Charles Schwager Papers

Collection — Box: CB-P9, Folder: P-301

Identifier: P-301

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of letters written to Schwager by Americans and non-Americans on a variety of topics pertaining to Jews. The majority of the letters are from members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, and American governors, expressing their views on Jews, anti-Semitism, and Palestine as a Jewish homeland. Also included are letters on this topic from Thomas Edison, Charles Curtis, and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Other letters concern the First Solotwiner Sick and Benevolent Society, the proposed formation by Schwager of a cloak-maker's union, and other topics of general Jewish interest.

Among the correspondents are Charles M. LaFollette, Hamilton Fish, Jr., Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., John W. McCormack, Alben W. Barkley, Robert F. Wagner, Clare Boothe Luce, Louis Marshall, Fiore La Guardia, and George D. Aiken.

Dates

Creation: 1909-1948

Creator

Schwager, Charles (Person)
La Follette, Charles Marion, 1898-1974 (Person)
Fish, Hamilton Jr 1888- (Person)
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985 (Person)
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 (Person)
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Person)
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 (Person)
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987 (Person)
Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929 (Person)
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 (Person)
Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984 (Person)
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 (Person)
Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 (Person)
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972 (Person)
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (Person)
Bergson, Peter H., 1910- (Person)

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.

For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org

Extent

1 Manuscript Boxes

.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of letters written to Schwager by Americans and non-Americans on a variety of topics pertaining to Jews. The majority of the letters are from members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, and American governors, expressing their views on Jews, anti-Semitism, and Palestine as a Jewish homeland. Also included are letters on this topic from Thomas Edison, Charles Curtis, and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Other letters concern the First Solotwiner Sick and Benevolent Society, the proposed formation by Schwager of a cloak-maker's union, and other topics of general Jewish interest.