Jerry Goodman Papers undated, 1954, 1959-2008 [bulk 1971-1989]

The bulk of the Jerry Goodman papers cover the activities from the early 1970s through late 1980s. The collection includes some minutes of meetings, memoranda, correspondence, newsletters and publications of the NCSJ and its precursor, the American Jewish Committee on Soviet Jewry (AJCSJ, 1964-1971). Among other materials are some posters and considerable number of photographs on Refuseniks and of the ASJM events in New York and the US, audio recordings on compact cassettes and reel-to-reels re-mastered into CD format, and VHS tapes. The collection also contains non-paper objects like political buttons, pendants, and bracelets devoted to prisoners of conscience in the USSR, as well as a t-shirt, a scarf and a shopping bag. ; Mr. Jerry Goodman donated the papers in 2002-2003. ; The collection contains papers of Jerry Goodman, the founding director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the largest and most influential organization created by the American Jews to coordinate efforts on behalf of Soviet Jews, which survives today as NCSJ: Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia. ; Finding Aid available in Reading Room and on Internet. ; far0315 ; digitized in part