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Hasia Diner Papers

Call Number

MC.153

Dates

1960-2023, inclusive
; 1970-1992, bulk

Creator

Diner, Hasia R.

Extent

52.94 Linear Feet
in 34 record cartons, 38 manuscript boxes, and 2 half manuscript boxes

Extent

24 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

Hasia R. Diner is a Professor of American Jewish History and the Director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at NYU. Her research interests include American Jewish history, American immigration history, and women's history. The Hasia Diner Papers (1960-2023) includes Diner's research notes for her manuscripts.

Biographical Note

Hasia R. Diner is the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, with a joint appointment in the departments of History and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. She is also the Director of the Goldstein Goren Center for American Jewish History. Professor Diner received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois-Chicago, her bachelor's degree in 1968 from the University of Wisconsin, and her master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1970.

Previously, Professor Diner was a professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park and between 1990-1991, she held a Fulbright Professorship at the University of Haifa in Israel. In 1998, Professor Diner won election to membership in the American Academy of Jewish Research and in 2004, she also became a member of the Society of American Historians. Professor Diner has been a Lilly Fellow at the Mary I. Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College and a fellow at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Research at Princeton University.

Professor Diner has published many books and articles, including In the Almost Promised Land: American Jews and Blacks, 1915-1935 (1977, 1995), A Time For Gathering. 1820-1880: The Second Migration (1992), Erin's Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century (1984), The Lower Eastside Memories: A Jewish Place in America (2000), Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration (2002), and We Remember with Reverance and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945-1962 (2009).

Sources:

Hasia Diner, research notes.

Arrangement

This collection consists of one series and eight subseries, where each subseries represents on of Professor Diner's books. Folders contain notes and source material arranged by the author.

Series I: Research Notes

Subseries I.A: Erin's Daughters

Subseries I.B: In the Almost Promised Land

Subseries I.C: Jewish Self-Governance

Subseries I.D: A Time for Gathering

Subseries I.E: Hungering for America

Subseries I.F: Lower East Side Memories

Subseries I.G: We Remember with Reverance and Love

Subseries I.H: Roads Taken

Scope and Contents

The Hasia Diner Papers (1960-2023) includes research materials Professor Diner used when writing about American Jewish history, American immigration history, and American women's history. In addition to Professor Diner's handwritten notes, the collection contains photocopies of primary and secondary sources; and some monographs with Professor Diner's hand written notes. The collection also contains syllabi and lecture notes from courses Professor Diner has taught at NYU. Majority of the folder titles in the collection were transferred from Diner's original research folders.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Hasia Diner, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Hasia Diner Papers; MC 153; box number; folder number; New York University Archives; New York University Libraries.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These records were transferred to the University Archives by Professor Hasia Diner in 1998, 2012, 2018, 2022, and 2024.

Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures

Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact New York University Archives, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596 with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Collection processed by

University Archives staff. 2012 accretions to the collection were processed by Elizabeth Alleva.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-04 10:32:51 -0400.
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Information about arrangement and description decisions made prior to 2018 have not yet been recorded.

In 2018, an accretion of research materials for Roads Taken were rehoused in archival boxes and folders. These materials were incorporated into the collection as a new series, in accordance with the collection's existing arrangement structure. One DVD-R was removed from the collection using a separation sheet and inventoried. The accession numbers related to this accretion are 2018.021 and 2018.039.

The two accretions from 2022 have been rehoused in archival boxes and folders in its existing order and established as a new series. Two flash drives were identified, physically separated, and inventoried, but have not been forensically imaged, analyzed, or described. New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content. The accession numbers related to this accretion are 2022.032 and 2022.081.

In 2024, an accretion was rehoused in archival boxes and folders in its existing order and established as a new series. The accession number related to this accretion is 2024.048.

Revisions to this Guide

November 2018: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2018 accretions
March 2020: Record updated by Marissa Grossman to reflect expanding box 16 into three boxes and removing floppy disks to shared media box
June 2022: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2022 accretion
October 2022: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2022 accretion
May 2024: Record updated by Aki Snyder to reflect 2024 accretion

Repository

New York University Archives
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012