American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Elaine Pittell papers

Archive

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Soviet Jewry Movement Archives Project

Name/Title

American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Elaine Pittell papers

Entry/Object ID

SJ-950

Scope and Content

Papers of Elaine Pittell cover the period from mid-1970’s to early 1990’s and document her and her husband’s Robert Pittell’s activities as the Chair of the Jewish Federation of South Broward’s Soviet Jewry Committee. The documents include correspondence, memos, minutes, publications, news clippings, audiocassettes, videocassette, disc negatives and pins.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Correspondence, Memorandums, Legal documents, Clippings, Audiocassettes, Commemorative jewelry, Minutes, Negative prints, Photographs, Videocassettes

Archive Details

Creator

Pittell, Elaine

Date(s) of Creation

1974 - 1994

Archive Size/Extent

0.75 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box)

Primary Language

English, Russian, Finnish

Archive Items Details

Subjects

Jews, Soviet, Refuseniks, Emigration & immigration, Antisemitism, Human rights, Political activists, Political prisoners, Refugees, Former Soviet republics, Helsinki (Finland)

Location

* Untyped Location

American Jewish Historical Society

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Shcharansky, Anatoly, National Conference on Soviet Jewry (U.S.), Pittell, Robert, Nudel, Ida, Meir, Golda, 1898-1978, Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992, Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016, Jewish Federation of South Broward, United Jewish Appeal, Jewish Federation of South Broward’s Soviet Jewry Committee

Web Links and URLs

https://archives.cjh.org//repositories/3/resources/19860

Copyright

Notes

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