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Max James Kohler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-7
Abstract

The Papers of Max J. Kohler (1871-1934) document his life's work as lawyer, historian, writer, researcher, and defender of Jewish and immigrant rights. Correspondents include many of Kohler's contemporaries in the field of history and immigration law including Cyrus Adler; William Taft; John Bassett Moore; Mortimer Schiff; David Hunter Miller; Baron and Baroness de Hirsch; the Straus Family including Oscar Straus; Luigi Luzzatti; Leon Huhner; and Julian Mack. Subjects include U.S. immigration law, American-Jewish history, Col. Alfred Dreyfus, Haym Salomon, Ellis Island, Rabbi Kaufmann Kohler, the publication God in Freedom, international treaties, and the Peace Conference of 1919.

Dates: 1765-1963; Majority of material found within 1888 - 1935
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

Papers of William Edlin (1878-1947)

 Collection
Identifier: RG 251
Abstract

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of William Edlin, editor of The Day and a prominent Socialist. It includes correspondence with individuals and with organizations, newspaper clippings, manuscripts of works by Edlin and by others as well as translations done by Edlin, and some of Edlin’s personal documents. These materials relate to Edlin’s involvement with The Day, with the Socialist Party, the Workmen’s Circle, various labor and Zionist organizations, literary clubs and activities, and with music, art and drama.

Dates: 1894-1948, 1960-1969
Found in: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Records of the Industrial Removal Office

 Collection
Identifier: I-91
Abstract

The Industrial Removal Office was created as part of the Jewish Agricultural Society to assimilate immigrants into American society, both economically and culturally. It worked to employ all Jewish immigrants. The collection contains administrative and financial records, immigrants' removal records, and correspondence. A database has been constructed to search for persons removed by the Industrial Removal Office.

Dates: undated, 1899-1922
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

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United States -- Emigration and immigration 2
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Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940 2
American Jewish Committee 2
Baron de Hirsch Fund 2
Barondess, Joseph, 1867-1928 2
Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 2
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Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) 2
Industrial Removal Office (U.S.) 2
Jewish Colonization Association 2
Kohler, Max J. (Max James), 1871-1934 2
Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929 2
Mendes, H. Pereira (Henry Pereira), 1852-1937 2
National Council of Jewish Women 2
Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920 2
Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 2
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 2
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 2
Zionist Organization of America 2
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
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