Straus, Isidor, 1845-1912

Collection includes the following newsletters: Abravanel Family Newsletter 1987-1998; Berman Reunion, A Family Chronicle 1988; Breakstone World 1930; Family Chronicles 1987-2000 (Budnitzky/Glanz-Chafets/Knoppow families); Gamsu Family 1991; Gimpel-Wnuk Family 1987-1993; Grad Family 1995-1999; Indianer Mishpoche 1988-1999; Klein Klippings 1995-1998, 2004; Meyers Mishpoche 1989-1996; Minovitz Minutes 1996-2001, 2012; Mischpacha Memo 1999-1994 (Uknown family); Mishpocheh 1990-1994 (Friedberg-Buten-Zipnick families); Pasenker Family 1992-2006; The Pearl 1985-1996 (Gradsonossky family); Relatively Speaking 1987-2000 (Birkenwald/Langsdorf/Rosenstock/Weinberg families); Rock Candy Gazette 1994-1997 (Zuckerkandel family); SaroNewS 1987-1988 (Saron Family); Ser-Charlap Family Newsletter 1989-1999; The Stein Family 1988; Straus Historical Society, Inc. Newsletter 1999-2000; Wholedamfam 1993-1996 (Straus family); Wirtshafters World 1990-1991.

The personal and social engagement diaries of Florence Lowenstein Marshall (1873-1916), wife of Constitution and civil rights attorney Louis Marshall and mother of lawyer James and conservationists Robert and George Marshall and daughter Ruth, span the years of 1894 until her death in 1916 of cancer. Her diaries record the events of her life—without the benefit of commentary on them—regarding social and family gatherings, theatre and music performances, her children's activities (including illnesses and vaccinations), her philantrophic meetings, and a meticulous recording of Louis's life as a leader.

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.