Box 1

Typescripts of agenda and minutes taken at the general membership Business Meetings (held at annual conference); contain comments from committee chairs and members re.: budget; Executive Board member nominations; B.H. Levy award; tactics for expanding the membership; announcements of regional projects on Jewish history; public relations matters.

General Recommendations prepared by Harriet Stern detail basics of conference planning including: designation of convention hotel, meal suggestions, logistics of sessions, transportation, etc; includes typescript of "Duties of Local Chairs and Their Committee"; "Notes for Conference Guidelines" prepared by Janice Blumberg (1985) for the Executive Board.

Correspondence re. depositing SJHS archives at Tulane University; bulk of correspondence (1998-2000) documents donation of SJHS archives to the College of Charleston’s Jewish Heritage Collection; lists of archive committee members and "Mission Statement for Southern Jewish Historical Society Archives."

Includes list of names of those appointed to the Committee for SJHS 1995 New Orleans conference; "Policy for Host Committee" (date?) breaks down host committee responsibilities.

Committee report lists individuals contacted to help fulfill the committee’s goal to "draw up a list of educational needs that may be met by the Southern Jewish Historical Society"; includes suggestions for educational outreach (instruction kits, educational curricula, poster exhibits).

Reports presented at Executive Board meetings; include discussion re. guidelines for grants and awards; how to advertise grants; lists of award recipients and projects for various years; recommendations for future grant submission procedures; discussion of grant categories; correspondence re. SJHS support of other projects and with Mrs. B.H. Levy re. establishment of the B.H. Levy award.

Includes "Tentative Job Description for the Membership Chair"; committee reports presented at annual meetings include membership statistics and information about different membership categories; mentions Life Memberships, membership drives, etc.

Procedures for producing the SJHS newsletter; newsletter committee reports presented at annual conference; budgets; drafts of newsletter articles including essay on the Jewish community in Florida; list (1993) of scholars and Jewish organizations that received a complimentary newsletter.

List of Nominations Committee members.

Correspondence highlighting SJHS publications; committee correspondence re. possibility of reinstating a Journal of Southern Jewish History; solicitation of manuscripts for such a publication; lists (1995) of committee members.