Out of the Archives: A Jewish Chaplain in Post-Liberation Dachauby Rachel C. Miller, Senior Project Archivist, Center for Jewish History One month after the liberation of Dachau, Army Chaplain Max Braude wrote this spirited letter to his wife, Eunice, recounting his day of relief work with 700 women survivors. Eunice Braude passed her husband’s letter on to Philip S. Bernstein, who was then the Executive…
Out of the Archives: From Labor to Justiceby Rachel C. Miller, Senior Project Archivist, Center for Jewish History The quotidian cross-out on this letterhead represents a pivotal moment in U.S. immigration history, when, following the outbreak of war in Europe, the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration deemed immigration a security concern over an economic one and transferred the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from the…
Click here for “Archival Leaders Advocate” video Did you miss V. Chapman-Smith’s lecture at the Center’s inaugural “Archival Leaders Advocate” event? Now you can view it online! And don’t forget to check out Rachel C. Miller’s blog post about the event here.
by Rachel C. Miller, Senior Project Archivist, Center for Jewish History On November 11, 2011, the Archive and Library Services Department hosted the inaugural event of our new series, Archival Leaders Advocate: Annual Seminar at the Center for Jewish History. Our annual series will feature presentations by leading figures in the archives profession on timely issues relevant to both emerging and seasoned archives professionals. With…