Manuscripts Collection
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
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
A variety of books authored by Elazar, including three editions of
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
Accession number: 9,465; 12,607; 12,693; 13,432; 14,024; 14,754; 15,060
Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, March 1995; Monica Manny Ralston, January 2000
Catalog ID number: 09-00038039
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Containing Elazar's critique of Governor Sanford's draft article, "The States Must Go Downtown."
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.