Finding Aid to the Development Corporation for Israel records

Presley Hubschmitt

The Bancroft Library

2022

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library

Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library

Title: Development Corporation for Israel records

Creator: Development Corporation for Israel. Northern California Area. San Francisco

Creator: Western Jewish History Center (144)

Creator: Judah L. Magnes Museum (WJHC 1982.002)

Creator: Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/688

Physical Description: 26 linear feet (9 cartons, 2 boxes, 14 oversize boxes)

Physical Description: 12 videocassettes (VHS)

Physical Description: 6 audiotape reels

Physical Description: 6 film reels

Physical Description: 2 sound discs

Date (inclusive): 1950-2001

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Language of Material: English .

Content Description

This collection consists of administrative records, ephemera, scrapbooks, photographs and slides, and audio-visual materials from the San Francisco office of Israel Bonds. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks relating to local Israel Bonds events that occurred between 1950 and 1990. Materials relating to the work of San Francisco Jewish women in Israel Bonds are particularly interesting and include many scrapbooks of annual fashion shows and other events. The photographs in the collection document important local Israel Bonds events and trips and also include many portraits and photographs of Israeli leaders, local Jewish leaders, and even some celebrities. The collection also includes reel-to-reel audiotapes, videotapes, and films relating to events sponsored by Israel Bonds and that feature well-known Jewish and non-Jewish personalities from the San Francisco Bay Area and other locations.

Biographical / Historical

The Development Corporation for Israel (Israel Bonds) was founded in 1951. It was established in 1951 to promote the economic, industrial, agricultural, and scientific development of the State of Israel. The State of Israel designated the Development Corporation for Israel (DCI) to replace the American Financial and Development Corporation for Israel as sole underwriter of Israel bonds effective May 16, 1955. The first Israel Bonds sales drive was launched in New York by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister. Ben-Gurion's coast to coast tour of the United States would raise 52.6 million dollars by the end of 1951. Through 1985, it had sold seven billion dollars (i.e. $7,000,000,000) worth of bonds for Israel.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Accruals

No future additions are expected.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Development Corporation for Israel records were transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.

Existence and Location of Copies

There are no alternative forms of this collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Development Corporation for Israel records, BANC MSS 2010/688,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Processing Information

Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2022 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.

Bonds -- Israel.

Bonds.

Jews.

California -- San Francisco Bay Area.

Israel.

Fashion shows.

Fashion -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.

Development Corporation for Israel. Northern California Area. San Francisco

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

Administrative files Series 1. approximately 1950-2001

Physical Description: 4.5 linear feet(carton 1-2; oversize box 12)

Physical Description: Carton 1-2; oversize box 12.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of various administrative materials including event invitations, press releases, correspondence, mailings, publicity packets, and posters for Israel Bonds events.

carton 1, folder 1-2

Administrative materials and correspondence 1950-1951

carton 1, folder 3-5

Administrative materials and correspondence 1952

carton 1, folder 6-7

Administrative materials and correspondence 1953

carton 1, folder 8

Israel Bonds - Big Day Publicity Kit 1953 June 14

carton 1, folder 9

Press release - Israel Bonds 1954

carton 1, folder 10-16

Administrative, publicity, and Israel Bonds events materials 1955

carton 1, folder 17

Robert Briscoe, Lord Mayor of Dublin - Bay Area visit 1957

carton 1, folder 18

Israel Bonds event invitations 1959

carton 1, folder 19

Administrative and Israel Bonds events materials 1960

carton 1, folder 20

Administrative and Israel Bonds events materials 1961

carton 1, folder 21-22

Administrative, publicity, and Israel Bonds events materials 1962

carton 2, folder 1-3

Administrative and Israel Bonds events materials 1963

carton 2, folder 4

Administrative, Israel Bonds events materials, and correspondence 1964

carton 2, folder 5-6

Administrative, Israel Bonds events materials, and correspondence 1965

carton 2, folder 7

Israel Bonds event invitations 1965

carton 2, folder 8

Administrative, publicity, and Israel Bonds events materials 1966-1968

carton 2, folder 9

Administrative and Israel Bonds events materials 1971-1979

carton 2, folder 10

Israel Bonds events invitations 1980s

carton 2, folder 11-12

Golda Meir Award events 1986

carton 2, folder 13

Administrative handouts and event invitations - including Israel's 50th year celebrations 1990s

carton 2, folder 14

Israel Bonds High Holy Day Campaign publicity packet 1997

carton 2, folder 15

Israel Bonds event invitations 2001

carton 2, folder 16

Miscellaneous Israel Bonds event invitations and administrative materials undated

carton 2, folder 17

Biographies of various people undated

carton 2, folder 18-19

Event invitations (not Israel Bonds events) undated

carton 2, folder 20

Israel maps and travel brochures undated

carton 2, folder 21

Newspaper clippings 1955-1957

carton 2, folder 22

Newspaper clippings undated

oversize_box 12

Israel Bonds posters undated

oversize_box 12

Israel Bonds foam core poster boards undated

Scrapbooks Series 2. approximately 1950-1994

Physical Description: Carton 3; carton 4, folder 1-12; oversize box 1, folder 2-7; oversize box 2-12.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of scrapbooks that include newspaper clippings, press releases, photographs, and event invitations.

carton 3, folder 1-2

Women's Division Israel Fashion Show - Publicity scrapbook 1956

carton 3, folder 3-5

Publicity scrapbook 1961-1962

carton 3, folder 6-7

Publicity scrapbook 1963

carton 3, folder 8-9

Publicity scrapbook 1963-1964

carton 3, folder 10-11

Publicity scrapbook 1965

carton 3, folder 12-14

Publicity scrapbook 1966

carton 3, folder 15-18

Publicity scrapbook 1967

carton 4, folder 1-2

Publicity scrapbook 1968

carton 4, folder 3

Publicity scrapbook 1969

carton 4, folder 4-5

Publicity scrapbook 1970

carton 4, folder 6-7

Publicity scrapbook 1971-1972

carton 4, folder 8-10

Publicity scrapbook 1973-1975

carton 4, folder 11-12

Publicity scrapbook 1976-1978

oversize_box 1, Folder 2-3

Scrapbook 1950s

oversize_box 1, Folder 4-5

Scrapbook 1953

oversize_box 1, Folder 6-7

Scrapbook 1958

oversize_box 2, Folder 1-2

Scrapbook - Publicity book 1958

oversize_box 2, Folder 3

Scrapbook 1959

oversize_box 2, Folder 4-5

Scrapbook 1960

oversize_box 2, Folder 6

Scrapbook 1961

oversize_box 3

Scrapbook 1960

oversize_box 4, Folder 1

Scrapbook 1962

oversize_box 4, Folder 2-4

Scrapbook - Dior Israel 1962

oversize_box 5

Scrapbook - Israel International Fashion Festival 1963

oversize_box 5

Scrapbooks - Saint Laurent Israel 1964

oversize_box 6, Folder 1-2

Scrapbook - Givenchy Israel 1965

oversize_box 6, Folder 3-4

Scrapbook - All Israel Fashion Festival 1966

oversize_box 6, Folder 5-6

Scrapbook - All Israel Fashion Festival 1967

oversize_box 7, Folder 1-2

Scrapbook - All Israel Fashion Festival 1968

oversize_box 7, Folder 3-4

Scrapbook 1968

oversize_box 7, Folder 5-6

Scrapbook - 15th Annual Israel Fashion Festival 1969

oversize_box 8, Folder 1-2

Scrapbook - Fashion Show 1970

oversize_box 8, Folder 3

Scrapbook - Fashion Festivals 1971

oversize_box 8, Folder 4

Scrapbook - Fashion show 1972

oversize_box 9, Folder 1

Scrapbook - Fashion show (continued from o/s box 8, folder 4) 1972

oversize_box 9, Folder 2-3

Scrapbook - Fashion Show 1978

oversize_box 9, Folder 4-5

Scrapbook 1979-1980

oversize_box 10, Folder 1-2

Scrapbook 1981

oversize_box 10, Folder 3

Scrapbook 1984

oversize_box 10, Folder 4-5

Scrapbook 1986

oversize_box 11, Folder 1-2

Scrapbook 1988

oversize_box 11

Scrapbook 1991

oversize_box 11

Scrapbook 1992-1994

oversize_box 11

Scrapbook - International Israel 40th Anniversary Dinner 1988 June 5

oversize_box 12

Scrapbook 1950s

Photographs Series 3. approximately 1950-1998

Physical Description: Carton 4, folder 13-23; carton 5-7; box 1; oversize box 1, folder 1.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of print photographs, negatives, and slides related to Israel Bonds events including fashion shows, meetings, and travel to Israel.

carton 4, folder 13

Farewell Party for Chaim Herzog - photographs, slides, and cassette tape 1978 June 22

carton 4, folder 14-15

Unidentified negatives undated

carton 4, folder 16

Israel Bonds Women's Division negatives 1977

carton 4, folder 17

Ida Gallas negatives 1978 March

carton 4, folder 18

Ben Swig and labor people negatives 1978 March 21

carton 4, folder 19

Northern California community dinner and fashion show negatives 1993

carton 4, folder 20-23

Israel Bonds events photographs 1950s-1960s

carton 5, folder 1

Eddie Cantor photographs 1957

carton 5, folder 2-3

Israel Bonds events and meetings photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 4

Israel Bonds events photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 5

Mrs. Henry Harris - Israel Bonds events photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 6

B'nai B'rith Israel Bonds photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 7

Nobel Prize Winners photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 8

Eleanor Roosevelt photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 9

Golda Meir giving Eleanor Roosevelt award at Israel Bonds luncheon photographs 1961

carton 5, folder 10

Israel Commendation Dinner photographs 1962 December 01

carton 5, folder 11-15

Israel Bonds events photographs 1960s-1970s

carton 5, folder 16-18

Israel Bonds events photographs 1970s

carton 5, folder 19

Israel photographs 1960s

carton 5, folder 20

Arnon, Bach, Sankovich Installation - Bank of California photographs 1960s-1970s

carton 5, folder 21

Israel Bonds Executive Committee photographs 1970s

carton 5, folder 22

Shomrei Yisrael photographs 1974

carton 5, folder 23

Israel Bonds event photographs 1974 December 22

carton 5, folder 24

Israel Bonds - Cranston Dinner photographs 1976

carton 5, folder 25

"Chateau" Fashion Show photographs 1976

carton 5, folder 26

Napa Israel Bonds event photographs 1978

carton 5, folder 27

Israel Bonds events photographs 1978

carton 5, folder 28

Weigman Institute photographs 1978 June

carton 5, folder 29

Israel Bonds planning meeting photographs 1979

carton 5, folder 30

Irving Rabin Dinner photographs 1979

carton 5, folder 31-33

Israel Bonds events photographs 1980s-1990s

carton 6, folder 1-7

Israel Bonds events photographs 1980s-1990s

carton 6, folder 8

Israel Bonds sponsor event - new leadership photographs 1980s

carton 6, folder 9

Lowenberg/Eban photographs 1980s

carton 6, folder 10

Israel Bonds fashion show photographs 1986

carton 6, folder 11

Israel Bonds PMC Dinner photographs 1986

carton 6, folder 12

Israel Bonds GM event photographs 1989

carton 6, folder 13-14

Israel Bonds events photographs 1990s

carton 6, folder 15

Prime Minister's Club Dinner photographs 1990

carton 6, folder 16

Soviet workers photographs 1993

carton 6, folder 17

Prime Minister's Club Dinner photographs 1993

carton 6, folder 18-19

Israel Bonds Northern California Community Dinner and Fashion Show 1993

carton 6, folder 20

Jerusalem 3000 Delegation photographs 1996

carton 6, folder 21

Israel Bonds investment Seminar - Seminar B'nai Israel Sisterhood Luncheon photographs 1998

carton 6, folder 22

Postcards undated

carton 6, folder 23

Israel Mission San Francisco delegation photographs undated

carton 6, folder 24-25

A-D photographs undated

carton 6, folder 26-27

E-K photographs undated

carton 6, folder 28-29

L-R photographs undated

carton 6, folder 30-31

S-Z photographs undated

carton 7

Swig event slides undated

carton 7

Israel cityscape slides and unidentified slides undated

carton 7

Unidentified slides undated

box 1, folder 1-3

Swig Family and Swig Dinner photographs undated

box 1, folder 4

Swig slides undated

box 1, folder 5

Annette Dobbs in Israel - Jerusalem 3000 Honoree 1996

oversize_box 1, Folder 1

Oversize photographs 1950s-1960s

Audiovisual materials Series 4. approximately 1952-1998

Physical Description: 14 videocassettes; 2 sound discs; 6 audiotape reels; 6 film reels in Carton 8-9.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of videocassettes and audio reels used for the promotion and publicity of Israel Bonds. It also includes two vinyl records of a speech given by David Ben-Gurion at the Hollywood Bowl in 1952.

Carton 8

Fairmont #1, #2, #3 1986 November 09

Physical Description: 3 videocassettes (U-Matic).

Carton 8

Fairmont - Roving tape #1 1986 November 09

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (U-Matic).

Carton 8

Israel Fashion Show 1993

Physical Description: 3 videocassettes (VHS).

Carton 8

With Our Sons and Our Daughters: A video for synagogue schools and day schools 1997