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.