Finding Aid for the Arthur Stern papers, 1938-2013
LSC.2332
Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Townsend, 2017.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Online finding aid last updated 2017 September 18.
Title: Arthur Stern papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2332
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
29.4 linear feet
(66 boxes, 1 half box, 2 shoeboxes, 2 flat storage boxes, and 1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1938-2013
Abstract: Arthur P. Stern (1925-2012) was a Holocaust survivor, engineer, and philanthropist born in Budapest, Hungary. The collection
includes his personal and professional papers, such as technical publications, correspondence and printed material from conferences
and professional organizations, and company-related correspondence and memos, as well as personal correspondence with family
and friends from throughout Stern’s life. The collection also includes correspondence and documentation related to the Holocaust
and the Stern family’s efforts for restitution, as well as correspondence and printed materials related to the many community
organizations with which Stern was involved.
Language of Materials: Materials are primarily in English, some materials in French, German, and Hungarian.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Creator:
Stern, Arthur P.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arthur Stern Papers (Collection 2332). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Stern family; gift; 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca Townsend, graduate student in Information Studies, in 2017 under the supervision of Courtney Dean in
the
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) . German language abstracts by Sarah Johnson, Jewish History doctoral student, 2017.
General note
Biography/History
Arthur P. Stern was a Holocaust survivor, engineer, and philanthropist born in Budapest, Hungary on July 20, 1925. In 1944,
he was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as part of the Kasztner transport and was then taken to a refugee
camp in Switzerland. After liberation, he studied at the University of Geneva, the University of Lausanne, and the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), where he earned a Diplom-Ingenieur and also served as an instructor.
Stern immigrated to the United States in 1951, where he worked for General Electric (GE) in Syracuse, NY and earned his master’s
degree in electrical engineering at Syracuse University. At GE, he was involved with pioneering technology for the transistor
radio and the color television. He then served as Engineering Director of Martin Marietta’s electronics division and managed
the design of defense systems at Bunker Ramo Corporation. Stern became Vice President of the Magnavox Company in 1966. At
Magnavox, he led the team that developed the Navstar Global Positioning System. He retired in 1991 as President of Magnavox
Advanced Products and Systems and as Vice Chairman of the Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company (MAGIEC).
Over the course of his career, Stern authored a number of technical papers and 12 patents, and was involved with numerous
professional organizations including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), of which he served as President
in 1975, and the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), of which he was a founder . His work had a lasting
impact, as transistor technology and the other solid-state electronics developments that followed paved the way for the chips
now found in computers and cell phones.
After his retirement, Stern became active in non-profit and Jewish community organizations, at both a local and national level.
He served as Founding President of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chair of Los Angeles Jewish Community Relations
Committee, Director of the National Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and Chairman of the California Humanitarian Foundation
for Holocaust Survivors.
Stern and his wife, Edith, had three children: Daniel, Jacqueline, and Claude, and seven grandchildren. He died on May 25,
2012 in Beverly Hills, California.
Scope and Content
The papers of Arthur Stern date from 1938-2013 and include material related to both his personal and professional activities.
His professional materials begin with notes and papers from his engineering studies in Switzerland. The Engineering series
principally includes company-related correspondence, memos, and travel itineraries from his career at General Electric (1951-1961),
Martin Marietta (1961-1964), Bunker Ramo Corporation (1964-1966), and Magnavox (1966-1991). The professional materials also
include correspondence and printed material related to conferences and professional organizations, particularly the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which Stern led as President in 1975. Engineering technical publications are
included in the Publications series. One strength of the collection is its documentation of patent paperwork and correspondence
related to the transistor radio, color television, and GPS systems.
The collection also includes personal correspondence with family and friends from throughout Stern’s life, particularly with
his parents Leon and Bertha, his brother Robert, and his children. Much of the correspondence with family who remained in
Europe is in German and Hungarian. The personal materials also include legal correspondence and documentation related to the
Holocaust and the Stern family’s efforts for restitution. Another strength of the collection is the oral history transcripts
and recordings in which Stern discusses his experience of the Holocaust, including an interview with his son, Claude, and
an interview with the USC Shoah Foundation.
Additionally, the collection includes correspondence and printed materials related to the many community organizations with
which Stern was involved, particularly after his retirement from Magnavox in 1991. Some notable organizations represented
in the collection are the California Humanitarian Foundation for Holocaust Survivors, Americans for Peace Now, and the California
Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Engineering 1948-2011
- Subseries 1.1: Switzerland 1948-1951
- Subseries 1.2: Early career 1951-1966
- Subseries 1.3: Magnavox 1964-2004
- Subseries 1.4: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1972-2011
- Series 2: Publications 1953-2004
- Series 3: Personal materials 1940-2012
- Series 4: Holocaust restitution 1938-2013
- Series 5: Community Involvement 1966-2012
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. All requests to
access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stern, Arthur P. -- Archives.
Electronics engineers--United States--Archives.
Holocaust survivors--United States--Archives.
Series 1: Engineering
1948-2011
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French and German.
Scope and Content
The Engineering series covers Arthur Stern’s professional activity from his education in postwar Switzerland through his retirement
from Magnavox in 1991. The series includes memos, company-related correspondence, and business-related travel itineraries.
It also includes correspondence, conference materials, and other printed matter related to Stern’s involvement with professional
organizations such as the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), the Solid-State Circuits Conference (SSSC), and the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Organization and Arrangement
The Engineering series is arranged in four subseries which cover his career chronologically, with the exception of the IEEE
subseries, which is contemporaneous with the Magnavox subseries.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Subseries 1.1: Switzerland
1948-1951
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French and German.
Scope and Content
The Switzerland subseries, 1948-1951, contains handwritten class notes from Arthur Stern’s time as a student at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. It also
includes academic papers he wrote on engineering and family law and lecture notes from his tenure as an instructor at ETH.
Much of the material is in German and French.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Student cards and books University of Geneva and University of Lausanne
1945
Language of Materials: Materials are in French.
Scope and Content
Student cards for admission to law school at the University of Geneva, membership card for the Student Association at the
University of Lausanne, library card from Lausanne, exam proof from law department at University of Geneva, student notebooks
documenting registration for courses at University of Geneva and University of Lausanne.
Box 1, Folders 2-5
University notebooks
1947-1948
Language of Materials: Materials are in French and German.
Scope and Content
French materials include: physics notebook, notebook for general physics 2 – electricity from engineering school at University
of Lausanne, applied mathematics notebook.
German materials include: notebook and drawings for electromechanical construction, notebook for theoretical principles of
remote control technology, notebook for introduction to remote control technology.
Box 1, Folder 6
Georg Lukacs text
1940s
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Essay: “Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat” from Georg Lukács’ History and Class Consciousness.
Box 1, Folder 7
Stern essay: "Family and Marriage"
1947
Language of Materials: Materials are in French.
Scope and Content
Essay for a civil law course at the University of Geneva’s law school: “Family and marriage.”
Box 1, Folder 8
Transcripts and Translations Swiss Universities
1948-1951
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German and French.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Documents from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich on acceptance to and successful completion
of a diploma as electrical engineer including course list, ID card as assistant in electrical engineering, general recommendation
letter for Stern from Union of Jewish Students, report on the progress of his work as assistant February 1952 (including light
engineering, grades, necessary work), graph of light efficiency in cold cathode tube, letter to president of Swiss student’s
association to ask for leave to visit USA and statement of his employment, report on current state of light engineering lab
and suggestions for future developments, assistant employment contract under Prof. Strutt, recommendations and statements
regarding Stern’s position and PhD subject before leaving for USA, release from Institute after deciding to stay in US and
related recommendations.
French materials include: Transcripts from University of Lausanne, exam results from the University of Lausanne.
Box 2, Folder 1
Thesis ETH Zurich
1948
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
A bound copy of thesis on band filters with a frequency response of 1/3 octaves.
Box 2, Folder 2
Stern Article ETH
circa 1950
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Early article written by Stern on the ignition of low pressure discharges.
Box 2, Folder 3
ETH papers and course notes
1950-1951
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Early article written by Stern on the ignition of low pressure discharges, lectures given at the ETH on light engineering
including lectures given by Stern on light generation and electric discharge.
Box 2, Folders 4-7
ETH lectures
1950-1951
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Lecture on the theory of light generation, copy of article on the ignition of low pressure discharges, lecture on gas discharge,
bound collection of all lectures given as part of the lecture series on light engineering at the ETH.
Box 3, Folder 1
Lecture notes and
Bulletin of Swiss Association of Electrical Engineers
1950-1951
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Article written by Stern on light and lighting technology at the ETH and the university’s developments and contributions,
blueprints for a direct current generator and traction generator and related paper discussing its form, construction and function,
semester papers on the theoretical basis of telephone engineering and on an introduction to signal engineering.
Box 3, Folders 2-3
"Einfuhrung in die Lichttechnik" ("Introduction to Light Engineering")
1951
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
"Introduction to Light Engineering," written as part of internship at the electrical engineering institute at the ETH.
Box 72
Diploma
1948
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Subseries 1.2: Early Career
1951-1966
Scope and Content
The Early Career subseries (1951-1966) covers Stern’s career at General Electric (GE), Martin Marietta, Bunker Ramo Corporation,
and his master’s work at Syracuse University. It includes internal company reports, patent paperwork, and company-related
correspondence. It also includes printed matter and correspondence related to Stern’s activity with professional organizations
during this time period, including the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) and the Solid-State Circuits Conference (SSCC).
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Box 3, Folder 4
Syracuse and MIT
1951-1954
Box 3, Folders 6-7
GE patent paperwork
1953-1954
Box 3, Folder 8
Long internal letters and memoranda
1953-1964
Box 4, Folder 1, Box 3, Folder 9
Institute of Radio Engineers Convention records
1953-1956
Box 4, Folders 2-3
GE Electronics Division Exempt Salary Administration Plan
1955
Box 4, Folder 4
"America's Next Twenty Years"
1955
Box 4, Folder 5
Conference programs and reports
1955-1961
Box 4, Folder 6
Transistor Circuits Conference Final Report
1956
Box 4, Folder 7
GE Engineering Personnel Register
1956
Box 4, Folder 8
GE Association Island Conference
1956
Box 5, Folders 1-4
GE Professional Business Management Course
1956
Box 5, Folder 5
Syracuse University diploma
1957
Box 5, Folder 6
GE Electronics Lab Function Guide
1957
Box 5, Folder 7
Institute of Radio Engineers proceedings and publications
1957-1962
Box 6, Folder 1
GE Electronics Laboratory publications
1958-1959
Box 6, Folders 2-3
GE internal publications
1958-1961
Box 6, Folders 4-6
GE Advanced Management Course
1959
Box 7, Folder 1
Solid State Circuits Conference
1959
Box 7, Folder 3
GE Technical Information Series
1959-1961
Box 7, Folder 4
GE proposal and progress report
1960
Box 7, Folder 5
GE: "Development of Thin Film Vacuum Deposition Processes and Machinery"
1960
Box 7, Folder 6
Solid State Circuit Conference
1960
Box 8, Folder 1
GE Questionnaire on Integrated Electronics
1960
Box 8, Folders 3-4
GE Company Confidential Integrated Electronic Devices Study
Box 8, Folder 4
Technical writings and GE internal publications
1961
Box 8, Folder 6
GE resignation
1961 May 16
Box 8, Folder 7
Martin ASW business study
1961
Box 8, Folder 8
Martin Electronics Division Engineering Five Year Plan: 1961-1965
1961 August 29
Box 8, Folder 9
Martin Marietta internal publications
1961-1962
Box 8, Folder 10
Martin Engineering Design Review
1962
Box 8, Folder 11
Martin Marietta Engineering Status and Plans
1963
Box 9, Folder 1
Martin Marietta Research Development and Activities
1963
Box 9, Folder 2
Martin Marietta News
1963
Box 9, Folder 3
Bunker Ramo relocation guides
1964
Box 9, Folder 4
Bunker Ramo Market Penetration
1965
Box 9, Folder 5
Bunker Ramo Programs and Administration Control Forms
1965
Box 72
Professional awards
1955-1964
Subseries 1.3: Magnavox
1964-2004
Scope and Content
The Magnavox subseries covers Stern’s career at Magnavox from 1966-1991 and his professional activity following retirement.
It includes company memos and reports, company-related correspondence, travel itineraries and related correspondence, and
calendars. Chron files from the 1980s gather company correspondence and memos in chronological order. The subseries also includes
correspondence and printed materials related to professional organizations with which he was involved during this time period.
Most materials related to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) from this time period have been kept
with the IEEE subseries. As a result, travel itineraries and related correspondence from 1975, when Stern served as IEEE President,
are found in the IEEE subseries 1.4.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically and by type of material.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Box 9, Folder 7
Arthur Stern resume
circa 1966
Box 9, Folder 8
Arthur Stern professional headshots
1966, undated
Box 10, Folder 3
News release: Magnavox corporate vice president
1973 May 3
Box 10, Folders 4-5
Security clearance forms
1965-1983
Box 10, Folder 6
Articles about Arthur Stern
1966, 1969, 1973, 1980
Box 10, Folder 7
Magnavox Research Laboratory Operations
1967
Box 10, Folder 8, Box 11, Folders 1-7
Memos, business correspondence, and company publications
1966-1990
Box 12, Folder 1
Magnavox reports and reviews
1976
Box 12, Folder
Review of Advanced Product Division
1977
Box 12, Folders 3-5
Magnavox reports
1973-1991
Box 12, Folder 6
Overseas address list
undated
Box 12, Folder 7
Correspondence: Professor Ed Gerecke ETH
1968-1969
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: list of dissertations written under Prof. Gerecke and article regarding his retirement summarizing
his career and technical contributions, letters of congratulations and the conferral of an honorary doctorate from the Technical
University of Darmstadt, ETH bulletins concerning news at the Institute and announcing Gerecke’s resignation
Box 13, Folder 1
Company-related personal correspondence
1966-1975
Box 13, Folder 2
Company-related travel correspondence
1977
Box 13, Folder 3
Company-related correspondence
1978
Box 13, Folder 4
Company-related correspondence
1979
Box 13, Folder 5
Company-related correspondence
1980
Box 13, Folder 6
Company-related correspondence
1981
Box 13, Folder 7
Security briefings and visit request forms
1984-1990
Box 13, Folder 8
Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company (MAGIEC) correspondence
1984
Box 13, Folder 9
Navstar GPS correspondence
1985
Box 13, Folder 10
Notes and correspondence on Israel sales consulting
1986
Box 14, Folder 1
Company-related correspondence and security clearance documents
1987
Box 14, Folder 2
International correspondence
1980-1990
Box 14, Folder 3
Correspondence: Congressman Glenn Anderson
1981-1990
Box 14, Folder 4
WM Satellite Company
1987
Box 14, Folder 6
Company-related correspondence
1989
Box 15, Folders 1-2, Box 14, Folders 7-8
The RMS Company correspondence
1989-1990
Box 15, Folder 3
Company-related correspondence
1990
Box 15, Folder 4
Magnavox Christmas gift list
1976-1990
Box 15, Folder 5
Magnavox Christmas party table list
1977-1989
Box 15, Folder 6
Magnavox Christmas liquor list
1984-1989
Box 15, Folder 7
Magnavox employee year-end letters
1987-1990
Box 15, Folder 8
Retirement announcement
1990
Box 15, Folder 9
Goodbye letters list
1990
Box 15, Folder 10
Retirement congratulations letters
1990
Box 17, Folders 4-5
Chron File - Magnavox correspondence
1989
Box 17, Folder 6, Box 18, Folders 1-2
Box 18, Folders 3-5
Chron File - Magnavox correspondence
1990
Box 18, Folder 6
Engineering professional organizations
1970-2003
Box 18, Folder 7, Box 19, Folder 1
Box 19, Folder 2
Speeches and presentation slides
1976, 1982, 1984
Box 19, Folder 3
Membership: National Academy of Engineering
1977-1978
Box 19, Folder 4
Membership: American Association for the Advancement of Science - fellow
1982-1990
Box 19, Folder 5-7
Institute of Internal Auditors
1983-1987
Box 20, Folder 1
Jerusalem Economic Conference
1984
Box 20, Folder 2
President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management
1986
Box 20, Folders 3-4
R and D Cooperation Conference
1987
Box 20, Folder 5
Engineering Advisory Councils: Cal State Long Beach and UC Santa Barbara
1987-1990
Box 20, Folder 6
CEO Roundtables
1989-1992
Box 20, Folder 7
Pacific CEO Institute Roundtable: Pebble Beach, CA (Inn at Spanish Bay)
1990 November
Box 21, Folder 1
Energizing Market Forum
1990
Box 21, Folders 2-3
Speaking Engagements
1992-1997
Box 21, Folder 4
Overseas trip: Israel, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, England
1969 July-August
Box 21, Folder 5
Overseas trip: Japan, Australia
1970 July-August
Box 21, Folder 6
Overseas trip: Europe
1971 August-September
Box 21, Folder 7
Overseas trip: Europe, Israel
1972 July-August
Box 21, Folder 8
Overseas trip: Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan
1972
Box 21, Folder 9
Overseas trip: Europe
1972 April
Box 22, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Europe
1973 March
Box 22, Folder 2
Overseas trip: Europe
1973 May
Box 22, Folder 3
Overseas trip: Europe
1973 November
Box 22, Folder 4
1974 trips to Europe
1973-1974
Box 22, Folder 5
Overseas trip: London, Brussels, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Switzerland, Madrid
1974 April-May
Box 22, Folder 6
Overseas trip: England, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium
1974 February-March
Box 22, Folder 7
Overseas trip: South America and Mexico
1974 July-August
Box 22, Folder 8
Overseas trip: Russia
1974
Box 22, Folder 9
Overseas trip: The Netherlands, Switzerland
1974 December
Box 22, Folder 10
Overseas trip: England, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Copenhagen
1976 February
Box 22, Folder 11
Overseas trip: England, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Spain
1976 May-June
Box 22, Folder 12
Overseas trip: England, Switzerland, Holland, Hamburg, Oslo, Denmark
1976
Box 22, Folder 13
Overseas trip: Florida, London, Oslo, Copenhagen, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Rome, Paris
1976 December
Box 22, Folder 14
Overseas trip: London, Switzerland, Holland, Hamburg
1977 February-March
Box 22, Folder 15
Overseas trip: England, Holland, Switzerland, France, Norway, Italy, Israel
1977 April-May
Box 23, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Paris, Stockholm, Switzerland
1977 June
Box 23, Folder 2
Overseas trip: Holland, Switzerland, Copenhagen, Oslo, England, Hamburg, Paris
1977 September-October
Box 23, Folder 3
Overseas trip: West Germany, Zurich, Geneva, Amsterdam
1977 November
Box 23, Folder 4
Overseas trip: East Coast United States, England, Switzerland, Holland, France, West Germany
1978 February-March
Box 23, Folder 5
Overseas trip: Tokyo, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong
1978 May-June
Box 23, Folder 6
Overseas trip: England, the Netherlands, France, West Germany
1978 July-August
Box 23, Folder 7
Overseas trip: Genoa, Milan, Copenhagen, Rome, England, Switzerland, Paris
1978 September
Box 23, Folder 8
Overseas trip: London, Paris, Switzerland
1978 October-November
Box 23, Folder 9
Overseas trip: San Juan, Lisbon, Geneva, Zurich, Oslo, Brussels
1978 December
Box 23, Folder 10
Overseas trip: New Jersey, Baltimore, New York, Frankfurt, Bremen, Koblenz, Switzerland, Brussels, Amsterdam
1979 February-March
Box 23, Folder 11
Overseas trip: Portugal, Spain, Monte Carlo, Switzerland, Norway, Rome, London
1979 April-May
Box 24, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Key Largo, London, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden
1979 October
Box 24, Folder 2
Overseas trip: Mahwah, Brussels, Amsterdam, West Germany, Switzerland, Italy
1979 November
Box 24, Folder 3
Overseas trip: Fort Worth, New Jersey, New York, Paris, Switzerland, Stuttgart, Backnang, Oslo, London, Holland
1980 February
Box 24, Folder 4
Overseas trip: New York, Washington DC, West Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain
1980 April-May
Box 24, Folder 5
Overseas trip: Washington DC, Stockholm, Switzerland, London, Rome
1980 June-July
Box 24, Folder 6
Overseas trip: England, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Switzerland - visits to Mullard and AGA
1980 September-October
Box 24, Folder 7
Overseas trip: Frankfurt, Kiel, Hamburg, West Germany, Switzerland, England
1980 November
Box 24, Folder 8
Overseas trip: New York, Paris, Zurich, Rome, Israel, Antwerp
1981 April
Box 25, Folder 1
Overseas trip: New York, Brussels, Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Germany, Holland
1981 April-May
Box 25, Folder 2
Overseas trip
1981 May-June
Box 25, Folder 3
Overseas trip: Princeton, Paris, Hamburg, Oslo, Zurich, Geneva
1981 August
Box 25, Folder 4
Overseas trip: Mahwah NJ, Holland, Hamburg, Bremen, London, Frankfurt, Brussels
1981 October
Box 25, Folder 5
Overseas trip: New Jersey, New York, West Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands (Agent's Conference)
1981 November
Box 25, Folder 6
Overseas trip: Philadelphia, New York, West Germany, Amsterdam, Switzerland, Spain
1981 December
Box 25, Folder 7
Overseas trip: Philadelphia, Switzerland, Holland, Washington DC
1982 March
Box 25, Folders 8-10
Overseas trip: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Delhi, West Germany, Switzerland, New York
1982 April-May
Box 25, Folder 11
Overseas trip: Switzerland, Holland, New York, Fort Wayne
1982 June-July
Box 25, Folder 12
Overseas trip: Stockholm, Oslo, Switzerland, Brussels, Paris, London
1982 September
Box 26, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Europe
1982 August-September
Box 26, Folders 2-3
Overseas trip: Frankfurt, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Geneva, Zurich, Vevey, London, Dallas
1982 September-October
Box 26, Folders 4-5
Overseas trip: Washington DC, Fort Monmouth, Frankfurt, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Paris, New York
1982 December
Box 26, Folder 6
Overseas trip: New York, London, Geneva, Zurich, Amsterdam
1983 April-May
Box 26, Folders 7-8
Overseas trip: July 4-11, 1983 - Japan
1983 July
Box 26, Folder 9
Overseas trip: England, Norway, Stockholm, Switzerland, Hamburg, Paris
1983 August
Box 26, Folder 10
Overseas trip: GPS-related business
1983 August
Box 26, Folder 11
Overseas trip: New York, New Jersey, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Holland, France
1983 October
Box 26, Folder 12
Overseas trip: Europe - Agent's Conference
1983 October
Box 26, Folder 13
Overseas trip: Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York
1984 October-November
Box 27, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Paris, Geneva, Rome, Zurich, Frankfurt
1984 March
Box 27, Folders 2-3
Overseas trip: Europe and Israel
1984 May
Box 27, Folder 4
Overseas contact information
1985
Box 27, Folder 5
Overseas trip: London, Zurich, Paris, New York
1985 March
Box 27, Folder 6
Overseas trip: Italy, Germany
1985 April
Box 27, Folder 7
Overseas trip: New York, Rome, Florence, Zurich, Copenhagen, Frankfurt
1985 April-May
Box 27, Folder 8
Overseas trip: East Coast, Holland, Switzerland
1985 June
Box 27, Folder 9
Overseas trip: Amsterdam
1985 June
Box 27, Folder 10
Overseas trip: England, Holland, Switzerland, East Coast
1985 October
Box 27, Folder 11
Overseas trip: Fort Wayne, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Zurich, New York
1985 November
Box 27, Folder 12
Overseas trip: business paperwork
1985 November
Box 27, Folder 13
Overseas trip: Frankfurt, Zurich, Geneva, London
1986 January
Box 27, Folder 14
Overseas trip: St. Louis, Washington DC, Zurich, Geneva, Brussels, London
1986 April
Box 28, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Europe and Washington DC
1986 June
Box 28, Folder 2
Overseas trip: Hungary, Israel, Western Europe
1986 July
Box 28, Folder 3
Overseas trip: Philadelphia, Switzerland, Germany
1986 September
Box 28, Folder 4
Overseas trip: Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Zurich
1986 October
Box 28, Folder 5
Overseas trip: Europe - Policy Advisory Board
1986-1987
Box 28, Folder 6
Overseas trip: Israel
1987
Box 28, Folder 7
Overseas trip: Paris, Amsterdam, London
1987 January
Box 28, Folder 8
Overseas trip: London, Switzerland, Paris, Florida
1987 March-April
Box 28, Folder 9
Overseas trip: London, Zurich, Frankfurt
1987 April
Box 28, Folder 10
Overseas trip: Germany, Israel, Yugoslavia, Switzerland
1987 June
Box 28, Folder 11
Overseas trip: Europe - Policy Advisory Board
1987 October
Box 28, Folder 12
Overseas trip: Holland, England, Switzerland
1987 November
Box 28, Folder 13
Overseas trip: Denmark, Germany, Holland
1988 March
Box 28, Folder 14
Overseas trip: Holland, France, Belgium, Switzerland
1988 April
Box 28, Folder 15
Overseas trip: Holland, Germany, Switzerland
1988 May
Box 28, Folder 16
Overseas trip: Holland, Switzerland, England
1988 June
Box 28, Folder 17
Overseas trip: Holland and England
1988 August
Box 28, Folder 18
Overseas trip: Switzerland, Netherlands, Paris
1988 October-November
Box 28, Folder 19
Overseas trip: Zurich, Amsterdam, London
1988 December
Box 28, Folder 20
Overseas trip: cancelled trip
1989
Box 28, Folder 21
Overseas trip: East Coast, Switzerland, Holland, Italy
1989 March
Box 29, Folder 1
Overseas trip: Switzerland, France, England
1989 July
Box 29, Folder 2
Overseas trip: England, Holland
1989 September
Box 29, Folder 3
Overseas trip: Holland, Switzerland, England
1989 December
Box 29, Folder 4
Overseas trip: England, France, Switzerland, Germany
1989 December
Box 29, Folder 5
Overseas trip: New York, Budapest, Zurich, Geneva
1990 June
Box 29, Folders 7-8
Appointment Books
1982-1990
Box 31, Folder 1, Box 30, Folders 7-8
Box 32
Media: Speeches and presentations
1983-1987
Scope and Content
12 audio cassettes. Cassette annotations: 3 grouped together marked “Magnavox”; "Position, Location, and Navigation Symposium,
1986 Keynote" (3 copies); “Ethics in Business – 1987” (3 copies); "MRL LA Hilton"; • "A P Stern – Ethics – edited master";
“Senior Management Perceptions of Internal Auditing” 1983.
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Box 72
Professional awards
1965-2004
Subseries 1.4: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1972-2011
Scope and Content
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a major international technical professional organization.
This subseries includes press releases, correspondence, travel agendas, and conference materials from 1975, the year in which
Arthur Stern served as President of the organization. The subseries also includes conference materials, correspondence, and
awards related to Stern’s continued involvement with the organization throughout his career.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
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Box 33, Folder 1
Certificates and recognition
1972-1976, 1981, 2003
Box 33, Folder 2
News release: Secretary IEEE
1972 January 12
Box 33, Folder 3
News release: Treasurer IEEE
1973 January 4
Box 33, Folder 4
News release: Vice President - Regional Activities IEEE
1974
Box 33, Folder 5
News release: President IEEE
1974 November
Box 33, Folder 6
Business cards and candidate biographies
1974
Box 33, Folder 7
Office of the President article - Electrical Engineering Times
1974-1975
Box 33, Folder 8
Venice, Italy Region 8 Committee Meeting
1975 April-July
Box 33, Folder 9
Athens, Greece
1975 March-May
Box 33, Folders 10-13
Correspondence and Memoranda: Popov Society - Moscow USSR
1975
Box 34, Folders 1-3
Correspondence: Irwin Feerst
1973-1977
Box 34, Folder 4
Hungarian Electrotechnical Association Budapest, Hungary
1974-1975
Box 34, Folder 5
Vienna, Austria
1975 June
Language of Materials: Contains some materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Brief correspondence regarding visit while president of IEEE
Box 34, Folder 6
VI Central American Convention Managua, Nicaragua
1975 April-September
Box 34, Folder 7
Mexicon 75 Mexico City, Mexico
1975 February-October
Box 34, Folders 8-9, Box 35, Folder 1
International IEEE: Japan, Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, Bangkok, India, Iran, Netherlands, etc.
1975-1976
Box 35, Folder 2
Overseas trip: Venice, Israel, Egypt, Athens
1975 April-June
Box 35, Folder 3
Overseas trip: Finland, USSR, Hungary, Vienna, Switzerland
1975 May-June
Box 35, Folder 4
Overseas trip: Managua, Nicaragua
1975 August
Box 35, Folder 5
Overseas trip: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Bangkok, India, Tehran, Netherlands, etc.
1975 September-October
Box 35, Folder 6
Overseas trip: the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark
1975 December
Box 35, Folder 7
IEEE Spectrum
1975 September
Box 35, Folder 8
Professional Activities of IEEE Address
1975 August 12
Box 35, Folder 9
IEEE membership documents
1975
Box 35, Folder 10
IEEE in Israel invitations
1975
Box 35, Folder 11
IEEE in Israel Program
1975
Box 35, Folder 12
Meetings with industry leaders
1975
Box 36, Folders 1-2, Box 35, Folder 13
Conference and travel programs
1975
Box 36, Folders 3-4
Correspondence: publications and articles
1975-1976
Box 36, Folders 5-7, Box 37, Folders 1-2
IEEE correspondence and newsletters
1975-2010
Box 37, Folder 3
Retrospective on the International Solid State Circuits Conference
1992
Box 37, Folder 4
International Solid State Circuits Conference Annual Conference
1993
Box 37, Folders 5-6, Box 38, Folders 1-2
IEEE History Center
1993-2009
Box 38, Folder 3
IEEE History Center: John J Guerrera
1995-2007
Box 38, Folder 4
IEEE retrospective - History Center
1961-2007
Box 38, Folder 5
Haraden Pratt Award
1999-2001
Box 38, Folder 6
IEEE Awards Events
1994-2006
Box 38, Folder 7
IEEE Recognition Council
2010-2011
Box 32
Media: IEEE Presentations
1975-1990
Scope and Content
7 1/8 inch audiocassettes. Titles/markings on cassettes: “Professional Activities of IEEE” August 12, 1975 (3 copies), "Nov.
5, 1986 IEEE Luncheon", "A P Stern May 6, 2002", 2 unmarked
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Series 2: Publications
1949-2004
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
The Publications series (1949-2004) contains technical papers, conference proceedings, and books to which Arthur Stern contributed.
It also includes his master’s thesis from Syracuse University. Additionally, the series includes newspaper articles that mention
or are related to Stern, mostly in a professional context.
Organization and Arrangement
The contents are arranged chronologically and by format.
Box 40, Folder 1
Early publications: Switzerland
1951
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Bulletins of the Swiss Association for Electrical Engineers with articles by Stern on the theory of series reactors for gas
discharge lamps and white fluorescent tubes, article for cold cathode fluorescent tubes about series reactors for fluorescent
tubes, article in Journal for Applied Mathematics and Physics on the theory of the of alternating current circuits for discharge
lamps.
Box 40, Folders 2-4
Early publications: Switzerland and GE
1949-1959
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Box 40, Folder 5
Abstract: "Economic Aspects of the Impact of Microelectronics on the Electronics Industry"
1950s
Box 40, Folder 6
Transistor AM Broadcast Receivers - GE Technical Information Series
1952-1954
Box 40, Folder 7
Electronics Magazine
1954
Box 40, Folder 8, Box 41, Folder 1
Scientific publications GE
1954-1961
Box 41, Folders 2-3
Syracuse thesis: "Transistor AM Broadcast Receivers"
1956
Box 41, Folder 4
Scientific publications and conference records
1960-1961
Box 41, Folder 5, Box 42, Folders 1-2
Technical journals
1951-1962
Box 42, Folders 3-5
Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers
1954-1957
Box 43, Folder 1
Institute of Radio Engineers Convention Records
1956
Box 43, Folders 2-3
Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1964
Box 43, Folder 4
Military Electronics
1980 December
Box 43, Folder 5
CIO Magazine
1992 March 8-11
Box 43, Folders 6-7, Box 44, Folder 1
International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers
1993, 2003
Box 44, Folder 2
Eta Kappa Nu "A Century of Honoring Excellence in Electrical and Computer Engineering"
2004
Box 44, Folders 3-6
Newspaper clippings
1957-1985
Box 45
Bound volumes
1953-2004
Language of Materials: Contains some materials in French and German.
Scope and Content
Contains 12 volumes. List of titles:
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Engineers as Executives: An International Perspective, William Aspray
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Proceedings of the Symposium on Modern Network Synthesis, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, April 13, 14, 15, 1955
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National Policy and Priorities for Science and Technology Act, 1975
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Profiles in Engineering Leadership: Eta Kappa Nu’s First Century Eminent Members, Greg Swedberg
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Handbook of Automation Computation and Control, Volume 3: Systems and Components (2 copies)
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Internationale Investitionen in Entwicklungaslandern, Dr. Tibor Rosenbaum
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Transistor Circuit Engineering, ed. Richard F. Shea
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Technique des circuits a transistors, ed. R.F. Shea (French translation of Transistor Circuit Engineering)
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Principles of Transistor Circuits, ed. Richard F. Shea (includes inscription)
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Proceedings of the National Electronics Conference Volume XVI 1960
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A Century of Honors 1884-1984, IEEE
Series 3: Personal materials
1940-2012
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French, German, and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
The personal materials in this series include Arthur Stern's personal correspondence with family and friends from the 1940s
in postwar Switzerland up until his death in Los Angeles in 2012. Some of the correspondence, particularly with Stern’s relatives,
is in German, Hungarian, and French. The series also includes black and white photographs and negatives, ephemera from post-war
Switzerland, personal travel itineraries, and personal records such as address lists, bibliographies, notes, genealogy research
and documentation, and letters to editors.
Organization and Arrangement
Contents are arranged by subject.
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Box 46, Folder 1
Arthur Stern school records
1940-1943
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian.
Box 46, Folder 2
Postwar Switzerland: photos
1940s
Box 46, Folder 3
Official documents at liberation
1945-1952
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and French.
Scope and Content
German materials include: official documents pertaining to liberation and proving Stern’s subsequent stay in Switzerland.
French materials include: official documents related to refugee status, liberation, and right to reside in Switzerland.
Box 46, Folder 4
Postwar Switzerland:
Bewusstsein und Sein - Swiss socialist student organization publication
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Two pamphlets containing articles from the Swiss Association of Socialist Students on the subjects of science and socialism,
the applicability of Karl Marx, sociology, comparing capitalistic and socialistic economic planning models, and reports on
local concerns.
Box 46, Folder 5
Correspondence: Postwar Switzerland
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: program from Arthur and Edith’s wedding, bank receipts, psychological evaluation of both Robert
and Arthur Stern sent to Leon Stern, correspondence regarding the unpaid bill stating their experience that Jewish clients
don’t want to pay their bills, correspondence regarding Leon Stern’s order for a psychological evaluation of his sons, the
official handwriting analysis of both Arthur and Robert Stern.
Box 46, Folder 6
Correspondence: job applications
1945, 1950-1953
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French and German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Letters from potential employers and invitations to visit certain laboratories, as well as correspondence
with a professor in Switzerland.
French materials include: Correspondence from University of Geneva law department regarding requirements for sitting exams.
Box 46, Folder 7
Correspondence: employment
1951-1961
Box 46, Folder 8
Arthur and Edith immigration and naturalization paperwork
1946-1956
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French, German, and Hungarian.
Box 46, Folder 9
Syracuse correspondence
1956
Box 46, Folder 10
Syracuse Jewish Welfare Federation
1958
Box 46, Folder 11
Letter to parents
1960 June 28
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian.
Box 46, Folder 12
Correspondence: Arthur and Edith ("Our Family Letters")
1965
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Letters from Edith to Arthur regarding the children (particularly their behavior and time at Aschers),
her visit to Switzerland, health updates, travel plans, Arthur’s parents.
Box 46, Folder 13
515 Bradford Parkway: real estate and legal correspondence
1959-1961
Box 46, Folder 14
7505 Park Heights Avenue: real estate and legal correspondence
1959-1965
Box 46, Folder 15
McGraw Hill reviews
1959-1964
Box 46, Folder 16
Transistor Circuit Engineering and other literary activities
1955-1963
Box 46, Folder 17
Jewish community in Switzerland
1955-1963
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Materials include: drafts of statute, list of board members and members of the Orthodox congregation in Geneva, notes about
how the congregation should be organized and relate to others in Geneva, minutes from the meeting at which the congregation
was founded and led by Leon Stern.
Box 48, Folders 1-2, Box 47, Folders 1-6
Correspondence: to parents (Leon and Bertha Stern)
1951-1981
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian and German.
Scope and Content
German language content includes:
Folders 1-3 of 8: Correspondence primarily from Edith to Arthur’s parents (Arthur’s are mostly in Hungarian) regarding health
updates, the children and their behavior and development, Robert Stern’s visits, thanking for various gifts, the search for
a new house, family visits and trips, real estate/work updates, getting used to life in the US, and an official statement
on Arthur’s experience while leaving Bergen-Belsen, APS correspondence regarding restitution.
Folders 4-6 of 8: Correspondence primarily from Edith to Arthur’s parents (Arthur’s are in Hungarian) regarding their children
(particularly their education and behavior), travel plans, plans for Jewish holidays, health updates, how busy Arthur is,
thank-you's for gifts received, move to Los Angeles, visits from Robert and Edith’s mother, and the whiskey business. Letters
from Jetty with good wishes for birthday and for the Jewish New Year, and regarding visits with Arthur and family.
Folders 7-8 of 8: Correspondence primarily from Edith regarding health updates, travel, their children (particularly their
education and development), Edith’s real estate work, business concerns, Arthur’s preoccupation with work, good wishes for
Jewish holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries, and Jewish social engagements.
Box 48, Folders 3-8
Correspondence: from parents (Leon and Bertha Stern)
1952-1976
Language of Materials: Materials are in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include:
Folders 3-5: Letters from Parents 1952-63 Correspondence from Arthur’s parents, particularly regarding travel, business and
financial concerns, investing in whiskey, family politics (especially regarding Robert Stern), family milestones, deliveries,
holocaust reparations, current events (particularly in Hungary, though includes brief mentions of the Kasztner trial, the
Eichmann trial, and the Kennedy assassination), and Stern’s children – particularly regarding their birthdays and Jewish education.
Folders 6-8: Letters from Parents 1964-1976 Correspondence regarding travel, move to Los Angeles and real estate concerns,
business concerns (primarily regarding Whiskey), financial and economic concerns (particularly regarding investments in the
stock market and taxes), discussions regarding Stern’s children (particularly Jewish education, behavior, Danny and Claude’s
bar mitzvah), family concerns and milestones, health updates, discussion of Jewish life and the congregation in Geneva, concerns
regarding the actions of Robert Stern, move to Magnavox, holocaust reparations (very briefly), current events (particularly
in Israel), congratulations to Stern on promotions within the IEEE, Edith Stern’s real estate business. Also includes a few
letters from Doris Pugatsch with general life updates.
Box 49, Folder 1
Correspondence: postwar
1947-1948
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian and German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich regarding an application
for a position, from a former girlfriend, from a lawyer regarding unpaid fees, telegrams from Vienna regarding passport, from
the socialist student association regarding a series of articles Stern should write on the situation in Hungary, from Swiss
officials regarding residence permit/release from internment.
Box 49, Folder 2
Correspondence: to parents
1962, 1965, 1970-71
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian and German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence from Edith to Arthur’s parents regarding Jewish holidays, the children’s behavior,
correspondence from Edith’s mother (Hulda) to Leon and Bertha Stern regarding health of Arthur and Edith, behavior of their
children while parents on vacation.
Box 49, Folder 3
Correspondence: Robert Stern
1955-1973
Language of Materials: Includes materials in Hungarian.
Box 49, Folders 4-6
Correspondence: family and friends
1951-1971
Language of Materials: Includes materials in Hungarian and German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Correspondence from Robert Stern regarding visits, Jewish holidays, and brief career updates. Correspondence
from Prof. M. Strutt in Zurich about Arthur’s work in electrical engineering/with transistors, thanking him for scientific
help and input, the births of Daniel and Claude Stern and from Prof. Weber regarding students interested in transistors. Updates
from family in England, letters from unknown person in Zurich regarding career changes, construction in Zurich. Letters from
Irene Michel in Zurich to Edith regarding the birth of Danny Stern, their (Irene and Louis’) engagement and increased Jewish
orthodoxy, her health, asking advice on relationship problems (prior to meeting Louis), work considerations at Butonia, reply
from Edith to Irene regarding her pregnancy with Danny, the differences between Switzerland and the USA, their record collection,
and their new house. Letter from Edith to George Mezoefi regarding her first months in the US, reply from George about work
at MGM (Ivanhoe, Singin’ in the Rain, etc.), 3D films in Switzerland and other work updates. Letters from various family members
and friends with brief life and health updates, and discussions of their children (particularly Danny’s birth). Arthur Stern’s
employment contract as an assistant at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Correspondence between Josef Stern
and Simon Wiesenthal regarding licenses in Austria, business and legal correspondence from Leon Stern, personal correspondence
between Bertha Stern and family providing general updates, family correspondence between Edith and her parents regarding travel
and health updates, as well as with Stern’s parents on same subjects.
Box 49, Folder 7
Correspondence: postwar, Edith and Arthur, Edith and family
1945-1951
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian and German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Correspondence from Edith to Arthur about his experiences in and impressions of the USA (including
anti-Semitism), career plans, travels, necessary visa paperwork and other visa related issues, her stress regarding work,
films and social life, health updates (particularly regarding an operation on her legs), preparations for Jewish holidays,
current events (threats of war, Swiss newspapers, . Correspondence from Edith’s mother and sister to Arthur about travels,
Arthur’s experiences in the US, Edith’s visa application process. Telegram to Arthur from his Grandparents on his 20th birthday.
Box 50, Folder 1
Holocaust artifacts
1933, 1944-1947
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Leon Stern's ID card from during German occupation of Budapest stating his profession and role in
collecting clothing, Leon Stern's immunization card as member of the Central Council of Jews in Budapest 1944, permit from
Central Council for him to monitor food supply in hospitals and detention camps, receipt from application for Stern family
emigration to Palestine, note thanking Leon for assisting with French-speaking refugees after the war.
Box 50, Folders 2-3
Congratulatory telegrams: Arthur and Edith Wedding
1952
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French, German, and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
Cards, telegrams, letters and a poem from friends and family congratulating Arthur and Edith Stern on their marriage, letters
to Leon Stern congratulating him on his son’s marriage.
Box 50, Folder 4
Leon and Bertha Stern: Correspondence, refugee and immigration documents, and death certificates
1938, 1947-1954, 1985-1986
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French, German, and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Correspondence with Leo Pugatsch regarding order for various chemicals, letter from Budapest regarding
experiences in the Hungarian revolution 1956 comparing it to experiences during WW2. Letter from Josef Stern to family August
1945 regarding finding who survived and his experience in Auschwitz and other Concentration Camps during the war. Correspondence
from Swiss authorities regarding finding family after the war. Letter to Arthur written in event of Leon Stern’s death during
surgery regarding his financial assets. Letter to Josef Stern and testament of Leon Stern outlining financial assets.
French materials include: official Swiss documents related to liberation and permission to travel.
Box 50, Folder 5
Family correspondence and immigration documents
1970-1981
Language of Materials: Materials are in Hungarian and German.
Box 50, Folder 6
Mother's estate
1983-1997
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: tax documents and asset inventory and summary for Hulda Samuel-Besser (Edith’s mother) after her
death in January 1983, financial documents, invoices and documents pertaining to inheritance and division of assets between
heirs, correspondence with manager of Hulda Samuel-Besser’s property in Zurich, appraisal of her valuables, correspondence
regarding memorial and gravestone, pamphlets from the Union Bank of Switzerland on taxes and inheritance laws and regulations,
Hulda Samuel-Besser’s death certificate, obituary in Zurich’s daily newspaper.
Box 51, Folder 1
Leon Stern speeches ("Papa's Speeches")
1962-1966
Language of Materials: Materials are in German and Hebrew.
Scope and Content
Speech given by Danny(?) at Bar Mitzvah thanking his parents and acknowledging his new role as a Jewish adult, speeches by
Leon Stern on the Bar Mitzvah of Danny Stern and Marcell Stern on biblical and Jewish themes of adulthood and celebration.
Box 51, Folder 2
Geneva pending matters
1969-1982
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and French.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Report on Swiss buyer fees, report regarding dividends from British war loans, notes regarding creation
and demand for payment for a memorial plaque for Stern’s parents.
French materials include: Correspondence regarding Swiss bank accounts.
Box 51, Folder 3
Leon and Bertha Stern inheritance - inactive
1982, 1986-1987
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and French.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Official pamphlets from Swiss association of lawyers regarding regulations of their fees and associated
responsibilities.
French materials include: Inventory of Swiss bank safe deposit box.
Box 51, Folder 4
Leon and Bertha Stern: will, death certificates, and correspondence
1982-1997
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French and German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: doctor’s report on the health of Bertha Stern, two letters from Bertha Stern to Claude and Jackie
Stern about travels, university, and summer break, paperwork and statements regarding the healthcare of Leon and Bertha Stern,
correspondence related to parents' stay in Vevey, and Leon Stern’s will.
French Materials include: death certificates for Leon and Bertha Stern and related medical correspondence from nursing home,
letters thanking Arthur Stern for donations in his father’s name, correspondence from nursing home regarding parents’ room
and finances, announcement of Leon Stern’s death.
Box 51, Folder 5
Leon and Bertha Stern: obituaries
1985-1986
Language of Materials: Materials are in German.
Scope and Content
Obituary for Leon Stern detailing his personal and work history, obituary for Bertha Stern detailing her past and relationship
to Leon, as well as an article commemorating the unveiling of their shared gravestone and providing a detailed personal history
of Leon and Bertha.
Box 51, Folder 6
Leon and Bertha Stern: mausoleum
1986
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French, German, and Hebrew.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Document written by Stern giving short biography of his parents in honor of the unveiling of their
gravestone in Geneva.
French materials include: Correspondence from Robert to gravestone vendor regarding sketches for mausoleum.
Box 51, Folders 7-8
Correspondence: condolences
1986
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French, German, and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
Condolence letters and correspondence on the occasion of Stern’s father and mother’s deaths.
Box 51, Folder 9
Correspondence: gravestone in Veyrier
2007-2009
Language of Materials: Includes materials in French.
Scope and Content
French materials include: correspondence to Robert regarding parent’s gravestone in Veyrier.
Box 52, Folder 1
Correspondence: from and related to Leon and Bertha Stern
1967, 1983
Language of Materials: Includes materials in Hungarian.
Box 52, Folder 2
Correspondence: Arthur, Edith, and friends
1974-1975
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German, French, and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Correspondence from friends regarding their health, thank-you's for bar mitzvah gifts, greeting
for the Jewish High holidays.
French materials include: thank you note from a friend.
Box 52, Folder 3
Correspondence: Robert Stern and family
1976-1997
Box 52, Folder 4
Correspondence: Arthur and Robert Stern
1982, 1986
Box 52, Folders 5-7
Correspondence: Stern family - children and grandchildren
1971-2011
Box 52, Folder 8
Correspondence: Stern family
1973-2008
Language of Materials: Includes material in German.
Scope and Content
German material includes: Letter from family in Switzerland with good wishes for Jewish New Year and general updates.
Box 52, Folders 9-10
Family correspondence and history
1988-2008
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: Memorial notice for yearly remembrance of the death of Leon Stern and Hulda Samuel-Besser, first
letter from Arthur to uncle Josef Stern after the war regarding who made it through the war, his experiences arriving in Switzerland
and the struggles (particularly financial) of life as a refugee, assets remaining in Hungary, possible return to Hungary and
related challenges.
Box 53, Folder 1
Correspondence and ephemera
1979-1984
Box 53, Folder 2
Saved articles and related correspondence
1985, 2007-2011
Box 53, Folder 3
Personal correspondence: philanthropy and estate matters
1989
Language of Materials: Includes materials in Hungarian.
Box 53, Folder 4
Personal communication: Jewish politics
2002-2003, 2011
Box 53, Folder 5
Correspondence: first transistor radio
2003-2012
Box 53, Folders 6-8, Box 54, Folders 1-5
Personal correspondence
1969-2011
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German, French, and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence with relatives in Europe, primarily good wishes and short family updates around the
Jewish High Holidays, thank you cards and good wishes for the Jewish High Holidays, brief correspondence regarding real estate
in Berlin and with relatives in Europe regarding general life updates, cards of congratulations and good wishes, casual correspondence
with and cards and thank you notes from family in Europe, thank you note, gift of a tree in honor of birthday, correspondence
with friends and family in Switzerland regarding travels and general life updates, postcard from relatives, Christmas card,
correspondence to friends regarding Switzerland in WW2, their engagement in the Jewish community, and good wishes for the
High Holidays, official letter from the tax agency in Zurich.
Box 54, Folder 6, Box 55, Folder 1
Political cards and notes
1969-2010
Box 55, Folder 2
Photographs of Stern, family, and friends
undated
Box 55, Folder 3
Stern family: publications
1968, 2003-2010
Box 55, Folder 4
Stern family: Thommy Kramer thesis
1993
Box 55, Folder 5
Claude Stern interview with Arthur
1994
Box 55, Folder 6
Grandchildren bar/bat mitzvah
1997-2009
Box 55, Folder 7
75th birthday party Edith and Arthur
2000 August
Box 55, Folder 9
Passover in the Dob utca
2010
Box 56, Folder 2
Arthur Stern biographies and resumes
1973-2008
Box 56, Folder 4
Notes on Israel
1999-2000
Box 56, Folder 5
Notes
2003, 2007, most undated
Box 56, Folder 6
Bibliographies/booklists
2002
Language of Materials: Includes materials in Hungarian.
Box 56, Folder 7
Letters to editors
1979-2006
Box 56, Folder 8
Jerusalem Post article
2003 January
Box 56, Folder 9
Jewish Journal op-ed by Arthur Stern
2008
Box 56, Folder 12
The Barbarians Before the Gate pre-print
2000
Box 57, Folders 1-3
Notes and correspondence: whisky market
1962-1974
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: business correspondence between Leon and Arthur Stern regarding issues surrounding their whiskey
investments, financial concerns, Arthur’s desire to divest due to losses, tax concerns, real estate, devaluation of the British
pound, stock investments, brief discussion of German reparations, the overproduction of whiskey, insurance policies for whiskey
investments, and negotiations with whiskey brokers and related firms in both Britain and Switzerland, contract with Stersa
AG for purchase and subsequent sale of whiskey, Bank Koschland & Hepner AG reports on the whiskey market, production, prices,
investment strategies, and about patterns of consumption in different countries.
Box 58, Folders 1-2, Box 57, Folders 5-6
Personal travel
1976-2005
Box 58, Folder 3
Class action lawsuit
2009-2010
Box 58, Folder 4
Media: Stern computer files
2005, 2013
Scope and Content
Contains two CD-Rs and one USB drive. Both CD-R's labelled: "Arthur's Machine 8/12/05 My Documents E-mail addresses Recovered
emails 8/31/05" USB with email explaining contents: outlook files, personal financial information, correspondence
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Box 72
Artwork and ephemera
undated
Box 39
Media: family photos and videos and file backups
1988-2012
Scope and Content
Contains 8 DVD-Rs, 2 CD-Rs, 6 CD-RWs, 6 flexidiscs. Includes file backups, family photos, granddaughter bat mitzvah video
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Series 4: Holocaust Restitution
1938-2013
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
The Holocaust Restitution subseries includes family correspondence related to restitution claims, legal correspondence related
to those claims, and related official documents concerning real estate, finance, and family history. Much of this correspondence
and related documentation is in German and Hungarian. It also includes Holocaust testimonials, oral history transcripts, and
correspondence and media articles related to the Kasztner transport and
Killing Kasztner, the documentary film made about the controversy. Additionally, it includes printed materials and related correspondence
from organizations dedicated to assisting Holocaust survivors, including the California Humanitarian Foundation for Holocaust
Survivors, for which Stern served as chairman.
Organization and Arrangement
Contents are arranged by subject.
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Box 59, Folder 1
Hungarian bank documents
1938, 1961
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: declaration in lieu of oath regarding financial worth and reparations claims.
Box 59, Folders 2-3
Insurance and property claims
1997-1998
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: documents and correspondence pertaining to inheritance and property claims in Germany, petition
for certificate of inheritance for heirs (Robert and Arthur) of Bertha Stern whose parents (Mechel and Feige Frankfurter)
owned property in Germany, documents pertaining to heirs of Bertha and her siblings.
Box 59, Folders 4-7
Hungarian restitution
1991-1998
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include:
Folders 1-2 of 4: documents, correspondence, and questionnaire pertaining to inheritance and establishing Arthur and Robert
as heirs to their mother, also Lilly (Livia) Frankfurter to Bernard Frankfurter, and other siblings.
Folders 3-4 of 4: legal declaration and other documents pertaining to parent’s war experience and Hungarian restitution claims.
Box 60, Folders 1-4
Berlin property claims
1992-1999
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include:
Folders 1-2 of 4: correspondence and legal agreements related to 14 inherited properties in Berlin.
Folders 3-4 of 4: correspondence with lawyers and relevant legal forms pertaining to property restitution and inheritance
in Berlin, correspondence between lawyers and heirs in the 1950s pertaining to restitution and their statements regarding
the forced sale of properties in Berlin during the Nazi period, form from Lilly Frankfurter relinquishing her claims, copies
of official documents from forced sale of a property in the 1930s.
Box 60, Folders 5-6
East Germany property restitution
1992-1999
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence with lawyers and legal documents related to property restitution claims in Berlin,
legal proceedings regarding the return of certain properties – particularly Libauerstrasse 5, and correspondence between Stern’s
lawyer and the Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
Box 61, Folders 1-2
Restitution
1995-2009
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence with German officials and official forms pertaining to Arthur and Robert Stern claiming
father Leon Stern’s restitution in Germany, correspondence about and claim against Germany calling for accurate pay out of
interest on a property.
Box 61, Folders 3-4
Property restitution
1999-2004
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence with lawyer and official German offices pertaining to property restitution and sale
of certain properties in Berlin, bill for lawyer’s costs, property appraisal.
Box 61, Folders 5-6
Restitution Claims
1992-2003
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence with lawyer and official documents pertaining to restitution, sale/auction of Berlin
properties, and property claims, reports on the properties themselves, copy of report on Bergen-Belsen from survivors of Kasztner
transport, official document on sale of Danzigerstrasse 51, correspondence between lawyer and conference on Jewish Material
Claims against Germany regarding properties, official documents regarding inheritance and heirs.
Box 61, Folder 7
Guide to Holocaust Reparations
2000
Box 62, Folders 1-2
Kasztner
1948, 2009-2010
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Scope and Content
Contains photocopy of document from 1948. German materials include: report on Bergen-Belsen and list of names in Kasztner
Transport.
Box 62, Folder 3
German restitution
1956-1962
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: legal documents, claims, and correspondence pertaining to reparations and restitution, especially
regarding payments for health problems caused by experience in the Holocaust. Also pertaining to claims for Edith Stern.
Box 62, Folder 4
Parents' German reparations
1959-1963
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: additional (rejected) reparations claims against the German government based on Bertha Stern’s health
issues, rejection of Leon Stern’s claims, and Bertha Stern’s application for reparations based on her health, legal statements
verifying Leon Stern’s character and position in Budapest at the time of German occupation.
Box 62, Folders 5-6
Hungary partial compensation
1959-1971
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German and Hungarian.
Scope and Content
German materials include: reparations pertaining to Leon Stern and Joseph Stern, including correspondence with lawyers and
official state offices in Germany (Stuttgart, Mainz) and legal forms. Also legal declarations regarding the basis and extent
of the claims in Budapest and Germany, and statements from employees at the time of the German occupation of Hungary verifying
Leon and Joseph Stern’s claims, medical documents and statements for Mrs. Bertha Stern-Frankfurter and Leon Stern to prove
health damage done during Holocaust.
Box 62, Folder 7
"An Interview with Arthur Stern"
1993
Box 63, Folders 1-2
Testimony and restitution reports
1998-2007
Box 63, Folder 3
Holocaust: Bulgaria - Events in Los Angeles
1990-2011
Box 63, Folder 4
Holocaust: Budapest/Hungarian
1988-2008
Language of Materials: Contains materials in Hungarian.
Box 63, Folder 5
Switzerland/Swiss Consul General
1998-1999
Language of Materials: Contains materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: correspondence pertaining to the role of Switzerland during the Second World War and thanking Stern
for his efforts in the research, and his engagement in its support.
Box 63, Folder 6
Holocaust-related clippings
1998-2000
Box 63, Folder 7
Holocaust memorials/monuments
1994, 1996
Box 63, Folder 8
Holocaust: re: speaking engagements
1997, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012
Box 63, Folder 9
Holocaust oral history general
1987, 1996
Box 63, Folder 10
Holocaust oral history
2011
Box 63, Folder 11
Testimony: Mendel Max Rozmaryn
2009
Box 64, Folder 1
Holocaust restitution
1993-1997
Box 64, Folders 2-3
California Holocaust Insurance Settlement Alliance
1999-2002
Box 64, Folder 4
Association of Holocaust Survivors from the Former USSR
1994-1997
Box 64, Folder 5
Jewish Council for Public Affairs materials
1998-2000
Box 65, Folders 1-5, Box 64, Folder 6
California Humanitarian Foundation for Holocaust Survivors
2001-2006
Box 39
Media: Oral histories and Holocaust-related films
1996, 2011, 2013
Scope and Content
Contains 4 DVD-Rs. Title list: "Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Interview 12494 1996 Arthur Stern", "Shoah:
Edith Stern Interview 1996",
Killing Kasztner (2008),
The Empty Boxcars: a film by Ed Gaffney.
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Series 5: Community Involvement
1966-2012
Scope and Content
The Community Involvement series includes correspondence and printed matter pertaining to the many community organizations
with which Arthur Stern was involved, such as Americans for Peace Now, the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, and the
Progressive Jewish Alliance. The files labelled “Jewish” include materials from a variety of Jewish organizations. The series
also includes notes and correspondence related to Israel and politics in the Middle East, as well as correspondence related
to Stern’s philanthropic activity.
Organization and Arrangement
Contents are arranged by organization.
Box 66, Folder 1
Correspondence: Seaver Science Library (USC) and Syracuse Library gifts
1968-1988
Box 66, Folder 2
Jewish Publication Society
1969-2005
Box 66, Folder 3
Correspondence: community activity
1969-2007
Box 66, Folder 5
Anti-Defamation League Dinner Committee
1986 April
Box 66, Folder 6
Anti-Defamation League dinner - Torrance Marriott Hotel
1986 June
Box 66, Folder 7
New Israel Fund
1990-1995
Box 66, Folder 8
Arab/Jewish Speaker's Bureau
1994
Box 66, Folders 9-10
American Jewish Congress
1994-1998
Box 67, Folders 1-2, Box 66, Folder 11
Americans for Peace Now
1994-2012
Box 67, Folders 3
Jewish learning
1996-2010
Box 67, Folders 4-5
Muslim/Jewish dialogue group
1998-2001
Box 67, Folder 6
Progressive Jewish Alliance
1999-2003
Box 67, Folder 7
Labor Zionist Alliance
2000-2001
Box 68, Folder 1
Tzedek Award
2001, 2005, 2006
Box 68, Folders 5-6
Bureau of Jewish Education
2004-2006
Box 69, Folder 1, Box 68, Folder 7
Association for Civil Rights in Israel
2006-2011
Box 69, Folder 2
Mt. Rushmore Institute
2007
Box 69, Folder 3
"Fighter for Justice" article on Arthur Stern community involvement
2010
Box 69, Folder 4
Jewish: correspondence and printed materials
1969-2012
Box 69, Folder 5
Jewish: reports, publications, and awards
1969-2012
Box 69, Folder 6
Jewish: correspondence, printed materials, and events
1969-2012
Box 69, Folder 7
Jewish: correspondence and reports
1969-2012
Box 69, Folder 8
Jewish: correspondence and news clippings
1969-2012
Box 70, Folder 1
Synagogue Beth Jacobs
1968-1993
Box 70, Folders 2-3
Middle East politics clippings
1981-2010
Language of Materials: Includes materials in German.
Scope and Content
German materials include: articles from
Die Welt on the USA’s attempt to decrease tensions in the Middle East and avoid being drawn into a war, and article on the 40th anniversary
of Hermann Goering’s order to begin Jewish transports to the east.
Box 70, Folders 6-7
Shinar/Israel economic development
1991-1993
Box 70, Folder 8
California Israel Chamber of Commerce
1996-1998
Box 71
Jewish newspapers/magazines
2003-2012
Box 72
Awards and recognition
1966-2004
