ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Title
Joel Sayvetz Manuscript
Collection Number
SC 101/15
OCLC Number
122379126
Creator
Joel Sayvetz, 1892-1969
Provenance
Separated from the Oakley C. Johnson Collection.
Extent,Scope, and Content Note
A typescript of "A decade of mass pressure; the story of the organized movement of
unemployed groups in Chicago." First part, 1930-1935. Chicago, n.d.
Arrangement and Processing Note
Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray in July 2019.
Language
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Rights and Permissions
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection
does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole
responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials
to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission
where needed prior to publication.
Citation
Joel Sayvetz Manuscript, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook
University Libraries.
Historical Note
Joel Sayvetz (1892-1969) was born in Russia on October 13, 1892. He married his wife
Adele in Boston, Massachusetts in 1916. They had two sons names Aaron and Leon. His
profession in the 1940 United States Census is listed as "social research." He worked
as the director of information for the Chicago department of welfare in 1949.
He died in Los Angeles, California on April 6, 1969.
Subjects
Unemployed -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Unemployed.
Illinois -- Chicago.