Records of the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence dealing with requests for aid from relatives of Americans in Russia and German occupied Europe obtained through the Jewish Colonization Association office in Petrograd and the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden. Those aiding in the search for relatives in America include the New England Branch of the A.J.R.C., the Philadelphia Branch of the A.J.R.C. (Cyrus Adler), the Buffalo Relief Committee, the Chicago Jewish courier, Chicago Jewish Relief Committee, Cincinnati United Jewish Charities, Hartford Central Jewish War Relief Committee, and the New York Jewish daily forward. Contains also appeal leaflets, the program of a benefit held in Carnegie Hall, addresses by Jacob Billikopf, Herbert H. Lehman, Solomon Schechter, and Felix Warburg and circulars from the Reichsverband Ostmarkenhilfe.
Dates
- 1914-1917
Creator
- Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940 (Person)
- Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 (Person)
- Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963 (Person)
- Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915 (Person)
- Warburg, Felix M. (Felix Moritz), 1871-1937 (Person)
- American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War (Organization)
- Jewish Colonization Association (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.
Use Restrictions
No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.
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Biographical Note
American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War founded 1914--dissolved 1919?.
Extent
1 Manuscript Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence dealing with requests for aid from relatives of Americans in Russia and German occupied Europe obtained through the Jewish Colonization Association office in Petrograd and the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden. Those aiding in the search for relatives in America include the New England Branch of the A.J.R.C., the Philadelphia Branch of the A.J.R.C. (Cyrus Adler), the Buffalo Relief Committee, the Chicago Jewish courier, Chicago Jewish Relief Committee, Cincinnati United Jewish Charities, Hartford Central Jewish War Relief Committee, and the New York Jewish daily forward. Also contains appeal leaflets, the program of a benefit held in Carnegie Hall, addresses by Jacob Billikopf, Herbert H. Lehman, Solomon Schechter, and Felix Warburg and circulars from the Reichsverband Ostmarkenhilfe.
- Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940
- Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950
- Charities
- Charities -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Charities -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Charities -- United States
- Chicago Jewish courier
- Forṿerṭs (New York, N.Y.)
- Germany
- Jewish Colonization Association
- Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963
- Russia
- Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Warburg, Felix M. (Felix Moritz), 1871-1937
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War, 1914-1917 I-83
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by marc2ead_ajhs.xsl
- Date
- © 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- January 2021: RJohnstone: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
