ABRAM, MORRIS B.
Morris B. Abram papers, 1940-2001
Morris B. Abram papers, 1940-2001
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8xwrv
Collection Stored Off-Site
All or portions of this collection are housed off-site. Materials can still be requested but researchers should expect a delay of up to two business days for retrieval.
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Abram, Morris B. |
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Title: | Morris B. Abram papers, 1940-2001 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 514 |
Extent: | 105 linear feet (110 boxes), 3 oversized papers boxes (OP), 1 oversized bound volume (OBV), and AV Masters: .25 linear feet (CLP) |
Abstract: | Papers of Morris B. Abram, former Ambassador to the United Nations, including correspondence, writings, reports, speeches, and clippings. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access this collection.
Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance for access to audiovisual materials in this collection.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Related Materials in Other Repositories
Morris Berthold Abram papers, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
Source
Gift, 1986, with subsequent additions.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Morris B. Abram papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Processing
Collection is arranged and described to the file level
Born digital materials processed by Brenna Edwards, 2018. No data could be recovered from the 5.25" floppy disks due to degradation.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
Morris B. Abram (1918-2000) lawyer, human rights advocate, and diplomat, born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Abram served in various capacities for government and political organizations such as Peace Corps (1961), American Jewish Committee (1963-1968) White House Conference on Civil Rights (1965), United Nations Commission on Civil Rights (1965-1968), United States Committee on Civil Rights (1984-1986), New York (State) Moreland Commission on Nursing Homes and Residential Facilities (1975-1976), President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1979-1983), and the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (1983-2000). Under President Bush, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1989-1992) in Geneva, and founded United Nations Watch (1993) following his term as Ambassador. Along with practicing law in New York (1962-2000), he also served as Chairman of the Board, Benjamin N. Cardoza Law School, Yeshiva University (1976-1979). He was the author of an autobiography, The Day is Short: An Autobiography (1982).
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of personal and professional papers of Morris B. Abram from ca. 1940-2001. It includes correspondence, writings, reports, speeches, and clippings. The materials document Abram's lifelong dedication to civil rights and human rights issues through his participation in, and appointment to, national and international committees. The collection contains information about Abram's leadership in several Jewish organizations; his involvement in higher education at Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.), Brandeis University (Waltham, Mass.), Yeshiva University (N.Y.), and his work with the United Negro College Fund, U.S. Commission on Human Rights, and the United Nations.
Arrangement Note
Organized into seven series: (1) Personal files, (2) Organization files, (3) Speech files, (4) Audiovisual, (5) Printed materials, (6) Writings by and about Abram, (7) Subject files.
Selected Search Terms
Corporate Names
- American Jewish Committee.
- Brandeis University.
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United Negro College Fund.
- United States. Commission on Human Rights.
- Yeshiva University.
Topical Terms
- Civil rights--United States.
- Human rights--United States.
- Jews--United States--Societies, etc.
- Minorities--United States.