Susan Hoffman
Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
320 Elmer L. Anderson Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0192
Email: s-hoff@umn.edu
web: http://www.jhsum.org
Jewish Vocational Service Accession Number 149
Boxes 46A and 46B
Records 1941-1989 3.0 Linear Feet
Received as a gift from the Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) of St. Paul in 1988 and 1989. No restrictions on use.
History: The Jewish Vocational Service of St Paul was established in 1946 to help veterans and young people plan careers. These groups were soon joined by displaced persons. With the decline of refugee and veteran placement and the diminution of youth counseling the first self survey was undertaken in 1952. The Survey suggested that other services be added such as rehabilitation of the physically and mentally handicapped. To that end, sheltered workshops were instituted in 1953. In the 1960s sheltered workshops for the elderly were set up at the Jewish Home for the Aged and at the Jewish Community Center. The JVS has also served the general community through programs such as Neighborhood Youth Corps, Career Opportunities Preparation for Employment (COPE) and a Career Guidance and Training Center, administered under CETA funding. With the constriction of government monies available to social planning agencies and the shrinkage of Russian immigrants in the 1970s, the agency raison d’etre was called into question.
Scope and Content:
The collection is divided into internal matters which include minutes of the Board, long range planning and self assessments. Next come the vocational guidance progr ams implemented by the staff, which also include materials relating to such programs, as well as the scholarship funds which were given to students wishing to pursue careers in social service and public relations materials. Included here are annual reports, newsletters, flyers, and news releases.
D1S10CG
RG1 Box 146a
Background, history, purpose
Background: national material
Minutes 1941-45
Bound 1945-52
Talks Pen Lusoff? 1960s
Solomon Shapiro 1976
Remembrance brochure
Board correspo.mat 1970s and 1980s
JVS Self Survey 1952-83
JVS L. Range planning Comm 1970s-1980s
Annual meeting- Pres report 1949-88
D1S10CH
RG 2 Box 246b
Annual Reports 1946-64 and 1965-1988 2 ff
Newsletters 1946-70s 4ff
Misc PR
Correspondence- UJFC 1960-88 3ff
Correspondence United Way 1970-82
Correspondence JCC 1970s
Case History example
Programs
Group guidance 1950s
Sheltered workshop 1953-1968
(also called Industrial wksp)
Neighborhood Y Corp 1967-73
J.O.I.N. interenship 1974-83
C.O.P.E. 1977-84
Youth Job Placement 1970s
JVS-CETA 1974-79
JVS Russian Immigratiuon 1980
Job Placement for Indochinese
Refugees ND
Short Term projects 1980
Misc programs 1980-82
Job training manuals 1985
D1S10CC
RG3box 364 C
Scholarships 2ff
