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COLLECTIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS NAME OF COLLECTION: Abraham EPSTEIN Papers SOURCE: Gift of Mrs, Abraham Epgtein, 1950 SUBJECT: Social Security; Old Age Pensions DATES COVERED: 191fi -_ iq92 NUMBER OF ITEMS: ca> 50,000 STATUS: (check appropriate description) Cataloged: x Listed: j Arranged: x Not organized: CONDITION: (give number of vols., boxes, or shelves) Bound: Boxed: 86 Stored:^OQe LOCATION: (Library) R4re Btf8f and Manuscript CALL-NUMBER Mfi n RESTRICTIONS ON USE None DESCRIPTION: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, minutes, lists, reports, financial records and printed materials of Abraham Epstein, 1892-1942, Research Director, Pennsylvania Commission on Old Age Pensions, 1918-1921 and 1923-1927; Executive Secretary, American Association for Social Security, 1927-1942. The personal and business papers of Abraham Epstein relating to his fight on behalf of Social Security and old age pensions. There is related materials at the University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology and at Cornell University. For list of collection see following pages. 1950 rev. 4/87 Brc D3(178)M Epstein Papers - ABRAHAM EPSTEIN PAPERS — INDEX Box 1: Acjpis, Jane—Correspondence (Oct. 1929-June 1935) Advisory Commission to the Council of Nationals Defense— Reports, etc. (July 1940-Jan. 1941) '! Alabama—Correspondence (April 1929-June 1938) Amalgamated Banjc of Now York—Correspondence (June 1931-Jan. 1932) American Child, pub.d by the NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COM., N.Y. CITY (Nov. 1931-April 1941) Amn. Assn. for Economic Freedom, Wash., D.C.—Correspondence, declaration, etc. (Oct. 1937-Feb; 1938) Box Z-. Amn. Assn. for Social Security—Appeals for money—Correspondence (May 1931-Nov. 1942) —Appeals foundations—Correspondence, etc. (Jan. 1932-Oct. 1935) —Bill—"A State Old Age Assistance Bill" —Commended in correspondence (June 1932-April 1941) —Comments on work & N.Y. old age pension bills (March 1926-April 1931) —Constitution—Correspondence —Suggested draft —Cooperative struggle for existance—Corres., announcement, etc. (Dec. 1941-Sept. 1942) x —Luce's Press Clipping Bureau—Correspondence (June 1931-June 1943) —Nice letters responding to appeals, etc. (Oct.-Nov. 1941) —Organization—Beginning—Correspondence, minutes, etc. (Jan.-Dec. 1927) Box 3: — Press release (Jan. 1937-Nov. 1938) (Feb. 1939-Oct. 1940) —Publicity—Correspondence (April 1941-Jan. 1942) —Requests for informations 1 (May-Dec. 1928) 2 (Jan.-Feb. 1929) 3 (March-April 1929) 4 (May-Oct. 1929) 5 (Aug.-Oct. 1929) Box 4: A.A.S.S, Advisory Council—Correspondence (Oct. 1927-Nov. 1933} Advisory Com. on Social Insurance—Corres., lists, etc. 1 (June 1933) 2 (July 1933-Dec. 1940) Board of Directors—Invitations to meetings (Jan. 1937-Dec. 1938) (Jan. 19393Nov. 1940) —Minutes (Oct. 1935-Dec. 1940) Box 5: Executive Com. meetings—Corres., minutes, etc. 1 (Sept. 1929-Dec. 1930) 2 (Jan. 1931-April .1932) —Minutes, agenda, etc. (March 1927-May 1933) Social security (monthly)—Free mailing lists 1 (March 1933-N^v. 1936) 2 (Feb. 1937-Nov. 1941) Box 6: Amn. Council on Public Affairs. Schnapper, Morris B. —Correspondence, pamphlets, etc. (Dec. 1937-Nov. 1941) Epstein Papers - Amn. Federation of Labor—Corres., draft, etc. (Nov. 1929-Sept. 1942) .-Maurer, Janes H. —Corres. (Feb. 1927) . Pres. Green, William—Corres., bills, etc. (Aug. 1931-March 1936) American Murcury—Correspondence (Nov. 1930-Feb. 1932) American various assns.—National conferences—Program (May-Dec. 1933) Appeal for charity—Clippings, pamphlets,etc. (Dec. 1924-Feb. 1929) Box 7: Argentina—Pensions, correspondence, etc. (1921-June 1927) Arizona—Correspondence (3ep^# 1930-July 1933) Arkansas—Correspondence (Feb. 1929-Feb. 1940) Associated Silk Workers. Matthews, Joseph E. —Corres. (Jan.1930-Feb.1932) Assns. of social work, workers, consumers, universities, churches,etc. —Correspondence lists, etc. (Sept,1928-April 1941) Austria—Acts, etc. (Dec.l906-Dezenber 1924) Australia—Pamphlet3, regulation, table, forms, corres. (1908-Dec.l926) Box 8: Bardwell, Francis, Bur. of Old Age Assistance, Mass.— Correspondence (April 1931-April 1942) Barkin, Solomon—Correspondence (May-July 1933) Battle, George G. —Correspondence (March 1931-March 1932) Belgium—Bui., pamphlet (1925) Billikopf, Dr. Jacob—Correspondence(Jan.1928-1930/1931-Jan.1942) ' Bills 1931—Drafts—Arkansas, Conn., Mich., Ohio ^Blossom, Frederick A. —Correspondence, etc. (Jan.l932-March 1942) 3racton-, Jack-. - The truth about weekly industrial insurance \ (magazine), Chicago, 111. —Correspondence (June 1933-April 1937) Brazil—Decret No. 4,682 (Janvier 1923) Broadcasting—WNYC (Feb. 1938) Brookwood, Inc., A School for^Progressive Labor Education —Correspondence, etc. (0ct.l927-March 1936) Bulgaria—Regulations, etc. (March 1906-June 1924) Burlingham, C. C#, N.Y.City—Correspondence, etc. (March 1929-Nov.l939) Box 9: Caldwell, Helen E ,Irving, N.J.—Corres. (Aug.1928-Jan.1930) California—Correspondence (Feb.1939-Feb.1942) Calif. Social Welfare Dept.—Corres. (Jan.1929-Dec.1938) Canada—Correspondence (Dec.1929-Jan.1942) Canada. Dept. of Labour. Government Annuities Branch— Rept., corres., etc. (March 1936-April 1938) Can. Toronto. Cohen, J.L. —Corres. (April 1927-Nov.l928) Cartoons, drawings, etc.—Old age pensions (Feb.l932-July 1935) Chamberlin, Joseph P . Columbia University—Corres. (1928-1936) Chile—Articles (1924) Christian Social Justice Fund. Gilman, Elizabeth—Corres. (Jan. '28-Dec. '31) '; (Jan.'32-Julyf33)j Box 10: Christmas appeal—Clippings, etc. (Dec.1930) \ Clark, Prof. Jane,,Perry. The rise of a new federalism—Corres. ( (July 1937-June 1938) ] Cochran, Edwin Paul—Correspondence (Sept. 1939-Jan. 1941) j Cogswell, Edmund S Extent of old age dependency (NOv.-Dec. 1926) I Cohen, Wilbur H. *Colorado—Correspondence (March 1938-Aug.l940) | See: S.S.B. Colo. Denvor—Com. & general corres. (July 1931-Sept.l938) * Columbia University. Seager, Henry R —Corres. (Feb. 1930) Conneticut—Correspondence, etc. (Feb#1934-June 1940<) Conn. Commission on Old Age Pensions. Meeker, Royal—Corres. (June 1931-Aug.l934) Epstein Papers - Conn. Cora, for Old Age Security—Corres., etc. (June 1934-0ct.l935) —Minutes (Feb. 1936-Jan. 1935) Conn. Federation of Labor. Egan, John J.—Corres. (March130-Sept.'4: C 7,echoslovakia—Regulations (Dec. 1921) Box 11: Delaware—Correspondence, etc.(Feb.1929- Sept.1936) Denmark—Notifications (June 1922-Feb.l925) Devine, Dr. Edward T —Corres. (Jan.l932-May 1937) Dies Com.—Amer. Youth Cong, rebuffed by Epstein, A.—Corres.(Oct.-Dec.' Dill-Connery bill 1932&1934—Corres. (Feb.T32-May«34) in 4 folders. Douglas, Prof. Paul H.,Univ. of Chicago—Corres. (Jan. '29-Jan. '42) du?ont, Alfred I., Wilmington, Del.—Corres. (Oct.f30-June '36) Box 12: The Eagle magazine (Sept.1922 & Dec. 1923) —Corres., clippings, etc. (July '33-Sept.'37) Eagles, Fraternal Order of —Bulletins, corres., etc. (April f22-Nov.T Elias, Harry L. ^-Corres. (Feb. 1931-Aug. 1933) Emergency Work Bureau—Corres., payroll sheets, etc. (Dec.'30-Oct.'55) Box 13: Epstein, A. —Articles (Sept. 1923-?) in 4 folders. —Corres. (July 1930-1939) in 6 folders. —Biographical mater-Lais far pv / c . Box 14: ^ —Biography & comment by Leonard, Oscar (Feb. 1938) n, c . " —Helping for immigration visa—Guigui, Albert—Corres. ?nnrwn * '• (Feb -April 1942) 100th Anniversary -Wadler, Arnold -Rager, Dr. Fritz-Carres., of pstein 8 birth. (Sept.-40-Dec. Ml) etc! (April '38-Nov. Ml) correspondence & —Personal corres. (Feb. 1927-June 1932) in 2 folders. - printed materials, 1992) __RadiQ talks..Corres> {0ot# 1936.De0. 1940) —Research—Cards, clippings. —Speeches & lecture series—Perry & Wise, Inc. — Corres., lists, news releases, etc. (Nov.f37-June '38) —Syllabi for (Comparative) Social Security courses (1941-1942) Box 15: —Speaking engagements—Corres., etc. (Oct. f33-Dec.'37) in 6 folders. Box 16: —Speaking engagements—Corres., etc. (Jan. f38-May '39) in 2 folders. —Western lecture tours, 1936 & 1937, in 5 folders. Box 17: The Challenge of the agedy-Corres., etc. ('28-Sept.'42) in 4 folders. Insecurity: a challenge to America (1936-July 1942 ) in 4 folders. Box 18: The Insurance racket, ancarticle (1930-1934) in 5 folders. N.Y.U. term papers by his students(June 1940-Jan. 1942) in 4 folders. Box 19: Epstein, Mrs. Abraham—Corres. (Dec. 1937-May 1938) . Epstein, the Abraham Testimonaial Com. —Financial statements, appeals, etc. (Jan. 1942-Feb. 1943) Evening sun, Baltimore. Fitzgerald, Stephen E. —Corres. (Jan. f37-0cfc»»4i Epstein Papers - Federated Press—Releases on old age pensions, labor movement, etc. (July 1927-June 1934) Florida—Correspondence (Feb. 1928-Oct. 1939) Flynn, John T. —Correspondence against Epstein's militancy, statements about several statesa& assns., etc. (Feb.'38-May f40) Foreign correspondence (Jan. 1930-June 1941) in 4 folders. Box 20: Foundations. The Thrift & Security Foundation. Fell, Herbert N. —Correspondence (Aug. 1937-Oct. 1937) Foundations, Philanthropic—Pamphlets, repts., clippings, & corres. (1930-^ay 1942) France—Act (July 1909), rapports, bul. (1923-Sept. 1925) —Pamphlets, etc. (1900-Mars 1925) in 2 folders. France, Clemens J. —Correspondence (March 1941-April 1943) Fir industry—Charity chest—Correspondencec etc. (May 1929<-Jan. 1940) Box 21: Gage, Margaret—Correspondence (Feb. 1935-June 1943) Gale, Zona's story Lights out (1932-1934) General Welfare Act—Correspondence, etc. (Sept. 1937-Jan. 1940) Georgia—Correspondence (Feb. 1929-April 1940) Germany—Pamphlet & correspondence (Juli-Sept. 1921) Gilbert, Mart & E. Albert, Philadelphia, Pa. —Corres. (Feb. 1936-May 1937) Glassberg, Benjamin, Federated Jewish