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A. Harry Kallet Collection

An inventory of his collection at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Kallet, A. Harry.
Title: A. Harry Kallet Collection
Dates: 1910-1979
Size: 1 box (0.25 linear foot)
Abstract: The A. Harry Kallet Collection contains awards, clippings and photographs related to his football career at Syracuse University and subsequent work as a coach and physician.
Language: English
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

A. Harry Kallet

Aaron Harry Kallet was born Aaron Gedalia Kaletzki on August 2, 1887 in Warsaw, Poland. He was the youngest of five children and immigrated to the United States as an infant.

Kallet attended Syracuse University from 1905 to 1912 and served as president of the Class of 1912. As a student, Kallet was a founding member and first president of the Omicron Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau. He was also an accomplished football player, named to Walter Camp’s All American Football Team and the Medical All American Football Team. Upon graduation, he worked as an assistant coach and scout for Syracuse University’s football team and served as team physician. He was also Head Coach for the Manlius Military Academy from 1916 to 1934, where a field house and a football field were named in his honor.

During Kallet’s fifty-year career as a practicing physician in Syracuse, New York, he worked as an instructor of obstetrics at Syracuse University’s Medical College. He also served as a medical examiner on Syracuse’s Draft Board during World War II. His professional interests included nutrition, weight loss, and nephrology.

He married Kathryn Clifford of Auburn, New York. They had two sons, Clifford and Richard. Kallet died on April 13, 1965 in Hollywood, Florida. In 1966, he was posthumously inducted into the Syracuse Jewish Community Center's Sports Hall of Fame.

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Scope and Content Note

The A. Harry Kallet Collection contains materials dating from 1949 to 1979. Items in the collection include several clippings from Syracuse newspapers and award certificates. Also included are programs from reunion events and nomination materials for the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. The majority of items relate to Kallet’s time as a student, athlete, and Zeta Beta Tau fraternity president at Syracuse University, as well as his subsequent career as a football coach and practicing physician.

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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 the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The Archives holds a clipping file for A. Harry Kallet.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Kallet, A. Harry.
Syracuse University -- Alumni and alumnae.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

A. Harry Kallet Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

The Kallet Collection was transferred to the Archives by the Syracuse University Department of Athletics in 2013.

Processing Information

All materials were placed in acid-free folders and box.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Katie Swingly
Date: 2014
Revision history:

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Arrangement

The items are arranged in alphabetical order.

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Inventory

Papers
FC 2-1 Certificate of Appreciation, Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, Awarded December 1959
FC 2-1 Certificate, Varsity Club of SU Letterman of Distinction for 2 Years of Distinguished Service, Awarded Posthumously 1966
Box 1 Clippings 1910-1979
FC 2-1 Empire: The Syracuse Herald American Post Standard Sunday Magazine November 12, 1978
Box 1 Intercollegiate Rowing Association 56th Annual Regatta Program June 21, 1958
Box 1 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Nomination Materials 1978-1979
Box 1 Letterman of Distinction Ballot 1965
Box 1 Letterman of Distinction Program October 7, 1966
Box 1 Manlius Old Boys’ Bulletin 1953, 1962, 1965
Box 1 Manlius School- Kallet Field House Dedication 1929
FC 2-1 Photograph undated (oversize)
Box 1 Photographs 1910-1961, undated
Box 1 Spectrum “Medical All American” 1955
Box 1 Syracuse Post-Standard Sunday Magazine August 16, 1964
Box 1 Syracuse University Varsity Football Team of 1911 Reunion Programs 1951, 1961
Box 1 Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity 1961

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