The collection consists largely of oral history interviews and reproduced correspondence,
press releases, photographs, and speeches pertaining to Golda Meir's political life,
primarily from 1955-1974. Sara Tsur did most of the photocopying of materials from Israeli
archives under contract for the Golda Meir Library of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Geraldine Stern and William Moritz conducted the oral history interviews found in the
collection. The other materials were acquired through donations between 1987-1989.
The photocopied addresses, interviews, and press releases were originally created between
1969-1972 while Meir was prime minister.
The photocopied correspondence is usually with friends and admirers, thanking Meir and
communicating their support for her. There are two folders of reproduced materials
originally created by Ms. Lou Kadar, Meir's secretary, containing supportive letters to
Meir, and recollections of her life.
There is a recording and transcript of Meir's interview with Mitchell Kraus on 18 July,
1972, concerning her recollections of Jacob Blaustein. The original materials are part of
the Jacob Blaustein Oral History Project, located in the American Jewish Committee's William
E. Wiener Oral History Library.
The Israel Radio Catalog of materials on Golda Meir (from the Israeli State Archives) is
completely in Hebrew.
The collection contains newsclippings, many in Hebrew, from the Jerusalem Post (1957-1983), the Wisconsin Jewish
Chronicle (1973-1974), and numerous other papers (1947-1984) about Meir.
The photographs, mostly copies from Israeli archives and the government press office, are
of Meir throughout her life, historic Jewish individuals, and the Milwaukee Jewish
community.
Meir's student records include a recommendation from Richard Krug, principal of North
Division High School, for admission to the Milwaukee Normal School, and a photocopied
transcript from the latter.
Most of the audio cassettes are oral history interviews conducted by Geraldine Stern in
1981 and William Moritz in 1987. The interviewees include Yitzhak Rabin and Lou Kadar.
Except for Sara Rahaby, the interviewees did not sign release forms, so they remain the
holders of copyright.
