Kivie Kaplan papers
Scope and Contents
The Kivie Kaplan papers document the civic, philanthropic, and civil rights activities of Kivie Kaplan. The collection highlights the contentious relationship nationally between African Americans and Jews in the 1970s, the Civil Rights Movement post-1968, and American anti-Semitism. The collection encompasses 2.9 linear feet of correspondence ephemera, minutes, invitations, photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, collected writings and publications.
The predominate dates of the papers are between 1971-1975 and cover Kaplan’s membership and leadership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the B’nai B’rith Vocational Service, as well as his participation on the board of trustees for Edward Waters College, Tougaloo College, and Lincoln University. Main correspondents in the collection are Clifton Herman Johnson, S. Norman Feingold, Edward Barnette Muse, Gloster Bryant Current, and Roy Wilkins.
Dates
- Created: 1955-1975
- Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1975
- Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1976
Creator
- Kaplan, Kivie (Akiva "Kivie") (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Kivie Kaplan papers are open and available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.
Extent
2.90 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The Kivie Kaplan papers have been arranged into two series: Correspondence and other materials and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Within each series, materials are arranged with the correspondence listed first and then alphabetically by document type.
Source of Acquisition
Emily Rogers Kaplan (Mrs. Kivie)
Method of Acquisition
Gift
Processing Information
The re-processing of the Kivie Kaplan papers was completed in September 2016. The collection was originally processed in April of 1981.
Creator
- Kaplan, Kivie (Akiva "Kivie") (Person)
- Title
- Kivie Kaplan papers
- Author
- GMH and Chianta Dorsey
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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