DANIEL J. ELAZAR:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Elazar, Daniel Judah, creator. | |
| Title: | Daniel J. Elazar papers. | |
| Dates: | 1955-1999. | |
| Abstract: | Articles, family memoirs, and miscellaneous materials authored by a Minneapolis-born professor of political science. | |
| Quantity: | 0.7 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf location. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Daniel Judah Elazar was born August 25, 1934 in Minneapolis, the first of two sons born to Albert and Nettie Elazar. While studying for his baccalaureate degree at Wayne State University (1951-1954), Elazar worked as a librarian for the United Hebrew Schools in Detroit where his father once served as superintendent. He earned his master and doctorate degrees in political science from the University of Chicago (1957, 1959) and then served as an assistant professor to the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois-Urbana (1959-1963). Elazar came back to Minneapolis as a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota (1963-1964) before accepting a professorship at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While at Temple University, Elazar was also director of the Center for the Study of Federalism, president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and editor of the Jerusalem Letter, a newsletter published by the Center for Jewish Community Studies. Elazar died December 1999.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection includes articles, a course outline, book project materials, a U.S. Senate questionnaire, interviews with government officials, family memoirs, and newsletters edited by a Minneapolis-born professor of political science at Temple University who also became president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and was associated with the Center for Jewish Community Studies and the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs at Temple University.
The papers, most of them essay-length articles and notes, reflect Elazar's academic interest in politics and government, especially federal, state, and municipal relationships. A portion of the collection relates to research for Elazar's book Cities of the Prairie (1970), especially his notes on interviews with the officials of Duluth (Minn.) and Superior (Wis.). His other interests were Israeli politics and foreign relations, reflected in newsletters Elazar published through the Center for Jewish Community Studies, and Jewish community life, reflected in memoirs of his father (Albert Elazar), mother (Nettie Barzon Elazar), uncle (Samuel Goldman), and aunt (Rose Barzon Elazar).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here] Daniel J. Elazar Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 9,465; 12,607; 12,693; 13,432; 14,024; 14,754; 15,060
Processing Information:
Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, March 1995; Monica Manny Ralston, January 2000
Catalog ID number: 990017299790104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 149.A.1.4F | 1 | Articles by Daniel J. Elazar: | |||||||||
| "An Approach to Considering the General Needs of the State," undated. | |||||||||||
| "Cities and Their Problems: A Realistic View," [circa 196-]. | |||||||||||
| "Commentary: Bureaucracy: A Modest Jacksonian Proposal," Rippon Forum13:4, February 15, 1977. | |||||||||||
| "Comments on 'The Ragtime Years' of Project Twenty NBC-TV," [1960.] | |||||||||||
| "Compound Structure of Public Service Delivery Systems in Israel," [circa 1975]. | |||||||||||
| "The Ends of Federalism: Notes Toward a Theory of Federal Political Arrangements," undated. | |||||||||||
| "Impact of America on Russian Political Thought in the Nineteenth Century," 1955. | |||||||||||
| "Land Space and Civil Society in America," The Western Historical Quarterly 5, July 1974. | |||||||||||
| "A New Golden Age for the States: Will They Have the Will to Respond," Serving the States Since 1963. [S.l.]: Council of State Governors, 1973. | |||||||||||
| "A Note on the Origins and Development of the Federal Idea," undated. | |||||||||||
| "Political Culture on the Plains," undated. | |||||||||||
| "The Politics of Belleville: A Profile of the Civil Community," 1966. | |||||||||||
| "State and Local Relations: Realigning Functions and Actors," [circa 1975]. | |||||||||||
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| 149.A.1.4F | 1 | "United States of America: Overview," Yom Kippur War: Israel and the Jewish People. [S.l.]: Arno Press, 1974. Reprint. | |||||||||
| "Walt Whitman and the Midrashic Tradition: An Analysis of One's Self I Sing," undated. | |||||||||||
| "Which Road to the Presidency?," 1960. | |||||||||||
| Cities of the Prairie: | |||||||||||
| Interview notes, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Elazar conducted interviews with officials of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin concerning the governmental operations of the cities, as part of his research for the Cities of the Prairie project. These officials included: city attorney, city auditor, and city clerk, as well as officials of the city planning department, civil service, housing and redevelopment authority, labor department, municipal court, port authority, public health, public safety, and public schools. Notes regarding interviews with the mayor of Superior and John Rutford, executive secretary of the St. Louis County Republican Party (Minnesota) are also included. | |||||||||||
| Project materials, [196-]. | |||||||||||
| Course outline: The Jewish People and Western Civilization, [circa 1985?]. | |||||||||||
| Family memoirs: | |||||||||||
| Albert Elazar: A Personal Memoir of My Father, 1994. 1 volume (305 leaves). | |||||||||||
| A book-length biography about Albert Elazar (1903-1993), a native of Jerusalem who immigrated to the United States in the 1920s and came to St. Paul in 1928, where he joined the faculty of the St. Paul Talmud Torah. He married a Minneapolis woman, Rose Barzon, and remained there until 1936. The memoir records his family's history from its Sephardic descent, to their life in Jerusalem, the move to the United States, to St. Paul, and thence to Chicago, Detroit, and Denver where Albert Elazar worked as a religious educator. After retiring, Elazar and his wife moved back to Jerusalem where he died in 1993. | |||||||||||
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| 149.A.1.4F | 1 | "My Mother: A Memoir," December 29, 1999. 43 leaves. | |||||||||
| Reminiscent biography about Nettie Barzon Elazar (1905-1998) who was born in Minneapolis. The memoir records her childhood on the North side of Minneapolis, her education at the Talmud Torah, her work as a Hebrew teacher, her marriage to Albert Elazar, and subsequent moves to Chicago, Denver, Detroit, and Israel. | |||||||||||
| "Aunt Rose: A Memoir," March 5, 1975. 22 leaves. | |||||||||||
| Reminiscent sketch about Rose Barzon Goldman (ca. 1901-1975), wife of Samuel Goldman and sister of Nettie Barzon Elazar, who came from Bessarabia (Rumania) to Minneapolis in 1903. The memoir records her activities in the Jewish community as a Zionist and Socialist, in the Minneapolis Talmud Torah, in Minnesota politics, and on summer vacations at Lake Minnetonka's Big Island Camp for World War I veterans. | |||||||||||
| "Uncle Sam: A Memoir," March 11, 1977. 53 leaves. | |||||||||||
| Reminiscent sketch of Samuel Goldman (1900-1977), his activities in the Jewish community of Minneapolis, as a social worker, a Minnesota veterans' organizations member and lobbyist, arms smuggler to Israel (1948), and over-aged World War II volunteer. The memoir also includes information on the Goldman family and North Minneapolis history (1920s-1930s). | |||||||||||
| Jerusalem Letter, 1977-1986. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| A newsletter published by the Center for Jewish Community Studies at Temple University. One folder contains articles written by Elazar, who was also the newsletter's editor. Two additional folders contain issues that do not include articles written by Elazar. | |||||||||||
| Letter to Governor Terry Sanford, Durham, North Carolina, December 5, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Containing Elazar's critique of Governor Sanford's draft article, "The States Must Go Downtown." | |||||||||||
| U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Contains a copy of the Subcommittee's questionnaire, "Problems of Federal-State-Local Relations," and Elazar's reply in the form of a letter to Senator Edmund Muskie, December 11, 1962. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Federal-city relations -- United States.
- Federal government -- United States.
- Metropolitan government -- United States.
- Municipal government -- Minnesota -- Duluth.
- Municipal government -- Wisconsin -- Superior.
- Municipal government -- Middle West -- Case studies.
- Metropolitan areas -- Middle West.
- Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs.
- Jews -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.
- Judaism -- Customs and practices.
- Zionism -- United States.
- Jewish educators -- United States.
- Social workers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Persons:
- Elazar, Albert, 1903-1993.
- Elazar, Nettie, 1905-1998.
- Goldman, Rose.
- Goldman, Samuel, 1900-1977.
- Organizations:
- Merkas ha-Yerushalmi le-�inyene tsibur u-medinah.
- Temple University. Center for Jewish Community Studies.
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations.
- Places:
- Duluth (Minnesota) -- Politics and government.
- Superior (Wis.) -- Politics and government.
- Belleville (Ill.) -- Politics and government.
- Near North Community (Minneapolis, Minn.).
- Israel -- Politics and government.
- Israel -- Foreign relations.
- Titles:
- Jerusalem Letter.
- Cities of the Prairie.
- Document Types:
- Political science literature.
- Essays.
- Occupations:
- Political scientists
- Jewish authors.
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