Rosenfield, Harry N. Papers

Dates: 1945-1953

Commissioner, Displaced Persons Commission, 1948-1952; Executive Director, President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, 1952-1953.

The Harry N. Rosenfield Papers contain correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, notes, press releases, memoranda, and other materials related to issues surrounding refugees, displaced persons, and immigration into the United States during the years following World War II.

See also Harry N. Rosenfield oral history.


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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 19 linear feet, 3 linear inches.
Access: Open
Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government the copyrights in this material and in any other material received by the U.S. government and maintained in a depository administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: C.W. Ohrvall (1978); Tammy K. Williams (2026).


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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Harry Nathan Rosenfield was born on August 17, 1911 in New York City, New York. He received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York in 1931 and his bachelor of law degree from Columbia University in 1934. In 1936, he married Leonora Cohen. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from New York University in 1942. After serving in various administrative positions in New York City, he became the principal attorney for the Federal Security Agency from 1942 to 1944. From 1944 to 1948 he served as the assistant to the Federal Security Administrator. In 1948, he became the advisor to the United States delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Also beginning in 1948, he served as one of the commissioners on the Displaced Persons Commission. This position lasted until 1952. In September 1952, he served as Executive Director of the President’s Commission on Immigration and Naturalization. He died on June 2, 1995.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Harry N. Rosenfield Papers contain correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, notes, press releases, memoranda, and other materials related to issues surrounding refugees, displaced persons, and immigration into the United States during the years following World War II. The collection is arranged into three series.

The first series, the Displaced Persons Commission File, contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, memoranda, and other materials. Topics covered include issues facing displaced persons in Europe, emigration of displaced persons from Europe to the United States and other countries, the Marshall Plan and the European Recovery Program and how that could impact displaced persons, the McCarran-Walter Immigration Bill and other immigration legislation in the United States, issues facing immigrants to the United States once they arrived here, and other issues.

The second series, the President’s Commission on Immigration and Naturalization File, contains memoranda, notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, publications, travel vouchers and administrative records, and other materials. File units regarding the different hearings that took place throughout the United States contain lists of people and organizations that testified or provided written testimony as well as handwritten notes from Mr. Rosenfield and newspaper coverage of the hearings. Topics covered include emigration of displaced persons from Europe to the United States, the McCarran-Walter Immigration Bill and other immigration legislation in the United States, issues facing immigrants to the United States once they arrived here, the 1952 presidential campaign, and other issues.

The third series, the Subject File, contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, newspaper clippings, legislation, press releases, memorabilia, and other materials. Topics covered include immigration and refugee issues at the national and international level, human rights issues, and personal matters.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1-30

   DISPLACED PERSIONS COMMISSION FILE, 1947-1952
Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, notes, press releases, memoranda, and other materials. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
31-38   PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION FILE, 1952-1953
Memoranda, notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, publications, travel vouchers and administrative records, and other materials. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
39-44   SUBJECT FILE, 1945-1952
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, newspaper clippings, legislation, press releases, memorabilia, and other materials. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION FILE, 1947-1952

Box 1

  • Administrative Memoranda, Europe [1 of 2]
  • Administrative Memoranda, Europe [2 of 2]
  • Administrative Memoranda, Washington, D.C.
  • Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
  • American Council on Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service, Inc.
  • Analysis of Numeric Provisions of Present Program and of Proposed Legislation
  • Annotated Copy of Displaced Persons Commission Regulations
  • Anti-Discrimination Problem
  • Appropriations, 1949
  • Appropriations, 1950

Box 2

  • Appropriations, 1951
  • Appropriations, 1952 [1 of 2]
  • Appropriations, 1952 [2 of 2]
  • Argumentation
  • Army, Department of the
  • B

Box 3

  • Barkley, Alben W., Address Before the USNA, January 15, 1950
  • Beshein, Meyer D.
  • Belgium Cases
  • Besterman, Walter
  • Blank Forms
  • Budget Material, 1949
  • Budget Material, 1951
  • Budget Meetings, FY52
  • Cantor, George – H.R. 7376 & H.J.R. 411
  • Cantor, George – Legislation, General
  • Cantor, George – Legislation Reports, Drafts

Box 4

  • Cantor, George – Loan Regulations
  • Cantor, George – Miscellany
  • Cantor, George – Miscellaneous Meetings & Telephone Calls
  • Cantor, George – Opinions
  • Cantor, George – Regulations
  • Celler, Congressman Emanuel
  • Chronological File, 1948
  • Chronological File, 1949 [1 of 2]

Box 5

  • Chronological File, 1949 [2 of 2]
  • Chronological File, 1950 [1 of 2]
  • Chronological File, 1950 [2 of 2]
  • Chronological File, 1951 [1 of 2]
  • Chronological File, 1951 [2 of 2]
  • Chronological File, 1952

Box 6

  • Commission Reports (Printed)
  • Congressional Actions, 1948
  • Congressional Actions, 1949
  • Congressional Actions, 1950 [1 of 2]
  • Congressional Actions, 1950 [2 of 2]
  • Congressional Actions, 1951
  • Congressional Actions, 1952

Box 7

  • Congressional Record, 1948-1949 [1 of 2]
  • Congressional Record, 1948-1949 [2 of 2]
  • Congressional Record, 1950 [1 of 2]
  • Congressional Record, 1950 [2 of 2]
  • Chicago Conference, 1949
  • Chicago Conference, 1950
  • Civil Lawsuit, 1951

Box 8

  • Cutter, John W.
  • D
  • Dervan, Richard
  • European Cooperation Administration
  • European Operations [1 of 3]
  • European Operations [2 of 3]
  • European Operations [3 of 3]
  • Evans, Melvin H.
  • Ewing, James
  • Executive Order 10003, October 4, 1948
  • "Fact Book," February 1949 - August 1949

Box 9

  • "Fact Book," 1951 [1 of 2]
  • "Fact Book," 1951 [2 of 2]
  • Fasteau, Irving J.
  • Federal Security Agency
  • Field Memoranda
  • Fine, Ben
  • Foreign Editors Conference, 1951
  • G
  • Gellhorn, Walter
  • Glazek, Edward M.
  • Grabuard, Seymour
  • Greek Displaced Persons
  • H
  • Haber, William
  • Halley, Rudolph
  • High Commissioner for Germany
  • High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Hightower, J. Bernard

Box 10

  • Human Rights
  • Immigration Appeal Cases, Board of
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • Inimical Security List
  • Institute for the Resettlement of Displaced Persons and Surplus Population
  • Instruction Bulletins
  • Instruction Memoranda, Topical Index
  • Instruction Memoranda, 1-100
  • Instruction Memoranda, 101-150

Box 11

  • Instruction Memoranda, 151-199
  • Instruction Memoranda, 200-251
  • Internal Security Act of 1950
  • International Labor Organization [1 of 2]
  • International Labor Organization [2 of 2]

Box 12

  • International Refugee Organization [1 of 3]
  • International Refugee Organization [2 of 3]
  • International Refugee Organization [3 of 3]
  • Interoffice Memoranda and Others, 1948-1952
  • Irwin, Leslie
  • Israel
  • Jackowitz, J.
  • Jewish Community Relations Agencies
  • Jewish Statistics

Box 13

  • Judiciary Committee
  • K
  • Kalmuks
  • Keuhen, Vera M.
  • Kieval, Howard
  • Klein, Joseph J.
  • Kury, Anita R., Research and Statistics
  • L
  • LaGuardia Memorial Association
  • Legal Inventory
  • Legislation, FY 1949
  • Legislation, FY 1950
  • Legislation, FY 1951
  • Legislation, FY 1952 [1 of 2]

Box 14

  • Legislation, FY 1952 [2 of 2]
  • Legislation, FY 1952, Copies of Testimony, H.R. 7376
  • Louisiana Resettlement Problem
  • McCarran (Briefing for House Judicial Subcommittee, Frankfort, Germany, September 8, 1949)
  • McTigue, James J.
  • Minutes
  • Miscellaneous [1 of 2]
  • Miscellaneous [2 of 2]

Box 15

  • Mutual Security Act of 1951
  • National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc. [1 of 2]
  • National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc. [2 of 2]
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1948, August
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1948, September
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1948, October
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1948, November

Box 16

  • Newspaper Clippings – 1948, December
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, January
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, February
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, March
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, April
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, May
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, June
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, July
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, August

Box 17

  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, September
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, October
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, November
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1949, December
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1950 [1 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1950 [2 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1950 [3 of 3]

Box 18

  • Newspaper Clippings – 1951
  • Newspaper Clippings – 1952
  • Newspaper Clippings – Miscellaneous
  • Office Information Memoranda, Washington, D.C.
  • Omnibus Immigration Bill [1 of 4]
  • Omnibus Immigration Bill [2 of 4]

Box 19

  • Omnibus Immigration Bill [3 of 4]
  • Omnibus Immigration Bill [4 of 4]
  • Orientation of Displaced Persons for the U.S., Report of a Study on
  • Personnel, Correspondence from European Staff
  • Personnel, European Headquarters
  • Personnel, Washington, D.C., Headquarters
  • Policy Letters
  • Program Kit, 1949
  • Progress Report, 1949

Box 20

  • Progress Report, 1950
  • Progress Report, 1951
  • Progress Report, 1952
  • Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe
  • Public Charge
  • Publications [1 of 6]
  • Publications [2 of 6]
  • Publications [3 of 6]

Box 21

  • Publications [4 of 6]
  • Publications [5 of 6]
  • Publications [6 of 6]
  • R
  • Reading File – 1948, September
  • Reading File – 1948, October
  • Reading File – 1948, November

Box 22

  • Reading File – 1948, December
  • Reading File – 1949, January
  • Reading File – 1949, February
  • Reading File – 1949, March
  • Reading File – 1949, April
  • Reading File – 1949, May
  • Reading File – 1949, June

Box 23

  • Reading File – 1949, July
  • Reading File – 1949, August
  • Reading File – 1949, September
  • Reading File – 1949, October
  • Reading File – 1949, November
  • Reading File – 1949, December
  • Reading File – 1950, January
  • Reading File – 1950, February
  • Reading File – 1950, March
  • Reading File – 1950, April
  • Reading File – 1950, May
  • Reading File – 1950, June
  • Reading File – 1950, July
  • Reading File – 1950, August
  • Reading File – 1950, September
  • Reading File – 1950, October
  • Reading File – 1950, November
  • Reading File – 1950, December

Box 24

  • Reading File – 1951, January
  • Reading File – 1951, February
  • Reading File – 1951, March
  • Reading File – 1951, April
  • Reading File – 1951, May
  • Reading File – 1951, June
  • Reading File – 1951, July
  • Reading File – 1951, August
  • Reading File – 1951, September
  • Reading File – 1951, October
  • Reading File – 1951, November
  • Reading File – 1951, December
  • Reading File – 1952, January-March
  • Reading File – 1952, April-June

Box 25

  • Rosenfield Notes [1 of 2]
  • Rosenfield Notes [2 of 2]
  • S
  • Security Screening Program
  • Senate Hearing Transcripts: Volume 24 (February 3, 1950); Volume 29 (February 16, 1950); Volume 32 (February 24, 1951)

Box 26

  • Senate Hearing Transcripts: Volume 34 (March 7, 1950); Volume 37 (March 13, 1950); Volume 38 (March 15, 1950); Volume 39 (March 16, 1950)
  • Smith, Harry
  • Speech Material
  • Speeches, 1948
  • Speeches, 1949
  • Speeches, 1950

Box 27

  • Speeches, 1951
  • Speeches, 1952
  • Surplus – Overpopulation, Correspondence
  • Surplus – Overpopulation, Miscellaneous
  • Surplus – Overpopulation, Newspaper Clippings
  • Telephone Handwritten Notes, Rosenfield, 1948-1949
  • Telephone Handwritten Notes, Rosenfield, 1950

Box 28

  • Telephone Handwritten Notes, Rosenfield, 1951-1952 [1 of 2]
  • Telephone Handwritten Notes, Rosenfield, 1951-1952 [2 of 2]
  • Travel, Europe, 1949-1950
  • Travel, Europe, 1951
  • Travel Vouchers, 1948

Box 29

  • Travel Vouchers, 1949
  • Travel Vouchers, 1950
  • Travel Vouchers, Europe, 1950
  • Travel Vouchers, 1951
  • Travel Vouchers, 1952
  • Travel Vouchers, UNESCO, 3rd National Conference, 1952, Delegates Kit

Box 30

  • Travel Vouchers, UNESCO, 3rd National Conference, 1952, Press Releases
  • U-V
  • Vaughan, Frank B., Jr.
  • Visa Division
  • Voluntary Agencies
  • White, Walter

PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, 1952-1953

Box 31

  • Administrative
  • Administrative Process and Judicial Review
  • Agriculture
  • American Committee on Special Migration
  • Analysis of S.3455
  • Background of Immigration and Naturalization Act
  • Budget
  • Commission Meetings
  • Commission Members Transmittal Memos
  • Delegation of Authority [folder empty]
  • Douglas, Paul H.
  • Executive Order 10392, September 4, 1952
  • Finucane, Thomas G.
  • Fisher, Adrian S.
  • Gordon, Mr.
  • Gullixson, Rev. Thaddeus F.
  • Harrison, Earl G.
  • Hearings, Atlanta - General
  • Hearings, Atlanta – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, Boston - General
  • Hearings, Boston – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, Chicago - General

Box 32

  • Hearings, Chicago – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, Cleveland - General
  • Hearings, Cleveland – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, Detroit - General
  • Hearings, Detroit – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, General
  • Hearings, Los Angeles - General
  • Hearings, Los Angeles – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, New York - General
  • Hearings, New York – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, St. Louis - General
  • Hearings, St. Louis – Newspaper Clippings

Box 33

  • Hearings, St. Paul - General
  • Hearings, St. Paul – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, San Francisco - General
  • Hearings, San Francisco – Newspaper Clippings
  • Hearings, Washington, D.C. - General
  • Hearings, Washington, D.C. – Newspaper Clippings
  • Instructions (Office)
  • Items for Consideration of Commission
  • Justice, Department of
  • Labor Market
  • Library of Congress
  • Mann, Fred
  • National Origins

Box 34

  • Newspaper Clippings, September 1952
  • Newspaper Clippings, October 1952
  • Newspaper Clippings, November 1952
  • Newspaper Clippings, December 1952
  • Newspaper Clippings, Campaign, 1952 (re Immigration Problems)

Box 35

  • Newspaper Clippings, January 1953 [1 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings, January 1953 [2 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings, January 1953 [3 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings, General [1 of 7]
  • Newspaper Clippings, General [2 of 7]

Box 36

  • Newspaper Clippings, General [3 of 7]
  • Newspaper Clippings, General [4 of 7]
  • Newspaper Clippings, General [5 of 7]
  • Newspaper Clippings, General [6 of 7]
  • Newspaper Clippings, General [7 of 7]
  • O'Grady, John
  • Omnibus Immigration Bill
  • Penton, Anita K.
  • Perlman, Phillip B.
  • Pickett, Dr. Clarence
  • Population Stdies

Box 37

 

  • Press Releases, 1952-1953
  • Publications [1 of 6]
  • Publications [2 of 6]
  • Publications [3 of 6]
  • Publications [4 of 6]
  • Publications [5 of 6]

Box 38

  • Publications [6 of 6]
  • Quotas
  • Report
  • State, Department of
  • Telephone Notes
  • Travel Itineraries
  • Travel Vouchers
  • Wasserman, Jack

SUBJECT FILE, 1945-1952

Box 39

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • Common Council for American Unity – Interpreter Releases, 1948
  • Common Council for American Unity – Interpreter Releases, 1949

Box 40

  • Common Council for American Unity – Interpreter Releases, 1950
  • Common Council for American Unity – Interpreter Releases, 1951

Box 41

  • Common Council for American Unity – Interpreter Releases, 1952
  • Cross References
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • Green, Jimmy

Box 42

  • H
  • I-J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • United Nations, 1945
  • United Nations, 1946
  • United Nations, 1947
  • United Nations, 1949
  • United Nations – Conference Manual
  • United Nations – Department Structure
  • United Nations – Publications – “The Race Question in Modern Science”

Box 43

  • United Nations – Third National Conference, 1952 – Printed Material
  • United Nations – Third National Conference – Roster of Attendees
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1946, reports from P. Kasius
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948 [1 of 2]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948 [2 of 2]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948 -- Migration

Box 44

  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948, Third Session, Commission on Human Rights [1 of 3]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948, Third Session, Commission on Human Rights [2 of 3]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948, Third Session, Commission on Human Rights [3 of 3]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948, International Refugee Organization [1 of 3]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948, International Refugee Organization [2 of 3]
  • United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1948, International Refugee Organization [3 of 3]
  • W
  • X-Y-Z

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