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{"value"=>"MssCol 4820", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"4820", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1942-1957", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1942/1957"}
{"value"=>"1947-1950", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1947/1950"}
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1942
- date_inclusive_end
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1957
- keydate
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1942
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Hyman A. Schulson papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2 linear ft. (5 boxes"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">5th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, New York 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The collection consists of general correspondence of Hyman A. Schulson, an attorney, Zionist, and activist in Jewish community affairs; and papers relating to his employment as director of the Washington, D.C. office of the American Zionist Emergency Council, an organization which lobbied at the end of the Second World War for the creation of an independent Jewish state in Palestine."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Hyman A. Schulson Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Schulson, Hyman A., 1912-1997", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Hyman A. Schulson (1912-1997), attorney, Zionist, and activist in Jewish community affairs, was born in Jerusalem, the son of Solomon and Minnie (Schnitzer) Schulson. A resident of the U.S. since 1917, he was graduated from Brown University (1933) and from Yale Law School (1936). Subsequently, he served as staff attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (1937-38), and as trial attorney in Chicago (1938-39). In September of 1940 he was appointed administrative assistant to the executive director of the Zionist Organization of America. For a brief period in the summer of 1942 he was on loan to the Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs. From December 1942 until 1946 he was on active duty in the United States Army Air Forces.</p> <p>Upon his discharge from military service Schulson resumed his Zionist work as representative (and later, in 1949, as director) in Washington, D.C. of the American Zionist Emergency Council. Established in 1940, the Council was an umbrella group composed of several Zionist organizations including Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization of America, Mizrachi Organization of America, and the Zionist Organization of America. It lobbied for the creation of an independent Jewish state in Palestine which would serve as a permanent homeland for Jews of the Diaspora and also as a sanctuary for the immediate resettlement of the tens of thousands of Jews left homeless in Europe at the end of the Second World War.</p> <p>As Washington, D.C. representative Schulson was responsible for conveying to members of congress, governmental officials and others the Council's analysis of the Palestine problem and of the urgent need to create an independent Jewish state. In the fall of 1948 he attended the Paris session of the United Nations as the Council's special representative where he reported on the diplomatic and political maneuverings over the proposal to adopt the Bernadotte Plan devised by Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations representative who was sent to Palestine in the summer of 1948 for the purpose of achieving a negotiated settlement between Arabs and Jews.</p> <p>In the fall of 1949 the Council underwent reorganization. The term \"Emergency\" was dropped from its title. Its work henceforth was to be more educational in nature and less political and agitational. With its new focus on appealing to churches, labor unions and liberal organizations to support the new State of Israel it had less need for staff with \"political\" connections. As a result Schulson's employment with the Council was terminated in October of that year.</p> <p>For most of his life Schulson was actively involved in Jewish community affairs. In early 1951 he was appointed counsel and national executive director of the American ORT Federation, a position he held until December when he resigned to take up the private practice of law in New York City. He felt he could be more effective in promoting Zionist causes as a private citizen. He was a member of the bar associations of New York, Washington, D.C. and Wisconsin. In 1950 he was married to Ruth Hendricks with whom he had three children, David, Henry and Anne.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Hyman A. Schulson's work as director of the Washington, D. C. office of the American Zionist Emergency Council which lobbied at the end of the Second World War for the creation of an independent Jewish state in Palestine. Included is Schulson's general and congressional correspondence, copies of correspondence and memoranda of other Council members including its executive director, Harry L. Shapiro, and its chairman, Abba Hillel Silver; and miscellaneous papers including minutes, memoranda, press releases and printed matter. Included is a file of general correspondence of Hyman A. Schulson relating to personal matters and to his professional activities as attorney and activist in Jewish community affairs; and a file of printed matter relating to Zionism and to Palestine.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Hyman A. Schulson papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4820#c722551'>Series I. General Correspondence of Hyman A. Schulson</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1946-1957</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>Box 1</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The general correspondence, which is arranged chronologically, is with friends, professional colleagues and associates and others. It relates to Jewish community affairs, Zionism, legal matters involving visa problems, and personal and social matters. Included are two letters (1950 ) from Schulson's wife-to-be, Ruth Hendricks; and a letter (Sept. 17, 1951) to him from Abba Eban on letterhead of the Embassy of Israel. There is also a separate file of Schulson's correspondence with attorneys in England, Israel, and Italy relating to his attempt to recover the proceeds of a loan made to an acquaintance living abroad.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4820#c722561'>Series II. Papers Relating to the American Zionist Emergency Council</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1942-1950</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>Boxes 1-4</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4820#c722601'>Series III. Printed Ephemera Relating to Zionism and to Palestine</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>Box 5</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The printed ephemera include miscellaneous addresses, speeches and statements; Publications issued by the Israel Office of Information and the Jewish Agency for Palestine; and miscellaneous press clippings and press releases.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged into three series: I. General Correspondence of Hyman A. Schulson; II. Papers relating to the American Zionist Emergency Council; and III. Printed Ephemera relating to Zionism and to Palestine.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mrs. Ruth Schulson, 1997</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>John D. Stinson.</p>"}
- date_start
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1942
- date_end
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1957
- date_bulk_start
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1947
- date_bulk_end
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1950