Oppenheim, Samuel, 1857-1928

Abstract The records of the American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest national ethnic historical organization in the United States, include correspondence of officers and staff as well as inter-office memos, multiple versions of the constitution and by-laws of the society, meeting minutes of administrative branches and committees, membership and financial records, reports, exhibit materials, records relating to the society’s library and archival holdings, press releases and newspaper clippings, and publications and newsletters created by the society. There are also materials from various programs, such as meetings and conferences, tours, lectures, awards and dinners, films, and educational programs.

Abstract Includes Haym Salomon's marriage contract with Rachel Franks (1777); a bank note signed by Francis Hopkinson, Treasurer of Loans (1780); 2 bank drafts in French (1784); a letter book containing both personal and business correspondence (1781-1783); a letter from Abraham I. Abrahams (1783); documents relating to estate of Barnet Levy (1784); and several sales lists (1784).

Also contains a family record kept by his son, Haym Moses Salomon; a set of Bibles sold to H.M. Salomon by Ephraim Hart, and given to his son David Salomon, which contains family records and lists of children of Haym Salomon and Haym M. Salomon; several prayer books belonging to the Salomon family; several letters of Ezekiel Salomon (1819) and a petition of Rachel Helborne, widow of Haym Salomon, to Orphan's Court, Philadelphia (1787), requesting appointment of guardians for children.

Abstract The Papers of Max J. Kohler (1871-1934) document his life's work as lawyer, historian, writer, researcher, and defender of Jewish and immigrant rights. Correspondents include many of Kohler's contemporaries in the field of history and immigration law including Cyrus Adler; William Taft; John Bassett Moore; Mortimer Schiff; David Hunter Miller; Baron and Baroness de Hirsch; the Straus Family including Oscar Straus; Luigi Luzzatti; Leon Huhner; and Julian Mack. Subjects include U.S. immigration law, American-Jewish history, Col. Alfred Dreyfus, Haym Salomon, Ellis Island, Rabbi Kaufmann Kohler, the publication God in Freedom, international treaties, and the Peace Conference of 1919.

Abstract This collection documents the research of Jewish historian Samuel Oppenheim (1857-1928) concerning the lives of colonial Jews in the Americas, and the early history of the United States. Included in the collection are his notes, transcripts of original works, photocopies of the records of the Dutch West India Company, correspondence relating to his research, his writings, and original documents from the Mayor’s Court of the City of New York that date from 1653-1760.