Description
The contents of the Anti-Defamation League Collection reflect institutional, educational, and organizational matters that the ADL has addressed over the course of its history
from 1913 to the late 1990s, the ending dates of the latest contents of this collection. It contains local, regional, and
national materials. Social topics addressed by comments and actions of the ADL include Antisemitism, Christian Antisemitism,
racial discrimination and reverse discrimination, hate crimes, the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel. Organizations
investigated by the ADL and exposed for their alleged social injustices include the John Birch Society, the Ku Klux Klan,
Islamic extremists, Christian "cults", etc. The collection consists solely of paper records, including correspondence, newspaper
articles, and publications of the ADL, from 1946-1998.
Background
The Anti-Defamation League, also known as the ADL, is a special human relations agency founded in 1913 by B'nai B'rith in
the United States, the oldest continually operating Jewish Service Organization in the world. A recognized leader in its field,
the ADL is dedicated in purpose and program to translating the U.S.'s heritage of democratic ideals into a way of life for
all Americans.The declared mission of the ADL is "to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals
to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. Its expressed purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens
alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens."
Restrictions
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Availability
This collection is open for research.