By Béatrice Colastin Skokan
Collection Overview
Title: Seymour Samet papers, 1944-1995
Predominant Dates:1960-1989
ID: ASM0656
Creator: Samet, Seymour
Extent: 15.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement:
Series I: Personal Papers (arranged alphabetically) contain biographical information as well as correspondence, speaches, writings, brochures on speaking engagements and some photos.
Series II: Professional Papers (arranged in chronological order within each sub-series) document through correspondence, reports, papers and press releases his extensive work for the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Community Relations Board of Dade County and the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service.
Series II is arranged as follows:
Sub-series A. American Jewish Committee
Sub-series B. American Jewish Committiee Miami Chapter
Sub-series C. Dade County Community Relations Board
Sub-series D. U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service
Series III: Subject Files (arranged alphabetically) represent major areas of research such as community relations, crime, discrimination, economics, housing, the new right, race relations, riots, urban studies, unversity admissions. Mr. Samet's original file titles were retained.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Seymour Samet Papers document primarily Mr. Samet’s civil rights work for the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Dade County Community Relations Board and the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service from the 1960s to the 1980s. The correspondence, speeches, writings, articles and newspaper clippings articulate issues of discrimination, desegregation and general human relations from various group and geographical perspectives.
Biographical Note
Seymour Samet was born on December 3, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey. In 1943, he married Elaine Rosenberg. They had two daughters: Anita Samet Rechler and Roberta Samet.
Education
B.A. Social Sciences, New Jersey State University, Montclair, NJ
M.Ed. Human Relations, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Graduate work at Columbia University’s Teachers’ College, the New School for Social Research and Harvard University.
Employment History
1948-1952:
Assistant Director, Community Relations Committee, Jewish Community Council of Essex County
1952-1965: Southeast Area Director, American Jewish Committee
1963-1964: Executive Director, Miami Dade County Community Relations Board
1964: White House Task Force for the Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice
1964-1965: Special Assistant to Governor Leroy Collins, Director of the Community Relations Service, US Department of Justice
1965: Chief Intergroup Relations Officer, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice
1965-1968: Director of Program Evaluation and Development, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice
1968-1984: Director, National Affairs Department, American Jewish Committee
1984-1986: Chairman of HR Factor Associates, a Human Relations Consulting Company
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Gift of Seymour Samet, 2005
Alternate Extent Statement:
7.25 linear ft. (15 boxes)
Access Restrictions:
This collection is unrestricted.
Use Restrictions:
Seymour Samet Papers Finding Aid © 2007 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Preferred Citation:
Seymour Samet Papers, Special Collections Division, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida
Processing Information:
Béatrice Colastin Skokan with the assistance of Chelsea Jacks, 2007
Retrospectively converted from HTML to EAD XML September, 2008 by Lyn MacCorkle and Kyle Rimkus based on a crosswalk by María Estorino.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Container list by Marcia Evanson.
Container List (PDF):
http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/legacy/asm0656CL.pdf
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series I: Personal Papers],
[
Series II: Professional Papers],
[
Series III: Subject Files],
[All]
- Series I: Personal Papers
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biography/Resumes, 1942-1986
- Folder 2: Brochures, n.d., 1952-1992
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1944-1963
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1964
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1965-1985
- Folder 6: Clippings, 1949, 1964, 1970, 1972
- Folder 7: Photographs, n.d., 1963-1966, 1978, 1979
- Folder 8: Speeches/Writings, n.d., 1954-1995
- Series II: Professional Papers
- Sub-Series A: AJC
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence, n.d.
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1950s
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1960s
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1960s
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1970-1971
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1972-1974
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1975 Jan-Jun
- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1975 Jul-Dec
- Folder 9: Correspondence, 1975 Jul-Dec
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1976 Jan-Jun
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1976 Jan-Jun
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1976 Jul-Dec
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1976 Jul-Dec
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1976 Jul-Dec
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1977 Jan-Jun
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1977 Jan-Jun
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1977 Jul-Dec
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1977 Jul-Dec
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1978 Jan-Jun
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1978 Jan-Jun
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1978 Jul-Dec
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1978 Jul-Dec
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1979 Jan-Jun
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1979 Jul-Dec
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1980 Jan-Mar
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1980 Jan-Mar
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1980 Apr-Jun
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1980 Jul-Sep
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1980 Oct-Dec
- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1980 Oct-Dec
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1981 Jan-Jun
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1981 Jan-Jun
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1981 Jan-Jun
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1981 Jul-Dec
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1981 Jul-Dec
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1982
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1982
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1983
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1983-1984
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1985-1986
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1987-1989
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1987-1989
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1992, 1994
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Reports and Papers, n.d.
- Folder 2: Reports and Papers, 1948 Mar - 1967 Dec
- Folder 3: Reports and Papers, 1968 Jun-Nov
- Folder 4: Reports and Papers, 1972 Apr - 1979 Apr
- Folder 5: Reports and Papers, 1980 [May] - 1982 Dec
- Folder 6: Reports and Papers, 1983 Jan - 1989 Jul
- Folder 7: Press Releases, n.d., 1957-1983
- Sub-Series B: AJC Miami
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Correspondence, n.d.
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1953-1959
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1960-1963
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1964-1969
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1970-1979
- Folder 6: Reports and Papers, n.d.
- Folder 7: Reports and Papers, 1944, 1953-1959
- Folder 8: Reports and Papers, 1960-1967
- Folder 9: Reports and Papers, 1972, 1977, 1979
- Folder 10: Press Releases, n.d., 1952, 1954
- Folder 11: Press Releases, 1962-1964
- Folder 12: Press Releases, 1970-1979, 1982
- Folder 13: Events, n.d., 1957-1989
- Folder 14: 50th Anniversary, 2002-2003
- Sub-Series C: Dade County Community Relations Board
- Box 9
- Folder 15: Correspondence, 1964
- Folder 16: Reports and Papers, n.d., 1963-1967
- Folder 17: Press Releases, n.d., 1963, 2000
- Sub-Series D: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Community Relations Service
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Correspondence, n.d., 1965 Jul-Nov
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1965
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1966 Jan-Mar
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1966 Apr-Jun
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1966 Jul-Dec
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1967 Jan-Jun
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1967 Jul-Dec
- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1968
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Reports and Papers, n.d.
- Folder 2: Reports and Papers, 1964-1966
- Folder 3: Reports and Papers, 1967-1968, 1977, 1989
- Folder 4: Press Releases and Clippings
- Folder 5: Press Releases and Clippings
- Folder 6: Staff Training, 1966
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Miami application for Model City, 1967
- Folder 2: Summer Evaluation, 1968
- Series III: Subject Files
- Box 12
- Folder 3: 1st Amendment/Free Speech
- Folder 4: Anti-Semitism
- Folder 5: Black power/nationalism
- Folder 6: Civil rights
- Folder 7: College admission
- Folder 8: College admission
- Folder 9: College admission
- Folder 10: College admission
- Box 13
- Folder 1: College admission
- Folder 2: Collins, LeRoy (Governor)
- Folder 3: Crime
- Folder 4: Desegregation
- Folder 5: Discrimination
- Folder 6: Education
- Folder 7: Elections and Employment
- Folder 8: Ghetto (Black)
- Folder 9: Extremist Organizations
- Folder 10: Human rights
- Folder 11: Intergroup and race relations
- Folder 12: Johnson, L.B. (Administration)
- Folder 13: Leadership
- Folder 14: Martin Luther King Jr. (Reactions to his death)
- Folder 15: Miami and South
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Middle East Policies
- Folder 2: Multiculturalism and Immigration
- Folder 3: N.A.A.C.P.
- Folder 4: Negro Vets
- Folder 5: New Deal Years
- Folder 6: Negro-Jewish Relations
- Folder 7: New Right/Reagan Economics
- Folder 8: Police and community relations
- Folder 9: Poverty
- Folder 10: Riots, n.d., 1964-1966
- Folder 11: Riots, 1967
- Folder 12: Riots, 1967
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Riots, 1967
- Folder 2: Riots, 1968
- Folder 3: Riots, 1977
- Folder 4: Think tanks (U.S.)
- Folder 5: Urban development and housing
- Folder 6: Urban development and housing
- Folder 7: Urban Simulation, Exercises and Training, 1966-1968
- Folder 8: Trends
- Folder 9: Various
- Folder 10: Violence and Tension
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