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Anti-defamation League

 Organization

Biography

ADL is a leading anti-hate organization. It was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of anti-Semitism and bigotry. The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Mountain States Regional Office began in 1913 as a volunteer committee in B'nai B'rith, led by Simon Heller. The purpose of the organization was to fight prejudice and intolerance and to preserve the Jewish democratic heritage. The formal organization was established in 1941 as the tri-state office with Harold Saks as the first director. The Mountain States Regional Office in Denver worked toward the elimination of discrimination in employment, housing, accommodations and education.

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Defamation League, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0005
Abstract

Various materials related to the Anti-Defamation League.

Dates: 1968-1978

Anti-Defamation League, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0006
Abstract

Various materials related to the Anti-Defamation League.

Dates: 1968-1978

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Mountain States Regional Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: B090
Abstract The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Mountain States Regional Office began in 1913 as a volunteer committee led by Simon Heller. The purpose of the organization was to fight prejudice and intolerance and to preserve the Jewish democratic heritage. The formal organization was established in 1941 as the tri-state office with Harold Saks as the first director. The Mountain States Regional Office in Denver worked toward the elimination of discrimination in employment, housing,...
Dates: 1940-1980

Background Information, 1956-1961

 File
Identifier: B436.02.0003.0009
Abstract

File contains a speech by former president of the U.N. general assembly about communism, Extracts from the Communist International, a map of Africa, and Notes on the Adolf Eichmann Trial prepared by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

Dates: 1956-1961

Box 1, 1969-1977

 File — Box B090.01.0001: Series B090.01 [Barcode: U186020737821]
Identifier: B090.01.0001
Abstract

(31) File folders include: Anti-Defamation League; Soviet Jewry; correspondence, press releases, individual files, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1969-1977

Box 1, 1968-1978

 File — Box B093.01.0001: Series B093.01 [Barcode: U186020739263]
Identifier: B093.01.0001
Abstract

(31) file folders include: Action Committee of Newcomers from Soviet Union; Anti-defamation League; Bay area council; Jews in the USSR; Multiple committee papers. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union and set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program.

Dates: 1968-1978

Box 1, 2011

 File — Box B453.01.0001: Series B453.01 [Barcode: U186023293363]
Identifier: B453.01.0001
Abstract

Box contains one (1) DVD with interviews from Coloradan Holocaust survivors.

Dates: 2011

Box 3, 1947-1977

 File — Box B090.01.0003: Series B090.01 [Barcode: U186020737847]
Identifier: B090.01.0003
Abstract

Loose publications: bulletins, newletters, news clippings, press releases, pamphlets, booklets.

Dates: 1947-1977

Box 4, 1947-1977

 File — Box B090.01.0004: Series B090.01 [Barcode: U186020737855]
Identifier: B090.01.0004
Abstract

(25) File folders include: Soviet Jewry, anti-semitism, conversion material, Babi Yar Park, ADL Speaker's Bureau Biog., membership lists, Jewish Community Center.

Dates: 1947-1977

Box 5, 1947-1977

 File — Box B090.02.0005: Series B090.02 [Barcode: U186020737863]
Identifier: B090.02.0005
Abstract

Approximately 80 Audio-visual records: tapes and films produced and/or distributed through National Office of ADL.

Dates: 1947-1977

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 29
Collection 2
 
Subject
Jews 24
Antisemitism 18
Anti-Semitism 5
Denver (Colo.) 5
Audio-visual materials 3