Samuel A. Goldsmith PapersAn inventory of his papers at the University of Illinois at ChicagoInventory prepared by George Stachokas.

Samuel A. Goldsmith Papers

An inventory of his papers at the University of Illinois at Chicago


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Samuel, 1893-1987
	Title:	Samuel A. Goldsmith Papers
	Dates:	1925-1964
	Abstract:	Social worker and social agency administrator, Samuel Goldsmith (1893-1987) came to Chicago from New York in 1930 to become executive director of Jewish Charities of Chicago. Shortly after accepting that position, he helped organize the Community Fund of Chicago, a forerunner of the United Way. He was a charter member of the Joint Emergency Relief Fund and chairman of the health Division of the Council of Social Agencies during the 1930's. In this role, he instituted a policy of reimbursing hospitals with public funds for care given to the indigent. In 1936, he helped found, and served as executive director of the Jewish Welfare Fund of Chicago, which raised funds for European Jews in the midst of the Holocaust. The Jewish Welfare Fund eventually merged with other organizations to become the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago in 1950. Goldsmith served as executive vice president. The collection contains articles, reports, correspondence, minutes, clippings, and pamphlets. The materials pertain to the administration of Jewish welfare organizations in Chicago, New York and Europe as well as to the issues of social work, public health, refugees, senior citizens and child care.
	Quantity:	7.5 linear feet
	Identification:	SGoldsmith

Biography of Samuel A. Goldsmith

Samuel Goldsmith (1893-1987) came to Chicago from New York in 1930 to become executive director of Jewish Charities of Chicago. He helped to organize the Community Fund of Chicago, a forerunner of the United Way. A charter member of the Joint Emergency Relief Fund, Goldsmith also chaired the Health Division of the Council of Social Agencies during the 1930s. Samuel Goldsmith supported the use of public funds for relief and instituted a policy of reimbursing hospitals for care of the indigent. Goldsmith helped to create the Jewish Welfare Fund in 1936 and served as executive director. This agency provided funds and other assistance to European Jews during the Holocaust. After the Jewish Welfare Fund's merger into the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago in 1950, Goldsmith became its executive vice president. Active as a leader and speaker within the Jewish-American community, Samuel Goldsmith called on American Jews to support the needs and requirements of Jews abroad and the development of a modern State of Israel.

Scope and Contents

The Samuel A. Goldsmith Papers include notes, lectures, correspondence, speeches, published work, official reports, and other materials related to his work in Jewish charities and philanthropic organizations. These papers are divided into two series with the first consisting of manuscript materials. The second series consists of published material and bound reports.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Use

Fragile materials may not be photocopied.


Index Terms
	This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
	Subjects:
		Goldsmith, Samuel, 1893-1987 --Archives.
		Human services--Sources.
		Jews--Charities--Sources.
		Jews--Services for--Sources.

		Chicago Community Organizations
		Chicago Ethnic Groups


Series I: Manuscript Materials
Box	Folder
		Series I contains correspondence, minutes, programs, memoranda, clippings, and pamphlets. Materials are held related to the work of Samuel A. Goldsmith in Jewish charities and organizations such as the Jewish Welfare Fund, Jewish Charities Council, United Jewish Appeal, Bureau of Jewish Social Research, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and American Joint Distribution Committee, as well as other organizations such as the Council of Social Agencies.
Box	Folder
1	1	Speeches, 1928-1939
	2	American Association of Social Workers - speeches, clippings, November 1933
	3	Speeches - philanthropic associations and government agencies, 1928-1952
	4	Board of Jewish Charities - speech, May 28, 1936
	5	Social Work Year Book, May 28, 1936
	6	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "Public Welfare and Security: The Relationship of Jewish Social Work," January 3-6, 1935
	7	Jewish Charities Council - Notes, 1930-1960
	8	Jewish Welfare Fund - Reports, notes, and minutes, 1948-1965
	9	Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago - Reports, notes, minutes, and programs,, 1931-1965
	10	Board of Jewish Education, College of Jewish Studies - Notes and speeches, 1933-1949
	11	Speeches - child welfare, 1936-1945
	12	Jewish Federation - speeches, 1954-1965
	13	Combined Jewish Appeal - Reports, notes, speeches, and published material,, 1950-1965
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2	14	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "Trends for the Future," Address to National Conference of Jewish Social Welfare, June 8, 1949
	15	Jewish Federation - Federation Reviewing Committee materials, speeches, notes, reports, and clippings, 1932-1960
	16	Speeches, 1937-1966
	17	Speeches - healthcare for the elderly, 1931-1965
	18	Jewish Federation Board of Directors - speeches, 1931-1964
	19	Speeches - Jewish identity and social role, 1930-1933
	20	Speeches, correspondence, and clippings, 1933
	21	Speeches - modern hospital, 1934-1935
	22	National Conference of Jewish Social Welfare, Council of Social Agencies - correspondence and speeches, 1936-1937
	23	Speeches - social role of Jews, 1938-1940
	24	Speeches - Jews and American democracy, 1942-1949
	25	Speeches, 1950-1955
Box	Folder
3	26	United Jewish Appeal - Minutes and memorandum, 1939
	27	Memoranda - relief efforts in Europe and Israel, 1948-1952
	28	Speeches, 1936-1966
	29	Speeches - demographic change in the Jewish community, 1957-1963
	30	30. Bolduan, Charles, M.D. and Louis Weiner. "Causes of Death among Jews in New York City." New England Journal of Medicine 208, no. 8 (February 23, 1933): 407-416.
	31	Douglas Smith Health Service - Typed description of services offered, n.d.
	32	Speeches primarily - problems of military government and World War II refugees, , 1937-1963
	33	Notes, 1937-1963
	34	Speeches - the blind, 1951-1962
	35	Notes, speeches, and correspondence, 1930-1961
	36	Speeches - cost of healthcare, 1932-1933
	37	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "The Functional Agency and the Federation in Community Planning." 1932
	38	Speeches, 1933-1961
	39	Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds - official statement and other materials, 1942-1943
	40	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "Notes on Facilities and Costs in the Care of Convalescent and Chronic Sick," reprinted from Hospital Social Service 24 (1931): 415-423.
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4	41	Speeches, 1934-1935
	42	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "Social Problems Raised by Relief Giving," Minnesota State Conference, September 18, 1935
	43	Speeches, published material, notes, and related items, 1946-1964
	44	Correspondence, publications, memoranda, and reports, 1916-1954
	45	Correspondence and speech, 1932-1933
	46	U.S. Refugee Relief Program and Governor's Committee for the Refugee Relief Program (Illinois) - brochures, reports, memoranda, correspondence, and related materials, 1953-1957
Box	Folder
5	47	Council on Refugee Aid - correspondence and memoranda, 1941
	48	Community and War Fund of Metropolitan Chicago - documents, 1941
	49	Jewish Welfare Fund - correspondence and other documents, 1935-1941
	50	United Service Organizations of Chicago - minutes for Board of Directors meetings and related material, 1941-1942
	51	Relief programs - clippings and documents, 1933-1936
	52	United Jewish Building Fund, Jewish Charities of Chicago - correspondence and memoranda, 1944-1945
	53	United Jewish Building Fund, Inc. - correspondence, 1945
	54	Jewish Welfare Fund - correspondence, memoranda, reports and other documents, 1943-1944
Box	Folder
6	55	Jewish Welfare Fund and Combined Jewish Appeal - minutes, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and other documents, 1945-1958
	56	Council of Social Agencies of Chicago, 1935-1946
	57	Civil Defense funding, 1938-1947
	58	Speeches, 1931-1963
	59	American Joint Distribution Committee, Country Directors Conference materials, 1956
	60	American Joint Distribution Committee, Country Directors Conference - Country Reports for Greece and Germany, 1956
Box	Folder
7	61	American Joint Distribution Committee, Country Directors Conference - Country Reports for Italy, Morocco, Sweden, and "The Jewish Communities of Latin America," , 1956
	62	American Joint Distribution Committee, Country Directors Conference - financial and other reports, 1956
	63	Jewish War Veterans - organization survey, 1945
	64	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - correspondence, minutes, and memoranda, 1920-1922
	65	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - correspondence, minutes, and memoranda, 1923-1925
	66	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - correspondence, minutes, and memoranda, 1926-1928
	67	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and published material, 1929-1930
	68	Council of Social Agencies, 1931-1943
Box	Folder
8	69	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and published material, 1929-1934
	70	Chicago Council of Social Agencies - correspondence, 1930-1931
	71	Council of Social Agencies of Chicago - correspondence, memoranda, and other materials, 1932-1933
	72	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - reports and one letter, 1930-1931
	73	Community Fund of Chicago, 1946-1947
	74	Community Fund of Chicago, 1948-1950
Box	Folder
9	75	Community Fund of Chicago War Appeals Committee, 1942
	76	Council of Social Agencies of Chicago - correspondence, 1932-1935
	77	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - correspondence, memoranda and other materials, 1930-1931
	78	Bureau of Jewish Social Research - reports, correspondence, and memoranda, 1932-1933


Series II: Reports and Published Material/
Box	Folder
		Series II consists of Bureau of Jewish Social Research bound reports, Board of Directors materials for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and other published materials.
Box	Folder
10	79	Bureau of Jewish Social Research Reports, 1922-1923
	80	Goldsmith, Samuel A. A Study of the Jewish Aged of San Francisco. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1930.
Box	Folder
11	81	National Appeals Information Service. National Budgeting Study: Summary Statement. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1928.
	82	Reports Prepared by Staff of Bureau of Jewish Social Research for National Appeals Information Service. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1930.
Box	Folder
12	83	Bureau of Jewish Social Research Reports, 1929
	84	Report on the Study of the Self Support Department of the Jewish Social Service Bureau. Chicago: The Bureau, April 1938.
Box	Folder
13	85	Reports prepared by Staff of Bureau of Jewish Social Research for National Appeals Information Service. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1929.
	86	Jewish Communal Survey of Greater New York: Family Welfare Section. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1930.
Box	Folder
14	87	Bureau of Jewish Social Research Reports, 1921-1923
	88	Report on the National Council of Jewish Women prepared for the Survey Committee of the National Council of Jewish Women. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1926.
	89	Health Section: Jewish Communal Survey of New York. New York: Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 1929.
Box	Folder
15	90	Bureau of Jewish Social Research reports, n.d. (ca. 1920?)
Box	Folder
16	91	Goldsmith, Samuel A. and Isidore Sobeloff, directors of study. Report to the Fact Finding Committee of the Provisional Committee on Inter-Welfare Fund Cooperation. Bound report discussing the work of the Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal, and National Refugee Service published in June 1945
	92	United States Public Health Service. A Summary of the Chicago-Cook County Health Survey. Chicago: The Advisory Committee, The Chicago-Cook County Health Survey, 1947.
	93	Report of Special Commission, American Jewish Relief Committee, n.d.
	94	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "Human Aspects of the Relief Problem," Commerce: Business Voice of the Middle West (March 1938): 16-18.
	95	Goldsmith, Samuel A. "Registration of Social Workers," reprinted from The Social Science Review 5, no. 4 (December 1931): 584-595.
	96	Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Workbook, Two-Day Board of Directors Conference on Fund Raising, December 2-3, 1961
	97	Jewish Federation of Chicago. Workbook: Two-day Board of Directors Conference. March 26th and 27th, 1960 in the Edgewater Beach Hotel.
	98	Jewish Federation of Chicago. Agenda: Two-Day Board of Directors Conference. December 1st and 2nd, 1956 in the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel.
	99	Jewish Federation of Chicago. Agenda: Two-day Conference of the Board of Directors. October 23rd and 24, 1954 at the Drake Hotel.,
	100	Bureau of Jewish Social Research reports one letter, 1930-1931
Box	Folder
17	101	Jewish Federation of Chicago. Agenda: Two-day Conference of the Board of Directors. April 26 and 27, 1952 at the Blackstone Hotel.,
	102	Jewish Federation of Chicago. Workbook: All-day Board of Directors Conference. November 21st, 1964 in the Edgewater Beach Hotel.
	103	Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and Jewish Welfare Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. Orientation: a Joint Session of the Boards of Directors. Monday, October 15, 1962.
	104	Kaplan, Saul. Report on Services to the Aged. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. January, 1966.