Overview
- Description
- Includes correspondence, essays and writings, and other material pertaining to Pat's work with the Jewish Labor Committee. Correspondence (1937-1971) includes one file of obituary and memorial articles, and thirty-two files of correspondence, arranged chronologically. The correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing letters, reflecting Pat's involvement with a wide range of Jewish political and cultural organizations, and personal correspondence with friends from many countries. Of special note is a file of correspondence related to the publication of his conversations with Jewish Writers, 1959-1960. Also included is a small number of letters addressed to or written by other Jewish Labor Committee and Jewish Labor Bund officers and staff, which came into Pat's possession in the course of his work. Subject files (1935-1978), arranged alphabetically by topic, include a substantial number of material illustrating Pat's work with the Jewish Labor Committee, manuscript and printed reports and essays on a variety of topics related to the Holocaust and Jewish survival, and records of his travels. A small number of documents dating from the years after Jacob Pat's death in 1966 were preserved by his widow, Frieda.
- Date
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inclusive:
1935-1978
bulk: 1944-1960
- Collection Creator
- Jacob Pat
- Biography
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Jacob Pat was a journalist, writer and activist born in Bialystok, Russian Empire, in 1890. He served as the General Secretary of the Jewish Labor Bund's Central Association of Yiddish Schools in Warsaw, Poland in the years preceding World War II. A fund-raising trip in the fall of 1938 brought Jacob Pat to the United States where he was compelled to remain due to the war. He then devoted his efforts to anti-Nazi activity and rescue work and became the Executive Secretary of the Jewish Labor Committee, a position he held until his retirement in 1963. He also served as a member of the Delegation of the Jewish Labor Bund to the U.S., and as a chairman of the Congress of Jewish Culture.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Diaries. Reports. Minutes.
- Extent
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3,571 digital images : JPEG ; 3.32 GB.
5 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Organized into 2 series: I. Biographical and Correspondence, 1937-1971; and II. Subject Files, 1935-1978. Series I is arranged chronologically and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject, and there under chronologically.
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- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the: Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. See agreement between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Robert Wagner Labor Archives
- Copyright Holder
- Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Antisemitism--Soviet Union--History--20th century. Anti-fascist movements--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Jews--Persecutions--Europe. Jews--Politics and government. Labor movement--Poland. Refugees, Jewish. Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--1918-1945. Australia--History--1951-1965. Soviet Union--Foreign public opinion, French. Poland United States
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is TheTamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Fond WAG 127. The papers of Jacob Pat were donated to the The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives by his granddaughter, Rebecca Pat Cohen, in 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archvies recieved the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program in November, 2009.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:49:35
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