PASSAMANECK, HERMAN. (1892 - )
Papers, 1917-1966. 0.4 Linear ft.
Papers describe the professional career and activities of Passamaneck, an active administrator of the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) in both Kansas City, Missouri, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The collection includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. Of particular interest is correspondence with Jacob Billikopf during his time in Kansas City, Missouri. Inventory available.

PORTER, JACK NUSAN. (1944- )
Papers, 1967-1982. 2 linear ft.
Papers of a sociologist consisting of correspondence and other materials relating to Porter's work and research in sociology, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. 

PRENTIS, MEYER L. (1886-1970)
Papers, 1904-1989. 0.4 linear ft.
Papers describe the life of Prentis as businessman and philanthropist. The collection includes correspondence and articles concerning Prentis' association with General Motors, articles and correspondence pertaining to his involvement with Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, along with family charts describing seven generations of the Prensky/Prentis family. Inventory available.

PRITZ, CARL E. (1898-1948). 
Papers, 1924-1948. 2.1 linear ft. 
Correspondence, lists, minutes, and reports of a Cincinnati businessman. Included are letters from Paul Baerwald, Israel Bettan, Jacob Billikopf, Boris D. Bogen, Barnett R. Brickner, Louis Finkelstein, James Heller, Henry Hurwitz, Alvin Johnson, Herbert Lehman, Maurice Levine, Ralph Mack, Judah Magnes, Adolph S. Ochs, Lessing Rosenwald, Murray Seasongood, Max Senior, Charles and Robert Taft, Ludwig Vogelstein, Felix Warburg, Jonah B. Wise, Louis Wolsey, and various committees, organizations, and societies concerning the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Hebrew Union College, the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Jewish welfare organizations, the New School for Social Research, the Menorah Association, and immigration. 

PROSKAUER FAMILY. 
Papers, 1862-1948. 0.8 linear ft.
Correspondence and other papers of Adolph Proskauer, Alabama, of Mrs. Adolph Proskauer, and Arthur Joseph Mayer Proskauer; manuscripts of articles, essays, novels, and plays written by Arthur Joseph Mayer Proskauer; and reminiscences of the life of John Proskauer of Breslau, Germany, who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1948 and after the Civil War, moved to Richmond, Virginia, written in 1948 by his grand-daughter, Jenny Proskauer, of St. Louis, Missouri. Adolph Proskauer's correspondence is with the Secretary of State, the War Department, relatives, friends and business associates. Arthur Joseph Mayer Proskauer's correspondence is with the War Department, friends, editors, and publishers, relating mostly to Adolph Proskauer's Civil War experiences and the Battle of Gettysburg. 

PURVIN, JENNIE FRANKLIN (1873-1958). 
Papers, 1868-1958. 6.3 linear ft. 
Correspondence, writings, newsclippings, and personal papers of a business executive of Mandel Brothers Department Store, Chicago, Illinois. . Some of the correspondents included in the collection are Solomon B. Freehof, Henry Horner, Edward J. Kelley, Leon Mandel, Louis L. Mann, Sidney J. Natkin, Janet Purvin, Moses L. Purvin, and Adolph Joachim Sabath. The collection also includes miscellaneous family correspondence.