Minutes, 1945-1950

File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Minutes pertain to the Section's continuing support for equal rights, notably for racial integration of the Charleston Police Department; aid to the Pinehaven Tuberculosis Sanitarium; the Ship-a-Box program for at-risk children in Israel; unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine; creation of a Walterboro sub-section; establishment of a Mental Hygiene clinic, a precursor to sex education; and a declaration opposing Eugene McCarthy and congressional inquiries into "un-American activities" (the Second Red Scare) as a threat to democracy.

Dates

Creation: 1945-1950

Creator

From the Collection: National Council of Jewish Women. Charleston Section (Organization)

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research but has use restrictions. Executive board and meeting minutes from 1906 to 1950 and addendums and motions are photocopies of originals held by the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA), on the Cincinnati Campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Materials may not be duplicated or published without explicit permission from the American Jewish Archives.

Additions to this collection have been minimally processed, but are open for research.