Preliminary Guide to the Rabbi William G. Braude Papers M0979

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2022

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Rabbi William G. Braude papers

Identifier/Call Number: M0979

Physical Description: 45.5 Linear Feet (91 boxes)

Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1988

Biographical / Historical

Rabbi and scholar. Born in Telz, Lithuania, Braude arrived in the United States in 1920 and was ordained in 1931 by Hebrew Union College. Upon graduation and until his retirement he served as rabbi of a Reform congregation, Temple Beth El, in Providence, RI. Rabbi Braude was a central figure in the Reform movement, supporting traditional Jewish practices within the movement and promoting the concept of Hebrew Day schools. He published widely, especially critical editions and translations of the Midrashic literature.

Scope and Contents

Scholarly papers, specifically the correspondence concerning each of his published books. Also sermons and diplomas of Rabbi Braude and miscellaneous off-prints, leaflets, brochures, and publications.

Conditions Governing Access

Minimally processed but available for research. Please submit requests for material 36 hours in advance of use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased, 1997. Accessions 1998-146 and 2000-186.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Judaica

Braude, Pearl F.

box 1

Box 1. Annotated typescripts ("Sefer Ha-Aggadah").

box 2

Box 2. Annotated typescripts ("Sefer Ha-Aggadah").

box 3

Box 3. Annotated typescripts ("Sefer Ha-Aggadah"); leaflets, clippings, off-prints, handwritten notes, correspondence, seminar papers, etc.

box 4

Box 4. Clippings, tear sheets, typescripts, handwritten notes, correspondence (including correspondence with Chaim Chafetz regarding "Pesikta rabbati" [?]), manuscripts, etc.

box 5

Box 5. Correspondence, handwritten notes, Midrash Haggadah cards, notebook, diary, film, photos, miscellaneous.

box 6

Box 6. Correspondence (with Solomon Grayzel, Ben Zion Halper, etc.), notes, clippings, articles, leaflets, brochures, miscellaneous publications and off-prints.

box 7

Box 7. Cards, confirmation addresses, tributes, correspondence, typescripts, manuscript, clippings, etc

box 8

Box 8. Typescripts (outlines of lectures, sermons, etc.), miscellaneous.

box 9

Box 9. Typescripts (outlines of lectures, sermons, etc.), clippings, miscellaneous.

box 10

Box 10. Clippings, typescripts, manuscripts, notes, miscellaneous.

box 11

Box 11. Typescripts (outlines of lectures, sermons, etc.), related notes.

box 12

Box 12. Typescripts (outlines of lectures, sermons, etc.), related notes, clippings.

box 13

Box 13. Typescripts (outlines of lectures, sermons, talks), manuscripts, handwritten notes, publications, etc.

box 14

Box 14. Typescripts, publications (leaflets, brochures, bulletins, etc.), correspondence, clippings, photocopies, off-prints, serials ("Bitzaron" etc.), notes, miscellaneous.

box 15

Box 15. Articles, publications, Braude curriculum vitae and related documents, clippings, tear sheets, correspondence (Henry Englander, etc.), miscellaneous notes and cards.

box 16

Box 16. "Pesikta de Rab Kahana" printouts, Jewish Publication Society materials, clippings, cards, notes, miscellaneous.

box 17

Box 17. Calendars, memory books, brochures, leaflets, typescripts, clippings, tear sheets, miscellaneous photocopies, notes, etc.

box 18

Box 18. Clippings, tear sheets, photocopies, miscellaneous publications, typescripts, off-prints, notes, etc.

box 19

Box 19. Typescripts, manuscripts, notes.

box 20

Box 20. Typescripts, manuscripts, notes.

box 21

Box 21. Typescripts, manuscripts, notes.

box 22

Box 22. Typescripts, manuscripts, notes, including "Pesikta Rabbati" notes.

box 23

Box 23. "Pesikta Rabbati" printouts, publications, clippings, typed and handwritten notes, miscellaneous.

box 24

Box 24. Typescripts, manuscripts, off-prints, brochures, miscellaneous publications, notes, cards, correspondence, clippings, etc.

box 25

Box 25. Reports, clippings, invitations, brochures, programs, "Pesikta Rabbati" printouts.

box 26

Box 26. Off prints, handwritten notes, manuscript chapters.

box 27

Box 27. Manuscript chapters.

box 28

Box 28. Clippings, off-prints (Morton Smith, Harry Wolfson, Ephraim Urbach, Jonas Greenfield, Warren Zev Harvey, Avi Shafran, Joseph Heineman).

box 29

Box 29. Bulletins, off-prints, Hebrew University materials (brochures, reports), "Midrash on Psalms" reviews, clippings, photographs, a scrapbook

box 30

Box 30. Photocopies of catalog cards for serials; clippings, reviews and notices for "Pesikta" and "Midrash".

box 31

Box 31. "Pesikta" material, including photographs on display, related clippings and correspondence; "Jewish Proselyting" materials (reviews, invoices, off-prints, typescripts); notes for speeches and Bar Mitzvahs, addresses, sermons.

box 32

Box 32. Notes for speeches, sermons, off-prints, manuscripts; Yeshiva University materials (off- prints related to Samuel Belkin).

box 33

Box 33. Yeshiva University materials (newsletters, reports, pamphlets).

box 32

Box 34. Yeshiva University materials, continued (newsletters, reports, pamphlets); Leon Nemoy annotated typescript chapters.

box 35

Box 35. Annotated manuscript chapters.

box 36

Box 36. Off-prints, clippings.

box 37

Box 37. Off-prints of sermons, addresses; Nemoy annotated typescripts; miscellaneous off-prints.

box 38

Box 38. "Sefer Ha-Aggadah" chapters.

box 39

Box 39. "Midrash" correspondence, manuscript chapters, translations, calendars, a microfiche on roll.

box 40

Box 40. Typescripts (including "Liberal Judaism in a Reactionary World", 1942), mostly annotated; National Endowment for the Humanities grant materials.

box 41

Box 41. Correspondence (Leon Nemoy, etc.), postcards, annotated typescripts, miscellaneous publications, clippings etc.

box 42, box 41

Box 42. Correspondence (Jacob Z. Lauterbach, etc.), annotated typescripts, miscellaneous publications, clippings etc.

box 43

Box 43. Off-prints, photocopies, brochures, bulletins, clippings, tear sheets, miscellaneous publications, notes.

box 44

Box 44. Off-prints, photocopies, brochures, bulletins, clippings, tear sheets, miscellaneous publications, notes, Braude's diploma.

volume 45

Box 45. Off-prints, clippings "X-Z", "Su-Sy", "U-V"; the autographed Temple Beth-El book of appreciation presented to Braude, 1974.

box 46

Box 46. Off-prints, clippings "To-", "Sh-"; calendars, notebooks.

box 47

Box 47. Off-prints, clippings, publications related to services and ceremonies.

box 48

Box 48. Off-prints, clippings, publications related to services and ceremonies, correspondence, magazines, reprints, handwritten notes, manuscripts.

box 49

Box 49. Manuscript chapters, off-prints, typescripts, correspondence, brochures, leaflets, miscellaneous.

box 50

Box 50. Manuscript chapters, off-prints, typescripts, correspondence, brochures, leaflets, miscellaneous.

box 51

Box 51. Manuscript chapters, off-prints, typescripts, correspondence, brochures, leaflets, miscellaneous.

box 52

Box 52. Manuscript chapters, off-prints, typescripts, correspondence, brochures, leaflets, clippings "He-", miscellaneous.

box 53

Box 53. Off-prints, clippings "Is-", "In-", "Judah Rosenthal".

box 54

Box 54. Typescripts, correspondence, off-prints, photocopies, brochures, leaflets; personal files (Earl C. Ravenal, Jakob Petuchowski, Hans Jakob Polotsky, Jonathan Magonet).

box 55

Box 55. Off-prints, tear sheets, brochures, leaflets, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, typed fragments, personal files (Israel J. Rapstein, Norman Lamm), miscellaneous.

box 56

Box 56. Personal files (Alan Marcus, Hugo Mantel, Jacob Milgrom, Raphael Loewe); off-prints, tear sheets, brochures, leaflets, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, typed fragments, miscellaneous publications, etc.

box 57

Box 57. Off-prints, typescripts, brochures, publications, clippings, photocopies, handwritten fragments, miscellaneous.

box 58

Box 58. Typescripts, off-prints, photocopies, clippings, etc.

box 59

Box 59. Diplomas and certificates in frames; a microfilm and related notes.

box 60

Box 60. Off-prints, bulletins, photocopies, printouts, clippings, tear sheets, library cards and related notes.

box 61

Box 61. Library cards and related notes, continued; off-prints, miscellaneous publications.

box 62

Box 62. Awards and degrees in frame; photocopies of "Pesikta Rabbati".

box 63

Box 63. Photocopies of "Pesikta Rabbati", brochures, reports, Jewish Studies programs (mostly Hebrew University), etc.

box 64

Box 64. Photocopies of "Pesikta Rabbati", brochures, reports, Jewish Studies programs (mostly Hebrew University), continued; library reports, etc.

box 65

Box 65. Bibliographical index cards, typed and handwritten notes.

box 66

Box 66. Sheet music, handwritten notes, academic publications, "Pesikta Rabbati" notes, miscellaneous.

box 67

Box 67. Off-prints, clippings.

box 68

Box 68. Off-prints, clippings, "Tanna Debe Eliyyahu" proofs.

box 69

Box 69. Annotated "Safer Ha-Aggadah" typescript chapters, notes.

box 70

Box 70. Annotated "Safer Ha-Aggadah" typescript chapters, notes, miscellaneous clippings, off-prints, tear sheets, publications, photographs.

box 71

Box 71. Annotated "Safer Ha-Aggadah" typescript chapters, notes, miscellaneous clippings, off-prints, tear sheets, publications, photographs.

box 72

Box 72. Index cards - a bibliographic catalog.

box 73

Box 73. Miscellaneous clippings, music folder with both printed and handwritten sheet music, lyrics, programs, songbooks; photographs of Braude and family; Braude memorial material (obituaries, etc.) ; "Pesikta Rabbati" proofs.

box 74

Box 74. "Midrash", "Pesikta Rabbati", and "Proselyting" proofs.

box 75

Box 75. Annotated typescripts.

box 76

Box 76. Off-prints, clippings "O-", "P-Pi".

box 77

Box 77. Off-prints, clippings "Po-Pe", "Pri-Q"; miscellaneous clippings, photocopies, notes.

box 78

Box 78. Off-prints, clippings ("Biography", etc.).

box 79

Box 79. Miscellaneous off-prints, notes (including lecture notes), index cards - bibliographic and serial catalog; clippings, "E-En".

box 80

Box 80. Off-prints and clippings, "Co-", "C-Ci".

box 81

Box 81. Off-prints and clippings, "An-", "D-"; typescripts.

box 82

Box 82. Typescripts (most heavily annotated) and handwritten notes related to "Piska"; leaflets, publications etc. re: ecumenism; photocopied galley of Braude festschrift with articles.

box 83

Box 83. Braude festschrift materials (continued); typescripts, handwritten notes, leaflets, brochures, handouts, publications, etc.

box 84

Box 84. Brochures, printouts, correspondence, clippings, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, miscellaneous.

box 85

Box 85. Typescripts (most heavily annotated), handwritten notes.

box 86

Box 86. Typescripts (most heavily annotated), handwritten notes, publications.

box 87

Box 87. Typescripts, brochures, leaflets, off-prints, publications, photocopies, tear sheets, clippings "B", "Ep-Ez", "F", miscellaneous.

box 88

Box 88. Typescripts, brochures, leaflets, off-prints, publications, photocopies, tear sheets, clippings "M-Me", "Mi", "L".

box 89

Box 89. Typescripts, brochures, leaflets, off-prints, publications, photocopies, tear sheets, clippings "Me-Mi"; miscellaneous clippings.

box 90

Box 90. Miscellaneous off-prints and clippings; Norman Cohen off-prints and typescripts, CCAR response, Anne Frank clippings.

box 91

Box 91. Braude diplomas and certificates, "Pesikta" photocopy, Hebrew publications, clippings.