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Box and Folder Listing
Series A: General Files. 1920-1965.
An Inventory to the
Henry Slonimsky
Papers
Manuscript
Collection No. 637
Henry Slonimsky Papers
Manuscript Collection No. 637
1920-1965
Introduction |
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| Name: | The Henry Slonimsky Papers. | |
| Dates: | 1920-1965. | |
| Quantity: | 4.4 linear feet; 11 Hollinger boxes. | |
| Identification: | Manuscript Collection No. 637. | |
Biographical Sketch
Henry Slonimsky was born in Minsk on October 9, 1884. After coming to the United States in 1890, Slonimsky studied under Hermann Cohen and earned a Ph.D. at the University of Marburg in 1912.
After teaching philosophy at various universities in the United States for a number of years, Slonimsky briefly joined the faculty of the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati from 1922-1924. In 1924 he went on to the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City where he eventually became dean of the school. Slonimsky retired from this position in 1952.
Slonimsky was a noted scholar. In his role as dean of the Jewish Institute of Religion he influenced dozens of American rabbis and contributed greatly to the discourses of philosophical thought and writings in this country and beyond. A collection of his writings was published as Essays in 1967.
Henry Slonimsky died in New York City on November 12, 1970.
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Scope and Content Note
The Henry Slonimsky Papers consists of writings and lecture notes of Henry Slonimsky. There is no correspondence or other materials in the collection. The beginning of the collection consists of nine folders of miscellaneous and general writings arranged by title. These are followed by nine boxes of files focusing on specific topics or persons. These topical files contain various and accumulated writings on that topic or person as authored by Slonimsky and have been kept in their orginal order.
Most of the materials in this collection are undated. The dated materials span the years 1920-1965. At the end of the collection are two folders of miscellaneous and untitled manuscripts that could not be identified.
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Organization and Arrangement
The papers are divided into alphabetically by topic in a single series, with writings followed by topical files.
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Restrictions
Access Information
The papers are open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.
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Administrative Information
Citations
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Henry Slonimsky Papers and the American Jewish Archives.
Provenance
The Henry Slonimsky Papers were donated to the American Jewish Archives by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, N.Y. in August, 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by Kevin Proffitt, October, 1999.
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Box and Folder Listing
Series A: General Files. 1920-1965. |
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| These papers are arranged with two Hollinger boxes of writings, followed by topical files. | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | A-B, General. | |||||||||||
| 2 | C-H, General. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | I-K, General. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | L-O, General. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | P-Ra, General. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Re-Ro, General. | |||||||||||
| 2 | S-V, General. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | W, General. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Y-Z, General. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Abravanel, Isaac. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Aristotle. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Cohen, Hermann. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Dangers and challenges facing Jews. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ethics. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ethics. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ethics. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Ethics. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ethics. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ethics. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ethics. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Greek philosophy. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Halevi, Yehuda. | |||||||||||
| 2 | History of philosophy. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jesus. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Jewish ethics. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jewish family. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kant, Immanuel. | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Luzzatto, Samuel David. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Maimonides, Moses. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maimonides, Moses. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maimonides, Moses. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Maimonides, Moses. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mendelssohn, Moses. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Midrash. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Midrash. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Midrash. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Midrash. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Modern philosophy. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Nineteenth century Jewish thought in Germany. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Paul of Tarsus. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pesikta de-Rav Kahana. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Philosophy of history. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | Philosophy of history. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Political theory. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Psychology of anti-semitism. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Schelling, Frederich Wilhem Joseph von. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | Social ethics. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Spinoza, Benedictus de. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Spinoza, Benedictus de. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Whitehead, Alfred North. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | Whitehead/Nietzsche/Leibnitz. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Miscellaneous and unidentified. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Miscellaneous and unidentified. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Personal miscellaneous materials. | ||||||||||||
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