Guide to the Lee College records, Academic Departments and Schools, American Jewish University Archives (Institutional Records)
Prepared by Sivan Siman-Tov, American Jewish University
Ostrow Library and University Archives, American Jewish University
Bel and Jack M. Ostrow Library
15600 Mulholland Dr.
Bel-Air. California 90077
310-440-1238
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E-mail: library@aju.edu
E-mail: sivanst3@gmail.com
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Lee College, Academic Departments and Schools, American Jewish University Archives (Institutional Records)
Collection number: CaLaAJUL1_18
American Jewish University
Bel-Air, CA 90077
- Date Completed:
- 2014
- Encoded by:
- American Jewish University Archives
© 2014. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Identifier/Call Number: CaLaAJUL1_18
Title: Lee College, Academic Departments and Schools, American Jewish University Archives (Institutional Records)
Date (inclusive): 1982-1999
Collector:
American Jewish University;
University of Judaism;
Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Brandeis, Simi Valley, Calif.)
Repository:
University Archives and Ostrow Library, American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Dr.
Bel-Air. California 90077
Extent:
16 Folders (Box 19)
Location: Physical files are housed at the Ostrow Library of the American Jewish University.
Abstract: The records in this series contain materials related to Lee College. Subseries include Brochures, Board of Directors of Lee
College, Student Affairs Office, Application Forms and Materials, Apparel and Accessories Material, Communications, Honors
Program for High School Seniors,
Leadership Scholarship Program, The Dortort Writers Institute of the University of Judaism, College Goals, Events, The Catalyst,
Project SafeCare, and Oversized Materials.
Language: Materials are in English and Hebrew
Administrative Information
Access:
This collection is open for research with permission from the Ostrow Library staff. Some materials may be restricted. Contact
the Archive (sivanst3@gmail.com) or the Library (library@aju.edu).
Accruals:
Additions to this collection may be transferred regularly.
Rights:
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreement,
donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially
exploited without permission of the copyright holder. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Lee College, Academic Departments and Schools, Guide to the American Jewish University Archive,
American Jewish University, Bel-Air, CA 90077.
Acquisition Information:
Collected by various members of the American Jewish University.
Scope and Content:
The records in this series contain materials related to Lee College. Subseries include Brochures, Board of Directors of Lee
College, Student Affairs Office, Application Forms and Materials, Apparel and Accessories Material, Communications, Honors
Program for High School Seniors,
Leadership Scholarship Program, The Dortort Writers Institute of the University of Judaism, College Goals, Events, The Catalyst,
Project SafeCare, and Oversized Materials.
The American Jewish University Archive is a collection of documents, pamphlets, recordings, letters, publications, photographs,
scrapbooks, and ephemera that document the history of the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute which merged
to become American Jewish University in 2007, depicting people, places and events at both campuses.
Organization:
The collection is part of Series 5: Academic Departments and Schools.
It is organized in 14 sub-series.
- V. Academic Departments and Schools: 1947-2014
- 14. Norman and Sadie Lee College 1982-1999
- Subseries 1. Brochures
- Subseries 2. Board of Directors of Lee College
- Subseries 3. Student Affairs Office
- Subseries 4. Application Forms and Materials
- Subseries 5. Apparel and Accessories Material
- Subseries 6. Honors Program for High School Seniors
- Subseries 7. Leadership Scholarship Program
- Subseries 8. Communications
- Subseries 9. The Dortort Writers Institute of the University of Judaism
- Subseries 10. College Goals
- Subseries 11. Events
- Subseries 12. The Catalyst
- Subseries 13. Project SafeCare
- Subseries 14. Oversized Material
American Jewish University:
The
American Jewish University , with its Familian campus in Bel Air, California and Brandeis-Bardin campus in Simi Valley, California, is the outcome of
the 2007 union of Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) and the University of Judaism (UJ).
In 1947, the University of Judaism was founded in Los Angeles, the vision of Dr. Mordecai Kaplan, the author of Judaism as
a Civilization, who advocated the creation of an educational institution incorporating diverse elements of Jewish civilization
and culture under one roof. To carry out his dream, he received the support of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York
and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Los Angeles.
Six years earlier, BCI was founded by Dr. Shlomo Bardin to safeguard against assimilation of young American Jews by making
“the great ethical heritage of Judaism” relevant to them. Brandeis Camp Institute was named to honor our nation’s first Jewish
Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis, who was instrumental as the visionary and primary funder of Dr. Bardin’s initial
programmatic endeavor. BBI was located for brief periods of time in Amherst, NH, Winterdale, PA and Hendersonville, NC before
finding its home in 1947 in Simi Valley.
The Bel and Jack M. Ostrow Academic Library:
The Ostrow Library , is designed to meet the needs of the University's faculty and students, as well as scholars conducting research in all fields
of Jewish culture and civilization. Members of the general public are also invited to use the Library’s materials for personal
enrichment and enjoyment. With approximately 110,000 print volumes, the library's collections have grown consistently through
endowments, gifts of major private collections and an ongoing acquisition program.
The Burton Sperber Memorial Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles:
The Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library at American Jewish University now serves as the official Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles. This new library succeeds
the original Peter M. Kahn Jewish Community Library that was formerly housed at the Los Angeles Jewish Federation. Dedicated
by his family in memory of noted Los Angeles philanthropist and landscape developer Burton Sperber, this library welcomes
the entire Los Angeles Jewish community to enjoy its state-of-the-art facility including regularly scheduled programs for
children and families as well as author and other literary encounters.
The Lowy-Winkler Family Rare Book Center:
The Lowy-Winkler Family Rare Book Center , a gift of Peter and Janine Lowy, is home to the Maslan Bible Collection. This unusual assemblage of exceptional volumes
includes approximately 4,000 Bibles, some dating back almost to the inception of the printing press. This collection also
features bible translations representing most of the written languages of the world, as well as the Kalman-Friedman Collection
of Italian Judaica.
The University Archives:
The
University Archives of the American Jewish University is a collection of documents, pamphlets, recordings, letters, publications, photographs,
scrapbooks, and ephemera that document the history of the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute which merged
to become American Jewish University in 2007, depicting people, places and events at both campuses.
Photograph and Digital Archive:
- The American Jewish University
Digital Archive includes photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera that document the history of the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin
Institute which merged to become American Jewish University in 2007, depicting people, places and events at both campuses.
These photographs include great Jewish thinkers who founded AJU and were involved with its growth over the years. The creation
of both institutions was made possible by philanthropists to whom we owe the building of University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin
Institute.
Audio-Visual Archive:
- The American Jewish University
Audio-Visual Archive is a collection of audio-visual records of lectures, shows, and events taking place at or produced by the American Jewish
University (formerly University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute) over the years.
Louis Shub Documentation Center:
- The
Louis Shub Documentation Center at the American Jewish University is a collection of thousands of articles from various newspapers and periodicals covering
a range of subjects. Gathered by Dr. Shub, the former library director of the University of Judaism, the collection was used
by students to research
subjects such as Israeli and Jewish figures, Foreign Policy, Global Jewish Communities, Israel, the Middle East and many other
issues and subjects. The importance of this collection is the juxtaposing of articles from major papers with those of small
local papers both covering the same event.
The finding aid to the collection can be viewed at:
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85h7jcf/
Subjects:
Note
(Library of Congress Subject Headings)
Personal and Corporate Names:
American Jewish University
Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Brandeis, Simi Valley, Calif.)
University of Judaism
Camp Ramah.
Women's League for Conservative Judaism
United Synagogue of America.
Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
National Women's League
University Women of the University of Judaism
Sinai Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shub, Louis
Lieber, David L.
Greenberg, Simon, 1901-
Wexler, Robert
Turner, Justin G.
Fligelman, Julius, 1895-1980
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972
Kohn, Jacob, 1881-1968
Swig, Benjamin Harrison, 1893-1980
Pressman, Jacob;
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983
Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991
Levine, Sid
Wise, Aaron M.
Vorspan, Max
Zemach, Benjamin
Helfman, Max
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Eisenshtat, Sidney, 1914-2005
Gindi, Elie M.
Bergman, Martin
Jospe, Erwin
Alexander, Hanan A., 1953-
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998
Dorff, Elliot N.
Cohen, Gerson D. (Gerson David), 1924-
Dortort, David
Goodhill, Victor, 1911-
Gordis, David M.
Schulweis, Harold M.
Glass, Judith
Ray, Eric
Krems, Nathan
Ackerman, Walter I.
Kahn, Peter M., 1878- [from old catalog]
Gordis, Robert, 1908-
Wolfson, Ron
Cohen, Aryeh
Oppenheim, Lois Hecht
Schary, Dore
Zevit, Ziony
Familian, Isadore
Seewack, Benjamin
Ostrow, Jack
Ostrow, Bel
Easton, Harold
Subjects and Indexing Terms
General Subjects:
Judaism.
Zionism and Judaism.
Israel.
Education.
College presidents.
Jewish college presidents
Rabbis.
Philanthropists
Scholars.
Art.
Patrons of education
Board of directors--United States.
College administrators
Libraries.
Jewish artists
Jewish college teachers
Authors.
Faculty, University
Women.
Musicians
College campuses.
Box 19
Subseries: 5.14:
Lee College
1982-1999
Archival Material:
Physical Description: Folders 1-16
Physical Location:
Related Materials:
For materials on the
University College of Jewish Studies (1972-) please see Box 15.
Physical Location:
Related Materials:
For materials on the
College of Arts and Sciences (1998-), see Box 21.
Physical Location:
Related Materials:
For materials on the
Cymbals, A Magazine of Art and Literature (1990-), see Box 21.
Scope and Content Note
The records in this series contain materials related to the Norman and Sadie Lee College. Subseries include Brochures, Board
of Directors of Lee College, Student Affairs Office, Application Forms and Materials, Apparel and Accessories Material, Communications,
Honors Program for High School Seniors,
Leadership Scholarship Program, The Dortort Writers Institute of the University of Judaism, College Goals, Events, The Catalyst,
Project SafeCare, and Oversized Materials.
Variant Name: Norman and Sadie Lee College
Biography/Organization History
Historical Note:
Established in 1982 as the Norman and Sadie Lee College, the undergraduate school ably integrated the study of Jewish and
Western civilizations into its core curriculum to provide students with a global understanding of the world. It later became
known as the College of Arts and Sciences.
Box
19, folder 2
2.
Board of Directors of Lee College
1988-1991
Scope and Content Note
Includes minutes.
Box
19, folder 3
3.
Student Affairs Office
1990-1995
Scope and Content Note
Includes publications such as The Great Information Flier (TGIF), Student Policy Guide, Student Jewish Life materials, and
photographs.
Box
19, folder 4
4.
Application Forms and Materials
ca. 1990
Box
19, folder 4
5.
Apparel and Accessories
ca. 1990
Physical Location:
Additional Location: (Oversized Material)
Scope and Content Note
Includes stationary, folders and T-shirt.
Box
19, folder 4
6.
Honors Program for High School Seniors
ca. 1990
Box
19, folder 4
7.
Leadership Scholarship Program
1994
Box
19, folder 5
8.
Communications
1982-1999
Scope and Content Note
Includes news releases and news clippings.
Box
19, folder 6
9.
The Dortort Writers Institute of the University of Judaism
1990-1999
Biography/Organization History
Historical Note:
The Dortort Writers Institute, founded by David Dortort, offered an "intimate creative forum for new and aspiring writers".
Box
19, folder 6
A.
Programs
1991-1997
Scope and Content Note
Includes programs and materials for the New Writers’ Conference, The Quarrel, The Songs of Songs, Chana Bloch,
the Annual Dortort Writers Institute in Screenwriting and Fiction, and the Jewish Women’s Theatre Project.
Box
19, folder 7
10.
College Goals
1992-1993
Box
19, folder 8
A.
Convocation Inaugurating the Norman and Sadie Lee College
1982-10-17
Scope and Content Note
Includes invitation, program, program script, drafts, and notes, program script of Rabbi David Gordis,
budget, Norman and Sadie Lee biography, and correspondence to/from David Lieber, Elliot Dorff and Robert Baldwin.
Box
19, folder 9
B.
Table Setting play
1988-05-15
Scope and Content Note
Includes news clippings.
Box
19, folder 9
C.
Leading the Next Era in Human Rights Activism, Coretta Scott King
1989-03-06
Photographs:
Scope and Content Note
Includes news clippings and news releases.
Box
19, folder 9
D.
Fieffer’s People Play
1989-03-11
Scope and Content Note
Includes news clippings, news releases and other materials.
Box
19, folder 10
E.
Lee College Spring Concert, Sarah Chang
1992-04
Scope and Content Note
Includes news clippings, news releases and photographs.
Box
19, folder 11
F.
Violence in the Jewish Family Professional Conference
1991-03-17
Scope and Content Note
Includes news clippings, and news releases.
Box
19, folder 12
G.
An Evening of Theater
1990-03-31
Scope and Content Note
Includes news clippings.
Box
19, folder 13
H.
Special Benefit Performance, Earthquake, L.A Philharmonic
1994-09
Scope and Content Note
Includes news releases.
Box
19, folder 14-15
12.
The Catalyst
1996-1999
Biography/Organization History
Historical Note:
A newsletter created as the forum for change at Lee College. Starting in 1997, it was published under the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Box
19, folder 16
13.
Project SafeCare
1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes news releases.
Shelf
Oversized Materials
14.
Oversized Materials
Scope and Content Note
Includes Bachelor of Arts Diploma amd T-shirt.
