Collection inventory

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Julius S. Cohen Papers

An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives

Sponsor: The processing of this collection was made possible through the generosity of Marion W. Meyer G'55.

Finding aid created by: Mary Skaden
Date: 2013

Revision history:

Biography

Julius Solomon Cohen (b. 1928) taught vocational rehabilitation in Syracuse University’s School of Education during a period of exciting and novel developments in the Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation. Although his time as professor and coordinator at the University was brief, he helped to establish a solid foundation for the division’s focus on special education.

Cohen was born in Monticello, New York to Abraham and Rose Cohen. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Syracuse University in 1949 and a master’s degree in education from Columbia University in 1950. He taught for several years and worked as a test psychologist for the U.S. Army until returning to Columbia University to work on his doctorate in vocational rehabilitation, which he received in 1962. Cohen ultimately combined his work in these fields and began a career in vocational training for people with disabilities. Positions as the Assistant Project Director and the Director of Vocation Training at the Edward R. Johnstone Training and Research Center in New Jersey were his first ventures into this specific field.

In 1961, Cohen was hired by Syracuse University both as an associate professor of special education and as coordinator of the Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program. This program was established under the School of Education's Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation in order to train counselors to work with people who had physical, emotional, intellectual, or cultural disabilities. After six years at Syracuse University, Cohen moved on, taking a job at the University of Michigan with former Division of Special Education professor William Cruickshank, who was establishing a similar organization for the advancements of special education. Cohen remained at the University of Michigan until his retirement from the field in 1991.

Scope and Content Note

The Julius S. Cohen Papers contain items from 1960 to 1966, coinciding with part of Cohen’s time at Syracuse University. The bulk of the materials are articles written by Cohen, reprinted from scholarly journals, about vocational training programs in terms of organization, function, employers, and employees. The report from an institute that Cohen participated in contains a transcription of his speech on disabled people in the work force. Written by Cohen and two colleagues, the monograph on vocational rehabilitation was the result of Syracuse University's Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation’s inclusion of poverty issues into the study of vocational instruction.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

In addition to these papers, the Syracuse University Archives also holds a clipping file and a portrait file for Julius S. Cohen.

Selected Search Terms

Names

Cohen, Julius S.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University. -- School of Education.

Subjects

Occupational training.
Special education educators.
Teaching -- Methodology.
Vocational rehabilitation -- United States.
College teachers.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Publications.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Julius S. Cohen Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

There is no information pertaining to the Archives' acquisition of this collection.

Processing Information

Materials are housed in acid-free folders and an archival box.

Arrangement

The items are arranged in alphabetical order.

Table of Contents

Publications

Inventory