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Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged.

ArchivalResource: 37 linear feet (169 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00082/catalog View

Board of Delegates of American Israelites Records, 1859-1881, 1887, 1932

Title: Board of Delegates of American IsraelitesRecords 1859-1881, 1887, 1932

The Records of the Board of Delegates ofAmerican Israelites (1859-1878) documents the life cycle of the Board of Delegates, a Jewishcivil rights organization located in New York City. The Board served primarily in a two-foldfunction: acting as a central organization for American Jews and working on behalf of Jewsabroad. To the latter end, the Delegates collaborated with the Committee of Deputies of BritishJews and the French Alliance Israélite Universelle to provide for the relief and aid, civil, andreligious rights of Jews throughout the Americas, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East,particularly Romania, Ottoman Palestine including Jerusalem, and Morocco. In the U.S., theDelegates were partially responsible for the appointment of the first Jewish Military Chaplainand surveyed member synagogues concerning the history and size of their congregation, the firstorganization to systematically record this type of information in the States. The Delegatesmerged with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) in 1878 and dissolved in 1925.Correspondents include Adolph Crémieux, Sir Moses Montefiore, Benjamin Franklin Peixotto, IsaacsS. Myer, the Rev. Dr. Arnold Fischel, and Maj. General Benjamin Butler. Documents includecorrespondence, minutes, committee reports, memorials, announcements, surveys, some printedmaterial including clippings, and a 1932 Rabbinical thesis on the Delegates by Allan Tarshish.

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Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Records, 1905-1913 (bulk 1909-1911).

Title: Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Records, 1905-1913 (bulk 1909-1911).

The Records of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission focus on the commission's role in orchestrating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. The collection contains correspondence, contracts, vouchers, cancelled checks, financial and legal documents, meeting minutes, clippings, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 21 linear ft. (35 boxes, 40 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/479755813 View

Myer S. Isaacs, (1841-1904), Collection, undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Title: Myer S. Isaacs Collection (1841-1904) undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Real estate lawyer, judge,newspaper editor, and philanthropist Myer S. Isaacs was the eldest son of thesecond English-speaking Rabbi in the United States, the Rev. Dr. Samuel M.Isaacs (1804-1878). The Isaacs Family were founding members of the NewYork-based Jewish civil rights organization, the Board of Delegates of AmericanIsraelites (1859-1878), published the (1859-1902), and Myer was the first president of the Baron deHirsch Fund. The collection contains documents deriving from Myer and SamuelIssacs, and Myer's brothers Abram (1852 or 53-1920) and Isaac Isaacs(1845-1907). Information concerning Myer's children may also be found,including documents from his son Stanley (1882-1962), Manhattan boroughPresident and New York City Councilman. Includes correspondence, clippings,commencement programs, invitations, souvenir and anniversary programs, electioncampaign materials, obituaries, funeral programs, and citizenshippapers. JewishMessenger

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Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Records, 1905-1913 (Bulk 1909-1911)

Title: Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Records 1905-1913 (Bulk 1909-1911)

The Records of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission focus on the commission's role in orchestrating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. The collection contains correspondence, contracts, vouchers, cancelled checks, financial and legal documents, meeting minutes, clippings, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 21.0 Linear feet; (35 boxes, 40 volumes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/hudson_fulton/hudson_fulton.html View

Garrison family papers, 1801-1948 (inclusive), 1840-1907 (bulk).

Title: Garrison family papers, 1801-1948 (inclusive), 1840-1907 (bulk).

Papers of American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and his family.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00673/catalog View

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1914.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1914.

This correspondence concerns a testimonial dinner to Forbes-Robertson and is not from him but from Isaac N. Seligman.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155889218 View

Henry Villard papers, 1604-1948 (inclusive), 1863-1900 (bulk).

Title: Henry Villard papers, 1604-1948 (inclusive), 1863-1900 (bulk).

Personal and professional papers, as well as family papers of Henry Villard, the German-born American journalist, financier and railway promoter.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (6.25 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00295/catalog View