Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1929-1977.

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Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1929-1977.

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Included are minutes of meetings of the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1929-1977 (with gaps). Also included are minutes of the faculty's Committee on Appointments, Honorary Degrees, and Promotions, 1966-1971, and a manual containing examples of form letters, blank Rabbinical School application forms, examinations, schedules, instructions, and other information, 1940s-1950s. Memoranda, agendas, lists of students, lists of faculty committees, reports, course descriptions, subjects for class essays, grade lists, and other miscellaneous material can be found among the minutes. Topics covered in the minutes include: student admissions; policies regarding students; awards of scholarships; curriculum; alumni placement; military chaplaincy; awards of honorary degrees; and other matters. Of particular interest are discussions dealing with the admission of women to Rabbinical School classes, 1941; the possibility of an exchange program between the Seminary and Columbia University, 1959; student and faculty reaction to the bombing of Cambodia; the possibility of moving the Rabbinical School to Nyack, New York, 1969 (and earlier); the administration of Camp Ramah, 1970; and admission of women to the Seminary, 1973.

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