Finding Aid for the Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985 (Part II)22/6F/358University Archives
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Selig Adler
| Title: | Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985 (Part II) |
| See 22/6F/204 for Part I of the Selig Adler Papers -- finding aid available online) | |
| Collection Number: | 22/6F/358 |
| Creator: | Adler, Selig, 1909- |
| Extent: | 10 of 16.26 linear feet (8 cartons) |
| Repository: | University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 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. (Part II includes series V-VII) |
[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.
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The bulk of the Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985, are open for research. Some material restricted; consult archivist.
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.
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.
Collection processed by Archives staff circa 1980
Finding aid revised by Archives staff in 1993.
Finding aid revised and encoded by Sheryl Saxby, June 2006.
| 1909 | Born January 22 in Baltimore, Maryland |
| 1927 | Graduated from New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1928 | Entered College of Arts and Sciences, University of Buffalo |
| 1931 | B.A., summa cum laude, University of Buffalo |
| 1932 | M.A., University of Illinois |
| 1934 | Ph.D., University of Illinois |
| 1934-1937 | High School teacher, Buffalo (Grover Cleveland and Kensington) |
| 1936 | Married Janet Sukernek |
| 1938-1947 | Part-time instructor, University of Buffalo summer programs |
| 1943-1944 | Taught civilians and Air Force cadets at University of Buffalo |
| 1947 | Assistant Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
| 1950 | Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
| 1952 | Full Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
| 1952-1953 | Visiting professor, University of Rochester |
| 1952-1979 | Appointed by Governor Dewey to Kosher Law Advisory Board |
| 1957 | Published The Isolationist Impulse: It's Twentieth-Century Reaction |
| 1957-1963 | Director, Master of Science in Social Studies program |
| 1958-1980 | Samuel P. Capen Professor of American History |
| 1960 | Published (with Thomas E. Connolly), From Ararat to Suburbia: A History of the Jewish Community of Buffalo |
| 1961-1965 | Chairman, Educational Policy and Planning Committee of Faculty Senate |
| 1961-1965 | Executive Committee, Arts and Sciences College |
| 1961-1965 | Vice President, University Senate |
| 1962 | Chairman, Faculty Committee on merger with State University of New York |
| 1963 | Chairman, Faculty Conference on merger with State University of New York |
| circa 1962-1969 | State University of New York Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Executive Committee |
| 1965 | The Uncertain Giant, 1921-1941: American Foreign Policy Between the Wars |
| 1966 | Chairman, History Department |
| 1966- | Chairman, State Education Department College Proficiency Examination in American History Committee |
| circa 1968-1969 | Visiting professor at Cornell |
| 1974 | State University of New York Faculty Exchange Scholar |
| 1975 | Distinguished Service professor |
| 1980 | Retired from University of Buffalo |
| 1980- | Archivist, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo |
| ?-1984 | Archivist, Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo at State University College at Buffalo |
| June 1984 | Archives dedicated as Selig Adler Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo |
| 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:
| Series I. Biographical Materials (see Part I) |
| Series II. Publications (see Part I) |
| Series III. Public Lectures and Speeches (see Part I) |
| Series IV. Course Notes and Exams (see Part I) |
| Series V. Grade Books, 1940s-1970s |
| Series VI. Income Tax Records, 1939-1940 |
| Series VII. Research Files and Notes |
This series consists of grade books for courses taught by Selig Adler.
| 16 | Grade books, 1940s-1970s | ||||||||||||||||||
This series is arranged in chronological order.
| 17.1 | Old Income tax, 1939-1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.2 | 1948 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.3 | 1949 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.4 | 1950 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.5 | 1951 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.6 | 1952 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.7 | 1953 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.8 | 1954 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.9 | 1955 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.10 | 1956 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.11 | 1957 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.12 | 1958 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.13 | 1959 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.14 | Old 1959 receipts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.15 | 1960 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.16 | 1961 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.17 | 1962 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.18 | 1963 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.19 | 1964 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.20 | 1965 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.21 | Income taxes - excess, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.22 | 1966 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.23 | 1967 Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.24 | Tax forms, 1968 returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.25 | 1968 Income tax, extra | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.26 | Income tax, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.27 | 1970 returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.28 | Income tax, 1970 - extra | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.29 | 1971 excess | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.30 | 1971 returns; 1972 returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.34 | Taxes, 1972-1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.3 | 1977 tax returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.32 | 1978 tax returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.33 | 1979 tax returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17.35 | 1980 returns | ||||||||||||||||||
This series consists of notes and clippings related to the research of Selig Adler.
| [Isolationism] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18.1 | United States Entry and Isolation, notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.2 | Colonies - outlines | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.3 | Before Fay | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.4 | "A manual for supervisors of social studies," May 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.5 | Fay, 1920, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.6 | Laufer, Spare Material | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.7-18.8 | Chapter I Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.9-18.10 | Chapter II Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.11-18.12 | Chapter III Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.13-18.14 | Chapter IV Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.15 | Chapter VI Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18.16 | Chapter VII Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.1 | Notes and correspondence, checking sources | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.2 | Outline notes, correspondence - FDR and Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.3 | Chapter VII Notes, n.d. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.4-19.5 | Chapter VIII Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.6 | Chapter IX Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.7 | Chapter X Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.8 | The Uncertain Giant: American Foreign Policy Between the Wars - Notes for Chapter "The Hemisphere, Versailles to Pearl Harbor," published 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.9 | H.E. Barnes (Bibliography Ph.D. Thesis, 1934) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.10 | Nineteen Twenty-Two | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.11 | Research Notes (Cleveland) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.12-19.13 | England and France 1925ff | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.14 | Notes for two articles on Cordell Hull and the Good Neighbor Policy for Encyclopedia Americana ( 1969) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.15 | Review Notes of Byron Dexter's "The Years of Opportunity: The League of Nations," 1920-1926 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.16 | Review Notes of Arthur D. Morse's "While Six Million Died" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.17 | Kendall | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.18 | Extra, San Francisco | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.19 | Notes for Review of David Wyman's "Paper Walls," for New Republic, February 15, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19.20 | Notes in Reviewing Dean Acheson's "Present at Creation," for The American History Review | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.1 | Outline Isolationism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.2 | Outline Isolationism: on University Review Article | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.3 | Clippings Isolationism - New | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.4 | Clippings Isolationism - The Rising Tide of Isolationism, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.5 | Notes, Isolationism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.6-20.7 | Notes, Isolationism - The Future of Isolationism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.8 | Notes, Isolationism - Recent Trends of Isolationism (older material) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.9 | Notes, Welles | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.10 | Notes/Clippings - Isolationism, finished | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.11 | Clippings, Isolationism, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.12 | Excess Material on Isolationism | ||||||||||||||||||
| [Palestine] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20.13 | Notes, Palestine: Personal | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.14 | Zionism - Toronto, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.15 | Draft of Speech: United States and the Creation of Israel | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20.16 | Notes and Type - FDR and Zionism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21.1 | Notes - loose | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21.2 | Notes on Mythology - FDR | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21.3 | Draft and Notes on FDR Vacillations in Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21.4 | Notes - Zionism Pre 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21.5 | Notes - loose | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.1 | Notes - Department of State and Zionism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.2 | Notes - [Jewish Unity] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.3 | Correspondence - FDR and Zionism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.4 | Notes - Russian Factor | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.5 | Notes - Factors in Changing American Opinion | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.6 | Notes - Palestine Military Crisis | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.7 | Notes - FDR | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.8 | Notes - Palestine 1941-1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.9 | Notes - Outline, FDR and Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.10 | Notes - United States and Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.11 | Notes - The British Factor | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.12 | Discarded Notes - FDR and Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.13 | Notes - Palestine 1933-1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.14 | Notes - United States and Palestine Series 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.15 | Notes - Zionism 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.16 | Notes - Palestine 1933-1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.17 | Notes - FDR and Palestine Series 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.18 | "The Origins of American Intervention in the East" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.19 | Notes - loose | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.20 | Drafts - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Palestine Question: The Years of Peace 1933-1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.21 | Typed Draft - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Palestine Question: The Years of Peace 1933-1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.22 | Drafts - Untitled | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.23 | [Handwritten] notes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.24-22.25 | Notes - Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | Notes - Zionism Excess | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.2 | Notes - FDR and Palestine 1930s | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.3 | Notes - Oil, Series 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.4 | Notes - FDR and Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.5 | Notes - Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.6 | Notes - Woodrow Wilson and Zionism | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.7 | Notes - Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.8-23.9 | Notes - FDR and Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.10 | Notes - Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.11 | Notes - Refugee Relief | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.12-23.16 | Notes - Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||
Adler, Selig, 1909-
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives.
Isolationism
United States--Foreign relations
Zionism
State University of New York at Buffalo. Dept. of History
University of Buffalo. Dept. of History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Graduate work
State University of New York at Buffalo--Archival resources.
clippings
speeches
lecture notes
examinations (documents)
publications
correspondence
See 22/6F/204 for Part I of the Selig Adler Papers -- finding aid available online
MS 150.2, Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo, Selig Adler Papers -- finding aid available online