Horace Meyer Kallen

Brief Description: The papers relate to Kallen's interests in the fields of education, philosophy, Zionism, Jewish affairs, consumerism, co-operative movement, political activism. Correspondence with over 1000 organizations including American Jewish Congress, World Jewish Congress, American Association for Jewish Education, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Julian W. Mack School, Menorah Association, New School for Social Research, President's Commission on Higher Education. About 4,000 individual correspondents including Max Ascoli, Roger Baldwin, Salo W. Baron, Jacob Billikopf, Louis D. Brandeis, Israel S. Chipkin, John Dewey, Felix Frankfurter, Philip R. Goldstein, Sidney Hook, Alvin Johnson, Julian W. Mack, Jerome Nathanson, Edmond de Rothschild, George Santayana, Hans Simon, Louis Sturz, Stephen S. Wise.

Held at:

YIVO Online Guide

Record Series Number: RG 317 /RG 317

Created by: Kallen, Horace Meyer (1882-1974)

Volume: 0.0

Arrangement:

Organization: Arranged numerically, by folder

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in 8 series: I) Correspondence with Organizations (folders 1-420); II) Corres. with the Mack School (421-443); III) Corres. with the AJC (444-533); IV) Materials relating to the New School for Social Research (534-577); (Note: #'s 578-600 were not used.) V) Corres. with Individuals (601-889); VI) Corres. with Individuals (890-1041); VII) Personal & Academic materials (1041A-1064); VIII) Supplementary Corres. (1065-1075)

Subject Index

Education
Politics and Political Parties
Scholarship
United States
Zionism

Genres/Forms of Material

Documents - Papers

Other Formats: MK 499 (60)

Finding Aid Revisions: 1994/10/11 ; 1903/01/23 ; GMB