Guide to the Jacob Milgrom Papers
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Guide to the Jacob Milgrom Papers
Collection number: M1002
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Anna Levia
- Date Completed:
- 2004
- Encoded by:
- Sean Quimby
© The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jacob Milgrom papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1945- 1994
Collection number: M1002
Creator:
Milgrom, Jacob, 1923-
Extent:
3.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Professional correspondence, clippings, student papers, some early class work by Milgrom, notes, reprints, ephemera. His book
collection is particularly strong in Bible and rabbinic literature.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Jacob Milgrom papers, M1002. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Purchased with book collection, 1994.
Biography / Administrative History
Rabbi, author, and University of California at Berkeley Professor Emeritus Biblical Studies Jacob Milgrom was born in Brooklyn,
New York on February 1, 1923. He studied at Brooklyn College before earning advanced degrees from the Jewish Theological
Seminary. In 1948 he married Jo Milgrom (nee Berman), a biblical scholar in her own right; they have four children. Jacob
Milgrom's research interests include Leviticus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Tannaitic literature; over the course of his distinguished
career he published five books and more than two hundred articles. He was named a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, a
fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, and a senior fellow of the Algright Institute of Archaelogical
Research. Rabbi Milgrom retired in 1992. He and his wife now reside in Jerusalem, Israel.
Scope and Content of Collection
Clippings, photocopies, professional correspondence, student papers, writings by others, some early course work by Milgrom,
notes, reprints, and ephemera.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Book collecting
Judaica and Hebraica Collections
Series 1
Bibliographies
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Printed, typed, and handwritten bibliographies from various sources.
Series 2
Book Fragments
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 2
Scope and Content Note
Pages 241-253 from Anmerkungen zu Kapitel IV, undated.
Series 3
Calendars
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 3
Scope and Content Note
Two calendars: Keren Hayesod United Israel Appeal, 1957/58 and 1959/60.
Series 4
Conference Materials
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 4
Scope and Content Note
Agendas and other materials from various conferences, 1970s, 1980s, and undated.
Series 5
Correspondence
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 5
Scope and Content Note
17 notes, letters, and memos dating from 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Series 6
Course Materials
Physical Description:
19 folders
Subseries 6.1
Exams
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 1, Folder 6
Course materials: Exams
Scope and Content Note
Three exam blue books written by Rabbi Milgrom. History I and History II dated May 17, 1945; Med[ieval] Hebrew Literature
undated, ca. 1945.
Subseries 6.2
Lecture Notes
Physical Description:
9 folders
Box 1, Folder 7
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Lectures notes from courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, undated.
Box 1, Folder 8
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Typed notes from history course taken by Rabbi Milgrom, 1945.
Box 1, Folder 9
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten notes from courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, 1943 and undated.
Box 1, Folder 10
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten notes from courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, undated.
Box 1, Folder 11
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Typed notes from courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, undated.
Box 1, Folder 12
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten notes from course on Ugaritic taken by Rabbi Milgrom, undated.
Box 1, Folder 13
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Typed notes from courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, 1942 and undated.
Box 1, Folder 14
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Typed and handwritten notes from courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, undated.
Box 1, Folder 15
Course materials: Lecture notes
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten notes from lecture attended by Rabbi Milgrom and Jo Milgrom, "Sabbath Eve Service in Babylonia," undated.
Subseries 6.3
Lecture Outlines
Physical Description:
4 folders
Box 1, Folder 16
Course materials: Lecture outlines
Scope and Content Note
Typed outlines of courses taken by Rabbi Milgrom, dated 1943-44.
Box 2, Folder 1
Course materials: Lecture outlines
Scope and Content Note
Typed outline of lecture series "Redemption of Israel and Return to Zion," World Jewish Bible Society, Jerusalem, ca. 1960.
Box 2, Folder 2
Course materials: Lecture outlines
Scope and Content Note
Typed syllabus for religious school confirmation class, undated.
Box 2, Folder 3
Course materials: Lecture outlines
Scope and Content Note
Typed course proposal: "Introduction to the Thought of A.J. Heschel," by Gary L. Austern. Undated.
Subseries 6.4
Readings
Physical Description:
5 folders
Box 2, Folder 4
Course materials: Readings
Scope and Content Note
Readings to accompany various lectures.
Box 2, Folder 5
Course materials: Readings
Scope and Content Note
Readings to accompany various lectures.
Box 2, Folder 6
Course materials: Readings
Scope and Content Note
Readings to accompany various lectures.
Box 2, Folder 7
Course materials: Readings
Scope and Content Note
Readings to accompany various lectures.
Box 2, Folder 8
Course materials: Readings
Scope and Content Note
Readings to accompany various lectures.
7
Diaries
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 2, Folder 9
Diary
Scope and Content Note
"Jerusalem Diary" kept by Rabbi Milgrom during tour of Israel. Undated.
8
Directories
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 2, Folder 10
Directories
Scope and Content Note
Two directories. The Jewish Education Yellow Pages (Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education), 1993, and The Rabbinical
Assembly of America, 1961.
9
Educational Games
Physical Description:
2 folders
Box 2, Folder 11
Educational games
Scope and Content Note
Set of small cards for bible quiz game printed with quotations. Undated.
Box 2, Folder 12
Educational games
Scope and Content Note
Bible quiz game. Undated.
10
Indices
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 2, Folder 13
Indices
Scope and Content Note
Index to topics in Buber's Tales, prepared by Rabbi Elliot B. Gertel. Undated.
11
Judaica and Religious Observance
Physical Description:
10 folders
11.1
Commentaries
Physical Description:
3 folders
Box 2, Folder 14
Judaica/Religous observance
Scope and Content Note
Studies in the Weekly Sidrah, by Nechama Leibowitz. English and Hebrew. 1950s.
Box 3, Folder 1
Judaica/Religous observance
Scope and Content Note
Book. Masekhet avodah zarah min talmud bavli im perushe ve-tosafot masoret ha-shas. Vilna: defus ve-hotsaat ha-almanah veha-ahim
rom, 662 [1901]. 126 p. Condition poor.
Box 3, Folder 2
Judaica/Religous observance
Scope and Content Note
Two booklets. Mishnayot, by Eliezer Levi. New York: hotsaat Feldheim, undated. 14 p. Stamped "Property of Camp Ramah"
on cover. Mishah meforeshet: masekhet brakhot, me'et Eliezer Levi. Tel Aviv: hotsaat Sinai: 721 [1961 or 62]. Stamped "Camp
Ramah Conover, Wisconsin" on t.p.
11.2
Ketubot
Physical Description:
2 folders
Box 3, Folder 3
Judaica/Religous observance: Ketubot
Scope and Content Note
Ten copies of three different blank ketubot [certifcates of marriage]. English and Hebrew, undated.
Box 10, Folder 1
Judaica and religious observance
Scope and Content Note
Tenoyim [marriage contract]. Blank form in Hebrew, printed by Ferlag fun Yehuda Katsenelenboygen, 66 Kanal Strit, Nyu York.
Undated.
11.3
Liturgies
Physical Description:
5 folders
Box 3, Folder 4
Judaica/Religous observance: Liturgies
Scope and Content Note
Two booklets. Mahzor: a prayerbook for the high holy days. Berkeley, CA: Kehilla Community Synagogue, 1985.Photocopy: Afternoon
readings for Yom Kippur. Undated.
Box 3, Folder 5
Judaica/Religous observance: Liturgies
Scope and Content Note
Looseleaf booklet. Cover reads: A Contemporary High Holiday Service, ed. by Rabbi Sidney Greenberg and S. Allan Sugarman.
Bridgeport, CT: Prayer Book Press of Media Judaica, 1970. Some pages missing, out of order.
Box 3, Folder 6
Judaica/Religous observance: Liturgies
Scope and Content Note
Two booklets. Mahzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: A prayer book for the days of awe. Berkeley, CA: The Aquarian Minyan,
undated. 62 p.Untitled prayer book for Days of Awe. Beyt Chesed, compiled by Carol Delton, Patricia Warner-Cohn and Max
Weinryb. Undated. 23 p.
Box 3, Folder 7
Judaica/Religous observance: Liturgies
Scope and Content Note
Four booklets. A Prayer for divine aid (to be recited during the war), by Louis Ginzberg. Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, undated.Sidur katan, by Zeev Folk. Jerusalem: Skorpyo 88, 753 [1992 or 93]. Inscribed "le-Yaakov ule-Yokheved be-birkat
aliyah la-arets vela-torah, Berkli, 25 Shevat 754 [1993 or 94]. Yizkor Book of Remembrance. Richmond, VA: Temple Bethel,
Dr. Jacob Milgrom, Rabbi. Undated, 24 p.Megilat Ester The Book of Esther, translated and revised by Rabbi Simon Glazer.
New York: Ktav Publishing House, undated. Genizah Service, by Arie Becker. Photocopy, undated, 6 p.
Box 3, Folder 8
Judaica/Religous observance: Sermon outline
Scope and Content Note
Sermon outline material on Mordecai M. Kaplan supplied by Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, Inc. Undated. 2 p. and cover
letter, photocopied.
12
Maps
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 3, Folder 9
Maps
Scope and Content Note
Small collection of tourist maps from Israel, Europe, and the US.
13
Milgrom Family
Physical Description:
2 folders
13.1
Jeremy Milgrom
Physical Description:
2 folder
Box 3, Folder 10
Milgrom Family: Jeremy Milgrom
Scope and Content Note
Handmade class memory book presented at end of school year to Jeremy Milgrom [son of Jacob and Jo Milgrom] upon leaving school
in Jerusalem. 1992.
Box 3, Folder 11
Milgrom Family: Jo Milgrom
Scope and Content Note
Four letters addressed to Jo Milgrom [wife of Jacob Milgrom]. 1963 and 1980s.
14
Offprints
Physical Description:
7 folders
Box 4, Folder 1
Offprints:1930s and 1940s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1930s and 1940s.
Box 4, Folder 2
Offprints:1950s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1950s.
Box 4, Folder 3
Offprints:1960s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1960s.
Box 4, Folder 4
Offprints:1960s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1960s.
Box 4, Folder 5
Offprints:1970s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1970s.
Box 4, Folder 6
Offprints:1980s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1980s.
Box 4, Folder 7
Offprints:1990s
Scope and Content Note
Offprints from 1990s.
16
Postcards
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 5, Folder 2
Postcards
Scope and Content Note
Four small sets of tourist postcards from Japan and Egypt, unused.
17
Prints
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 7, Folder 1
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Six color prints. Arthur Szyk, "Rosh Hashana," "Succot," "Simchath Torah," "Chanukah," Purim," "Passover," and "Hillel."
c. Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts, Inc., N.Y.C. Undated.
18
Public Programs
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 5, Folder 3
Postcards
Scope and Content Note
Four programs and event announcements.
19
Published Materials
Physical Description:
17 folders
19.1
Clippings
Physical Description:
2 folder
Box 5, Folder 4
Published materials: clippings
Scope and Content Note
Articles cut or torn from various publications.
Box 5, Folder 5
Published materials: clippings
Scope and Content Note
Articles cut or torn from various publications.
19.2
Newsletters
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 5, Folder 6
Published materials: newsletters
Scope and Content Note
Two newsletter issues: CLAL News and Perspectives, Nov. 1987 v.3 no.1.Unidentified "Newsletter # 1" having to do with archaeology
in Israel. 6 p.; p. 1-2 missing. 1962-63.
19.3
Periodicals
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 7, Folder 2
Periodical
Scope and Content Note
Single issue, ha-Doar. New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, v XLIII, n. 23 (1908). April 5, 1963.
19.4
Photocopies
Physical Description:
12 folders
Box 5, Folder 7
Published materials: periodical
Scope and Content Note
Single issue of Faith and Form: Journal of the Interfaith Forum on Religion Art and Architecture. Vol XXIII Winter 1989-90.
Box 5, Folder 8
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 5, Folder 9
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 5, Folder 10
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 5, Folder 11
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 1
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 2
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 3
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 4
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 5
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 6
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
Box 6, Folder 7
Published materials: photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from journals and monographs relating to Rabbi Milgrom's areas of interest.
20
Slides
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 6, Folder 8
Slides
Scope and Content Note
Five Kodachrome slides. Dated Oct., 1976.
21
Unpublished Writings by Others
Physical Description:
1 linear ft.
Box 8, Folder 1
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Development of the Amidah, by Louis Finkelstein in J.T.S.A. J.Q.R. Vol XVI, No. 1. Typewritten, annotated in ink. Undated.
Box 8, Folder 2
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
The Firstling of Unclean Animals, by Gershon Brin, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Typewritten, annoted in ink, undated.
Box 8, Folder 3
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
The Conservative Movement and the Synagogue, by Jack J. Cohen. Word processed [photocopy?], undated.
Box 8, Folder 4
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Six Sermon Lectures. The Vision of a Layman: "A Kingdom of Priests, a Holy People" by Rabbi Ralph Simon, Rodfei Zedek, Chicago
IL. The Architect of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter: As I knew him, by Rabbi Herman H. Rubenovitz, Rabbi Emeritus
Temple Mishkan Teflia [sic], Newton, Mass.Teacher, Scholar, Martyr, by Rabbi Morris Adler, Shaarey Zedek, Detroit, MichiganThe
Courage to Stand for Something: The Jew from Italy, Builder of American Judaism" and The Bold Adventurer: "A Pioneer for an
Ancient Faith in a New Land," by Rabbi Saul I. Teplitz, Congregation Sons of Israel, Woodmere, Long Island.The Soul of a People:
biographical outline of Hillel Bavli (1893-1961). Suggested Material for a Neilah Sermon for Seminary Year of Dedication,
compiled by Louis M. Levitsky. All marked "(Not for Publication)," dated 1963-1964.
Box 8, Folder 5
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Book Review. Kathe Kollwitz: Life in Art. Submitted to Jo Milgrom from Student Mary J. Murphy. January 2, 1985.
Box 8, Folder 6
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Notebook: Avodah Zarah. Yerahmiel Hazan. Handwritten, 1961 or 1962.
Box 8, Folder 7
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
"Notes on Moses Maimonides taken by Rabbi Leo Geiger, 1948."
Box 8, Folder 8
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Two essays: Freud on Moses and Monotheism, by Leo Strauss. Typewritten, undated.A Religion Like All Other Religions, by Harold
M. Schulweis. Inscribed "For Jack and Jo with warmest regards Harold." Undated
Box 8, Folder 9
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Three essays. Non-Jews in a Jewish Polity: Subject or Sovereign? by David Novak. Undated.Jewish Unity: A Call for Cooperation
and Mutual Respect. JWNA-religious Jewish Lay Leaders Dialogue convened by Am Jew Committee [sic]. Sept. 4 1986.From The
Hymn of the Universe by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Undated.
Box 8, Folder 10
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Six essays. The Kyrenia Ship. Brief account of recovered artifacts, undated.The Holocaust and Theology, by Bernard M. Loomer.
Two copies, undated.Israel: People and Land in Jewish Theology, by Ben Zion Bergman, University of Judaism. Undated.Christian
Theology and the Holocaust, by A. Durwood Foster. Undated.Christian Beliefs and Anti-Semitism by: Charles Y. Glock and Rodney
Stark: Comments on a Survey, by Shaun J. Sullivan, O.F.M. Paper given at Graduate Theological Union-University of Judaism
colloquium May 6-8, 1975. People and Land in Christan Theology, by Wilhalm Wuellner, Professor of New Testament, Pacific
School of Religion.
Box 8, Folder 11
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Various writings on Martin Buber on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Box 8, Folder 12
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Two essays: Ritual Needlework: A Contribution of Jewish Women, by Joseph B. Horowitz. Undated.The Holocaust At Second Hand,
by Chana Bloch. Undated.
Box 9, Folder 1
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. Dated 11/13/91.
Box 9, Folder 2
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.
Box 9, Folder 3
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.
Box 9, Folder 4
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.
Box 9, Folder 5
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.
Box 9, Folder 6
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.
Box 9, Folder 7
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.
Box 9, Folder 8
Unpublished writings by others
Scope and Content Note
Chapters from dissertation of Roy Gane. 1991.