Records are divided into eleven series. Series #1, Administrative Records, 1978-2000; includes organizational histories; constitution and by-laws; presidents' reports; executive board member lists and committee appointments (by year); executive board meeting minutes (1982-2000); general business meeting minutes (1984-1998); committee correspondence and reports; lists of Jewish publications including 1986 booklet, "Articles on American Southern Jewish Experience in the Journals of the American Jewish Historical Society and American Jewish Archives"; color photographs and biographical information about past presidents. Series #2, Correspondence of SJHS Presidents and Executive Board Members; includes correspondence of Janice Blumberg 1981-1991; Solomon Breibart 1977-1994; Henry Green 1988-1995; Sheldon Hanft 1989-1993; Rachel Heimovics 1988-1993; Samuel Proctor 1984-1988; Saul J. Rubin 1978-1984; Beryl H. Weiner 1990-1995. Series #3, Misc. Administrative Correspondence; includes correspondence (1991-1993) to/from Helen Silver, newsletter editor. Series #4, Membership Records, 1979-2000; records contain committee correspondence, membership applications, membership lists and non-renewal lists. Series #5, Financial Records, 1979-1999; records contain budgets and reports, committee correspondence, bank/investment statements and invoices/receipts. Series #6, Grants and Essay Award Records, 1986-2000; records contain grant guidelines and advertising material, committee correspondence, grant applications (include detailed project proposals and abstracts.) Series #7, Annual Conference Records, 1978-2002; records include conference paper proposals (most include final papers), financial records, photographs (for several years), and conference questionnaires. Series #8, Jewish Historical Society Newsletter, 1982-2001. Series #9, Cassette Tapes of 1992-1996 Annual Conferences (includes several micro-cassette tapes); also micro-cassettes of 1992 conference program meetings; Dr. Arnold Shankman's interviews (1978, 1979) with Mina Surasky Tropp and Esther Surasky Persky; Carrie Teller Pollitzer interview, 1973; VHS tapes of "Smile" by Mya Akerling, "The Righteous Remnant" (1997) and "Four Little Girls" by Michelle Forman. Series #10, Jewish Interest Material (most from southern states); sub-series include synagogues, news clippings, publications and programs. Series #11, Robert Persky Papers, 1930s-1980; prominent in Augusta, Georgia; sub-series include personal papers, membership cards, photographs, correspondence, news clippings re. Perksy's life and work, information pertaining to his involvement with the Zionist Organization of America (1940s-1960s), and misc. material related to the Jewish community of Augusta, GA.
