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Finding Aid for the Selig Adler
Papers,
1928-1985 (Part II)
22/6F/358
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
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Title: Selig Adler Papers,
1928-1985 (Part II)
Extent: 10 of 16.26 linear feet (8 cartons)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: This collection (filed
under 22/6F/204 and 22/6F/358) contains material regarding Selig Adler's
studies at the University of Buffalo (1928-1931), his graduate work at the
University of Illinois (1931-1934), and notes, drafts and copies of Adler's
research on American foreign policy, isolationism, and United States-Israel
relations. The collection also includes material from Adler's career at the
State University of New York at Buffalo.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, [22/6F/204 or
22/6F/358], Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985, University Archives, The State
University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
The Selig Adler Papers consist of files located in 22/6F/204 and
22/6F/358. Materials in the collection were donated to the University Archives
by Selig Adler on February 20, and May 14, 1969; August 18, 1971; April 20 and
May 6, 1974; July 14-30, 1975; March 20, May 22 and June 24, July 22 and July
29, 1980, Additional materials donated by the Adler Estate, July 18, 1985.
Related materials donated by Norma Segal, May 21-22, 1975; and Milton Plesur,
December 11, 1984.
Terms of Access
The bulk of the Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985, are open for
research. Some material restricted; consult archivist.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives staff circa 1980.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
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1909 |
Born January 22 in Baltimore, Maryland |
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1927 |
Graduated from New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, New
York
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1928 |
Entered College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Buffalo
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1931 |
B.A., summa cum laude, University of Buffalo |
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1932 |
M.A., University of Illinois |
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1934 |
Ph.D., University of Illinois |
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1934-1937 |
High School teacher, Buffalo (Grover Cleveland and
Kensington)
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1936 |
Married Janet Sukernek |
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1938-1947 |
Part-time instructor, University of Buffalo summer
programs
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1943-1944 |
Taught civilians and Air Force cadets at University of
Buffalo
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1947 |
Assistant Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
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1950 |
Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
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1952 |
Full Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
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1952-1953 |
Visiting professor, University of Rochester |
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1952-1979 |
Appointed by Governor Dewey to Kosher Law Advisory
Board
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1957 |
Published
The Isolationist Impulse: It's
Twentieth-Century Reaction |
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1957-1963 |
Director, Master of Science in Social Studies program |
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1958-1980 |
Samuel P. Capen Professor of American History |
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1960 |
Published (with Thomas E. Connolly),
From Ararat to Suburbia: A History of the
Jewish Community of Buffalo |
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1961-1965 |
Chairman, Educational Policy and Planning Committee of
Faculty Senate
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Executive Committee, Arts and Sciences College |
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Vice President, University Senate |
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1962 |
Chairman, Faculty Committee on merger with State University of
New York
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1963 |
Chairman, Faculty Conference on merger with State University
of New York
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circa 1962-1969 |
State University of New York Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate
Executive Committee
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1965 |
The Uncertain Giant, 1921-1941: American
Foreign Policy Between the Wars |
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1966 |
Chairman, History Department |
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1966- |
Chairman, State Education Department College Proficiency
Examination in American History Committee
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circa 1968-1969 |
Visiting professor at Cornell |
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1974 |
State University of New York Faculty Exchange Scholar |
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1975 |
Distinguished Service professor |
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1980 |
Retired from University of Buffalo |
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1980- |
Archivist, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo |
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?-1984 |
Archivist, Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo at State
University College at Buffalo
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June 1984 |
Archives dedicated as Selig Adler Jewish Archives of Greater
Buffalo
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1984 |
Died, November 8, Buffalo |
Selig Adler (1909-1984), historian and faculty member in the
Department of History, State University of New York at Buffalo, specialist in
twentieth century American foreign policy, isolationism, and United States
relations with Israel.
The collection contains material regarding Selig Adler's studies at
the University of Buffalo (1928-1931), including notes on courses taught by
Julius Pratt and Nathaniel Cantor. The collection also includes material from
Adler's graduate work at the University of Illinois (1931-1934), including
notes on immigration history taught by Marcus Corson. Notes, drafts and copies
of Adler's research on American foreign policy, isolationism, and United
States-Israel relations is also in the collection. Documentation from Adler's
career at the State University of New York at Buffalo includes information on
the History Department, the Faculty Senate Committee on Educational Policy and
Planning (1960-1963), and the Search Committee for a Dean of the School of
Library and Information Science.
Note: boxes 1-15 (series I-IV) are filed under call number
22/6F/204
and boxes 16-23 (series V-VII) are filed under call number 22/6F/358
This collection is arranged in seven series:
V.
Grade Books, 1940s-1970s
VI.
Income Tax Records, 1939-1940
VII.
Research Files and Notes
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Contents |
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Grade books,
1940s-1970s
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Contents |
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| 17.1 |
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Old Income tax,
1939-1947
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| 17.21 |
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Income taxes - excess,
1965
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| 17.24 |
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Tax forms,
1968 returns
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| 17.25 |
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1968 Income tax,
extra
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| 17.28 |
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Income tax,
1970 - extra
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| 17.30 |
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1971 returns;
1972 returns
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Contents |
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| 18.1 |
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United States Entry and Isolation, notes
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| 18.4 |
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"A manual for supervisors of social studies,"
May 1946
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| 18.6 |
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Laufer, Spare Material
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| 18.7-18.8 |
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Chapter I Notes
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| 18.9-18.10 |
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Chapter II Notes
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| 18.11-18.12 |
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Chapter III Notes
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| 18.13-18.14 |
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Chapter IV Notes
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| 19.1 |
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Notes and correspondence, checking sources
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| 19.2 |
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Outline notes, correspondence - FDR and Palestine
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| 19.3 |
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Chapter VII Notes,
no date
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| 19.4-19.5 |
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Chapter VIII Notes
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| 19.8 |
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The Uncertain Giant: American Foreign Policy Between
the Wars - Notes for Chapter "The Hemisphere, Versailles to Pearl Harbor,"
published
1965
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| 19.9 |
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H.E. Barnes (Bibliography Ph.D. Thesis,
1934)
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| 19.10 |
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Nineteen Twenty-Two
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| 19.11 |
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Research Notes (Cleveland)
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| 19.12-19.13 |
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England and France 1925ff
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| 19.14 |
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Notes for two articles on Cordell Hull and the Good
Neighbor Policy for Encyclopedia Americana (
1969)
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| 19.15 |
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Review Notes of Byron Dexter's "The Years of
Opportunity: The League of Nations,"
1920-1926
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| 19.16 |
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Review Notes of Arthur D. Morse's "While Six Million
Died"
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| 19.18 |
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Extra, San Francisco
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| 19.19 |
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Notes for Review of David Wyman's "Paper Walls," for
New Republic,
February 15, 1969
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| 19.20 |
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Notes in Reviewing Dean Acheson's "Present at
Creation," for
The American History Review
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| 20.1 |
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Outline Isolationism
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| 20.2 |
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Outline Isolationism: on University Review Article
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| 20.3 |
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Clippings Isolationism - New
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| 20.4 |
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Clippings Isolationism - The Rising Tide of
Isolationism,
1968
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| 20.6-20.7 |
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Notes, Isolationism - The Future of Isolationism
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| 20.8 |
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Notes, Isolationism - Recent Trends of Isolationism
(older material)
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| 20.10 |
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Notes/Clippings - Isolationism, finished
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| 20.11 |
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Clippings, Isolationism,
1968
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| 20.12 |
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Excess Material on Isolationism
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Contents |
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| 20.13 |
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Notes, Palestine: Personal
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| 20.14 |
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Zionism - Toronto,
1977
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| 20.15 |
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Draft of Speech: United States and the Creation of
Israel
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| 20.16 |
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Notes and Type - FDR and Zionism
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| 21.2 |
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Notes on Mythology - FDR
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| 21.3 |
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Draft and Notes on FDR Vacillations in
Palestine
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| 21.4 |
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Notes - Zionism Pre 1914
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| 22.1 |
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Notes - Department of State and Zionism
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| 22.2 |
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Notes - [Jewish Unity]
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| 22.3 |
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Correspondence - FDR and Zionism
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| 22.4 |
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Notes - Russian Factor
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| 22.5 |
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Notes - Factors in Changing American
Opinion
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| 22.6 |
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Notes - Palestine Military Crisis
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| 22.8 |
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Notes - Palestine 1941-1945
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| 22.9 |
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Notes - Outline, FDR and Palestine
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| 22.10 |
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Notes - United States and Palestine
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| 22.11 |
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Notes - The British Factor
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| 22.12 |
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Discarded Notes - FDR and Palestine
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| 22.13 |
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Notes - Palestine 1933-1939
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| 22.14 |
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Notes - United States and Palestine Series
2
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| 22.15 |
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Notes - Zionism 1944
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| 22.16 |
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Notes - Palestine 1933-1939
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| 22.17 |
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Notes - FDR and Palestine Series 2
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| 22.18 |
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"The Origins of American Intervention in the
East"
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| 22.20 |
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Drafts - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Palestine
Question: The Years of Peace 1933-1939
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| 22.21 |
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Typed Draft - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Palestine
Question: The Years of Peace 1933-1939
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| 22.23 |
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[Handwritten] notes
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| 22.24-22.25 |
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Notes - Palestine
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| 23.1 |
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Notes - Zionism Excess
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| 23.2 |
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Notes - FDR and Palestine 1930s
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| 23.3 |
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Notes - Oil, Series 2
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| 23.4 |
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Notes - FDR and Palestine
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| 23.6 |
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Notes - Woodrow Wilson and Zionism
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| 23.8-23.9 |
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Notes - FDR and Palestine
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| 23.11 |
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Notes - Refugee Relief
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| 23.12-23.16 |
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Notes - Palestine
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Isolationism
State
University of New York at Buffalo. Dept. of History
State University of New
York at Buffalo--Archives
United States--Foreign
relations
University
of Buffalo. Dept. of History
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign--Graduate work
Zionism
Clippings
Correspondence
Examinations
(documents)
Lecture notes
Publications
Speeches
Separated Material
See
22/6F/204 for Part I of the Selig
Adler Papers
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Adler, Selig and Thomas E. Connelly.
From Ararat to Suburbia: The History of the
Jewish Community of Buffalo. Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society
of America, 1960. Available in Lockwood Library and the University Archives
(non-circulating), F129 B8 A38
Archives 9/7/00-3,
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