Papers of Abraham Charasch

Abraham Charasch Collections documents Abraham Charasch’s involvement with Jewish political parties and Jewish student organizations in the Russian Empire and abroad, but mostly in Switzerland. Most materials collected here deal with the Union of Eastern Jewish Student Organizations in Western Europe (Souz Vostochno-Evropeiskikh Studencheskikh Evreiskikh Organizacii v Zapadnoi Evrope, Rus: Союз Восточно-Европейских Студенческих Еврейских Организаций в Западной Европе) and Zionist Socialist Worker’s Party (Sionistko-Sozialisticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya, Rus: Сионистско-социалистическая рабочая партия). Included here is correspondence, by-laws, reports, resolutions, minutes of meetings, declarations, circular letters, lists of delegates to student conferences, memoranda, manuscripts, bibliographies, and applications sent to the Swiss Central Committee for the Return of Political Immigrants.

Bulk of material consists of correspondence pertaining to Russian-Jewish students abroad, publications and publication efforts, Jewish immigration, and Jewish political parties in the Russian Empire and abroad.

Materials dealing with student publications include correspondence, announcements, and circulars pertaining to the following publications: Academic Directory, Studencheskaya Mysl (Student Thought, Rus: Студенческая Мысль), and Jewish Student Body (Ger: Die jüdische Studentenschaft).

Materials dealing with Russian-Jewish students abroad include correspondence of the Union of Eastern Jewish Student Organization in Western Union (Souz Vostochno-Evropeiskikh Studencheskikh Evreiskikh Organizacii v Zapadnoi Evrope, Rus: Союз Восточно-Европейских Студенческих Еврейских Организаций в Западной Европе) with individuals and other student organizations, correspondence regarding political parties in Russian Empire and abroad, and correspondence between Union’s Executive Committee (Pinchas Dubinsky) and Central Bureau (Abraham Charasch).

Other materials include documents dealing with Abraham Charasch, such as typed and handwritten manuscripts, bibliographies, and notes for manuscripts.