Louis Finkelstein edited two volumes of spiritual autobiographies: American Spiritual Autobiographies (1948), and Thirteen Americans: Their Spiritual Autobiographies (1953).

Also, the editor's introduction to the first volume and the full autobiographical essay of Simon J. Finkelstein have been placed on the web site, and are linked from here.

American Spiritual Autobiographies

edited by Louis Finkelstein. Harper and Brothers, 1948. xxvi+276 pps.   15 photographs.

Table of Contents

• vii. Preface
• xi. Introduction
• 1. Milburn Lincoln Wilson. (1885-1969) Director of Cooperative Extension Work, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• 25. George Nauman Shuster (1894-1977). President, Hunter College.
• 38. Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874-1971). President, New School for Social Research.
• 65. Lyman Bryson (1888-1959). Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.
• 83. Raphael Isaacs* (1891-1965). Physician in Hematology, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago.
• 91. Harry J. Carman (1884-1964). Dean of Columbia College.
• 106. Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969). Minister, Riverside Church, New York.
• 121. Rufus M. Jones (1863-1948). Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College.
• 131. Mary K. Simkhovitch (1867-1951). Founder of Greenwich House, New York City.
• 156. William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971). Professor of Semitic Languages, Johns Hopkins University.
• 182. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955). Founder of Bethune-Cookman College. Founder-President, National Council of Negro Women.
• 191. Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956). President, Fisk University.
• 207. William G. Constable (1887-1976). Curator of Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• 226. Jacob S. Potofsky (1894-1979). President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
• 243. Simon J. Finkelstein (1861-1947). Rabbi, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Brooklyn. Autobiographical essay
• 261. Biographical Sketches
• 271. Index

Raphael Isaacs. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1891, studied there at the University, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, and the Harvard Medical School; married and has a son who served with the U.S. Army; was a private in the Medical Corps of the Army from 1917-19 and a lieutenant from 1919-21; having taught and worked at a number of universities and hospitals, he is now attending physician in hematology at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago; has made numerous discoveries in hematology and written extensively on the subject.

Thirteen Americans: Their Spiritual Autobiographies

edited by Louis Finkelstein, Institute for Religious and Social Studies. 1953. xii+296 pps.

• xi. Preface.
• 1. Clarence Pickett (1884-1965). Executive secretary, American Friends Service Committee.
• 15. Ordway Tead (1891-1973). Chair, New York Board of Higher Education.
• 31. Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957). Professor of astronomy, Princeton.
• 47. Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952). Professor of zoology, Princeton.
• 77. Richard McKeon (1900-1985). Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Humanities, Univeristy of Chicago.
• 115. Erwin Canham, (1904-1982). Editor, Christian Science Monitor.
• 129. Elbert D. Thomas (1888-1953). U.S. Senator from Utah.
• 159. Judith Berlin Lieberman (1903-1978). Principal, Shulamith School for Girls.
• 177. Channing H. Tobias (1882-1961). Civil rights activist, chairman NAACP.
• 201. David de Sola Pool (1885-1970). Rabbi, Congregation Shearith Israel
• 219. Basil O'Connor (1892-1972). President and Chair, American Red Cross.
• 231. Willard L. Sperry (1882-1954). Dean, Harvard Divinity School.
• 253. Julian Morgenstern (1881-1976). President, Hebrew Union College.
• 275. Biographical Sketches
• 285. Index.