Jacob H. Schiff Papers

Documents in this collection

Jane Addams to Jacob Henry Schiff, January 29, 1917

Addams thanks Schiff for his contributions to the Women's Congress After the War.

Peace

Jane Addams to Jacob Henry Schiff, January 18, 1917

Addams asks Schiff for financial support for the Woman's International Congress After the War.

Conferences, Peace

Description

Materials include correspondence and reports concerning Schiff's philanthropic, political, educational, and immigration-related activities, relief problems, the outbreak of World War I, the inhuman treatment of the Jews in Poland, relief for Antwerp Jews and for Jewish sufferers from the war, the struggle between Zionists and non-Zionists in Germany, the language question in Jerusalem, the founding of a Jewish Institute of Technology in Haifa, American-German relations during World War I, Jewish agricultural and industrial problems, literary, scientific, and religious questions, business matters, financial transactions with the United States Treasury Department, and the restoration of Palestine.

Source

Finding Aid http://collections.americanjewisharchives.org/ms/ms0456/ms0456.html

Alternative Title

Jacob H. Schiff Papers