Charles Schwager Papers
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
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.
Physical Location
Collection is located in Consolidated Box P9.
Acquisition Note
Gift, in part, of the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Foundation 1979
Note
Includes former P-489
Subject
- 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)
- First Solotwiner Sick and Benevolent Society (N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Schwager papers, 1909-1948 P-301
- 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
- June, October 2020: EHyman: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository