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Subcollection: Administration

Extent: 204 files

The Administration subcollection details JDC’s organizational structure, governance, activities, leadership, and personnel during 1965-1974. Materials include correspondence with executive staff, country directors, lay leaders, board members, donors, media outlets, domestic and international relief organizations, and United States and foreign governmental agencies and offices; meeting minutes; publicity materials and publications; fundraising and financial materials; and field reports by JDC’s global staff.

The files detail numerous relief initiatives, including: JDC’s pioneering social service model in Israel; its global disaster relief responses; and its extensive support for Jewish transmigrants from North Africa, the Soviet Union, and elsewhere who were traveling through European countries en route to Israel, North America, or other destinations.

Of particular note are records relating to the still-unsolved murder of Charles Jordan, JDC’s Executive Vice-Chairman, who was murdered in Czechoslovakia in August 1967. The Charles Jordan files in the “Individual Staff Files” series contain voluminous condolence correspondence, news articles, and the program of a memorial service held at Carnegie Hall on September 17, 1967.

Arrangement

The Administration subcollection is further subdivided into two record groups, New York Headquarters and European Headquarters. Where a topic has three or more files, it is further arranged into series, which are listed below. Within each series, files are arranged in reverse chronological order.

Topics with fewer than three files are listed after these series.

Record Group: New York Headquarters

Series 1: General

This series documents the general office activities and correspondence of JDC’s New York headquarters in 1965-1974.

File 659: General, 1973-1974

Extent: 0.45 inch

General, 1973-1974

File 660: General, 1969-1972

Extent: 0.75 inch

General, 1969-1972

File 661: General, 1965-1968

Extent: 1.00 inch

General, 1965-1968

File 662: Anniversaries, 1964, 1973

Extent: 0.15 inch

Anniversaries, 1964, 1973

Series 2: Governing Bodies

This series details the operations of JDC’s governing bodies and committees during the years 1965-1974. These files primarily contain correspondence, memos, and meeting minutes of JDC’s Administration, Budget and Finance, Executive, and other committees.

File 684: Governing Bodies, Administration Committee Meetings, 1970-1973
File 685: Governing Bodies, Administration Committee Meetings, 1966-1969
File 686: Governing Bodies, Administration Committee Meetings, 1964-1965
File 687: Governing Bodies, Africa and Asia Area Committee Meetings, 1965-1974
File 688: Governing Bodies, Board of Directors, Annual Meetings, 1973-1974
File 689: Governing Bodies, Board of Directors, Annual Meetings, 1970-1972
File 690: Governing Bodies, Board of Directors, Annual Meetings, 1969-1971
File 691: Governing Bodies, Board of Directors, Annual Meetings, 1966-1968
File 692: Governing Bodies, Board of Directors, Membership, 1965-1973
File 694: Governing Bodies, Budget and Finance Committee, 1970-1974
File 695: Governing Bodies, Budget and Finance Committee, 1966-1969
File 696: Governing Bodies, By-Laws, 1970-1974
File 697: Governing Bodies, By-Laws, 1934-1966
File 693: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, Brookdale Report, May 15, 1974
File 698: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1974 (I)
File 699: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1974 (II)
File 700: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1973 (I)
File 701: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1973 (II)
File 702: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1972
File 703: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1971
File 704: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1970
File 705: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1968-1969
File 706: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1967
File 707: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, General, 1966
File 708: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, Index to Minutes, 1967-1974
File 709: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, Index to Minutes, 1965-1966
File 710: Governing Bodies, Executive Committee, Membership, 1965-1966
File 711: Governing Bodies, Health and Welfare Committee, General, 1974
File 712: Governing Bodies, Health and Welfare Committee, General, 1971-1972
File 713: Governing Bodies, Health and Welfare Committee, General, 1969-1971
File 714: Governing Bodies, Health and Welfare Committee, General, 1966-1968
File 715: Governing Bodies, Health and Welfare Committee, General, 1965-1966
File 716: Governing Bodies, Health and Welfare Committee, Membership, 1965-1973
File 717: Governing Bodies, Israel Area Committee, General, 1974
File 718: Governing Bodies, Medical Advisory Committee, 1972
File 719: Governing Bodies, National Council Meeting, 1969
File 720: Governing Bodies, National Council Meeting, 1968
File 721: Governing Bodies, National Council Meeting, 1967
File 722: Governing Bodies, National Council Meeting, 1966
File 723: Governing Bodies, National Council Meeting, 1965
File 724: Governing Bodies, Overseas Community Organization and Fundraising Committee, 1971-1974
File 725: Governing Bodies, Overseas Community Organization and Fundraising Committee, 1969-1971
File 726: Governing Bodies, Overseas Community Organization and Fundraising Committee, 1968
File 727: Governing Bodies, Overseas Community Organization and Fundraising Committee, 1966-1967
File 728: Governing Bodies, Overseas Community Organization and Fundraising Committee, 1965
File 729: Governing Bodies, Religious and Cultural Committee, General, 1969-1971
File 730: Governing Bodies, Religious and Cultural Committee, General, 1965-1968
File 731: Governing Bodies, Resources Development Committee, General, 1969-1971
File 732: Governing Bodies, Structure Committee, 1973-1974
File 733: Governing Bodies, Survey Committee, 1967-1971

Series 3: Financial

This series details JDC’s financial, program planning, and budget operations and activities. Records include: relevant excerpts from the meeting minutes of JDC’s Budget and Finance Committee appropriations discussions, donation records, accounting correspondence, surveys, expenditure reviews, memos, and receipts.

File 734: Financial, General, 1971-1974

Extent: 0.25 inch

Financial, General, 1971-1974

File 735: Financial, General, 1966-1970

Extent: 1.00 inch

Financial, General, 1966-1970

File 736: Financial, General, 1965

Extent: 0.10 inch

Financial, General, 1965

File 737: Financial, Appropriations, 1970-1973
File 738: Financial, Appropriations, 1968-1969
File 739: Financial, Appropriations, 1967
File 740: Financial, Appropriations, 1966
File 741: Financial, Appropriations, 1965
File 742: Financial, Audit, Loeb and Troper, 1965-1974
File 743: Financial, Bank Accounts, 1965-1974
File 744: Financial, Bank Loans, 1968-1973
File 745: Financial, Bank Loans, 1965-1967
File 746: Financial, Bank Signatories, Domestic, 1965-1967
File 747: Financial, Bank Signatories, Foreign, 1968-1974
File 748: Financial, Budget, 1964

Extent: 0.20 inch

Financial, Budget, 1964

File 749: Financial, Contributions, 1974

Extent: 0.20 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1974

File 750: Financial, Contributions, 1973

Extent: 0.25 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1973

File 751: Financial, Contributions, 1972

Extent: 0.25 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1972

File 752: Financial, Contributions, 1971

Extent: 0.30 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1971

File 753: Financial, Contributions, 1970

Extent: 0.30 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1970

File 754: Financial, Contributions, 1969

Extent: 0.20 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1969

File 755: Financial, Contributions, 1966-1968
File 756: Financial, Contributions, 1965

Extent: 0.45 inch

Financial, Contributions, 1965

File 757: Financial, Contributions, A-Z, 1966-1980
File 758: Financial, Contributions, 1965-1974
File 759: Financial, Contributions, Melco International (Leon Weiss), 1969-1973
File 760: Financial, Contributions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965-1968
File 761: Financial, Contributions, Paramount, 1965-1967
File 762: Financial, Contributions, United Artists, 1965-1976
File 763: Financial, Contributions, Universal, 1965-1968
File 764: Financial, Contributions, Warner Brothers, 1965-1970
File 765: Financial, Contributions, 20th Century Fox, 1964-1970
File 766: Financial, Estimates, 1966-1972
File 780: Financial, Foreign Currency, 1965-1969
File 781: Financial, Functional Analysis of Operations, 1965-1969
File 782: Financial, Amendments, Certificates of, 1931-1980
File 783: Financial, Certificates of Incorporation, 1920-1978
File 784: Financial, Office Space, 60 E. 42nd Street (Lincoln Building), 1965-1976
File 785: Financial, Office Space, 3/11 E. 54th Street, 1965
File 786: Financial, Reports and Statements, 1974
File 787: Financial, Reports and Statements, 1972-1973
File 788: Financial, Reports and Statements, 1970-1971
File 789: Financial, Reports and Statements, 1968-1969
File 790: Financial, Reports and Statements, 1966-1967
File 791: Financial, Reports and Statements, 1965
File 792: Financial, Requirements, 1965

Extent: 0.10 inch

Financial, Requirements, 1965

File 793: Financial, Special Reserve Accounts, 1965-1973
File 794: Financial, Trial Balances, 1965-1973

Series 4: Individual Staff Files

This series comprises JDC’s senior staff files from 1965-1974. The contents of these files include correspondence, field reports, press releases, holiday cards, condolence letters, and obituary notices. Staff with extensive relevant documentation have their own labeled folders. Staff files of note include the files of Ralph I. Goldman, who served as Executive Vice President during the 1970s and 1980s and as Honorary Executive Vice President since 1988, and those of Charles Jordan, JDC’s Executive Vice-Chairman, who was murdered in Czechoslovakia in August 1967, a crime which remains unsolved.
As these records reflect the tenure of numerous JDC employees over an extended period of time, some materials fall outside the scope of 1965-1974. Some files have been restricted in accordance with our Access and Restrictions policy.

File 812: Individual Staff Files, General, 1965-1985
File 813: Individual Staff Files, Misc. D, 1947-1998
File 814: Individual Staff Files, Dickman, Irving, 1965-1983
File 815: Individual Staff Files, Misc. E, 1962-1969
File 816: Individual Staff Files, Einziger, Morris, 1966-1985
File 817: Individual Staff Files, Misc. F, 1944-1994
File 818: Individual Staff Files, Fink, Egon, 1965-1971
File 819: Individual Staff Files, Giterman, Isaac, 1966-1981
File 820: Individual Staff Files, Goldman, Ralph I., 1968-1976
File 821: Individual Staff Files, Jordan, Charles, September 1967-1989
File 822: Individual Staff Files, Jordan, Charles, 1965-August 1967
File 823: Individual Staff Files, Jordan, Charles, Memorial, 1967-1974
File 824: Individual Staff Files, Jordan, Charles, Printed Matter, 1967
File 825: Individual Staff Files, Joslow, MJ, 1973
File 828: Individual Staff Files, Kleinbaum, Isaac, 1968
File 830: Individual Staff Files, Laub, Morris, 1973-1992
File 831: Individual Staff Files, Laufer, Henry, 1965
File 832: Individual Staff Files, Leavitt, Moses, Memorial, 1968
File 833: Individual Staff Files, Leavitt, Moses, Memorial, July 1966-1967
File 834: Individual Staff Files, Leavitt, Moses, Memorial, 1965-June 1966
File 835: Individual Staff Files, Leavitt, Moses, 1965
File 837: Individual Staff Files, Levine, Moses, 1966-1968
File 840: Individual Staff Files, Levy, Henry, 1965-1968
File 841: Individual Staff Files, Lomnitz, Julius, 1965
File 843: Individual Staff Files, Miller, Deborah, 1965
File 844: Individual Staff Files, Molnar, Dr. Ladislao, 1972-1979
File 845: Individual Staff Files, Nelson, Sidney, 1965-1974
File 846: Individual Staff Files, Misc. O, 1967-1968
File 847: Individual Staff Files, Palevsky, Mary, 1954-1997
File 848: Individual Staff Files, Peters, Evelyn, 1970-1999
File 849: Individual Staff Files, Pilpel, Robert, 1965
File 850: Individual Staff Files, Misc. R, 1965-1974
File 851: Individual Staff Files, Ritt, Ann L., 1944-1984
File 853: Individual Staff Files, Rombro, Morris, 1970-1984
File 854: Individual Staff Files, Rosen, Joseph A., 1973, 1977
File 855: Individual Staff Files, Rosenberg, James N., 1965-1970
File 857: Individual Staff Files, Rosenman, Yehuda, 1966-1968
File 862: Individual Staff Files, Schwartz, Dr. Joseph J., 1965-1974
File 863: Individual Staff Files, Seidenmann, Leonard, 1965, 1984
File 864: Individual Staff Files, Sklar, Murray, 1967-1972
File 865: Individual Staff Files, Souget, Mauritz, 1977
File 866: Individual Staff Files, Speiser, Dorothy, 1965-1983
File 868: Individual Staff Files, Steinberg, Milton, 1969-1984
File 870: Individual Staff Files, Trobe, Harold, 1966-1996
File 872: Individual Staff Files, Wachtel, Hyman, 1966-1974
File 873: Individual Staff Files, Weinberg (Baruch), Celia, 1945-1971
File 874: Individual Staff Files, Weingard, David, 1964-1983
File 875: Individual Staff Files, Misc. X-Z, 1950-1984
File 876: Individual Staff Files, Ziegellaub, Fred, 1966-1967

Series 5: Publications

This series describes publications about JDC’s global operations and history. It includes detailed folders on two books about JDC history, Oscar Handlin’s A Continuing Task: the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: 1914-1964 and Herbert Agar’s The Saving Remnant: An Account of Jewish Survival Since 1914. Other files contain: correspondence, excerpted chapters, discussion regarding studies and reports funded by JDC, and some annual reports.

File 795: Publications, General, 1965-1974
File 796: Publications, Agar, Herbert ("The Saving Remnant"), 1965-1974
File 797: Publications, Annual Report, 1965-1974
File 798: Publications, Handlin, Oscar ("A Continuing Task"), 1965-1969
File 799: Publications, Overseas Guide, 1965-1974

Series 6: Public Information

This series details the structure and activities of JDC’s Public Relations and Public Information department during the years 1965-1974. The contents include: correspondence with Public Relations staff, overseas staff, lay leaders, press outlets, and representatives of partner organizations; self-study reports; and notices of staff participation in conferences and other public appearances.

File 800: Public Information, General, 1965-1974
File 801: Public Information, Speakers, A-Z, 1965
File 802: Public Information, Speakers, Haber, Sam, 1965-1974
File 803: Public Information, Speakers, Loskove, Abe, 1965-1973

Series 7: Personnel

This series describes JDC’s personnel policies for its NY and European headquarters during the years 1965-1974. The files include: correspondence on human resources issues and policy manuals and handbooks issued by the human resources department. Some files have been restricted in accordance with our Access and Restrictions policy.

File 804: Personnel, Employee Handbook, 1970, 1974 (1983)
File 804a: Personnel, General, 1966-1972

Extent: 0.10 inch

Personnel, General, 1966-1972

File 806: Personnel, Insurance, General, 1968-1973
File 807: Personnel, Pension Plan, General, 1965-1974
File 620: New York State Department of Law, 1968-1970
File 621: New York State Unemployment Insurance, 1970-1971
File 808: Personnel, Pension Plan, Correspondence, 1965-1974
File 809: Personnel, Pension Plan, 1965-1969
File 810: Personnel, Pension Plan, 1949-1964
File 811: Personnel, Termination, 1965-1974

Record Group: European Headquarters

This record group documents the programs, policies, governance, and personnel of JDC’s overseas headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland during the years 1965-1974. These files include materials which testify to: the relationship between JDC’s overseas headquarters and its other worldwide offices, including most prominently the global headquarters in New York; the proceedings of the Geneva staff meetings, which serve as a comprehensive and detailed overview of JDC’s programs, organized by region and topic; and reports submitted by executive and field staff, country directors, partner organizations, and consultants regarding JDC projects and priorities.

Series 1: General

This series documents the general office activities and correspondence of JDC’s New York headquarters in 1965-1974.

File 663: European Headquarters, General, 1974
File 664: European Headquarters, General, 1973
File 665: European Headquarters, General, 1972
File 666: European Headquarters, General, 1971
File 667: European Headquarters, General, 1969
File 668: European Headquarters, General, 1968
File 669: European Headquarters, General, 1967
File 670: European Headquarters, General, 1966
File 671: European Headquarters, General, 1965
File 676: European Headquarters, Personnel Practices, 1970
File 677: European Headquarters, Staff Costs, 1965-1974
File 678: European Headquarters, Staff Meetings, 1972-1974
File 679: European Headquarters, Staff Meetings, 1970-1971
File 680: European Headquarters, Staff Meetings, 1968-1969
File 681: European Headquarters, Staff Meetings, 1967
File 682: European Headquarters, Staff Meetings, 1966
File 683: European Headquarters, Staff Meetings, 1965
File 683a: Holiday Greetings, 1965-1966

Extent: 0.15 inch

Holiday Greetings, 1965-1966

Series 2: Conferences

This series describes the structure and outcomes of JDC’s overseas and country directors’ conferences from 1965-1974. Conference participants included JDC senior and field staff, lay leaders, board members and other members of JDC’s Administration, Budget, and Medical Advisory Committees, external consultants, and representatives of cooperating and coordinating organizations. These files primarily contain meeting minutes that delineate JDC’s policy mechanisms and responses to global events.

File 672: European Headquarters, Annual Conference, 1968-1969
File 673: European Headquarters, Transcripts of the Annual Conference, 1968
File 674: European Headquarters, Directors Conference, 10/1969
File 675: European Headquarters, Directors Conference, 1965-1969

Series 3: Financial

This series details JDC’s financial, program planning, and budget operations and activities. Records include: relevant excerpts from the meeting minutes of JDC’s Budget and Finance Committee; appropriations discussions; donation records; accounting correspondence; functional analysis reports; expenditure reviews; memos; and receipts.

File 767: Financial, European Headquarters, General, 1972-1974
File 768: Financial, European Headquarters, General, 1969-1971
File 769: Financial, European Headquarters, General, 1968
File 770: Financial, European Headquarters, General, 1967
File 771: Financial, European Headquarters, General, 1966
File 772: Financial, European Headquarters, General, 1965
File 773: Financial, European Headquarters, Annual Meeting, 1973-1974
File 774: Financial, European Headquarters, Annual Meeting, 1971
File 775: Financial, European Headquarters, Fundraising, 1969-1972
File 604: Fundraising, 1969-1974

Extent: 0.90 inch

Fundraising, 1969-1974

File 776: Financial, European Headquarters, Holidays, 1965-1974
File 777: Financial, European Headquarters, Provident Fund Foundation, 1965-1974
File 778: Financial, European Headquarters, Reports, 1965
File 779: Financial, European Headquarters, Travel Accounts, 1965

Series 4: Personnel

This series details JDC’s personnel policies and practices during the years 1965-1974. Contents include: policy manuals and handbooks issued by the human resources department; and correspondence on issues regarding insurance for domestic and overseas staff, pension plans, and termination processes. Some files have been restricted in accordance with our Access and Restrictions policy.

File 805: Personnel, Insurance, Foreign, 1965-1971

The cataloguing of this collection was made possible through grants from Donald M. and Sylvia Robinson, Marshall M. Weinberg, and an anonymous donor.

The digitization of this collection was made possible through funding from the Polonsky Foundation.

Archives of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.

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