Guide to the Joseph Levy Papers MS.275

Debra Roussopoulos, Zoe MacLeod
University of California, Santa Cruz
2019, 2023
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu


Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Joseph Levy papers
source: Levy, Robley
Creator: Levy, Joseph M. (Joseph Meyer), 1901-1965
Identifier/Call Number: MS.275
Physical Description: 18.7 Linear Feet 17 half cartons; 5 flats; 4 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1897, 1919-1973
Abstract: The Joseph Levy papers contain daily dispatches, correspondence, research materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings that document Joseph Levy's journalism career and the events and politics of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Language of Material: English .

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Many of the documents in this collection are in fragile condition.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.

Preferred Citation

Joseph Levy papers. MS 275. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Robley Levy, Joseph Levy's daughter-in-law.

Biographical Note

Joseph Meyer Levy (1901-1965) was an American citizen, due to his father's citizenship, who was born, brought up and educated in Palestine. He was the New York Times correspondent for the Middle East, reporting from Jerusalem in Palestine, and Cairo, Egypt from 1928 to 1940, and from Ankara, Turkey from 1943 to 1944. Previously he had worked for the Civil Authorities of the British Mandate in Jerusalem. He was multilingual, speaking English, French, German, Hungarian, Hebrew, Yiddish, and a number of Arabic dialects. His Arabic was augmented by his experiences living with the Bedouin in the desert for six months. Following his work with the New York Times he worked for the American Jewish Committee in New York, and was a public relations representative for Congressman Emmanuel Cellar and the French government in the U.S., for Ambassadors Herve Alphand and Couve de Mourville.
Chronology
  • 1920 - employed as a clerk for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC)
  • 1928 - appointed The New York Times correspondent
  • 1930's - reviews and reports on Middle East situations, including the administrative, political, psychological and social causes. Corresponds with British intelligence and armed forces, General Henry Maitland Wilson
  • 1936 - British forces commendation
  • 1943-1944 - reports on the plight of the Jewish people in the Balkans and Eastern Europe
  • 1945 - suffers ill health; denied accreditation and Egyptian visa
  • 1946 - retires from the New York Times
  • 1948-1950 - corresponds with Nessim Moreno and starts work for the American Jewish Committee
  • 1954-1959 - Public Relations Representative for Congressman Emmanuel Cellar and the French government in the U.S. with ambassadors Herve Alphand and Couve de Murville
  • 1960 - awarded Legion of Honor by French ambassador Herve Alphand
  • 1965- Joseph Meyer's obituary written by Ben Avi for Maariv
Among the significant issues, though not a comprehensive list, on which these documents shed light are:
  • Actions of the British Civil and Military Authorities in Palestine in the 1920's and 1930's
  • Arab/Jewish relations in Palestine, both Arab and Jewish political factions, ambitions and actions, and the Arab Riots of 1929
  • The British Commission of Inquiry, 1929
  • Jewish and Zionist politics both in Palestine and internationally
  • Issues of Jewish immigration and its impact on Palestine and Palestinians
  • In the run up to World War II, potential Arab alliance with the Axis Powers
  • Events in Egypt from the death of King Fuad and the ascension of Farouk to onset of World War II, including reports of archaeological finds
  • The War in the Western Desert
  • The Axis threat to the Middle East
  • Jewish refugee crisis in the Balkans as the Germans moved east toward the the end of the war
Biography written by Robley Levy, Joseph Levy's daughter-in-law.

Content Description

This collection contains daily dispatches from Jerusalem, Cairo, and Ankara between 1928 and 1945. In addition there is personal correspondence, research materials, financial papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and ephemera that document Levy's journalism career, the events and politics of the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and Levy's public relations work for Congressman Emmanual Cellar and the French government in the United States.
Joseph Levy's papers contain substantial raw historical information. Particularly rich are the voluminous near daily and sometimes several times a day dispatches from Jerusalem, Cairo and Ankara between 1928 and 1945. While Levy's work often appeared in The New York Times , these documents offer many that were not used for publication and which contain substantially greater detail and information than those that were printed.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged chronologically by series.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Debra Roussopoulos in 2019. Additions to the collection were processed by Zoe MacLeod in 2023. Original folder titles were retained when possible.

Related Materials

For more on Joseph M. Levy and his work, see:
  • The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • Israeli State Archive

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Journalism
Middle East
Balkan Peninsula
Levy, Robley
Levy, Joseph M. (Joseph Meyer), 1901-1965

 

Correspondence, Cables, and Dispatches 1897, 1920-1971

Scope and Contents

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, cables, and dispatches from the Middle East for the New York Times. In 1943-1944 Levy reports on Jewish refugees and their transit from Balkan death camps; UNRAA assistance; and Balkan, Turkish, Transnistrian and Yugoslavian politics as Russians advance. Also included are dispatches sent by Joseph Levy's "stringers", Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna, and writings by others. Documents and correspondence are in English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek. This series also contains personal correspondence.
Note to researchers: Summary titles for each folder represent only a portion of the topics enclosed. Work may also include background information, unpublished articles, and essays.
Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1920, 1931-1971

Box 1, Folder 2

Dispatches to The New York Times submitted "on spec" circa 1926-1927

Box 1, Folder 3

Appointment - The New York Times Middle East correspondent 1928

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence and dispatches 1928

Box 1, Folder 5

Cables regarding instability, King Ibn Saud, Syrian and Palestinian unrest 1929

Box 1, Folder 6

Untermeyer's speech as handed to Joseph Levy circa 1925-1929

Box 1, Folder 7

Communique: Jewish Community of Palestine General Council - Vaad Leumi 1929

Box 1, Folder 8

Archaeology, American School of Oriental Research Jerusalem, Kingdom of Ibn Saud, Lateran Treaty, Iraq and Persia agreement, festivals, Syria 1929 January-August

Box 1, Folder 9-10

Arab boycott, Palestine riots, battleship Ramilles, Hebron massacre 1929

Box 1, Folder 11

Dedication David Wolfsohn Memorial Library, Syria, locust invasion, celebrations, British relations, boycotts, executions, riot trials, Anglo-Egyptian negotiations 1930 January-May

Box 2, Folder 1

First women police in the East, political/economic situation in Syria and Lebanon, Jewish National and University Library, visit of Colonel & Mrs. Adler 1930 January-April

Box 2, Folder 2

Agriculture, archaeology, Bethlehem, Kurds and Turks, Egyptian tariffs, Mosul oil pipeline, Anglo-Iraq Treaty, Jewish colonies, Arab-British relations 1930 August-December

Box 2, Folder 3

Bank communiques 1930

Box 2, Folder 4

Archaeology, Wafdists, Balfour, Palestine 1930

Box 2, Folder 5

Cables sent by Meltzer: archaeology, Dead Sea resort, Wailing Wall Commission, Palestine-Arab delegation 1930 May-August

Box 2, Folder 6-7

Articles and working materials 1930-1931

Box 2, Folder 8-9

Reisner Report on Archaeology in Egypt 1931-1932

Box 3, Folder 1

Minorities in Iraq, drug traffic, Mosul Pipeline, MacDonald Addenda, elections, aviation company in Cairo, mineral deposits 1931 January-February

Box 3, Folder 2

Graf Zeppelin, Wafdists, Arab-Jewish parlays, Iraq and Hedjaz, elections, archaeology, Egyptian tariffs 1931 February-April

Box 3, Folder 3

Personal correspondence to editors and press managers re: travel requests, journalists' credentials and authorizations, J.P. Morgan Holy Land visit 1931 February-July

Box 3, Folder 4

Arming of Jews, archaeology, Egypt and Soviet cotton deal, Wailing Wall ruling, labor strikes, elections, riots 1931 April-July

Box 3, Folder 5

New York Times editor to Levy re: Zionists. Howard Carter, Birchall situation - Cyprus 1931 August-December

Box 3, Folder 6

Demonstrations and riots Palestine, Bethlehem festivities, Egyptian sanctions, archaeology, elections Syria, King Fuad, Moslem Congress, cotton sales, Armenian church, monetary issues France/Egypt 1931 August-December

Box 3, Folder 7

"Prospects for the Moslem Congress" 1932

Box 3, Folder 8

Archaeology, Palestine and Jerusalem revolts, elections, British occupation in Egypt 1932

Box 3, Folder 9-10

Correspondence and telegrams 1932

Box 4, Folder 1

Desert revolts, British occupation in Europe, Iraq revolution, archaeology in Egypt, speech by Sir Frederick Palmer, opening of Oriental Hall, address delivered by A. Stanley Parker to Alexandria Rotary Club. Background material re: G. A. Reisner archaeological finds 1932

Box 4, Folder 2

Supplementary Report on Agriculture Development and Land Settlement in Palestine by Lewis French 1932 April 20

Box 4, Folder 3

Explorations in Edom, Palestine Jewry, Dog River (Nahr el Kelb) Syria, Dept. of Antiquities communiques 1932-1933

Box 4, Folder 4

Correspondence and cables - including first Jewish people from Germany settle in Palestine 1933

Box 4, Folder 5

Jewish team wins honors, water shortages, archaeology, Bulgarian opium trade 1933 January-April

Box 4, Folder 6

Egyptian girl flyer, U.S Envoy visits King Fuad, Palestine acts on Jewish entry, Arab riots Jerusalem/Palestine, Abyssinian Empress, Moab expedition, American oil concession, Nubian tombs, attacks on missions 1933 May-December

Box 4, Folder 7

Correspondence and cables regarding expense accounts, permissions, policies 1933 December - 1934 December

Box 4, Folder 8

Palestine takes Reich goods, King Fuad, archaeology, Arlosorloff trial 1934 January-December

Box 5, Folder 1

Cairo students, Palestine council, Egypt and British relations/independence, archaeology, Italians protest Egyptian sanctions, Henrietta Szold, Arabs, Ethiopians and Mussolini 1935 January-December

Box 5, Folder 2

Correspondence and cables including Dr. Magnus and Hebrew University, Alexandria rebel crew - Greek navy 1935 January-December

Box 5, Folder 3

"Egypt Uncertain on Ties to Britain", King Fuad, Reich envoy in Egyptian desert, Tel Aviv aviation fair, Syrian strike 1936 January-April

Box 5, Folder 4

Correspondence and cables regarding editorial style, expense accounts. Includes visit of Leo Kieran on the Hindenburg 1936 January-June

Box 5, Folder 5

"Disturbed situation Palestine...", British Cheshire regiment, Syria, riots, archaeology, Haile Selassie, King Farouk 1936 May-June

Box 5, Folder 6

"The Verdun of the Arabs", Radio London, archaeology, typewritten copies from Iraqi papers 1936 June-September

Box 5, Folder 7

Weekend dispatches, expense accounts. Includes King Fuad obituary 1936 July-December

Box 5, Folder 8

"Jews in Palestine Fight concessions", Dr. Weizmann, Iraq Coup, Tel Aviv school bomb, British Palestine relations 1936 July-December

Box 6, Folder 1

Nile article by Esther Levy, "The Nile Basin" by H.E. Hurst, "Jerusalem - Ideal Summer Resort", "Britain's Interest in Egypt", "An Arabic Village"… circa 1932-1936

Box 6, Folder 2

"The Moslem Attitude in the Italo-Abyssinian Conflict", "Egypt the Winter Resort of the World" circa 1932-1936

Box 6, Folder 3

Palestine vignettes including: "Shoemakers of Palestine Federate", "A Day in a Kwatza" (Kevutzah) 1936

Box 6, Folder 4

"The Arab Jewish Problem in Palestine", "Myth of Pan Arabism", "Review of the Political Situation in Palestine…" - notes, pamphlets, correspondence, lecture playbills circa 1936

Box 6, Folder 5

Writings by others, including Henry Filmer, Alan Rowe, Arthur Salzberger circa 1936

Box 6, Folder 6

"Poor Quarters Hail Egyptian King", "Arab Unity is Still Remote", "Palestine Arabs Win Moslem Rulers' Aid", coronation day, "Palestine Grove Given to Toscanini" 1937 January-July

Box 6, Folder 7

"Nahas Having Refused…", Egyptian Cabinet, Jewish Board Bans, Egyptian premier assassination attempt, "Syria Toll Raised by Renewed Rains", Arab-Britain relations 1937 August-December

Box 6, Folder 8

Correspondence and cables 1937 January-December

Box 7, Folder 1

Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including "The Toy Port", "New Zionist Organisation", "Pan Arabism and Counter Movement" 1937

Box 7, Folder 2

Extra copies, articles, reports - including "The Land of Sheba" by H. St. John Philby, "The Coup d'Etat of October 20th" 1937 January-July

Box 7, Folder 3

Backup material including: "Mentality for the Holy Land", "The Drama for the Royal Commission", extracts from radio bulletins re: Palestine; pamphlet, "The Hidden Land of Judah" by O.B. Good circa 1937-1940

Box 7, Folder 4

Writings and correspondence - "Infant Welfare Centre's Lottery", broadcast from the pyramids, letter of introduction and photographer's pass for Herbert Gehr, celebration of King Farouk's 18th birthday, Levy's broadcast to America (Feb. 11, 1938), speech written for Egyptian prime minister Aly Maher Pasha (Aug. 1, 1939), "The British Intelligence Service" 1937-1939

Box 7, Folder 5

Correspondence to the Cairo office of the New York Times 1938

Box 7, Folder 6

Cables and mail dispatches, including: "Troops Route Arabs in Palestine Clash", "Powers Seek Turks' Favor", "Toscanini Repeats Palestine Triumph", "King Farouk Makes Farida His Queen" 1938 January-July

Box 8, Folder 1

Correspondence and cables 1938 January-September

Box 8, Folder 2

Cables and mail dispatches, including "7,500 Jews Aiding Palestine Forces", "Arabs and Troops Battle in Hebron" 1938 August-September

Box 8, Folder 3

Cables and mail dispatches, including: "Five Members Defunct Arab Committee…", "Arab Group Offers Aid to the British", "First Briton Slain in Jerusalem Raid", "Arab Women Meet" 1938 September-December

Box 8, Folder 4

Dispatches including: translation of address from Abdul Aziz Es Saud, King of Saudi Arabia to President Franklin Roosevelt; Pararab orange growers, "Palestine's Youth Immigration Movement", "Two Brit Soldiers Killed - Jenin" 1938

Box 8, Folder 5-6

Palestine reports and documents 1938

Box 8, Folder 7

Correspondence - personal 1938

Box 9, Folder 1

Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including "The New British Statement on Palestine", "Bandits Lose Heavily in Acre Battles", "Twilight", Arabic propaganda cards 1937-1938

Box 9, Folder 2

Materials and notes for articles on Palestine, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt 1938-1939

Box 9, Folder 3

Cables and mail dispatches, including: "British Government...", "Defense of Nile Pushed by Egypt", "Mufti Is Pressed to Add Delegates" 1939 January-May

Box 9, Folder 4

Correspondence and cables January-December 1939

Box 9, Folder 5

Cables and mail dispatches, including: "The Near East is Prepared", "French Drop Plan for a Syrian King", "Jerusalem Homes of Jews Searched" 1939 June-November

Box 9, Folder 6

Dispatches including, "State of full preparedness...", "Two new Jewish agricultural…", "Zionist leaders Palestine…" 1939 January-November

Box 9, Folder 7

Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including "The Passing of a Political…", "What Price Authority", "Revision of Revisionist Tactics?", "The Doomed Clan" 1939

Box 9, Folder 8

Personal correspondence 1939

Box 9, Folder 9

Personal correspondence and papers 1939 November - 1940 November

Box 10, Folder 1

Dispatches including, "Arrangements have now been completed for training Arab & Jewish recruits...", "The Last Chapter of Egyptian Leadership", "Judah and Ishmael" by Ittamar Ben Avi, "Palestine's Prosperity" 1940

Box 10, Folder 2

Cairo dispatches, including: "Armored Cars Battle Calvary", "Rare Finds Found in Egyptian Tomb", "Jerusalem land sale restrictions…" 1940 January-June

Box 10, Folder 3

Cairo dispatches, including: "Massawa Raided by British", "Cairo Hears Nazis Back Afghan Coup", "Jigiga Road Region Raided", "Poles Join Wavell Army" 1940 July

Box 10, Folder 4

Correspondence and dispatches 1940

Box 10, Folder 5

Cables, reports, and articles including, "The Arabs have long since been convinced of Hitler's invincibility…", "Collapse France and consequent uncertainty…", "Director general antiquities…" 1940

Box 10, Folder 6

Service cables and correspondence, including: "RAF fighters yesterday…", "Sudanese soldier hoisting the French flag…" 1940 February-November

Box 10, Folder 7

Dispatches including, "Missionaries fear Italian…", "9 Planes Shot Down" 1940 August

Box 10, Folder 8

Dispatches including, "Australian troops preparing join British…", "RAF raids Western desert…" 1940 September

Box 10, Folder 9

Cables and mail dispatches, including: "While Italian armies…", "Two ships unloading quayside shattered by direct hit…" 1940 October-November

Box 10, Folder 10

Communiques and background material 1940

Box 10, Folder 11

Letters and cables for others, including cable sent to Winston Churchill written for Aly Maher Pasha 1939 December - 1940 May

Box 11, Folder 1

Jerusalem dispatches 1940 September-October

Box 11, Folder 2

Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including, "When France collapsed…", "The Italian Commission", "While orange growers in Palestine…" 1940

Box 11, Folder 3

Dispatches including: Jewish massacre in Romania, "Tragedie du Judaisme Hellenique", "Status of Jews in France", "Blinding sandstorms…" 1941

Box 11, Folder 4

Correspondence and dispatches including: "Mr. Sulzberger would like…", "Abdul Illah", "As an accredited correspondent with the British forces…" 1941

Box 11, Folder 5

Dispatches including: "Broken Italian column...", "As British forces around Kerem…", "Sixteen Axis warplanes…" 1941 January-March

Box 11, Folder 6

Dispatches including: "Somewhere Egypt where green valley Nile…", "British pilots defeated Vichy…", "Premier Hussain Sirry Pasha…" 1941 April-June

Box 11, Folder 7

Dispatches including: "Counter attack by British…", "Battle between Egyptian coastguard…", "British and Indian officers…" 1941 July-November

Box 11, Folder 8

Address to the 11th Annual Labor Institute, Rutgers University 1941 June 10

Box 11, Folder 9

Correspondence regarding broadcasts and speeches, includes programs, clippings 1941 February-June

Box 11, Folder 10

Ration books for Esther, Frederick, Joseph and Robert Levy. Award of Individual Production Merit (Dec. 17, 1942) 1941-1942

Box 12, Folder 1

Dispatches including: Vichy government notice of Jewish persons' transfer to occupied area, "German air force twice attacked…", "Capture Benghasi..." 1942

Box 12, Folder 2

Personal correspondence 1942

Box 12, Folder 3

Personal correspondence 1943

Box 12, Folder 4-5

Cables, dispatches, and correspondence from Ankara, Istanbul, London 1943-1945

Box 12, Folder 6

Cables, dispatches, and correspondence from London including: "Never since death [of] Ataturk…", "First dispatch Balkans…", "The Kimon Gueorguieff [Georgiev] government…" 1944

Box 12, Folder 7

Cables, dispatches, and correspondence from Ankara, Istanbul, London including, "Rumanian government revolution against Nazis…", "Now that Germans put power Quisling puppet…" 1944

Box 12, Folder 8

Authentic Diary on Conditions in Hungary circa 1944

Box 12, Folder 9

Cables from Budapest, Bucharest, Istanbul regarding the situation in the Balkans; "Report of the Situation in Greece" 1944

Box 13, Folder 1

Dispatches including, "La situation actuelle dans l'URSS et les conclusions…", reports regarding Bulgaria, Romania - mainly in French circa 1944-1945

Box 13, Folder 2

Correspondence including: CV of Dr. Albert Eckstein, speech of President Ismet Inonu of Turkey, Proposed Institute for Asiatic Economics, Summary of British Chamber of Commerce Report, "Announcing the Formation of the Middle East Company" - booklet 1945

Box 13, Folder 3

Correspondence and dispatches including, "How the Russians See It", Outline of a Project for an Arab Institute in the United States 1946

Box 13, Folder 4

Correspondence and dispatches 1947

Box 13, Folder 5

Cables and correspondence mainly from attorney Nessim Z. Moreno to George White (alias for Joseph Levy). Issues include: commercial transactions, references to officers of American Jewish Committee and proposed contributions to various Jewish charities in Muslim world 1948-1950

Box 13, Folder 6-10

American Jewish Committee - reports and correspondence 1948-1950

Box 14, Folder 1

Correspondence from J.D. Eisenstein, The American Kollel Tiphereth Jerusalem 1897

Box 14, Folder 2

Cairo driver's license. Report: Arab Reaction to the Establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine 1930-1940

Box 14, Folder 3

Mixed correspondence 1930-1948

Box 14, Folder 4

Mixed correspondence, includes obituary for Joseph Levy by Oved Ben-Ami 1930-1968

Box 14, Folder 5

Mixed correspondence and clippings including HQ British forces commendation, and General Henry Maitland Wilson (Jumbo Wilson) 1936-1956

Box 14, Folder 6

Dispatches including, "Both Arabs and Jews in Palestine today…" circa 1937-1945

Box 14, Folder 7

Correspondence and dispatches including, "Ninety percent of Hungarian diplomats…", address to The Secretary of State for Labour, Health and Social Assistance. Other dispatches in German, Greek, and Hebrew circa 1940-1949

Box 14, Folder 8

Mixed correspondence and dispatches including, "Discrimination against Jews…", N.Z. Moreno to George White, World Council of Churches and Refugee Division, Arrival and Arrangements for staying in Egypt, postcards 1946-1955

Box 14, Folder 9

Reports for the French Embassy, notes, layout 1953

Box 14, Folder 10

Report for French Consul (July 1, 1957). Pamphlets: The Outcasts of Israel by Michael Selzer (1965); Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs by Elie Eliachar (1970) 1957-1970

Box 15, Folder 1

Public relations. U.S. Representative Emanuel Cellar and French government ambassadors, Herve Alphand and Couve de Mourvelle 1954-1961

Box 15, Folder 2

Arabic papers and pamphlets, including: broadcasts from Rome and Berlin; Ahmed Hussein statement (1940) circa 1930-1945

Box 15, Folder 3

Undated correspondence, some in Hebrew circa 1935-1945

Box 15, Folder 4

Letter of resignation - James G. McDonald, League of Nations - inscribed to Joseph Levy 1935 December 27

Box 15, Folder 5

Legion D' Honneur - nominations and candidates 1955

Box 15, Folder 6

Draft, Americans in the Egyptian Army, 1870-1878. Unknown author. Introductory chapter includes "contract of general Rhett with Egyptian Government during Sudan's days when Kitchener of Khartoum was at Woolwich preparing for the Royal Engineers" (April 1870) undated

Scope and Contents

Levy's note, summarized: "This work by an unknown Confederate officer, is based upon unpublished source material. The author had access to the archives of the Egyptian Royal Palace, War Office, and Foreign Office, and the American Legation, Cairo. The story covers a chapter of Egyptian history dealing with Sudan during Gordon's activity. It includes the scientific explorations of that country and Abyssinia, and the source of the Nile. It revendicates two American Army officers, Colonel Chaille-Long and Colonel Mason, a part in the discovery while not denying to the Englishmen, Speke and Baker the fame to which these Britons are entitled."
Box 15, Folder 7

Chapters II-XIV. Chapter III by Pierre Crabités, "Abbas, Muhammad Said & Early Years of Ismail Pasha" undated

Box 15, Folder 8

Chapters XV-XXV. Chapter XXV by Pierre Crabités, "The Bombardment of the Ports of Alexandria" undated

Box 15, Folder 9

Photographs and lithographs for the book, Americans in the Egyptian Army, 1870-1879 undated

Box 15, Folder 10

Stories on native life in Khartoum by Logan Gray. Includes photographs and correspondence 1933

Box 22, Folder 6-7

Personal correspondence 1943-1945

Box 22, Folder 8

Personal correspondence 1944-1945

Box 22, Folder 9

Lecture contracts 1942-1943

Box 22, Folder 10

B'nai Brith Dave Elmen broadcast 1943 February 6

Box 22, Folder 11

Speeches 1942-1943

Box 22, Folder 12

Writings 1942-1946

Box 22, Folder 14-17

Letters of condolence sent to Esther Levy on Joseph's death 1965

Box 22, Folder 27

Personal correspondence 1932-1933

Box 22, Folder 28

Personal correspondence 1945-1946

Box 22, Folder 29

Correpsondence 1933-1943

Box 23, Folder 2

Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 1962

Box 23, Folder 3

Correspondence to and an interview with Emanual Celler 1963

Box 23, Folder 5

Correspondence with B. Shitrit, Israel Minister of Police 1960-1963

Box 23, Folder 6

Correspondence with Roger Seydoux 1962

Box 23, Folder 7

Correspondence with David Tidhar circa 1952

Box 23, Folder 8

Correspondence 1962-1963

Box 23, Folder 10

Correspondence about France 1962

Box 23, Folder 11

Personal correspondence 1949, 1962-1965

Box 23, Folder 15

"Dr. Jacob Griffel: In Memorium" by Joseph Levy undated

Box 23, Folder 16

Correspondence 1962-1963

Box 23, Folder 17

"A Complete Description of the Schick Models" undated

Box 23, Folder 18

The Pro-Jerusalem Society 1922

Box 23, Folder 19

Personal correspondence 1932-1933

Box 23, Folder 20

Personal correspondence 1932-1934

Box 23, Folder 22

Couve de Mourvelle biography 1955

Box 23, Folder 23

Correspondence 1929-1932, 1959

Box 23, Folder 24

Speeches by JML 1942

Box 23, Folder 25

Personal correspondence 1933

Box 23, Folder 26

Personal correspondence 1933

Box 23, Folder 27

Correspondence - health 1939-1953

Box 23, Folder 28

Correspondence 1953, undated

Box 23, Folder 31

Personal correspondence between Esther and Asta Wittner circa 1933

Box 23, Folder 32

Personal correspondence with Neil Vanderbilt 1932-1933

Box 23, Folder 33

Peronsal correspondence - wedding and birth announcements, introducing acquaintances, apartment rentals 1933

Box 23, Folder 34

Correspondence regarding Dr. Wolf Zilz 1933-1934

Box 23, Folder 35

Correspondence - American Export Lines articles 1933

Box 23, Folder 36

Personal correspondence 1933

Box 23, Folder 37

Correspondence 1933

Box 23, Folder 38

Correspondence and speeches - French ambassadors to the US circa 1950s

Box 23, Folder 41

"Pleading and Practice" 1924 September 22

Box 23, Folder 42

Correspondence undated

Box 23, Folder 44

Personal correspondence to Esther circa 1930s

Box 23, Folder 45

Personal correspondence 1930s

Box 23, Folder 46

Correspondence with British Chief Intelligence Officer 1936-1938

Box 23, Folder 47

Correspondence circa 1933

Box 23, Folder 49

Personal correspondence 1933

Box 23, Folder 50

The New York Times correspondence 1932-1933

Box 23, Folder 51

Correspondence - American Committee broadcast; Committee of the Magna Carta Association; Egyptian Customs Administration 1933

Box 23, Folder 53

Personal correspondence 1933

Box 23, Folder 54

Correspondence - The New York Times; writings 1933-1951

Box 23, Folder 56

Correspondence to and from Esther after Joseph passed away 1965

Box 23, Folder 57

"Joseph M. Levy: Jerusalemite" obituary for Joseph Levy written by Oved Ben-Ami 1965

Box 23, Folder 58

Draft CU for JML written by ELL undated

Box 23, Folder 59

Correspondence - American Society of the French Legion of Honor; Colonel Kroner 1941-1943, 1960

Box 23, Folder 60

The New York Times correspondence about Levy's grievances with memorandum written by Eugene J. Young 1938

Box 23, Folder 61

Correspondence - Denying Levy an Egyptian visa 1945 February - March

Box 23, Folder 62

Correspondence - Levy having difficulty obtaining visa to return to Cairo 1943 June 1

Box 23, Folder 63

The New York Times correspondence - Levy placed on pension 1946

Box 23, Folder 65

Correspondence to Esther 1938, 1971, 1981

Box 23, Folder 66

Correspondence 1920-1937

Box 23, Folder 68

The New York Times correspondence 1932-1942

Box 23, Folder 69

Correspondence 1920-1940

Box 23, Folder 70

Correspondence from Esther to Joseph circa 1938

Box 23, Folder 71

"Babe in the Woods - A Modern Version" correspondence 1942

Box 24, Folder 1

Correspondence - "Nazis in the Holy Land" and "Lying Low: A Wave of Depression, or Back to the Normal, in Palestine?" 1936

Box 24, Folder 2

Correspondence - bulletins and article drafts 1936

Box 24, Folder 4

Correspondence 1945

Box 24, Folder 8

Correspondence and postcards 1932, undated

Box 24, Folder 10

"The Palestine Problem" undated

Box 24, Folder 11

"A Press and Public Relations Program for the Government of Turkey" submitted by Joseph Levy 1961 February

Box 24, Folder 12

"Report: Press and Public Relations for French Embassy" submitted by Joseph Levy 1953 October

Box 24, Folder 13

Correspondence - New York World's Fair 1960

Box 24, Folder 14

Correspondence - Ambassador of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1961

Box 24, Folder 15

Correspondence 1961

Box 24, Folder 16

Correspondence - French Foreign Minister 1960

Box 24, Folder 17

Correspondence 1961

Box 24, Folder 18

Correspondence - "The United States Presidential Campaign" and "De Gaulle is Right" 1960

Box 24, Folder 19

Correspondence - "Anectdotes" 1958-1959

Box 24, Folder 22

Correspondence 1960

Box 24, Folder 25

Correspondence - Minister of France circa 1956

Box 24, Folder 26-27

Correspondence - A 1931-1939

Box 24, Folder 28

Correspondence - B 1934-1935

Box 24, Folder 29

Correspondence - C 1934-1938

Box 24, Folder 30

Correspondence - D 1934-1936

Box 24, Folder 31

Correspondence - E 1934-1936

Box 24, Folder 32

Correspondence - F 1933-1936

Box 24, Folder 33

Correspondence - G 1934-1936

Box 24, Folder 34

Correspondence - H 1933-1936

Box 24, Folder 35

Correspondence - I 1935

Box 24, Folder 36

Correspondence - J 1934-1935

Box 24, Folder 37

Correspondence - K 1933-1936

Box 24, Folder 38

Correspondence - L 1925-1936

Box 24, Folder 39

Correspondence - M 1930-1936

Box 24, Folder 40

Correspondence - N 1936

Box 24, Folder 41

Correspondence - O 1934-1936

Box 24, Folder 42

Correspondence - P, Q 1934-1935

Box 24, Folder 43

Correspondence - R 1934-1935

Box 24, Folder 44

Correspondence - S 1934

Box 24, Folder 45

Correspondence - T 1934-1935

Box 24, Folder 46

Correspondence - W 1934-1936

Box 24, Folder 47

Correspondence - Y, Z 1933-1935

Box 24, Folder 48-49

Personal correspondence 1951-1953

Box 24, Folder 50

Correspondence - Congressman Celler 1960s

Box 24, Folder 51

Correspondence - French ambassadors 1960s

Box 24, Folder 52

Correspondence - Press and Public Relations for French Embassy and Press and Public Relations Program for the Government of Turkey 1950s-1960s

Box 24, Folder 53

Correspondence 1960s

Box 24, Folder 54

Correspondence - "A Report from Assam Pacha on the Jerusalem Issue" and "Assam Pascha's Inquiry" 1950s-1960s

Box 24, Folder 55

Correspondence - Jean Pierre Bernard 1954-1958

Box 24, Folder 56

Correspondence - France 1952-1958

Box 25, Folder 1

Correspondence - Henri Bonnet 1952-1958

Box 25, Folder 2

Correspondence - Writing drafts by JML undated

Box 25, Folder 3

Correspondence - American Jewish Committee 1954

Box 25, Folder 4

Correspondence - Herve Alphand ambassador of France to the US 1957-1958

Box 25, Folder 5

Correspondence - Couve de Murville 1955-1958

Box 25, Folder 6

Personal correspondence 1954-1958

Box 25, Folder 7

Correspondence - Israel 1952-1957

Box 25, Folder 8-10

Personal correspondence 1925-1932

Box 25, Folder 12

Correspondence 1942

Box 25, Folder 13

Correspondence 1943

Box 25, Folder 14

Correspondence - Herve Alphand and Henri Bonnet undated

Box 25, Folder 16

Correspondence 1950s-1960s

Box 25, Folder 17

Esther Levy correspondence 1960s

Box 25, Folder 18

"The Life of Muhammad" by Mohammed Hussein Heikal Pasha President of the Egyptian Senate undated

Box 25, Folder 19

Correspondence 1948

Box 25, Folder 20

Personal correspondence 1949

Box 25, Folder 21

Perosnal correspondence 1950

Box 25, Folder 22

Personal correspondence 1947

Box 25, Folder 23

Correspondence 1936-1940

 

Ephemera and Realia 1919-1965

Scope and Contents

This series contains clippings and printed material from the New York Times and local papers in Palestine and Egypt. Both the Falastin and Davar address the Shaw Commission of Inquiry created by the British Parliament on Arab Riots, August 1929. The Commonweal includes "The Palestine Report" by Vincent Shean who testified before the Commission of Inquiry, as pro Arab/anti Zionist.
Also included are brochures, pamphlets, handbills, scrapbooks, Levant Fair pin and a Syrian coin.
Box 15, Folder 12

Booklets, pamphlets, lease. Includes announcement of Joseph Levy's address "Russian Bear versus British Lion" in Man About Town (Feb.-Mar. 1946) circa 1929-1946

Box 15, Folder 12

Levant Fair pin, Syrian coin 1932-1933

Box 20, Folder 1

Illuminated letter in Hebrew from archaeologist W.F. Albright, Johns Hopkins University, regarding J. Levy's reporting 1930

Box 20, Folder 2

Handbills - Egyptian hotels and resorts 1930

Box 20, Folder 3

Guide plan of Cairo District 1933

Box 20, Folder 6

Award - Republique Francaise - Legion D'Honneur 1960 February 24

Box 22, Folder 1

Press and curfew passes 1933-1951

Box 22, Folder 3

Passports 1922-1961

Box 22, Folder 4

Esther Levy passports 1945-1965

Box 22, Folder 5

Others' passports 1932-1938

Box 22, Folder 13

Freddy Levy school work undated

Box 22, Folder 25

Passports 1928-1957

Box 22, Folder 26

Esther Levy passports 1929-1937

Box 23, Folder 1

Regina Levy US citizenship 1919

Box 23, Folder 4

Address book undated

Box 23, Folder 30

Royaume D'Egypte: Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres - Liste De MM. Les Membres Du Corps Diplomatique 1939 December 1

Box 23, Folder 55

Maps - The Nile; Palestine and Transjordan railways undated

Box 23, Folder 72

Regina Levy US citizenship 1923

Box 23, Folder 73-75

Calling cards and business cards undated

Box 24, Folder 6

Notebook circa 1922

Box 24, Folder 7

Wallet circa 1944

Box 24, Folder 21

Fred birth registration 1934

Box 26

Copy of Abraham Isaac Levy US citizenship document 1879

Box 26

Copy of National de la Legion d'Honneur 1960

 

Newspaper Clippings 1928-1968

Scope and Contents

This series contains clippings and printed material from The New York Times and local papers in Palestine and Egypt, such as The Palestine Post and The Egypt Gazette. Both the Falastin and Davar address the Shaw Commission of Inquiry created by the British Parliament on Arab Riots, August 1929. The Commonweal includes "The Palestine Report" by Vincent Shean who testified before the Commission of Inquiry, as pro Arab/anti Zionist.
Box 15, Folder 11

Clippings 1929-1945

Box 19

The Palestine Bulletin 1929 October-December

Box 19

Falestin 1929 September-December

Box 19

Davar 1929 September-November

Box 19

The Palestine Weekly 1929 September 6

Box 19

The Commonweal 1930 April 30

Box 19

The New York Times Magazine 1938 January 23

Box 19

The Palestine Post 1940 June 18

Box 19

The PM Daily 1941 November 30

Box 20, Folder 4

The Egyptian Gazette 1938 February 28

Box 20, Folder 5

"Anniversary of Hertzl's Manifesto" The Palestine Post 1946 February 15

Box 21

Scrapbook of clippings - Joseph Levy's reporting from Australia, November 1941; Middle East, December 1941 to June 1942 1941-1942

Box 21

Scrapbook of clippings - Joseph Levy's reporting from Turkey (Tobruk to Ankara), end of World War II 1944

Box 21

Scrapbook of clippings - Joseph Levy's reporting from Turkey, end of World War II 1944-1945

Box 22, Folder 18

Newspaper clippings from The Palestine Post, The Egypt Gazette , and The New York Times 1940

Box 22, Folder 19-20

Newspaper clippings from The Palestine Post, The Egypt Gazette , and The New York Times 1938-1939

Box 22, Folder 21

Newspaper clippings from The Palestine Post and The Egypt Gazette about Palestine 1938

Box 22, Folder 22

Newspaper clippings about Alexandretta and Turkey 1938

Box 22, Folder 23

Newspaper clippings about Syria and Lebanon 1938

Box 22, Folder 24

Newspaper clippings about Egypt and Sudan 1939

Box 23, Folder 13

"Levy Asks Press to Stress Role of Middle East" article clipping 1942

Box 23, Folder 14

"Inside the Anti-Defamation League" clipping 1952

Box 23, Folder 21

Newspaper clippings 1966-1968

Box 23, Folder 29

The Little Times - Times People in the News of the Month 1928 November 15

Box 23, Folder 40

Copies of articles about Joseph Levy 1942, undated

Box 23, Folder 43

Copies of The New York Times article by Esther Levy 1932

Box 23, Folder 64

Clippings of newspaper articles written by Levy or that reference him 1930, 1941-1945

Box 23, Folder 67

"Causes of Revolt Remain in Arabia" by Esther Levy, The New York Times 1932 August 7

Box 24, Folder 3

Newspaper clippings circa 1936

Box 24, Folder 5

Newspaper clippings 1960-1965

Box 24, Folder 9

Jewish Morning Journal clipping 1952

Box 24, Folder 20

Overseas Press Bulletin 1959 August

Box 24, Folder 23

Newspaper clippings undated

Box 25, Folder 11

Rochester Tiimes-Union clippings 1943

Box 25, Folder 15

"4 Witnesses Urge Cooper for Bench," The New York Times 1962

 

Financial material 1930-1973

Scope and Contents

This series includes expense accounts, bills, statements, pay stubs, and related cables and correspondence from Esther and Joseph Levy and the New York Times. Also included are personal and professional receipts for all manner of supplies from Middle Eastern merchants.
Box 16, Folder 1-2

Bills, receipts and statements - Egypt 1930

Box 16, Folder 3

The New York Times accounts 1930-1932

Box 16, Folder 4

Accounts and statements 1932

Box 16, Folder 5

Accounts and statements 1933

Box 16, Folder 6

Accounts and statements 1934

Box 16, Folder 7

Accounts and statements 1935

Box 17, Folder 1-2

Accounts and statements 1936

Box 17, Folder 3

Accounts and statements 1937

Box 17, Folder 4

Personal accounts 1937

Box 17, Folder 5-6

Accounts and statements 1938

Box 17, Folder 7

Accounts and statements 1939

Box 17, Folder 8

Accounts and statements 1940

Box 23, Folder 9

Accounts and statments 1962-1963

Box 23, Folder 12

Congressional campaign contributions 1962-1964

Box 23, Folder 48

Personal accounts 1973

Box 23, Folder 52

Personal accounts 1946

 

Photographs 1930-1943

Scope and Contents

This series contains portraits of Joseph Levy and son; Joseph Levy and others in Turkey; and the massacre of Romanian Jews at Jassy (Iaşi). Also included are publicity photos from the British armed services in Cairo. Includes troops disembarking Alexandria, Western desert warfare, RAF attacks on Addis Ababa, Massawa, and Eritrea 1940.
Box 18, Folder 1

Portraits of Joseph Levy and son circa 1930-1940

Box 18, Folder 2

Joseph Levy and others in Turkey circa 1943

Box 18, Folder 3

Massacre of Romanian Jews 1941

Box 18, Folder 4

British armed services. Includes captured Italian plane in Aden and ammunition and other equipment in Western Desert Operations. Arab legion in action and on parade. 1940 July

Box 18, Folder 5

British armed services. Captioned photographs including, bombardment and prisoners of Fort Maddalena; patrol in Eastern Mediterranean; British fleet in Alexandrian Harbor 1940

Box 18, Folder 6

British armed services. Includes Yeomanry in Palestine; Italian prisoners; anti-aircraft defenses; RAF visits Italian aerodromes; India soldiers meet Egyptian soldiers 1940

Box 18, Folder 7

British armed services. Includes Italian submarine and captured crew; RAF visit Gura drome in East Africa and El Gubbi; Polish legion which crossed to Palestine from Syria 1940 July

Box 18, Folder 8

British armed services. Includes Indian soldiers; aerial bombardments; street scene; an officer inspecting plans circa 1940

Box 18, Folder 9

British armed services. Includes British soldiers disembarking; desert warfare; RAF attacks on Addis Abba and Massawa Eritrea; Italian planes shot down 1940 September 14

Box 22, Folder 2

Passport photographs undated

Box 23, Folder 39

Copies of photos in photo album undated

Box 24, Folder 24

Photographs undated

Box 26

Photograph signed and addressed to Joseph Levy undated