from Professor and Mrs. Benjamin Siegel to Cornell to found a special Book Fund for the purchase of Hebrew and Yiddish language and literature books for Hillel Libraries. The grant was made as a result of Konvitz's initiative.

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1966, 1968. A letter to Doctor Konvitz from Rabbi Kahn and copies of correspondence between Kahn and the Siegels on the latter's contributions to the Hillel Foundation for the purchase of books.

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Letters from Rabbi Kahn. Professor Konvitz accepted nomination to membership on the B'nai B'rith Hillel Commission (January 3, 1966). Also minutes of the December 8, 1965 meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Hillel Commission.

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Confidential memorandums from Rabbi Kahn to members of the Hillel Commission and routine materials regarding Hillel affairs and activities. Also the "B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation's Citation of Service" certificate to Doctor Konvitz.

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1969, 1974-1975, 1978-1980. Personal correspondence with Hillel Foundation officers including Doctor Alfred Jaspe, National Director

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[1966] 1965-1968. Correspondence with Hillel Foundation officers on Hillel matters

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1946-1951, 1954. Personal correspondence with Herman D. Hillman, National Housing Agency.

Scope and Contents 1965-1968, 1971, 1973-1977, 1979. Letter from Sarah Morris, Executive Director of the American Histadrut Culture Exchange Institute, regarding Konvitz's agreement to chair a panel discussion on "Israel: The Next Decade" on November 4, 1973 at the Annual Convention of the National Committee for Labor Israel (October 3, 1973). Also included are minutes and memorandums of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and other committees reports and other related materials. Konvitz was also...

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1951-1953, 1955-1956, 1958, 1962, 1964-1965. Correspondence with Louis Hollander, Secretary-Treasurer of the New York State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and a Trustee of Cornell University, regarding personal matters and university affairs.

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Personal correspondence with Marion G. Holley, one of Konvitz's former students