Samuel Calmin Kohs papers
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains manuscript and published material pertaining to Kohs' career as a psychologist and social worker. Also included is extensive personal correspondence both of a general nature, and relating to Kohs' specific involvement with Jewish communal institutions.
A major portion of the collection consists of material pertaining to the National Coordinating Committee and his work with Jewish immigrants. Correspodence with Harry Barron, William Haber, and Jacob Billikopf are in relatively high quantity. The collection also contains lecture notes and bibliographies for courses at institutions such as the New York Graduate School of Jewish Social Work, psychological tests devised by Kohs, manuscript and published versions of speeches and articles, as well as personal memorabilia and an autobiographical sketch.
Dates
- Creation: undated, 1916-1960
Creator
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
Use Restrictions
No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.
For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org
Biographical Note
Samuel Calmin Kohs was born in New York in 1890. He was involved in various major Jewish charities throughout his life, including the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Federation of Jewish Charities, Jewish Committee for Personal Service, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the National Jewish Welfare Board.
Professionally, Kohs was a psychologist, specializing in clinical and educational psychology, and is known as the inventor of Kohs Blocks--tools that are used to form test patterns in psychodiagnostic examination.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (9 manuscript boxes)
Abstract
The collection contains manuscript and published material pertaining to Kohs' career as a psychologist and social worker. Also included are lecture notes, bibliographies for academic courses, as well as personal memorabilia.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into eight series, organized by document subject.
- Series I: Biographical materials, undated, 1939-1942
- Series II: Lecture notes and bibliographies, undated, 1929-1940
- Subseries 1: Jewish institutions, undated, 1929-1940
- Subseries 2: General academic institutions, undated, 1932-1937
- Series III: Jewish communal institution materials, undated
- Series IV: Émigré materials, undated, 1931-1940
- Series V: National Coordinating Committee materials, undated, 1938-1939
- Series VI: General Psychology and Social Work materials, undated, 1930-1956
- Series VII: Published works, undated, 1914-1946
- Series VIII: Manuscripts, undated, 1932-1946
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Digitization Note
Box 2, Folder 15 and Box 8 Folder 8 have been digitized as part of an ongoing digitization-on-demand program at the Center for Jewish History.
Subject
- Kohs, S. C. (Samuel Calmin), 1890-1984 (Person)
- Barron, Harry (Person)
- Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 (Person)
- Haber, William, 1899-1988 (Person)
- National Jewish Welfare Board (Organization)
- National Jewish Welfare Board. Bureau of War Records (Organization)
- National Co-ordinating Committee for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany (Organization)
- Graduate School for Jewish Social Work (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Samuel Calmin Kohs papers, undated, 1916-1960
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by marc2ead_ajhs.xsl
- Date
- © 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2016-10-10: PDF box list converted to dsc. Finding aid encoding revised by Janine Veazue.
- October 2016: Added dao links by Eric Fritzler.
- April, June 2020: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
