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Ira Sanders papers, 1917-1982
No full textThis collection contains correspondence work papers, assorted printed material, newsclippings and photographs related to the ministerial career and social involvement of Dr. (Rabbi) Ira E. Sanders (1894-1985) during the years 1917-1922.UALR.0098 A-101
IRA SANDERS PAPERS
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2 doc. boxes. 1917-1982. Donated by Flora Sanders (daughter)
This collection contains correspondence work papers, assorted printed material, newsclippings and photographs related to the ministerial career and social involvement of Dr. (Rabbi) Ira E. Sanders (1894-1985) during the years 1917-1922. Sanders was rabbi of Temple B'nai Israel in Little Rock from 1926-1963. He was also a leader in various social and civic activities and was an early proponent of interfaith and ecumenical programs.
Sanders was born on May 6, 1894 in Rich Hill, Missouri, the son of Daniel and Pauline Sanders. He received his B.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1918 and was ordained in 1919 from Hebrew Union College. He obtained an M.A. from Columbia University in 1928 and also received two honorary degrees. The first was an L.H.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1951. The second was a D.D. from Hebrew Union College in 1954. Sanders moved to Little Rock in 1926 from New York.
He began a school of social work at Little Rock in 1929 in which he permitted the enrollment of blacks despite objections. He taught sociology for sixteen years through the extension program of the University of Arkansas. He helped to organize the Urban League and the Pulaski County Welfare Commission. Other areas of involvement included Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind, the Little Rock Public Library, and the Temple Men's Club.
Sanders received public notoriety for his debate with Clarence Darrow on November 3, 1930 [see Arkansas Gazette, November 4, 1930 pp. 1, 13; Arkansas Democrat, November 4, 1930, editorial page- in which they sparred over the question "Is Man Immortal? He also entered the limelight in 1957 for his actions in the Little Rock school integration crisis. Sanders married Selma Loeb in 1922. They had one daughter, Flora Sanders, of New York. Ira Sanders died in Little Rock on April 8, 1985.
Arrangement: Correspondence, arranged chronologically; sermons, addresses, lectures, and related materials; miscellaneous religious material; booklets; Sanders' various social involvements, arranged alphabetically; recognition materials, arranged chronologically; newspaper clippings, arranged chronologically; and poems of Mims Workman.
Note: When requesting materials, please specify collection number (UALR.0098), box number and file number.
FILE TITLES
Box 1
File 1 - General Correspondence, 1919-1950 (25 items)
Selected Topics: Letter (1933) from executive director A.H. Cohen of the
American Jewish Congress relative to Joe T. Robinson and Adolf
Hitler.
File 2 - General Correspondence, 1951-1982 (39 items)
File 3 - Sermons, Addresses, and Lectures
File 4 - Sermons, Addresses, Lectures, and Related Materials UALR.0098 A-101
IRA SANDERS PAPERS
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File 5 - Miscellaneous Religious Material, 1917-1949: Pamphlets, Programs,
Bulletins, Printed Material
File 6 - Miscellaneous Religious Material, 1950-1973: Pamphlets, Programs,
Bulletins, Printed Material
File 7 - Rabbi's Manual of Ira Sanders
File 8 - Booklet entitled "One Hundred Years, Congregation B'nai Israel,
copyright 1966
File 9 - "The Rabbi and Clarence Darrow" by Elizabeth Perry and F. Hampton
Roy, Pulaski County Historical Review, Volume XXVIII, Number 2,
Summer, 1980, pp. 2-3
File 10 - "The Jewish Passover and the Mass," The Catholic Layman, Volume
LXXVII, Number 8, August, 1963, pp. 37-47. [Relative to St. John's
Seminary re-enacting an Old Testament Passover ceremony which Rabbi
Sanders attended.]
File 11 - Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind, 1960-1975
File 12 - Citizens Committee on Education, 1953
File 13 - Interfaith Affairs
File 14 - Little Rock Public Library, 1945-1973
File 15 - Little rock School Integration Crisis, 1957
File 16 - Planned Parenthood, Correspondence, 1950-1951
File 17 - Planned Parenthood, Correspondence, 1952-1955
File 18 - Planned Parenthood, Miscellaneous Printed Material
File 19 - Planned Parenthood, Miscellaneous Printed Material
Box 2
File 1 - Social Services, 1927-1965
File 2 - Temple Men's Club, 1930-1949: Correspondence, Minutes, Notes and
Memoranda
File 3 - Temple Men's Club, 1950-1958: Correspondence, Minutes, Notes and
Memoranda
File 4 - Temple Men's Club: Broadsides and Miscellaneous Printed Material
File 5 - The Temple Chronicle, 1927-1949
File 6 - Material Related to University of Arkansas, Doctor of Humane Letters
Degree, 1951
File 7 - The Urban League, 1936-1972
File 8 - Recognition Materials, 1918-1961
File 9 - Recognition Materials, 1962-1978
File 10 - Newspaper Clippings, 1920s
File 11 - Newspaper Clippings, 1930s
File 12 - Newspaper Clippings, 1940s
File 13 - Newspaper Clippings, 1950s
File 14 - Newspaper Clippings, 1960s
File 15 - Newspaper Clippings, 1970s
File 16 - Newspaper Clippings, n.d.
File 17 - Poems of Mims Workman, Edited by Jim Workman and Ira Sanders UALR.0098 A-101
IRA SANDERS PAPERS
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File 18 - Photographs, 1930-1969 and n.d. (7 items)
1. Ira Sanders, n.d.
2. Ira Sanders, n.d.
3. Rev. James Workman, Msgr. Healey, Rev. Marion Boggs, Rev.
William Oglesbey, Rabbi Ira Sanders, Dan Lichtenberger, Gov. Sidney McMath, 1950
4. Ira Sanders and others. Pesach, 1952
5. Ira Sanders and others. Honorary D.D. degree, Hebrew Union College,
Mar 27, 1954
6. Ira Sanders and Richard Thalheimer. Bar Mitzvah, Apr 15, 1961
7. Ira Sanders and others. Fiftieth Anniversary, Jun 196
Ira McL. Barton collection
No full textThis collection contains documents and correspondence related to the service of Lieutenant Ira McL. Barton as quartermaster with the Fourth Military District stationed at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, following the Civil War, as well as additional miscellaneous military documents
Confidential copy of a plan for "The Vigilantes of America" by Ira L. Reeves, approximately 1930-1933
No full textUndated typescript outlining a plan for "The Vigilantes of America" (a group based in Chicago, Illinois), written by Ira Louis Reeves; may be contemporary with Reeves' prohibition writings, approximately 1930-1933. There are two versions of this plan in the Ira Louis Reeves Papers; this "clean" copy and another copy with handwritten revisions
Confidential copy of a plan for "The Vigilantes of America" by Ira L. Reeves, approximately 1930-1933
No full textUndated typescript outlining a plan for "The Vigilantes of America" (a group based in Chicago, Illinois), written by Ira Louis Reeves; may be contemporary with Reeves' prohibition writings, approximately 1930-1933. There are two versions of this plan in the Ira Louis Reeves Papers; this copy with handwritten revisions and another "clean" version
"Kentucky and its relation to prohibition," address by Col. Ira L. Reeves at Frankfort, Kentucky
No full textTypescript draft of an address by Colonel Ira Louis Reeves, delivered at Frankfort, Kentucky, on Friday, August 4, 1933, on the subject of "Kentucky and its relation to prohibition." Ira Reeves was a former federal prohibition administrator and managing director of the Western United States of the Crusaders (an anti-prohibition organization founded in 1930) and argued for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution in this speech
Broadcast by Colonel Ira L. Reeves in Des Moines, Iowa, "Repeal and Iowa Prosperity"
No full textTypescript draft of a radio broadcast (over radio station KSO) by Colonel Ira Louis Reeves, on the subject of "Repeal and Iowa Prosperity," dated 20 June 1933. Ira Reeves was a former federal prohibition administrator and western managing director of the Crusaders (an anti-prohibition organization founded in 1930); he argued for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in this broadcast.There are two different drafts of this broadcast in the Ira Louis Reeves Papers; see ireeves-ms-008 for the other version
Broadcast by Colonel Ira L. Reeves over W.G.N. Tuesday, June 6, 1933
No full textTypescript draft of a radio broadcast (over radio station WGN) by Colonel Ira Louis Reeves, dated 6 June 1933. Ira Reeves was a former federal prohibition administrator and western managing director of the Crusaders (an anti-prohibition organization founded in 1930) and argued for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in this broadcast
Broadcast by Colonel Ira L. Reeves in Des Moines, Iowa, "Repeal and Iowa Prosperity"
No full textTypescript draft of a radio broadcast (over radio station KSO) by Colonel Ira Louis Reeves, on the subject of "Repeal and Iowa Prosperity," dated June 20, 1933. Ira Reeves was western managing director of the Crusaders and argued for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution in this broadcast.Includes folder cover. The Crusaders were an anti-prohibition organization founded at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1930. There are two different drafts of this broadcast in the Ira Louis Reeves Papers; see ireeves-ms-010 for the other version
[Report to J. E. Curry by Ira F. Cleave, November 24, 1963 #1]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry by Ira F. Van Cleave regarding his assignment and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Van Cleave describes his duties, actions, and observations during the transfer of Oswald to the County Jail
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