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.