Louis Glaser Papers
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence of Glaser relating to various Zionist activities including correspondence in Yiddish from the 6th Zionist Congress, a delegate card (photocopy) for the Congress in Basel, share certificate and dividend coupons of the Jewish Colonial Trust and a letter from the Alliance Israelite Universelle concerning the purchase of land in Palestine for the B'nai Zion Achuza in Hartford.
Also included are a U.S. Department of State travel document to Palestine, a U.S. naturalization certificate, the Ketuban (photocopy), wedding invitation, a certificate of civil marriage, and 122 letters between Mr. and Mrs. Glaser after civil marriage but before religious marriage in 1907 (both manuscripts and typescripts), and their photographs with notations.
Dates
- undated, 1900-1934
Creator
- Glaser, Louis (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
Biographical Note
Louis Glaser, Zionist in Hartford, Conn.
Extent
1 Manuscript Boxes
.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Yiddish
Abstract
Contains correspondence of Glaser relating to various Zionist activities including correspondence in Yiddish from the 6th Zionist Congress, a delegate card (photocopy) for the Congress in Basel, share certificate and dividend coupons of the Jewish Colonial Trust and a letter from the Alliance Israelite Universelle concerning the purchase of land in Palestine for the B'nai Zion Achuza in Hartford.
Acquisition Note
Gift of daughter, Mrs. Perry Haber 1988 & 1990
- Title
- Guide to the Louis Glaser Papers, undated, 1900-1934 P-593
- 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
- October 2020: RJohnstone: post-ASpace migration cleanup.
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
