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Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Organization

Arrangement

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series A: Subject Files. 1947-1967.

Series B: Congressional Record. 1962-1967.


A Finding Aid to the 

Abraham J. Multer Papers

1947-1967

Manuscript Collection No. 500





Introduction


Title: The Abraham J. Multer Papers.

Dates: 1947-1967.

Abstract: The Abraham J. Multer Papers contain the records of Abraham Multer's Congressional career, with a special focus on the records of the Small Business Committee. Multer was a lawyer who served in the Coast Guard during World War II and later served as a legal referee.

Quantity: 32.5 linear feet; 50 Hollinger boxes.

Identification: Manuscript Collection No. 500.

Biographical Sketch

Abraham J. Multer was born in Manhattan, New York on 24 December 1900 to Max and Emma Rock Multer. In 1911, his parents moved to the Congressional district he was later to represent. Multer received his B.A. from the City College of New York by attending night classes. He later earned an LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School and a LL.D from Yeshiva University. Multer was admitted to the bar in 1923.

Multer entered the private practice of Rayfiel and Multer where he remained until his Congressional election. Beginning in 1936, Multer was the special assistant attorney general of New York state Democrat conventions. He later became the the attorney general of the Democrat national conventions. During World War II, Multer served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and also on the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He was the Judge Advocate of the Coast Guard League. In 1947, he became the special assistant counsel to the New York City mayor.

Abraham Multer was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat to fill the resignation of Leo F. Rayfiel. He served in the House from 1947-1977. While in the House, Multer was extremely active in the Banking and Currency, District of Columbia and Small Business standing committees. After his retirement from Congress, Multer served from 1979-1984 as the special referee for the Brooklyn Appellate Division.

Multer was active in a number of Jewish organizations. These included: the East Midwood Jewish Center, the President's Council of Yeshiva University, Jewish National Fund, Young Men's Hebrew Association, United Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Hebrew Institute of Long Island, Jewish Theological Seminary and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

Multer died on 4 November 1986 in West Hartford, Connecticut. He and his wife Bertha had two sons: Robert K. and Howard C. Multer.

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Scope and Content Note

The Abraham J. Multer Papers contain the records of Abraham Multer's Congressional career, with a special focus on the records of the Small Business Committee. The records are primarily concentrated on the first session of the 90th Congress (1967). Records are organized into envelopes detailing the subject, dated by the month of the introduction of the legislation. Within the envelopes are pieces of legislation, relevant committee hearing reports, background reports and constituent correspondence. There is some material from earlier sessions on the banking and currency session and small business committee which is primarily found in the latter part of the series. The Congressional Record series contains articles relating to Multer's speeches and activities. There is one folder relating to Multer's positions on Jewish affairs.

Multer was a lawyer who served in the Coast Guard during World War II and later served as a U.S. House Representative. The papers do not contain anything relating to Multer's legal or miltary career.

The span dates for the papers are 1947-1967.

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Organization


The papers are divided into two series:




A. Subject Files.


B. Congressional Record.

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Arrangement

See description of individual series.

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Restrictions

Access Information

The Abraham J. Multer Papers are open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.

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Related Material

Multer, Abraham. Nearprint Biographies File.

Multer, Abraham. Oral history transcript. 1982. Small Collections.

Multer, Abraham. Picture Collection.

Multer, Abraham. Speech challenging Anti-semitic remarks by Congressman John E. Rankin. Washington D.C. 1948. Small Collections.

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Administrative Information

Citations

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Abraham J. Multer Papers and the American Jewish Archives.

Provenance

The Abraham J. Multer Papers were donated to the American Jewish Archives by Abraham Multer, Washington D.C., in separate shipments in 1968 and 1970.

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Box and Folder Listing















Series A: Subject Files. 1947-1967.

Note to Researchers: To request materials please note the collection number as well as the box and folder numbers shown below.

This series consists of thirty-one Hollinger boxes of constituent correspondence, legislation drafts and related reports of Multer's Congressional activities. The majority of these files focus on Multer's major committee assignments- Banking, District of Columbia and Small Business.








Box Folder
1

Administrative Procedures Act.
Agriculture.
Airlines.
Anti-trust.
Armed Forces. January 1967.
Box Folder
2

Armed Forces.
Armed Services.
Automotive. January 1967.
Box Folder
3

Automotive.
Banking. January 1967.
Box Folder
4

Banking. January 1967.
Box Folder
5

Banking. January 1967.
Box Folder
6

Banking. January 1967.
Box Folder
7

Boating.
Boxing.
U.S.S. Brooklyn.
Civil Rights.
Committees.
Communications Act.
Controls. January 1967.
Box Folder
8

District of Columbia. January 1967.
Box Folder
9

District of Columbia. January 1967.
Box Folder
10

District of Columbia. January 1967.
Box Folder
11

District of Columbia. January 1967.
Box Folder
12

District of Columbia. January 1967.
Box Folder
13

District of Columbia.
Defense productions.
Drugs.
Education.
Election Day.
Equal Rights.
Eye Institute. January 1967.
Box Folder
14

Federal Employees. January 1967.
Box Folder
15

Federal Employees.
Federal Trade Commission.
Fisheries.
Flood Insurance.
Foreign Affairs. January 1967.
Box Folder
16

Holidays.
Housing.
Immigration.
Investment Advisors.
Judiciary. January 1967.
Box Folder
17

Judiciary. January 1967.
Box Folder
18

J.F.K. Medal.
Labor.
Lotteries.
Medicine.
Members of Congress. January 1967.
Box Folder
19

Members of Congress.
Merchant Marines.
Narcotics.
Plastic Bags. January 1967.
Box Folder
20

Post Office.
Postal. Procurement.
Public Health Service.
Public Service Academy.
Public Works.
Rules of the House. Banking and Currency.
Savings Bonds.
Savings Stamps.
Securities.
Senior Service Corps.
Shipping.
Small Business. January 1967.
Box Folder
21

Small Business.
Social Security.
Sports.
Tariffs.
Taxation. January 1967.
Box Folder
22

Taxation.
Trade.
Veterans. January 1967.
Box Folder
23

Airlines.
Small Business.
Foreign Affairs.
Trading Stamps.
United Nations.
Firearms.
Banking. February 1967.
Box Folder
24

Automotive.
Banking.
Calender.
District of Columbia.
Holidays.
Housing.
Railroad Retirement Act.
Small Business.
Voting.
Recreation.
Social Security.
Taxation.
Air Pollution.
Alcoholism.
Armed Services. April - June 1967.
Box Folder
25

Banking.
Crime.
Education.
Federal Employees.
Senior Citizens.
Social Security.
Veterans.
Banking.
Committees.
Judiciary.
Small Business.
Taxation. 1955-1957; June - July 1967.
Box Folder
26

Cigarettes.
District of Columbia.
Employment.
Foreign Affairs.
Veterans.
Education.
Nursing.
Banking. August- September 1967.
Box Folder
27

Banking. September-October 1967.
Box Folder
28

Banking. October 1967.
Box Folder
29

District of Columbia.
Foreign Affairs.
Banking.
Merchant Marines.
Natural Gas.
Sports.
Personal Poor's Investment Surveys.
Banking and Currency.
Departments- Agriculture. Legislative Papers. 1953-1960; October 1967.
Box Folder
30

Miscellaneous H.R.s.
Organizations - Committee of One Million. 1955.
Organizations - Knights of Pythias. 1963.
Position. Sakol, Harold. 1964.
Small Business. 1947-1967.
Box Folder
31

Jewish Affairs. 1960-1967.

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Series B: Congressional Record. 1962-1967.

This series consists of twenty-nine Hollinger boxes of excerpts relating to Multer's Congressional activities pasted into loose scrapbook pages. The clippings are in rough chronological order, based on subject.



Box Folder
32

Congressional Record. Index to clippings. 1962-1967.
Box Folder
33

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
34

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
35

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
36

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
37

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
38

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
39

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
40

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
41

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
42

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
43

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
44

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
45

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
46

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
47

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
48

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
49

Congressional Record.
Box Folder
50

Congressional Record.

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