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Seymour Samet Papers

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Date of Original
1940/1989

Subject
Civil rights--United States--History--20th century
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Committee. Miami Chapter
Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.). Community Relations Board
Miami (Fla.)--Race relations

People
Samet, Seymour, 1919-2014

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366

Type
Text

Description
The Seymour Samet Collection documents Mr. Samet’ s civil rights work for the American Jewish Committee, the Dade County Community Relations Board, and the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service from the 1940s to the 1980s. The correspondence, speeches, reports, brochures, and other materials articulate issues of discrimination, desegregation and general human relations from various group and geographical perspectives.

Metadata URL
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0656

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

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1. Letter to members of the American Jewish Committee announcing the honoring of Seymour Samet and others at the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Miami Chapter

Date of Original:: 2002
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

2. Urban watch

Date of Original:: 1977-09-07
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

3. Judith Herman memorandum to Murray Friedman, April 4, 1974

Creator:: Herman, Judith, 1943-
Date of Original:: 1974-04-04
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

4. Seymour Samet letter to Roy Wilkinson, June 28, 1974

Creator:: Samet, Seymour, 1919-2014
Date of Original:: 1974
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

5. Samuel Rabinova memorandum to Seymour Samet, October 19, 1973

Creator:: Rabinova, Samuel
Date of Original:: 1973-10-19
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

6. Morton W. Ryweck memorandum to Seymour Samet, August 1, 1973

Creator:: Ryweck, Morton W.
Date of Original:: 1973-08-01
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

7. Phyllis Sherman memorandum to American Jewish Committee Fundraisers, Public Relations Dept., and Area Directors, July 16, 1973

Creator:: Sherman, Phyllis, 1921-
Date of Original:: 1973-07-16
Collection:: Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections