Records, 1907-1986.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Education (Higher)--United States--20th century.

Jews.

Jews--Education (Higher).

United States.

Genre:

Institutional records.

Physical Description:

246 linear feet

Other Title:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning Records.

Arrangement:

Arranged in eight series: DC1--Board of Directors; DC2--Office of the President; DC5--Controller; DC6--Registrar; DC7--Library; DC8--Development; DC9--Publications; DC10--Building/Computer Services.

Place of Publication:

1907-1986.

Biography/History:

As the first state-accredited Ph.D. program of its kind, Dropsie College is the world's founding institution of modern academic Jewish Studies. In the course of its nearly eighty years of existence, from 1907 through 1986, the College awarded more than 200 doctoral degrees and became a major training center for the country's Judaic scholars. It was the publisher of the Jewish Quarterly Review, the oldest continuously published English-language journal of Jewish Studies.

Summary:

These adminstrative and departmental files of Dropsie College include minutes, photographs, audiotapes, reports, check registers, bank statements, purchasing files, tax materials, some personnel materials, annual reports, student and course information, faculty materials, grade cards, financial aid materials, alumni files, library records, publicity material, and a run of Jewish Quarterly Review.

OCLC:

249375593