Collection Summary
Gilbert Jonas Company
Records
1947-1995
(bulk 1968-1995)
1947-1995
(bulk 1968-1995)
MSS84716
Gilbert Jonas
Company
5,000
items
14 containers plus 1 oversize
5.6 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Public relations firm
founded by Gilbert Jonas specializing in fund-raising for nonprofit
organizations and civil rights and public interest causes. Direct mail campaign
files, financial statements, solicitation letters, reports, correspondence,
subject files, memoranda, donor lists, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Organizations
Fund for an Open Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Gilbert Jonas Company.
Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund (Organization)
Northside Center for Child Development.
Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.)
Subjects
Civil rights--Societies, etc.
Fund raising.
Nonprofit organizations.
Public interest--Societies, etc.
Public relations firms.
Provenance
The records of the Gilbert Jonas Company were given to the Library of
Congress by Gilbert Jonas in 1999.
Related Material
Material documenting the company's relationship with the
[National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People] is located in Part
VII of the records of the NAACP in the custody of the Library of Congress.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Gilbert
Jonas Company is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The records of the Gilbert Jonas Company are open to research.
Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to
visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Gilbert Jonas Company Records,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Gilbert Jonas Company span the years 1947-1995,
with the bulk of the material dated 1968-1995. Founded in 1962 by Gilbert Jonas
(1930- ) and others, the company was for many years a principal fund raiser for
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Material
documenting this relationship is located in Part VII of the records of the
NAACP in the custody of the Library of Congress.
The records in this collection cover the firm’s fund-raising and
public relations work in behalf of nonprofit, child welfare, and social action
organizations other than the NAACP. Those organizations include the Fund for an
Open Society (OPEN), the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and
Education Fund, the Northside Center for Child Development, and Physicians for
Social Responsibility. The records are arranged alphabetically by organization
or project and include direct mail campaign files, financial statements,
solicitation letters, reports, correspondence, subject files, memoranda, donor
lists, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
The Fund for an Open Society was established by builder and social
activist Morris Milgrim to promote racially integrated housing in the greater
Philadelphia area. The Northside Center for Child Development was founded by
psychologists Kenneth Bancroft Clark and his wife, Mamie Katherine Phipps
Clark, to provide mental health services to children in New York City’s Harlem
community. The Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers in the Manuscript Division of the
Library of Congress also contains files related to the Northside Center.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm00084716]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Afghanistan Relief Committee,
1985-1987
1985-1987
1
Archaeological Institute of
America
1
Budget for fiscal year
1994, 1993
1994, 1993
1
Correspondence,
1993-1994
1993-1994
1
Introductory material,
1993, undated
1993, undated
1
Printed and near print
material
1
Miscellany,
1992-1993, undated
1992-1993, undated
1
Publications,
1991
1991
1
Proposals and fund-raising plans,
1993-1995, undated
1993-1995, undated
1
Colonial Theatre, Shakespeare in
the Park, Westerly, R.I.,
1991-1992, undated
1991-1992, undated
1
Fisher-Landau School, New York,
N.Y.,
1983
1983
1
Fund for an Open Society
(OPEN)
1
Appeal letter
development
1
1986-1989
1986-1989
(4
folders)
2
1990-1991, undated
1990-1991, undated
(7
folders)
2
Correspondence and background
material
2
1957, 1968, 1976-1987
1957, 1968, 1976-1987
3
1988-1990, undated
1988-1990, undated
(5
folders)
3
Financial records
3
1987-1990
1987-1990
(5
folders)
4
1991
1991
4
Mailing list file
4
Merge/purge reports,
1991
1991
4
Miscellany,
1986-1990, undated
1986-1990, undated
(3
folders)
4
OPEN's Committee for Tithing and
Investment (OCTI)
4
Appeal letter development,
1989-1990, undated
1989-1990, undated
(3
folders)
4
Financial records,
1989-1990
1989-1990
4
Mailing list file,
1989-1990
1989-1990
5
Holy Land Conservation Fund,
1977
1977
5
Minority Business Enterprise Legal
Defense and Education Fund,
1986-1993, undated
1986-1993, undated
(4
folders)
5
Northside Center for Child
Development, New York, N.Y.
5
Background material,
1984-1992, undated
1984-1992, undated
5
Benefit events
5
Founders Tribute Spring Gala,
1985
1985
5
Liaison Dinner,
1968
1968
6
Spring Gala, 1983-1984, and
Bobby Short Gala,
1992
1992
6
Biographical material, resumes,
and credentials
Clark, Mamie Katherine Phipps
(director), and Kenneth Bancroft Clark,
1983-1992, undated
1983-1992, undated
6
Harris, Kate Clark
(director),
1985, undated
1985, undated
6
Staff,
1966-1994, undated
1966-1994, undated
6
Board of directors
6
Directories,
1986-1993, undated
1986-1993, undated
6
Fund-raising,
1980-1992, undated
1980-1992, undated
6
Meetings,
1985-1994
1985-1994
6
Miscellany,
1985-1992, undated
1985-1992, undated
6
Budget and financial
records
6
1976-1987
1976-1987
(2
folders)
7
1988-1993, undated
1988-1993, undated
(3
folders)
7
Case studies and site visits,
1983-1985, undated
1983-1985, undated
7
Client information forms,
1991-1992
1991-1992
7
Correspondence
7
Appeal letters,
1980-1994, undated
1980-1994, undated
(2
folders)
7
Miscellany
7
1984-1989
1984-1989
8
1992-1994, undated
1992-1994, undated
8
Donor file
8
Corporations and
foundations
8
Correspondence,
1979-1994
1979-1994
(3
folders)
8
Lists
8
1984-1991
1984-1991
(4
folders)
9
1992-1993, undated
1992-1993, undated
(2
folders)
9
Miscellany,
1979-1992, undated
1979-1992, undated
9
Individuals,
1962-1992, undated
1962-1992, undated
9
History project
9
Contractors
9
Center for Applied History,
Cambridge, Mass.,
undated
undated
9
Metro New York Metropolitan
Reference and Research Library Agency, New York, N.Y.,
1989
1989
9
Rosner, David,
circa 1985
circa 1985
9
Winthrop Group, Cambridge,
Mass.,
1990, undated
1990, undated
10
Correspondence,
1989-1992, undated
1989-1992, undated
10
Donor lists and related notes,
1989-1990, undated
1989-1990, undated
10
Financial papers,
1990-1993, undated
1990-1993, undated
10
Markowitz, Gerald, and David
Rosner
10
"Clinic or Center: Urban
Unrest and Community Action in the Mid-1960s,"
circa 1991
circa 1991
10
"Integration and Isolation:
Northside and Harlem in the Post-Brown Decade,
1954-1964," circa 1991
1954-1964," circa 1991
10
"Northside's World: The First
Two Decades,"
1991
1991
10
Miscellany,
1984-1992, undated
1984-1992, undated
10
Proposals and summaries,
1990-1991
1990-1991
10
Incorporation papers and plans of
operation,
1947, 1962, 1984-1993, undated
1947, 1962, 1984-1993, undated
10
Memoranda,
1984-1994
1984-1994
11
Photographs,
undated
undated
11
Planning retreat,
1992
1992
11
Press and publicity
file
11
Brochures, flyers, newsletters,
and releases,
1989-1992, undated
1989-1992, undated
11
Press and media lists,
1985, undated
1985, undated
11
Programs
11
After school learning center,
1981-1993, undated
1981-1993, undated
11
AIDS education,
1989-1991, undated
1989-1991, undated
11
Day school,
1979, 1984
1979, 1984
11
Early childhood,
1986-1990, undated
1986-1990, undated
11
Intake and parent orientation,
1991-1994, undated
1991-1994, undated
11
Jane Allen Emil
Library
11
Literacy and math
programs
11
Say Yes to Family Math,
1989-1993
1989-1993
11
Writing to Read
11
Correspondence,
1985-1989
1985-1989
12
Miscellany,
1984-1989, undated
1984-1989, undated
12
Teaching material,
1991
1991
12
Miscellany,
1984-1993, undated
1984-1993, undated
(2
folders)
12
Miscellany,
1991-1992, undated
1991-1992, undated
12
Parent/Toddler program,
1989-1991, undated
1989-1991, undated
12
Remedial Education Department,
1984-1992
1984-1992
12
Socialization Through
Enrichment and Play,
1985-1988, undated
1985-1988, undated
13
Proposals
13
Alphabetical file,
1991-1993, undated
1991-1993, undated
(3
folders)
13
Sexual abuse,
1990, undated
1990, undated
13
Reports and fact
sheets
13
Annual reports,
1980-1988
1980-1988
13
"Final Report on the 30th
Anniversary Fund,"
1975
1975
13
Miscellany,
1975-1993, undated
1975-1993, undated
13
Price, Waterhouse, "Northside
Center for Child Development Management Improvement Program,"
1985
1985
14
Physicians for Social
Responsibility
14
Direct mail campaign,
1984
1984
14
Miscellany,
1981-1986, undated
1981-1986, undated
(3
folders)
14
Vietnamese children interest
organizations,
1974
[
See also
Oversize
](jonasoversize)
1974
OV 1
Oversize
Vietnamese
children interest organizations
OV 1
Posters,
undated
undated