Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences History Department Frederic Cople Jaher papers Finding Aid Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences History Department Frederic Cople Jaher papers Finding Aid Title: Frederic Cople Jaher papers, 1953-2014
ID: 15/13/64
Primary Creator: Frederic Cople Jaher (1934-2014)
Extent: 1.0 cubic feet
Arrangement:
Series 1: Subject Files, 1953-2014
This series contains Jaher's CV, correspondence, photographs of Jaher and colleagues, US history and sports history lectures, course syllabi, and talks given by Jaher. Also contained are some 3 ½ MAC floppy disks; files on floppy disks have not yet been appraised. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series 1: Publications and Book Reviews, 1966-2008
This series contains publications and book reviews by Jaher, predominantly on the urban elite and anti-Semitism in America. This series is arranged chronologically.
Subjects: Anti-Semitism, Faculty Papers, Sports
Frederic Cople Jaher (1934-2014) became an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois in 1968, full professor in 1978, and retired as professor emeritus in 2005. Jaher was born on March 17, 1934 in Beverley, Massachusetts to Henrietta (Fox) and Sydney Jaher. He received his bachelor's degree from City College of New York (1955) and his master's (1957) and Ph.D. (1961) from Harvard University. Jaher worked as an instructor of history at City College of New York (1961-1964) and as an assistant professor at Long Island University (1964-1965) and the University of Chicago (1965-1968) before starting as associate professor at the University of Illinois. Jaher published books and articles on anti-Semitism, urban upper-class, and Jewish history among other topics, including the works: A Scapegoat in the New Wilderness: The Origins and Rise of Anti-Semitism in America (1994) and The Urban Establishment: The Upper Strata in Boston, New York, Charleston, Chicago, and Los Angeles (1982). Frederic Jaher died on October 20th, 2014.
Jaher's papers contain publications and book reviews--predominantly on the urban elite and anti-Semitism in America--his CV, correspondence, photographs of Jaher and colleagues, US history and sports history lectures, course syllabi, talks given by Jaher, and a box of 3 ½ MAC floppy disks; files on floppy disks have not yet been appraised.
A second accession of two additional photographs was processed July 2023.
Organized into 2 series: Series 1, Subject Files, 1953-2014, arranged alphabetically; Series 2, Publications and Book Reviews, 1966-2008, arranged chronologically.
Frederic Cople Jaher (1934-2014) became an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois in 1968, full professor in 1978, and retired as professor emeritus in 2005. Jaher was born on March 17, 1934 in Beverley, Massachusetts to Henrietta (Fox) and Sydney Jaher. He received his bachelor's degree from City College of New York (1955) and his master's (1957) and Ph.D. (1961) from Harvard University. Jaher worked as an instructor of history at City College of New York (1961-1964) and as an assistant professor at Long Island University (1964-1965) and the University of Chicago (1965-1968) before starting as associate professor at the University of Illinois. Jaher published books and articles on anti-Semitism, urban upper-class, and Jewish history among other topics, including the works: A Scapegoat in the New Wilderness: The Origins and Rise of Anti-Semitism in America (1994) and The Urban Establishment: The Upper Strata in Boston, New York, Charleston, Chicago, and Los Angeles (1982). Frederic Jaher died on October 20th, 2014.
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