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Joseph E. Beck papers
Joseph E. Beck (1904-1981), a native of Racine, Wisconsin, was a social worker who helped Jewish refugees during World War II. Having previously worked for various social agencies in Cleveland, Ohio, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, Beck became the executive director of the Jewish Family Society of Phil...
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| Collection: | Joseph E. Beck Papers |
| Collection Number: | 3083 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
| Physical Description: |
1.2 Linear feet 3 boxes, 1 volume, 2 flat files |
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Joseph E. Beck (1904-1981), a native of Racine, Wisconsin, was a social worker who helped Jewish refugees during World War II. Having previously worked for various social agencies in Cleveland, Ohio, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, Beck became the executive director of the Jewish Family Society of Philadelphia in 1934. He headed this organization until 1942 when he accepted the executive directorship of the National Refugee Service, in New York City. He left this organization in 1950 and moved to California, where he continued social work and eventually retired.
This small yet vivid collection includes correspondence, family records, photographs, clippings, and 16mm films. The majority of the collection is comprised of Beck’s candid and personal writings on a variety of social, political, and cultural topics. Many of these writings were used in Beck’s autobiography, a copy of which is also in this collection. |