Moses Moskowitz papers, 1923-1990, bulk 1942-1982

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Series IV: Professional Career

This series contains two subseries: subject files and writings. The subject files are arranged alphabetically by either organizational name or subject. Predominantly covering the period of the 1950s, these materials represent Moskowitz's early work at the United Nations. The writings subseries is arranged chronologically by publication date beginning with an articles subseries followed by a books subseries. The articles subseries spans the period from 1938 to 1976. Please note that English language translations have been provided in brackets for all foreign language article and journal titles. The books subseries contains all four volumes written by Moses Moskowitz: Human Rights and World Order: The Struggle for Human Rights in the United Nations (1958), The Politics and Dynamics of Human Rights (1968), International Concern with Human Rights (1974), and The Roots and Reaches of United Nations Actions and Decisions (1980). The first folder of each published book contains a first edition of the volume followed alphabetically by contract and correspondence files, drafts, notes, outlines, publisher catalogs and reviews.


Subject Files


The American Jewish Committee



Box 8 Correspondence, 1942-1946


Box 8 Covenant on Political and Civil Rights, undated


Box 8 The European Convention on Human Rights--Council of Europe,, 1952-1954


Box 8 Reports--Germany--Post-war, 1946, undated, 1946, undated


Box 8 Anglo-Jewish Association, 1943-1944, 1959, 1943-1944, 1959


Box 8 Committee for World Human Rights, Inc., 1964-1969


Box 8 Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations (CCJO), 1948-1955, 4 folders


Box 8 Encyclopedia Britannica--Report and Research, 1947 June


United Nations


Box 8 Administration, Organization and Structure, 1951-1954


Box 8 Bricker Amendment--U.S. Senate--Resolution 177 re, International Covenant of Human Rights,, 1951-1953


Box 8 Charter Revision, 1953 1955, 1953, 1955


Box 8 Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Stateless Persons,, 1953-1954, 2 folders


Box 8 Czechoslovakia--Jewish Trial, 1953 February-March


Draft International Covenant on Human Rights--3rd Committee


Box 8 Press Releases, 1954 October-November


Box 8 Proposals and Resolutions, 1954 August-November


Box 8 Summary Records, 1954 October-November, 2 folders


Box 8 Texts of Speeches, 1954


Economic and Social Council



Box 9 Commission on Human Rights--Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,, 1950, 1954-1955, 2 folders


Box 9 General Assembly, 1952 1954, 1952, 1954, 3 folders


Box 9 Reports, 1951-1954


Box 9 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1953-1954


Box 9 Freedom of Information--Code of Ethics, 1948-1954


Box 9 General Assembly--Statements, undated


Box 9 Hammarskjold, Dag--Statements, 1953-1954


Box 9 High Commissioner for Human Rights--Fight for, 1959-1965


Human Rights


Box 9 Conferences, Covenants, Days, Press Releases, Resolutions, Working Papers,, 1946-1953


Box 9 Publications--General, 1951-1954, 3 folders


Box 9 Human Rights Commission--10th Session, 1953-1954


International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)


Box 9 Trachoma Control and Child Health Centers Project, 1952-1954


Box 9 Trick or Treat for UNICEF Program, 1959-1960


Box 9 Refugees--Convention, 1951, 1954-1955, 2 folders



Box 10 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine in the Near East, 1954


Box 10 Reports, 1948-1954


Box 10 Secretary General--Speeches--Miscellaneous, 1952-1954


Box 10 Self-Determination, 1954 November-December


Box 10 Social Welfare Activities, 1953


Box 10 Statelessness, 1952-1954


Box 10 Statements--Officials, 1954


Box 10 Technical Assistance Program for the Economic Development of Under-Developed Countries,, 1954


Box 10 Trusteeship Council--Petition Procedure, 1954 May-June


Box 10 United Nations Day, 1954, undated, 1954, undated


Writings, 1938-1980


Articles, 1938-1976


Box 10 "Polish Public Opinion the 'Ghetto Benches,'"The Menorah Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 94-102,, 1938 January-March


Box 10 "The Jewish Situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia,"Jewish Social Studies, vol. IV, no. 1, pp. 17-44, 1942


Box 10 "Three Years of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia,"Political Science Quarterly, vol. 57, no. 3, 1942 September


Box 10 "In Retrospect and in Prospect,", 1946 May


Box 10 "The German's and the Jews: Postwar Report-The Enigma of German Irresponsibility,"Commentary, vol. II, no. 1, pp. 7-14, 1946 July


"The Political Reeducation of the Germans: The Emergence of Parties and Politics in Wuerttemberg-Baden, May 1945-June 1946" vol. 61, no. 4, The Political Science Quarterly--Article--Final, 1946 December, May 1945-June 1946, 1946 December


Box 10 Manuscript--Draft, 1946 December


Box 10 "The Outlawing of Genocide,"The City College Alumnus, pp. 14-15, 20--Article and Correspondence,, 1947 December


Box 10 "El décimo aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos del Hombre,"["The Tenth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"] Revista de la Alliance [ Journal of the Alliance ], pp. 19-21, 1958 October


Box 10 "A Decade of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,"Parents' Association Bulletin Yeshiva of Central Queens, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 2, 1958 November


Box 10 "Toward an Integrated Approach to International Human Rights,"René Cassin: Amicorum Discipulorumque Liber, vol. 4, pp. 61-68, 1970


Box 10 "The Narrowing Horizons of United Nations Concern with Racial Discrimination," La Revue des Droits de l'Homme [ The Human Rights Journal ], 4, 23, pp. 278-292, 1971


Box 10 Book Review--"Human Rights, The United Nations and World Community,"The American Political Science Association, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1417-1418 1972 December, 1417-1418, 1972 December


Box 10 "Whither the UN Human Rights Program," Israel Yearbook of Human Rights, vol. 6,, 1976


Books, 1958-1980


Human Rights and World Order: The Struggle for Human Rights in the United Nations (New York: Oceana Publications),, 1958


Box 10 Certificate of Copyright, Correspondence, Press Releases, Promotional Materials and Reviews,, 1958-1963


Box 10 Draft, undated


Box 10 Notes and Outlines--Chapters 1-3, undated


The Politics and Dynamics of Human Rights (New York: Oceana Publications), 1968



Box 11 Contract, 1967 July 12


Box 11 Correspondence, 1965-1972


Box 11 Draft--Title--The Internationalization of Man,, 1964 December


Box 11 Manuscript--Title: Human Rights and the Future of Man, 1968


Box 11 Notes and Outlines, 1968


Box 11 Publishers' Catalogs, 1968-1969, undated


Box 11 Reviews, 1968-1971


International Concern with Human Rights (New York: Oceana Publications, 1974)


Box 11 Manuscript--Drafts, 1974, 2 folders


Box 11 Chapters 9-10, 1974


Box 11 Index, undated


Box 11 Page Proofs, 1974


Box 11 Reviews, 1978


The Roots and Reaches of United Nations Actions and Decisions (Rockville, MD: Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 1980)


Box 11 Manuscript--Original, 1980, 2 folders



Box 12 Draft, 1980, 2 folders


Box 12 Endnotes--Drafts--Chapters 1-9, 1980


Box 12 Notes and Outlines--Chapters 1-8, 1980, 6 folders