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Collection relating to the SS Quanza, 1995-2000

By UIUC RBML Staff

Collection Overview

Title: Collection relating to the SS Quanza, 1995-2000

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0428

Creator: University of Illinois

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Video, audio, and transcripts of presentations regarding the 1940 voyage of the SS Quanza along with related articles and photographs.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

Use Restrictions:

The RBML reproductions policies can be found here:

http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/ReproductionServices.htm

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Video Home Cassette (VHS) tapesAdd to your cart.
Item 1: CBS News New York, "Sisters Quanza", undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, "Saving the S.S. Qunza Refugees: A Panel Discussion", 1999Add to your cart.
Includes note from David E. Morewitz to Dr. Barbara Jones
Item 3: WCBS-TV, "Segment on Quanza", 1994Add to your cart.
Hosted by Frank Field
Item 4: CBS News New York, "Mr. Rand", 1994?Add to your cart.
Item 5: CBS News New York, "Dr. F. Field", 1994Add to your cart.
Item 6: CBS News New York, "Mr. Rand", undatedAdd to your cart.
Series 2: Relating to S.S. QuanzaAdd to your cart.
Folder 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, "Saving of the S.S. Quanza Refugees: A Prelude to the Holocaust", 1999Add to your cart.
A Panel Discussion held on April 12, 1999, at 4:00 p.m., in the Moot Courtroom of the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, in conjunction with the Seventh Annual Austin Owens Lecturea Panel Members: Malvina Schamroth PArnes, DAvid E. Morewitz, Dr. Stephen J. Morewitz, John Paul Jones. Transcription by Audio-Visual Reporting Services, Inc.
Folder 2Add to your cart.
Item 2: "W + M Magazine Article", undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder empty
Folder 3Add to your cart.
Item 3: WILL-AM, 10 AM, Jack Brighton, Host, 1997Add to your cart.
Compact cassette with radio program
Folder 4Add to your cart.
Item 4: Stephen J. Morewitz & Susan B. Liberman, "The Saving of the S.S. Quanza in Hampton Roads, Virginia on September 14, 1940: A Prelude to the Nazi Holocaust", c. 1990Add to your cart.
Folder titled "66 pager"
Folder 5Add to your cart.
Item 5: WFAS-AM, "From a Jewish Point of View", 1995Add to your cart.
Hosted by Rabbi William Herskowitz; featuring David E. Morewitz, Elsa Weinman, and Dr. Maurice Goldenhar
Folder 6Add to your cart.
Item 6: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, "Family Separated by Stern Laws of U. S.", 1940Add to your cart.
Reproduction of 1940 newspaper article with photograph of a family looking out of a porthole. Folder titled "Porthole Photo".
Folder 7Add to your cart.
Item 7: Edward R. Crews, "Sanctuary: Admiralty lawyer J.L. Morewitz, L'16, helped save refugees from Nazism" in Richmond Law, 1997Add to your cart.
Folder titled "Richmond Law article"
Folder 8Add to your cart.
Item 8: Morewitz, David E. letter to Barbara Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 1998Add to your cart.
Includes list of items to be donated to the collection. Folder titled "Letter to Dr. Barbara Jones".
Item 9: Thiel, David (WILL-TV) letter to David E. Morewitz, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder titled "Letter to Dr. Barbara Jones"
Folder 9Add to your cart.
Item 10: University of Richmond School of Law, "Litigating the Holocaust: The Seventh Annual Austin Owen Lecture" advertisement, 1999Add to your cart.
Item 11-12: Morewitz, David E. notes to Barbara Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 10Add to your cart.
Manila folder addressed to Barbara Jones from the Northern Hills Synagogue, Congregatoin B'nai Avraham, Cincinnati, OH
Item 13: Press kit from the Northern Hills Synagogue Adult Education Committee for "The Saga of The S.S. Quanza: A Prelude to the Holocaust", 2000Add to your cart.
Includes 1. General press release, 2. Organizational cover letter, 3. Promotional poster, 4. Invitation sample, 5. Photographs: Porthole photo of Schamroth family, Two "porthole" sisters as they appear today, Maritime attorney Jacob Morewitz, The S.S. Quanza in dock, Leon Goldenhar, S.S. Quanza passenger, Artifacts from the Goldenhar family, S.S. Quanza passenger Jules Moed
Folder 11Add to your cart.
Envelope addressed to Barbara Jones from David E. Morewitz
Item 14: Folder with materials from the University of Richmond S.S. Quanza events, 1999Add to your cart.
Includes University of Richmond press release, article about exhibit, and photo reproductions