American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, collection undated, 1914-1922, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1935-1936, 1938, 1941-1985, 1988

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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, collection undated, 1914-1922, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1935-1936, 1938, 1941-1985, 1988

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This collection is comprised of annual reports, budget reports, cables, calendars of events, catalogs, correspondence, minutes, memorandum, lists of Board of Director members, photographs of speakers, and a chart of the organization’s Geneva Headquarters. The documents in this collection describe the many and varied activities of the committee such as fundraising, relief distribution, general information concerning Russian farm colonies and immigration. Also included are cables of congratulation on JDC’s 33 anniversary. The collection also includes a bound volume of the financial, statistical and general data relating to the committee's activities since its inception which is located at the end of the Miscellaneous Collections. rd

2.2 linear feet (1 manuscript box, 1 oversized box)

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American Jewish Historical Society

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Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ)

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American Jewish joint distribution committee

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The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relie...