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Guide to the Papers of Admiral Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974),
1908-1973

P-632

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Descriptive summary

Creator: Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein, Admiral, 1896-1974
Title: Admiral Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss Papers
Dates: 1908-1973
Abstract: This collection is comprised of papers pertaining to Admiral Louis Lichtenstein Strauss, his career, community activities, and organizations to which he belonged, including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Temple Emanu-El in New York, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Jewish Agricultural Society, and the Union of Hebrew Congregations. Papers include extensive correspondence, organizational and institutional records, photographs, and publications that document his personal and public life as well as American Jewish issues that he was involved with such as relief efforts for Jewish refugees from Central Europe, interest and involvement in the Reform movement, and endeavors to combat anti-Semitism, especially as propagated by Father Charles E. Coughlin and Henry Ford.
Languages: The collection is in English, German, French, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
Quantity: 75 manuscript boxes and 1 half manuscript box. (37.75 feet and one oversized folder)
Accession number: P-632
Repository: American Jewish Historical Society
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Biographical Note

Admiral Lewish Lichtenstein Strauss, Jr.
1896-1974

Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss, Jr. was born on January 31, 1896 in Charleston, West Virginia, to Lewis and Rosa (Lichtenstein) Strauss. He grew up in Richmond, and became a traveling salesman for his family's wholesale shoe business. In 1917, he presented himself to Herbert C. Hoover. At the time, Hoover was organizing volunteers in the cause of Belgian relief. Later, when Hoover became head of the Food Administration, Lewis L. Strauss became his personal secretary and accompanied him on several European missions. He worked for Hoover's election to the presidency in 1928, and maintained a life-long friendship with President Hoover until the latter's death in 1964.

In 1919, Lewis L. Strauss was hired by the investment firm Kuhn, Loeb & Company, and in 1923 he married Alice Hanauer, a daughter of a partner in the firm. In 1929, he himself became a partner in the firm. One of Kuhn, Loeb & Company's founders was Jacob Schiff, the important American Jewish leader and philanthropist. As a result of Lewis L. Strauss' association with Kuhn, Loeb &. Company, he became friendly with many wealthy and influential American Jewish figures, especially the core members of the American Jewish Committee. Between 1950 and 1953, he served as financial adviser to the Rockefeller family.

Lewis L. Strauss maintained a keen interest in scientific and technological advancements, and was an early investor in Kodachrome. After the death of his parents from cancer, his interest in the atom led him to fund the construction of a surge generator to produce isotopes for cancer treatment. Beginning in 1926, Lewis L. Strauss was in the Navy Reserve, and he entered active duty in 1941, becoming adviser to Navy Undersecretary James Forrestal. He directed the development of the radar proximity fuse, conceived of the Big "E" war production incentive program, and in 1945 was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral by President Truman. In 1946, Truman appointed Lewis L. Strauss to serve on the Atomic Energy Commission, on which he served through 1950. In 1953, President Eisenhower reappointed Lewis L. Strauss to the commission, this time as its chairman.

As the breadth of the Papers of Admiral Lewis L. Strauss illustrates, Lewis L. Strauss was deeply committed to American Jewish life and Jewish welfare generally. He served as a member of the board of directors of several important Jewish philanthropic, academic and communal organizations, and he also maintained a special interest in inter-religious affairs.

In his lifetime, Lewis L. Strauss was thrust into public controversy on several occasions. In the 1920s and 1930s, he played a central role in combating the anti-Semitic propaganda of Henry Ford and Father Charles E. Coughlin. Also beginning in this period, he became a leading member of the American Jewish Committee and embroiled in disputes over Zionism and American Jewish politics, notably the American Jewish Conference. Later, during his tenure as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, he attracted public attention when the White House suspended the security clearance of Commissioner J. Robert Oppenheimer. Lewis L. Strauss eventually voted against Oppenheimer's reinstatement to the Atomic Energy Commission, but he did seek to have him retained in the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and other nuclear research enterprises. In 1954, another controversy flared when the Atomic Energy Commission engaged the Dixon-Yates combine to erect a power plant in West Memphis, Arkansas. Lewis L. Strauss, a deeply conservative Republican, was eager then to admit private industry into the nuclear field. But liberals saw in the Dixon-Yates contract a threat to the Tennessee Valley Authority and public power. They attacked the contract so vigorously that President Eisenhower canceled it in 1955.

In 1958, President Eisenhower appointed Lewis L. Strauss to be Acting Secretary of Commerce, and in 1959 he nominated him for the position. After a protracted public debate concerning ethical considerations, and one in which the specter of anti-Semitism was also raised, the Senate refused to confirm Lewis L. Strauss' nomination. Following this episode, Lewis L. Strauss returned to private life. On January 21,1974, Lewis L. Strauss died at the age of 78 at his home in Brandy Station, West Virginia.

CHRONOLOGY
January 31, 1896 Born in Charleston, West Virginia
1917-1919 Personal Secretary to Herbert C. Hoover, Head of the Belgian Relief Committee
1919 U.S. Delegate to Final Armistice Convention
1919 Joins Kuhn, Loeb & Company (New York, NY)
1926 Enters Navy Reserve
1929-1947 Partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Company (New York, NY)
1938-1948 President of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY)
1941 Enters active naval duty; Adviser to Navy Undersecretary James Forrestal
1945 Promoted to rank of Rear Admiral; President, Princeton Institute for Advanced Study
1946-1950 Member of the Atomic Energy Commission
1950-1953 Financial Adviser to Rockefeller Family
1953-1958 Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
1958-1959 Acting Secretary of Commerce under President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1959 Returns to private life
1962 Publishes Men and Decisions
January 21, 1974 Dies in Brandy Station, Virginia

RANK: Rear Admiral

HONORS: Distinguished Service Medal, Medal for Freedom, Legion of Merit, French Legion of Honor, Belgian Order of Leopold

Bibliography

Biographical note compiled on the basis of archival documents in the Papers of Admiral Lewis L. Strauss as well as data presented in Geoffrey Wigoder, ed.

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Scope and Content Note

The Papers of Admiral Lewis L. Strauss reflect the various Jewish organizational and institutional activities in which Lewis L. Strauss participated as well as his personal life. Though the collection does not preserve the total volume of papers produced by Lewis L. Strauss, its importance goes beyond the name under which these papers are preserved.

The collection is valuable to researchers studying the activities of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY), the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the anti-Semitic activities of Henry Ford and Father Charles E. Coughlin, the Jewish Agricultural Society, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and a wide range of important individuals and American Jewish organizations. It also documents the activity of Lewis L. Strauss in American Jewish affairs from 1919 until his death in 1974.

The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reports, financial and fundraising documents, legal documents, affidavits, telegrams and cables, newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and publications. The documents are primarily in English, followed by German, French, Yiddish and Hebrew.

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Arrangement

Subjects are arranged according to series. Folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and internally in chronological order.

The collection is divided into 18 series corresponding roughly to the original filing system of Lewis L. Strauss.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: info@ajhs.org

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Related Material

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Separated Material

One photograph from Series XI and three photographs from Series XV are stored in a shared folder in Shared OS 1.

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Acquisition

Beginning in 1971, the Papers of Admiral Lewis L. Strauss were donated to the American Jewish Historical Society over a period of several years by Lewis H. Strauss, son of Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, acting on behalf of the Estate of Admiral Lewis L. Strauss.

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Admiral Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss Papers; P-632; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Access Points

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

 

Series I: American Council for Judaism, 1943-1971.
0.5 linear foot
Arrangement:

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content:

This series reflects Lewis L. Strauss' involvement in the American Council for Judaism, an anti-Zionist organization created in 1943. The American Council for Judaism was led by Rabbis Morris Lazaron, Louis Wolsey, Morris D. Waldman and Elmer Berger as well as Lessing J. Rosenwald, all of whom are represented in the series' correspondence. The American Council for Judaism was a small group, with very few synagogues and even fewer Jewish organizations endorsing its program.
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Correspondence with Berger, Elmer
1 2 Correspondence with Blank, Gerald - Raphals, Victor
1 3 Correspondence with Rosenwald, Lessing J. - Witkin, Miriam
1 4 "Confidential Report on Investigation of Anti-Semitism in the U.S. in the Spring of 1938," manuscript
1 5 Publicity material
1 6 "The Relationship of Jewish Nationalist Propaganda and Programs to Anti-Semitic Literature," manuscript
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Series II: American Jewish Committee, 1908-1972.
3 linear feet
Arrangement:

Correspondence is arranged chronologically, then alphabetically.
Scope and Content:

The series reflects Lewis L. Strauss’ active involvement in the political affairs of the American Jewish Committee, the oldest Jewish defense organization in the United States. The American Jewish Committee, created in 1906 as a response to the pogroms in Russia, derived its strength from the financial, social and political power of wealthy American Jews of German descent. In its heyday, the American Jewish Committee was led by Jacob Schiff, Louis Marshall, and Felix M. Warburg, all of whom are represented in the series’ correspondence. The American Jewish Committee conducted its affairs in an oligarchic, noblesse oblige fashion until the 1940s, and limited its membership to a select few. See also the correspondence of individuals in Series XVII.
Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Correspondence 1908-1926
2 2 Correspondence 1927
2 3 Correspondence 1928
2 4 Correspondence 1929
2 5 Correspondence 1930
2 6 Correspondence 1931
Box Folder Title Date
3 1 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus - Naumberg, George W. 1932
3 2 Correspondence with Schneiderman, Harry - Sulzberger, Arthur Hays 1932
3 3 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. - Wise, Stephen S. 1932
3 4 Miscellaneous 1932
3 5 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus - Lehman, Irving 1933
3 6 Correspondence with Leidesdorf, Samuel D. - Stroock, Sol M. 1933
3 7 Correspondence with Waldman, Moms D. 1933
3 8 Correspondence with Warburg, Felix M. - Weizmann, Chaim 1933
3 9 Cables 1933
3 10 Memorandum and minutes 1933
3 11 Miscellaneous 1933
Box Folder Title Date
4 1 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus - Stroock, Sol M. 1934
4 2 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. - Weineman, Henry 1934
4 3 Miscellaneous 1934
4 4 Correspondence with Barber, Colonel A.B. - Straus, Roger W. 1935
4 5 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. 1935
4 6 "The Jews in Nazi Germany," unpublished manuscript 1935
4 7 Miscellaneous 1935
4 8 Correspondence with Austrian, Carl J. - Sarnoff, David 1936
4 9 Correspondence with Schneiderman, Harry - Sulzberger, Arthur Hays 1936
4 10 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. 1936
4 11 Correspondence with Wallach, Sidney - Warburg, Felix M. 1936
4 12 Miscellaneous 1936
Box Folder Title Date
5 1 Correspondence with Abrams. Abba - Fabricant, Louis E. 1937
5 2 Correspondence with Galpin, Perrin C. - Stroock, Sol M. 1937
5 3 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. - Wise, Jonah B. 1937
5 4 Miscellaneous 1937
5 5 Correspondence with Abrams, Abba - Hyman, J.C. 1938
5 6 Correspondence with Ittelson, Henry - Rosenwald, William 1938
5 7 Correspondence with Rothschild, Richard Well, Lionel 1938
5 8 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. - Waley-Cohen, Sir Robert 1938
5 9 Correspondence with Wallach, Sidney - Wolf, Morris 1938
5 10 Miscellaneous 1938
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus - Leidesdorf, Samuel D. 1939
6 2 Correspondence with Lewisohn, Frank - Trager, Frank N. 1939
6 3 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. - Wertheim, Maurice 1939
6 4 Miscellaneous 1939
6 5 Correspondence with Austrian, Carl J. - Leidesdorf, Samuel D. 1940
6 6 Correspondence with Levy, Newman - Trager, Frank N. 1940
6 7 Correspondence with Waldman, Morris D. 1940
6 8 Correspondence with Wallach, Sidney 1940
6 9 Correspondence with Weil, Lionel - Wolf, Morris 1940
6 10 Miscellaneous 1940
Box Folder Title Date
7 1 Correspondence 1941
7 2 Correspondence 1942
7 3 Correspondence 1943-1949
7 4 Correspondence 1950-1959
7 5 Correspondence 1960-1969
7 6 Correspondence 1970-1972
7 7 Miscellaneous undated
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Series III: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1919-1972.
9.25 linear feet
Arrangement:

Papers are arranged chronologically, then alphabetically.
Scope and Content:

This series records the relief activities of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (later renamed the Joint Distribution Committee) over a period of several decades. Material from the early years reflects Lewis L. Strauss’ efforts in his capacity as private secretary to Herbert C. Hoover, then head of the American Relief Administration in Europe. The next significant period highlights Lewis L. Strauss’ involvement in relief efforts aimed at war-stricken Jews in Central Europe. Lastly, the series contains material relating to the nature of Lewis L. Strauss’ participation in Joint Distribution Committee affairs following World War II. This series accounts for nearly a quarter of the collection.
Box Folder Title Date
8 1 Correspondence, A 1919
8 2 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus 1919
8 3 Correspondence with Alsberg, Henry 1919
8 4 Correspondence with American Relief Administration 1919
8 5 American Relief Administration, cables March - July 1919
8 6 American Relief Administration, cables July - August 1919
Box Folder Title Date
9 1 Correspondence, B 1919
9 2 Correspondence with Becker, James 1919
9 3 Correspondence with Beifeld (Byfield), Robert 1919
9 4 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. 1919
9 5 Bucharest 1919
9 6 Correspondence, C 1919
9 7 Correspondence, D 1919
9 8 Dreyfus Soup Kitchens, Jerusalem 1919
9 9 Correspondence, F 1919
9 10 Correspondence, G 1919
9 11 Correspondence with Gibson, Hugh 1919
9 12 Correspondence with Grove, William 1919
9 13 Correspondence, H 1919
9 14 Correspondence with Holsti, Rudolf 1919
9 15 Correspondence with Hoover, Herbert C. 1919
9 16 Information Service Letter 1919
9 17 Correspondence, J 1919
9 18 Joint Distribution Committee records 1919
9 19 Correspondence with Krass, Nathan 1919
9 20 Correspondence, L 1919
9 21 Lissa & Kann 1919
9 22 Correspondence with Lowenstein, Harriet B. 1919
Box Folder Title Date
10 1 Correspondence, M 1919
10 2 Correspondence with Marshall, Louis 1919
10 3 Memoranda 1919
10 4 Correspondence with Messinger, Lucien E. 1919
10 5 Minutes and reports 1919
10 6 Correspondence with N.M. Rothschild & Son 1919
10 7 Correspondence, P 1919
10 8 Correspondence with Paderewski, I.J. 1919
10 9 Palestine Report 1919
10 10 Palestine Committee, meetings and appropriations 1919
10 11 Poland 1919
10 12 Polish State Loan Bank 1919
10 13 Correspondence, R 1919
10 14 Rumania 1919
10 15 Correspondence, S 1919
10 16 Salonica 1919
10 17 Siberia 1919
10 18 Correspondence with Simonson, D. 1919
10 19 Statement of Appropriations 1919
10 20 Correspondence of Strauss, Lewis L. with Alsberg, Henry 1919
10 21 Correspondence of Strauss, Lewis L. with Bogen, Boris D. 1919
10 22 Correspondence of Strauss, Lewis L. with Lowenstein, Harriet B. 1919
10 23 Joint correspondence of Strauss, Lewis L. with Marshall, Louis and Adler, Cyrus 1919
10 24 Correspondence with Lord Swathling 1919
10 25 Correspondence with Rabbi Teitelbaum (Constantinople) 1919
10 26 Vienna 1919
10 27 Correspondence with Warburg, Felix M. 1919
10 28 Warsaw 1919
10 29 Correspondence with Zuckerman, Baruch 1919
Box Folder Title Date
11 1 Correspondence, A 1920
11 2 Correspondence with Alsberg, Henry 1920
11 3 Correspondence with Becker, James 1920
11 4 Berlin 1920
11 5 Correspondence with Bing. A.B. 1920
11 6 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. 1920
11 7 Bucharest 1920
11 8 Carpathia 1920
11 9 Central Europe 1920
11 10 Constantinople 1920
11 11 Copenhagen 1920
11 12 Digest of Yiddish press 1920
11 13 Correspondence, E 1920
11 14 Estonia 1920
11 15 Correspondence, F 1920
11 16 Correspondence, G 1920
11 17 Correspondence with Goldman, Julius 1920
11 18 Correspondence of Goldman, Julius to Warburg, Felix M. 1920
11 19 Greater New York Fund 1920
11 20 Correspondence, H 1920
11 21 Correspondence with Hoover, Herbert C. 1920
11 22 Hungary 1920
11 23 Incoming cables, miscellaneous 1920
11 24 Incoming cables, Paris Office 1920
Box Folder Title Date
12 1 Incoming cables, Warsaw Office 1920
12 2 Information Service Letter 1920
12 3 Italy 1920
12 4 Joint Distribution Committee, Paris to Joint Distribution Committee, New York 1920
12 5 Joint Distribution Committee, miscellaneous records 1920
12 6 Correspondence, L 1920
12 7 Correspondence with Landesco, Alexander 1920
12 8 Latvia 1920
12 9 Correspondence with Lehman, Herbert H. 1920
12 10 Lithuania 1920
12 11 London 1920
12 12 Correspondence with Lowenstein, Harriet B. 1920
12 13 Correspondence with Mack, Julian W. 1920
12 14 Correspondence with Magnes, Judah L. 1920
12 15 Correspondence with Marshall, Louis 1920
12 16 Memorandum regarding International Conferences 1920
12 17 Minutes of meetings 1920
12 18 National Information Bureau 1920
12 19 Outgoing cables 1920
Box Folder Title Date
13 1 Palestine Orphans Committee 1920
13 2 Palestine Mandate 1920
13 3 Correspondence with Plotz, Harry 1920
13 4 Poland 1920
13 5 Correspondence with Pool, David de Sola 1920
13 6 Correspondence with Pumpianski, Abram 1920
13 7 Correspondence, Q 1920
13 8 Correspondence, R 1920
13 9 Reconstruction Committee 1920
13 10 Resolution from Marshall of the Polish Diet 1920
13 11 Riga 1920
13 12 Correspondence with Rosenblatt, Frank 1920
13 13 Rumania 1920
13 14 Russia 1920
13 15 Correspondence, S 1920
13 16 Siberian war prisoners 1920
13 17 Correspondence with Somers, Everett 1920
13 18 Correspondence with Strauss, Lewis L. 1920
13 19 Turkey 1920
13 20 Ukraine 1920
13 21 Vilna 1920
13 22 Correspondence, W 1920
13 23 Warsaw 1920
13 24 Correspondence with Wise, Stephen S. 1920
13 25 Correspondence, Z 1920
13 26 Zionist Organization 1920
Box Folder Title Date
14 1 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus 1921
14 2 Administration Committee, minutes 1921
14 3 Correspondence with Alsberg, Henry 1921
14 4 American Friends Service Committee 1921
14 5 Correspondence with American Relief Administration 1921
14 6 Correspondence, B 1921
14 7 Correspondence with Becker, James H. 1921
14 8 Berlin 1921
14 9 Belgium 1921
14 10 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. 1921
14 11 Correspondence with Brylawski, Fulton 1921
14 12 Bucharest 1921
14 13 Czechoslovakia 1921
14 14 Constantinople 1921
14 15 Correspondence with Departments of Labor and State 1921
14 16 Food and clothing remittances 1921
14 16 Food and clothing remittances 1921
14 17 Correspondence, G 1921
14 18 Correspondence, H 1921
14 19 Incoming cables, miscellaneous 1921
14 20 Incoming cables, Paris 1921
14 21 Incoming cables, Warsaw 1921
14 22 ICA 1921
14 23 Italy 1921
14 24 Correspondence, J 1921
14 25 Joint Distribution Committee records 1921
14 26 Juedische Presszentrale Zurich [Jewish Press News Association] 1921
14 27 Correspondence, K 1921
14 28 Correspondence, L 1921
14 29 Landsmanshaftn [mutual aid societies] 1921
14 30 Latvian accounts 1921
14 31 Correspondence with Lehman, Herbert H. 1921
Box Folder Title Date
15 1 Liquidation Board Meeting 1921
15 2 Lithuania 1921
15 3 Correspondence with Marshall, Louis 1921
15 4 Memoranda 1921
15 5 Minutes of meetings. Executive Committee 1921
15 6 Minutes of meetings and reports, Reconstruction Committee 1921
15 7 ORT 1921
15 8 Outgoing cables 1921
15 9 Palestine 1921
15 10 Palestine Committee 1921
15 11 Palestine Credit Institute 1921
15 12 Paris 1921
15 13 Correspondence with Plolz, Harry 1921
15 14 Correspondence with Pool, David de Sola 1921
15 15 Poland 1921
15 16 Correspondence, R 1921
15 17 Reconstruction Committee records 1921
15 18 Reval, Estonia 1921
15 19 Correspondence with Rosenblatt, Frank 1921
15 20 Correspondence, S 1921
15 21 Siberian war prisoners 1921
15 22 Correspondence with Troper, Morris 1921
15 23 Vienna 1921
15 24 Vladivostok 1921
15 25 War chest returns 1921
15 26 War Orphans Bureau 1921
Box Folder Title Date
16 1 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus 1922
16 2 Administration Committee, minutes 1922
16 3 Administrative records 1922
16 4 Correspondence with Alsberg, Henry 1922
16 5 American Friends Service Committee 1922
16 6 American Jewish Relief Committee 1922
16 7 American Relief Administration 1922
16 8 Applications for overseas positions 1922
16 9 Correspondence with Becker, James H. 1922
16 10 Correspondence with Billikopf, Jacob 1922
16 11 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. (1) 1922
16 12 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. (2) 1922
Box Folder Title Date
17 1 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. (3) 1922
17 2 Bonding for Russian Unit 1922
17 3 Incoming cables 1922
17 4 Outgoing cables 1922
17 5 Contract Between Joint Distribution Committee and Soviet Government 1922
17 6 Cultural affairs 1922
17 7 Digest of material on Lithuanian Jewry 1922
17 8 Digest of Yiddish press 1922
17 9 Financial Records 1922
17 10 Food and clothing remittances 1922
17 11 Correspondence with Gans, Howard 1922
17 12 Correspondence with Grove, William 1922
17 13 Idgeskom 1922
17 14 Jewish People's Relief Committee 1922
17 15 Jewish politics in Soviet Russia 1922
Box Folder Title Date
18 1 Landsmanshaftn [mutual aid societies] 1922
18 2 Correspondence with Lykes, Gibbs 1922
18 3 Correspondence with Mack, William J. 1922
18 4 Correspondence with Margolin, Arnold 1922
18 5 Medical relief 1922
18 6 Meetings between representatives of American Relief Administration and Joint Distribution Committee 1922
18 7 Minutes, Russian Committee 1922
18 8 Miscellaneous correspondence, A - Z 1922
18 9 Moscow 1922
18 10 Publicity materials 1922
18 11 Reconstruction Committee 1922
18 12 Correspondence with Rosenberg, James N. 1922
Box Folder Title Date
19 1 Russian Committee, miscellaneous correspondence, 1922
19 2 Russian Committee, numbered correspondence 1922
19 3 Russian relief efforts 1922
19 4 Russian Tractor Squad 1922
19 5 Special Commission of American Jewish Relief Committee 1922
19 6 Special Committee on Russia 1922
19 7 Correspondence with Strauss, Lewis L. 1922
19 8 Summary Report of Idgeskom 1922
Box Folder Title Date
20 1 Accounting letters, Moscow - New York (1) January - July 1923
20 2 Accounting letters, Moscow - New York (2) August - December 1923
20 3 Administrative affairs, Russia 1923
20 4 Administrative affairs, USA 1923
20 5 American Friends Service Committee 1923
20 6 American Relief Administration 1923
20 7 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. 1923
20 8 Cables 1923
20 9 Correspondence, miscellaneous, A – Z 1923
20 10 Executive Committee 1923
20 11 Financial records 1923
20 12 Food, clothing and shipping 1923
Box Folder Title Date
21 1 Joint Distribution Committee Report on Russia 1923
21 2 Joint Distribution Committee Report on Russia, memoranda and preliminary reports 1923
21 3 Landsmanshaftn [mutual aid societies] (1) 1923
21 4 Landsmanshaftn (2) 1923
21 5 Minutes of meetings and memoranda 1923
21 6 Money remittances to Soviet Russia 1923
21 7 Odessa 1923
21 8 Personnel 1923
21 9 Publicity material 1923
Box Folder Title Date
22 1 Russia (1) 1923
22 2 Russia (2) 1923
22 3 Russia (3) 1923
22 4 Russia (4) 1923
22 5 Russian Committee 1923
22 6 "The Russian Famines," manuscipt 1923
22 7 Russian relief activities, Ekaterinoslav district 1923
22 8 Russian relief activities, Ukraine and White Russia 1923
Box Folder Title Date
23 1 Correspondence with Adler, Cyrus 1924
23 2 Administrative affairs 1924
23 3 Correspondence with Blattner, Benjamin 1924
23 4 Correspondence with Bogen, Boris D. 1924
23 5 Cables, 1924
23 6 Correspondence, miscellaneous, A – Z 1924
23 7 Financial records 1924
23 8 Correspondence with Marshall, Louis 1924
23 9 Newspaper clippings 1924
23 10 ORT 1924
23 11 "Report of the Joint Distribution Committee in Russia," manuscript 1924
23 12 Russian Committee 1924
Box Folder Title Date
24 1 Agricultural Corporation Statement 1925
24 2 American Jewish Committee 1925
24 3 Correspondence with Calisch, Edward N. 1925
24 4 Correspondence, miscellaneous, A – Z 1925
24 5 Emergency Committee on Jewish Refugees, survey of Mexico 1925
24 6 Publicity materials 1925
24 7 United Jewish Campaign 1925
24 8 Cables 1926
24 9 Correspondence, miscellaneous, A – Z 1926
24 10 Miscellaneous records 1927
24 11 Miscellaneous records 1928
24 12 American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation 1929
24 13 Miscellaneous records 1929
24 14 Miscellaneous records 1930
24 15 Miscellaneous records 1931
24 16 Miscellaneous records 1932
24 17 Miscellaneous records 1933
24 18 Miscellaneous records 1934
24 19 Miscellaneous records 1935
Box Folder Title Date
25 1 Miscellaneous records 1936
25 2 Miscellaneous records January - July 1937
25 3 Miscellaneous records August - December, 1937
25 4 Miscellaneous records January - June, 1938
25 5 Miscellaneous records July - December, 1938
25 6 Miscellaneous records January - July, 1939
Box Folder Title Date
26 1 Miscellaneous records August - December, 1939
26 2 Miscellaneous records January - April, 1940
26 3 Miscellaneous records May - December, 1940
26 4 Miscellaneous records January - June, 1941
26 5 Miscellaneous records July - August, 1941
26 6 Miscellaneous records 1942-1972
26 7 Clare M. Torrey, The Seven Belgian American Foundations: An International Epic and Financial Report of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc., From 1965-1972 [history of the Committee for Relief in Belgium]
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Series IV: American Relief Administration Bulletins, 1920-1923.
1 linear foot
Arrangement:

Bulletins are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content:

The American Relief Administration, under the direction of Herbert C. Hoover, supervised relief efforts in Europe during and following World War I. Initially, the Joint Distribution Committee contributed its funds to the American Relief Administration, which in turn used the funds to provide relief in Poland and the Ukraine on a non-sectarian basis. After a few months, however, Hoover authorized the Joint Distribution Committee to conduct relief efforts directly. The American Relief Administration Bulletins reflect the extensive involvement of the Joint Distribution Committee in the relief efforts. Lewis L. Strauss, personal secretary to Herbert C. Hoover, wrote marginal notes in several of the Bulletins highlighting the Joint Distribution Committee's activities.
Box Folder Title Date
27 1 American Relief Administration Bulletins 1920-1922
27 2 American Relief Administration Bulletins September - November 1920
27 3 American Relief Administration Bulletins December 1920
27 4 American Relief Administration Bulletins January - June 1921
27 5 American Relief Administration Bulletins July - December 1921
Box Folder Title Date
28 1 American Relief Administration Bulletins January - June 1922
28 2 American Relief Administration Bulletins July - September 1922
28 3 American Relief Administration Bulletins October - December 1922
28 4 American Relief Administration Bulletins February - August 1923
28 5 American Relief Administration Bulletins September - November 1923
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Series V: Coordinating Foundation, 1938-1946.
0.5 linear foot
Arrangement:

Papers are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content:

The Coordinating Foundation, a corporation established in 1939, was comprised of wealthy and influential American and British Jewish leaders. The Coordinating Foundation sought to facilitate negotiations between German authorities and the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees. The stated purpose of the Coordinating Foundation was to "furnish and provide services as a secretariat organization and intermediary agency in facilitating and improving arrangements for the transfer of goods and assets of every kind... including facilities for obtaining passports and other emigration papers calculated to be useful to involuntary emigrants in preparation for and during and after their emigration from Germany" [Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Coordinating Foundation, p. 2]. On his involvement in the Coordinating Foundation's activities, Lewis L. Strauss later commented: "I might have done so much more than I did. I risked only what I thought I could afford. That was not the test which should have been applied, and it is my eternal regret" [Naomi W. Cohen. Not Free To Desist: The American Jewish Committee, 1906-1966 (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1972), p. 188].
Box Folder Title Date
29 1 Correspondence, A - B
29 2 Correspondence with Condliffe, John C.
29 3 Correspondence with Coulon, Georges
29 4 Correspondence, D - U
29 5 Correspondence with Van Zeeland, Paul
29 6 Cables and telegrams
29 7 Memoranda
29 8 Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Coordinating Foundation
29 9 Minutes of meetings, agendas
29 10 Miscellaneous, invitations, Inter-Governmental Committee Report
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Series VI: Father Charles E. Coughlin, 1938-1940.
1 linear foot
Arrangement:

Papers are arranged alphabetically. Radio addresses are further arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content:

In 1938, Father Charles E. Coughlin, a Catholic priest in Royal Oak, Michigan, transformed the National Union for Social Justice from an anti-Communist organization into an openly anti-Semitic organization. Coughlin published his anti-Semitic propaganda in a weekly newspaper called Social Justice and embarked upon a radio campaign that reached millions of listeners. Coughlin, who sought to perpetuate the myth that American Jewish leaders were masterminding an international Zionist-Communist conspiracy, supported fascism and liberally quoted Nazi leaders in his writings and addresses. Some of Coughlin's propaganda directly concerned Lewis L. Strauss and Kuhn, Loeb & Company, particularly the allegation that Jacob Schiff had financed the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. The series reflects Lewis L. Strauss' efforts to combat Coughlin's anti-Semitic propaganda. It also includes literature published by Coughlin, to some of which Lewis L. Strauss appended marginal notes.
Box Folder Title Date
30 1 Correspondence, miscellaneous, A - L 1938-1941
30 2 Correspondence, miscellaneous, M - Z 1940-1941
30 3 Father Charles E. Coughlin’s radio address and transcripts 1938
30 4 Father Charles E. Coughlin’s radio address and transcripts 1939
30 5 Father Charles E. Coughlin’s radio address and transcripts 1940
30 6 Radio addresses undated
Box Folder Title Date
31 1 Memoranda
31 2 Miscellaneous
31 3 News clippings
31 4 Published manuscripts, propaganda material
31 5 Regarding Schiff, Jacob
31 6 Social Justice, manuscript collection (with appended notes)
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Series VII: Henry Ford and The Dearborn Independent, 1920-1921.
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Arrangement:

Papers are arranged alphabetically. Copies of The Dearborn Independent are further arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content:

Henry Ford was the individual most responsible for the spread of popular anti-Semitism in the 1920s. Using the notorious forgery Protocols of the Elders of Zion as the basis of his anti-Semitic campaign, Ford launched The Dearborn Independent, a weekly propagandistic newspaper devoted to expounding upon the classic anti-Semitic themes of Jewish usury, control of finance and business, and the media. In particular, The Dearborn Independent aimed to discredit the leaders of the American Jewish Committee including Felix M. Warburg, Louis Marshall and Jacob Schiff, and to link such individuals with Soviet Bolshevism and a supposed worldwide Jewish conspiracy. Lewis L. Strauss, acting both as a member of the American Jewish Committee and Kuhn, Loeb & Company, collected material relating to Henry Ford's anti-Semitic activities and participated in the campaign to combat Ford's propaganda. The series includes correspondence in this regard and copies of Ford's anti-Semitic publications, including issues of The Dearborn Independent to which Lewis L. Strauss appended marginal notes.
Box Folder Title Date
32 1 Correspondence regarding The Dearborn Independent 1920-1934
32 2 The Dearborn Independent September - December 1920
32 3 The Dearborn Independent January - December 1921
32 4 The International Jew: The World’s Foremost Problem November 1920
32 5 Jewish Activities in the U.S., vol. 2 of “The International Jew” 1921
32 6 Memorandum to Lewis L. Strauss regarding anti-Semitic articles in The Dearborn Independent 1921
32 7 Pipp’s Weekly March 1921
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Series VIII: Jewish Agricultural Society, 1923-1962.
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Arrangement:

Papers are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content:

The Jewish Agricultural Society was organized to promote Jewish farming and settle East European Jewish immigrants in agricultural and rural communities throughout the United States. The Society was instrumental in establishing agricultural credit unions, farmers’ cooperatives, and agrarian sanitation reform. Many of these efforts led to advancements in American agriculture generally. Lewis L. Strauss was actively involved in the Jewish Agricultural Society’s efforts and belonged to its board of directors.
Box Folder Title Date
33 1 Correspondence 1920-1929
33 2 Correspondence 1930
33 3 Correspondence 1931-1937
33 4 Correspondence 1938-1943
33 5 Correspondence 1947
33 6 Correspondence 1948-1949
33 7 Correspondence 1950-1962
33 8 Miscellaneous, annual reports, publicity material 1920-1936
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Series IX: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1924-1973.
1.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content:

Lewis L. Strauss participated in the affairs of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the rabbinical college of the Conservative movement. The series reflects Lewis L. Strauss’ involvement on the Seminary’s board of directors, active interest in the scholarly work of many Seminary faculty members, and relations with other Jewish philanthropists of German descent who viewed the Seminary as an important vehicle for the promotion of American Judaism.
Box Folder Title Date
34 1 Correspondence 1924-1935
34 2 Correspondence 1936
34 3 Correspondence January - February 1937
34 4 Correspondence March - April 1937
34 5 Correspondence May - December 1937
Box Folder Title Date
35 1 Correspondence 1938
35 2 Correspondence 1939
35 3 Correspondence 1940
35 4 Correspondence 1941-1942
35 5 Correspondence 1943-1945
Box Folder Title Date
36 1 Correspondence 1946-1947
36 2 Correspondence 1948-1949
36 3 Correspondence 1950-1951
36 4 Correspondence 1952-1954
36 5 Correspondence 1955-1973
36 6 Miscellaneous, publications
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Series X: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1896-1974.
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Arrangement:

Papers are arranged by type of document. Photographs are further arranged by topic of photograph.
Scope and Content:

The series includes material concerning the private and family affairs of Lewis L. Strauss. Includes Lewis L. Strauss' letters to family members, handwritten notes, memoranda, biographical information, and photographs.

Box Folder Title Date
37 1 Acquisitions
37 2 Biographical material
37 3 Certificates (facsimiles)
37 4 Correspondence with family members
37 5 Donations
37 6 Re: Herbert C. Hoover (noted missing 3/6/01)
37 7 “Individual Book” list, manuscript
37 8 Jerome and Carrie Hanauer Fund
37 9 Memoranda for personal files
37 10 Photographs: Awards, speaking engagements, testimonials
37 11 Photographs: Israel and Israel-related activities
37 12 Photographs: Masada
37 13 Photographs: Miscellaneous
37 14 Photographs: National Conference of Christians and Jews
37 15 Photographs: “Religion in American Life” campaign
37 16 Photographs: Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY)
37 17 “The Unregenerate Angler,” unpublished poem (August 23, 1936)
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Series XI: National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1934-1973.
1 linear foot and item from oversized folder
Arrangement:

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content:

The National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) was organized to bring together representatives of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant faiths in harmonious inter-religious activity in the United States. The work of the NCCJ was directed primarily at religious and lay leaders, ministerial associations, religious and teaching orders, theological seminaries, religious education institutions, the religious press, and church and synagogue affiliated social action groups. Interestingly, it was the American Jewish Committee, not the religious establishment that took the lead in the organizational efforts of the NCCJ. Lewis L. Strauss was an active on the NCCJ Board of Directors. The series reflects Lewis L. Strauss’ relations with leaders of the NCCJ.
Box Folder Title Date
38 1 Correspondence, A
38 2 Correspondence with Baltz, Edward C. – Bristol, Lee H.
38 3 Correspondence with Brown, Sterling W.
38 4 Correspondence with Bunche, Ralph J. – Byrd, Harry F.
38 5 Correspondence with Calisch, A. Woolner – Clement, G. Frank
38 6 Correspondence with Clinchy, Everett R.
38 7 Correspondence with Coates, Thomas J. – Cunningham, Jacob H.
38 8 Correspondence, D
38 9 Correspondence, E
38 10 Correspondence, F
38 11 Correspondence, G
38 12 Correspondence, H
38 13 Correspondence with Jelenko, Jessit F. – Johnston, Eric
Box Folder Title Date
39 1 Correspondence with Jones, Lewis Webster
39 2 Correspondence with Jones, Richard D.
39 3 Correspondence, K
39 4 Correspondence, L
39 5 Correspondence, M
39 6 Correspondence, N - O
39 7 Correspondence, P - R
39 8 Correspondence, S
39 9 Correspondence, T - Z
39 10 Miscellaneous
Box Folder Title Date
Shared OS 1 Oversized Folder Black and white photograph. Annual meeting of the Board of Trustees for NCCJ. Charles Evans Hughes Award Dinner. Presentation of award to LLS by Ambassador Robert D. Murphy (Oscar Strauss II, Robert D. Murphy, LLS, Sterling W. Brown), November 17, 1968
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Series XII: Publications, 1920-1972.
0.5 linear foot
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by author, title, or type of document.
Scope and Content:

Includes the manuscripts and published material produced by Lewis L. Strauss as well as various materials produced by his friends and associates.

Box Folder Title Date
40 1 Ginzberg, Louis. The Palestinian Talmud(New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1941) 1941
40 2 Glazer, B. Benedict. The Spirit and Character of the American Jewish Community. Reprinted from Central Conference of American Rabbis Yearbook, vol. L, 1940 1940
40 3 Heumann, Maths. "Findings of an examination of a report submitted by the Israeli Government on the assassination of Count Folke Bemadotte of Wisborg," manuscript 1950
40 4 Masada (articles and news clippings)
40 3 Masada (correspondence) 1965-1967
40 4 Masada (miscellaneous lists and notes)
40 7 Memorable Documents in American Jewish History (New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1946). 1946
40 8 Men and Decisions (correspondence) September - November 1962
40 9 Miscellaneous offprints regarding American Jewry
40 10 News clippings regarding Lewis L. Strauss
40 11 Strauss, Lewis L. "The Defense of Masada," Argosy Magazine (June 1967) 1967
40 12 Strauss, Lewis L. "The Defense of Masada," manuscript 1965
40 13 Strauss, Lewis L. "The Defense of Masada," manuscript for The Saturday Evening Post 1965
40 14 Strauss, Lewis L. "Herbert C. Hoover and the Jews," The American Hebrew (April 23, 1920). 1920
40 15 Strauss, Lewis L. "Masada," manuscript undated
40 16 Strauss, Lewis L. "Masada," manuscript for American Heritage 1965
40 17 Strauss, Lewis L. "Masada: Fortress in the Desert," manuscript 1965
40 18 Strauss, Lewis L. "Masada: Fortress in the Desert," manuscript for The Reader's Digest 1965
40 19 Strauss, Lewis L. Oscar S. Straus: An Appreciation (New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1950). 1950
40 20 Untitled religious-philosophy manuscript [Isidor Singer, 1931 (?)] 1931
40 21 Vogelstein, Ludwig, et al. The Synagogue: Its Relation to Modern Thought and Life (Philadelphia: XXXII Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1931). 1931
40 22 Yadin, Yigael. “Dedication in a Ceremony On Top of Masada," manuscript Spring 1963
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Series XIII: Refugees, 1924-1965.
2 linear feet
Arrangement:

Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Requests for affadavits are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content:

The series contains material relating to Lewis L. Strauss’ various efforts on behalf of Jewish refugees in Central Europe, especially in the years immediately preceding and during World War II. It includes requests for affidavits from individuals who claimed to be relatives of Lewis L. Strauss.
Box Folder Title Date
41 1 Correspondence 1924-1939
41 2 London Conference 1933
41 3 London Conference undated
41 4 Correspondence 1934
41 5 John Simons, “Report on South-West Africa: Its Suitability for Jewish Colonization and the Possibility of Securing Land for that Purpose,” manuscript undated
41 6 Correspondence 1935-1937
41 7 Correspondence 1938
Box Folder Title Date
42 1 Correspondence January 1939
42 2 Correspondence February 1939
42 3 Correspondence March 1939
42 4 Correspondence April 1939
42 5 Correspondence May 1939
42 6 Correspondence June 1939
Box Folder Title Date
43 1 Correspondence July 1939
43 2 Correspondence August 1939
43 3 Correspondence September 1939
43 4 Correspondence October 1939
43 5 Correspondence November 1939
43 6 Correspondence December 1939
Box Folder Title Date
44 1 Correspondence 1940
44 2 Correspondence 1941
44 3 Correspondence 1942-1965
44 4 Request for affidavit: Apple, Irene
44 5 Request for affidavit: Hanauer, Trude
44 6 Request for affidavit: Sinzheim, Lina
44 7 Request for affidavit: Strauss, Julie
44 8 Request for affidavit: Vollweiller, Walter
44 9 Request for affidavits, miscellaneous
44 10 Miscellaneous undated
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Series XIV: Speeches, 1919-1972.
1.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

The material is listed chronologically
Scope and Content:

Contains Lewis L. Strauss' speeches, addresses and toasts before numerous Jewish, secular, inter-religious, and international organizations and groups.
Box Folder Title Date
45 1 Report delivered before The Judeans 1919
45 2 Address to the Union of American Hebrew Congregations annual convention (Philadelphia, PA) January 20, 1931
45 3 Address to the New York chapter of Jewish Theological Seminary of America October 13, 1936
45 4 Address to Jewish Theological Seminary of America October 1936
45 5 Address to Jewish Theological Seminary of America January 17, 1937
45 6 Draft speech for Congregational Dinner, Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) May 5, 1938
45 7 Congregation Bnai Jeshurun (New York, NY) December 18, 1938
45 8 Address to Graduating Class of Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1939
45 9 Passover Address over Station WUR 1939
45 10 Seder Evening at Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) April 22, 1940
45 11 Address to Jewish Theological Seminary of America October 22, 1940
45 12 Remarks at Centenary Celebration of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) November 9, 1944
45 13 100th Anniversary of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) April 5, 1945
45 14 Address to Jewish Theological Seminary of America April 18, 1945
45 15 Memorial services for Judge Irving Lehman November 25, 1945
45 16 Tribute dinner for Basil O'Connor November 2, 1945
45 17 Remarks to Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) 1946
45 18 Annual Report of President of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) December 9, 1946
45 19 Dedication of Jewish Museum of Jewish Theological Seminary of America May 7, 1947
45 20 Richmond chapter, American Council for Judaism (Richmond, VA) November 17, 1947
45 21 Men's Club of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) May 12, 1948
45 22 Broadcast on "Church of the Air" over CBS October 3, 1948
45 23 Yale University Religious Conference February 15, 1949
45 24 Broadcast of "A Day of Hope" over CBS September 23, 1949
45 25 Installation as President of Library Corporation of Jewish Theological Seminary of America September 27, 1949
45 26 Nominating Committee of Trustees of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) October 1949
45 27 Congregation Knesseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA), December 10, 1949 December 10, 1949
45 28 Final Report to Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) December 12, 1949
45 29 Remarks at Temple Emanu-El Dinner (New York, NY) December 20, 1949
45 30 Centenary of birth of Oscar S. Straus, American Jewish Historical Society February 11, 1950
45 31 Cyrus Adler Memorial Meeting at Jewish Theological Seminary of America March 16, 1950
45 32 Commencement Dinner, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion June 10, 1950
45 33 Central Synagogue's Annual Reception (New York, NY) November 1, 1950
45 34 Bicentennial Banquet of Charleston Jewish community (Charleston, SC) November 20, 1950
45 35 Honorary Degree for Nelson Rockefeller, Jewish Theological Seminary of America November 21, 1950
Box Folder Title Date
46 1 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Chicago, IL) January 12, 1951
46 2 Convocation of Jewish Theological Seminary of America November 20, 1951
46 3 Commencement, Jewish Theological Seminary of America June 1, 1953
46 4 Award of degree at Dropsie College (Philadelphia, PA) June 7, 1954
46 5 Broadcast of "Message of Israel" October 10, 1954
46 6 Temple Israel Brotherhood (Boston, MA) October 14, 1954
46 7 Catholic Press Council of Southern California (Pasadena, CA) November 9, 1954
46 8 Temple Emanuel (Montgomery County, MD) December 10, 1954
46 9 Washington Hebrew Congregation (Washington, DC) January 16, 1955
46 10 Temple Emanu-El Men's Club (New York, NY) January 18, 1955
46 11 80th anniversary of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion March 26, 1955
46 12 Jewish Theological Seminary of America June 24, 1955
46 13 Second National Conference on Spiritual Foundations October 25, 1955
46 14 Recorded broadcast for “Faith in Our Time" November 30, 1955
46 15 Tribute to Louis Marshall April 10, 1957
46 16 Tribute to Roger Williams Strauss at meeting of National Conference of Christians and Jews (New York, NY) November 10, 1957
46 17 Banquet, Maryland Region of National Conference of Christians and Jews (Baltimore, MD) November 20, 1958
46 18 Testimonial Dinner for Governor Herbert H. Lehman November 23, 1958
46 19 Dinner in honor of Dr. Julius Mark December 8, 1958
46 20 Annual Brotherhood Dinner for National Conference of Christians and Jews (Houston, TX) March 19, 1959
46 21 Annual Meeting of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) December 15, 1959
46 22 Dinner at Baltimore Hebrew College (Baltimore, MD) January 24, 1960
46 23 Beth Israel Synagogue (Omaha, NE) March 20, 1960
46 24 National Conference of Christians and Jews Dinner May 25, 1960
46 25 Message for Holy Days, Station WARL, (Arlington, TX) September 20, 1960
46 26 Twenty-fifth Anniversary Dinner for Dr. Norman Gerstenfeld October 2, 1960
Box Folder Title Date
47 1 Dr. Julius Mark's installation, Synagogue Council of America October 11, 1961
47 2 Citation to Secretary Abraham Ribicoff October 29, 1961
47 3 Annual Meeting of National Conference of Christians and Jews (Washington, DC) November 20, 1961
47 4 Annual Awards Dinner of Synagogue Council of America December 3, 1961
47 5 National Conference of Christians and Jews Dinner honoring Irwin Wolfson (New York, NY) December 4, 1961
47 6 Remarks at University of Judaism (Los Angeles, CA) February 21, 1962
47 7 Installation of Dr. Julius Mark May 1962
47 8 Remarks at Wilshire Boulevard Temple Forum (Los Angeles, CA) October 14, 1962
47 9 Remarks at Dinner of Synagogue Council of America (New York, NY) December 2, 1962
47 10 Recording for National Conference of Christians and Jews January 29, 1963
47 11 Brotherhood Awards Dinner (Washington, DC) February 11, 1963
47 12 Remarks at Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ontario) February 19, 1963
47 13 Annual Brotherhood Award Dinner April 2, 1963
47 14 Brotherhood Awards Dinner (Garden City, NY) May 8, 1963
47 15 Dinner in honor of Roger Blough
47 16 National Conference of Christians and Jews Dinner, award to Walter Robertson
47 17 Annual Dinner of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY)
47 18 Institute of Adult Jewish Studies of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (New York, NY) December 16, 1963
47 19 Foreword to Rabbi Israel Dresner’s book G-d, Man and Atomic War December 1965
47 20 Dinner of Library Committee of Jewish Theological Seminary of America December 8, 1965
47 21 Anniversary Dinner of Congregation Beth Ahabah (Richmond, VA) May 14, 1966
47 22 Brotherhood Award Dinner May 24, 1966
47 23 Presentation of Charles Evans Hughes Award to General Dwight D. Eisenhower November 13, 1966
47 24 Remarks at National Conference of Christians and Jews Dinner (Chicago, IL) December 6, 1967
47 25 Remarks at Dinner of Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY) December 21, 1967
47 26 Remarks at Farewell Dinner for Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman January 16, 1968
47 27 Remarks to Jewish Chapel Squad (West Point, NY) June 3, 1968
47 28 Remarks at National Conference of Christians and Jews’ Charles Evans Hughes Award Dinner, November 17, 1968
47 29 Remarks for Testimonial Dinner to Dr. Julius Mark December 16, 1968
47 30 Remarks at Washington Hebrew Congregation regarding President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Washington, DC) March 31, 1969
47 31 Dinner, Board of Governors of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem September 13, 1970
47 32 Miscellaneous undated
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Series XV: Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY), 1921-1973.
7 linear feet and items from oversized folder
Arrangement:

Papers are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content:

This series contains correspondence and records reflecting Lewis L. Strauss’ involvement in Temple Emanu-El (New York, NY), especially his tenure as the synagogue’s president between 1938-1948. Lewis L. Strauss also served as a trustee of Temple Emanu-El. In its heyday, which included the years of Lewis L. Strauss’ most active involvement, Temple Emanu-El was considered the flagship congregation of the Reform movement. The bulk of the material consists of minutes of Temple committee meetings, business correspondence, and financial records and reports. It also includes extensive correspondence with Samuel Berliner, the synagogue’s comptroller, and Rabbi Samuel Goldenson. This series accounts for a little more than a fifth of the collection.
Box Folder Title Date
48 1 Correspondence 1921-1929
48 2 Correspondence 1930
48 3 Correspondence 1931
48 4 Correspondence 1932
48 5 Correspondence 1933
48 6 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1934
Box Folder Title Date
49 1 Correspondence January - June 1935
49 2 Correspondence July - December 1935
49 3 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel January - June 1935
49 4 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel July - December 1935
49 5 Miscellaneous publications regarding Temple Emanu-El 1935
Box Folder Title Date
50 1 Correspondence January - April 1936
50 2 Correspondence May - December 1936
50 3 Temple Emanu-El Federation contributors (1) 1936
50 4 Temple Emanu-El Federation contributors (2) 1936
Box Folder Title Date
51 1 Correspondence January - November 1937
51 2 Correspondence December 1937
51 3 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1937
51 4 Temple Emanu-El Federation contributors 1937
51 5 Miscellaneous, annual report, by-laws, memoranda 1937
Box Folder Title Date
52 1 Correspondence January - June 1938
52 2 Correspondence July - October 1938
52 3 Correspondence November - December 1938
Box Folder Title Date
53 1 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1938
53 2 Deficit 1938
53 3 Messages from congregants congratulating Lewis L. Strauss on his election as President, scrapbook 1938
53 4 President’s correspondence 1938
53 5 Reponses of Lewis L. Strauss to congregants 1938
Box Folder Title Date
54 1 Correspondence January - April 1939
54 2 Correspondence May - September 1939
54 3 Correspondence October 1939
54 4 Correspondence November - December 1939
54 5 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1939
54 6 City Bank Farmers Trust Company, mortgage
54 7 Deficit 1939
54 8 Correspondence with Goldenson, Samuel 1939
Box Folder Title Date
55 1 Correspondence January - February 1940
55 2 Correspondence March - April 1940
55 3 Correspondence May - August 1940
55 4 Correspondence September - October 1940
55 5 Correspondence November - December 1940
55 6 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1940
55 7 Correspondence with Goldenson, Samuel 1940
55 8 Miscellaneous, lists of committees, memoranda
Box Folder Title Date
56 1 Correspondence 1941
56 2 Correspondence 1942
56 3 Correspondence 1943
56 4 Correspondence 1944
56 5 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1944
56 6 Correspondence with Goldenson, Samuel 1944
56 7 Correspondence 1945
56 8 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1945
56 9 Correspondence with Goldenson, Samuel 1945
Box Folder Title Date
57 1 Correspondence January - June 1946
57 2 Correspondence July - December 1946
57 3 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1946
57 4 Correspondence with Goldenson, Samuel 1946
Box Folder Title Date
58 1 Correspondence January - June 1947
58 2 Correspondence July - October 1947
58 3 Correspondence November - December 1947
58 4 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1947
58 5 Correspondence with Goldenson, Samuel 1947
58 6 Regarding Rabbi Nathan Perilman’s promotion 1947
Box Folder Title Date
59 1 Correspondence January - March 1948
59 2 Correspondence April - August 1948
59 3 Correspondence September - December 1948
59 4 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1948
Box Folder Title Date
60 1 Correspondence January - May 1949
60 2 Correspondence June - December 1949
60 3 Correspondence with Berliner, Samuel 1949
Box Folder Title Date
61 1 Correspondence 1950-1953
61 2 Correspondence 1954-1973
61 3 Correspondence with Fruhauf, Henry 1958-1970
61 4 Miscellaneous undated
Box Folder Title Date
Shared OS 1 Oversized Folder Black and white photograph. Temple Emanu-El, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 1945
Shared OS 1 Oversized Folder Black and white photograph. Centenary Fund Dinner, Congregation Emanu-El 1944
Shared OS 1 Oversized Folder Black and white photograph. Photograph of a painting of LLS hung in the boardroom of Congregation Emanu-El undated
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Series XVI: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1922-1971.
0.5 linear foot
Arrangement:

Arranged by organization, then chronological.
Scope and Content:

This series reflects Lewis L. Strauss’ involvement in the affairs of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), the umbrella organization of the Reform movement that was established in 1873. The purpose of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations was and remains to determine policy for the Reform movement, debate and resolve matters of theological significance for Reform Judaism, and serve as a framework to unite Reform Jews. The series also includes correspondence relating to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR).
Box Folder Title Date
62 1 Correspondence regarding Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 1936-1962
62 2 Correspondence regarding Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 1963-1972
62 3 Correspondence regarding Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1922-1935
62 4 Correspondence regarding Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1937
62 5 Correspondence regarding Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1938
62 6 Correspondence regarding Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1941-1948
62 7 Correspondence regarding Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1950-1971
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Series XVII: Correspondence (Individual), 1919-1973.
4.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

The individual correspondence of Lewis L. Strauss is arranged alphabetically and internally in chronological order.
Scope and Content:

Contains correspondence with hundreds of individuals, many of whom were national and international figures, and accounts for roughly an eighth of the collection.
Box Folder Title Date
63 1 A - Abrams
63 2 Adler, Cyrus
63 3 Adler, Cyrus [Re: Testimonial Dinner]
63 4 Adler, Joseph Ochs - Ascher, Morris H.
63 5 B - Bache, Mrs. Harold L.
63 6 Bachrach, Alfred R. (1942-1960)
63 7 Bachrach, Alfred R. (1961-1972)
63 8 Backall, M. - Bare, Werner
Box Folder Title Date
64 1 Baerwald, Paul
64 2 Baerwald, Mrs. Paul - Lord Bearsted
64 3 Becker, James
64 4 Bendheim, Adrian L. - Ben-Yehuda, Hemda
64 5 Bergman, Ernst
64 6 Bergman, Simon - Bickel, Alexander M.
64 7 Billikopf, Jacob
64 8 Binswanger, Milton S. - Broido, Louis
64 9 Brooks, Sidney - Byram, H.E.
64 10 C - Cahan
Box Folder Title Date
65 1 Calisch, Edward N.
65 2 Cantor, Eddie - Custer, Ben Scott
65 3 Correspondence, D
65 4 Eban, Abba
65 5 Edelman, George - Egelson, Louis I.
65 6 Eisenhower, Dwight D.
65 7 Eisendrath, Edwin W.
65 8 Eisendrath, Maurice N.
65 9 Elath, Eliahu
65 10 Elliott, Hubert A. - Emanuel
65 11 Engel, Irving
65 12 Engelman, Morris - Ezekiel, Gerald A.
65 13 F - Feingold, Henry
65 14 Feingold, Jessica
65 15 Feinstein, Myer - Fineshriber, William H.
Box Folder Title Date
66 1 Finkelstein, Louis (1936-1952)
66 2 Finkelstein, Louis (1953-1956)
66 3 Finkelstein, Louis (1957-1959)
66 4 Finkelstein, Louis (1960-1962)
66 5 Finkelstein, Louis (1962-1967)
66 6 Finkelstein, Louis (1968-1973)
66 7 Finkelstein, Michael - Frankenthaler, George
66 8 Frankfurter, Felix - Fromenson, A.H.
Box Folder Title Date
67 1 G - Gerard, James W.
67 2 Gerstenfeld, Norman
67 3 Gimbel, Bernard F. - Glueck, Nelson
67 4 Goldbarth, Harvey M. - Guinzberg, Harold
67 5 H - Hoover, Allan
67 6 Hoover, Herbert C. (1918-1964)
67 7 Hoover, Jr., Herbert - Hyamson, M.
67 8 I - Ittelson, Blanche
67 9 Ittelson, Henry
67 10 J
67 11 K
Box Folder Title Date
68 1 Lambie, Aaron L. - Lapinsky, Elliott
68 2 Laski, Neville
68 3 Lazaron, Morris
68 4 Lazarus, Simon - Lehman, Irving
68 5 Lehrman, Jack J. - Liebermann, William
68 6 Linder, Harold
68 7 Lipman, J.G. - Lowenthal, Marvin
68 8 M - Margolin, A.
68 9 Mark, Julius
68 10 Marks, Eric - Marshall, James
68 11 Marshall, Louis
Box Folder Title Date
69 1 Martin, I. Jack - McCabe, Selwyn R.
69 2 McDonald, James
69 3 Meissner, Edwin B. - Myers, W.I.
69 4 Correspondence, N-O
69 5 Palitz, Clarence Y. - Pell, Robert T.
69 6 Perilman, Nathan A.
69 7 Pickar, George Harrison - Hoffman, Isidor B.
69 8 R - Rosenberg, Heinrich
69 9 Rosenberg, James N.
Box Folder Title Date
70 1 Rosenfelt, Henry H. - de Rothschild, Anthony
70 2 de Rothschild, Edmund
70 3 de Rothschild, Lionel - Ruppin, Arthur
70 4 S - Sanger, Elliott M.
70 5 Sapiro, Aaron
70 6 Sarnoff, David - Simon, Ralph
70 7 Singer, Isidor
70 8 Sizoo, Joseph R. - Soltes, Avraham
70 9 Somers, Everett
Box Folder Title Date
71 1 Sonderling, Jacob - Straus, Percy S.
71 2 Straus, Roger
71 3 Strauss, Lewis H.
71 4 Strauss, Lewis H.
71 5 Sulzberger, Arthur Hays
71 6 Sulzberger, Cyrus L. - Szymczak, M.S.
71 7 T - V
71 8 Waldman, Morris K. - Williams, Berkeley
71 9 Wise, Ethel H. - Woodward, F.C.
71 10 Y - Z
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Series XVIII: Correspondence (Institutional), 1919-1973.
2.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

The institutional correspondence of Lewis L. Strauss is arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content:

Contains correspondence with a broad range of Jewish, secular and international institutions, organizations and groups.

Box Folder Title Date
72 1 A - American Friends of Alliance Israélite Universelle
72 2 American Friends of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
72 3 American Friends of Tel Aviv University
72 4 American Friends Service Committee - American Jewish Association
72 5 American Jewish Congress
72 6 American Jewish Federation
72 7 American Jewish Historical Society
72 8 American Jewish League - American Jewish Society
72 9 American Jewish Tercentenary Committee
Box Folder Title Date
73 1 American Judaism - American Red Mogen David for Israel
73 2 American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia
73 3 Anti-Defamation League - Audio-Scriptions, Inc.
73 4 B
73 5 Camp Ramapo - Committee on Fair Play in Sports
73 6 Conference on Jewish Relations
73 7 Congregation Beth Ahabah (Richmond, VA)
73 8 Congregation Beth Isaac (Trenton, MI) - Cyclopedia Judaica
73 9 D
73 10 E
73 11 Fairmount Temple (Cleveland, OH) - Farar, Straus & Cudahy, Inc., Publishers
73 12 Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City
Box Folder Title Date
74 1 Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia - Friends of Europe
74 2 G
74 3 Abraham Haas Memorial Fund Committee - Hebrew Union School of Education and Sacred Music (New York, NY)
74 4 Baron de Hirsch Fund
74 5 Histadruth Ivrith of America - Hurwitz Educational League
74 6 I
74 7 Jamaica Jewish Center (Jamaica, NY) - The Jewish Digest
74 8 Jewish Education Association
74 9 The Jewish Examiner - Jewish Publications, Ltd.
74 10 Jewish Publication Society of America
74 11 Jewish Quarterly Review - The Jewish Spectator
Box Folder Title Date
75 1 Jewish Statistical Bureau
75 2 Jewish Telegraphic Agency
75 3 The Jewish Tribune - Jüdische Ulterversorgungs-Unstalt
75 4 The Maccabean Club - Medical Research Foundation
75 5 K - L
75 6 The Menorah Journal
75 7 Metropolitan Club (New York, NY) - Montgomery County Jewish Community, Inc. (Chevy Chase, MD)
75 8 Mortgage Bank for Palestine
75 9 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
75 10 National Catholic Welfare Council - Nehr Tomid School (New York, NY)
75 11 New York Board of Rabbis - New York Public Library
Box Folder Title Date
76 1 New York Section of the National Council of Jewish Women - 92nd Street "Y" (New York, NY)
76 2 ORT - Palestine Development Council
76 3 Palestine Economic Corporation
76 4 Peoples ORT Federation - Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs
76 5 R - S
76 6 T
76 7 Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America - United Hospital Campaign Committee
76 8 United Jewish Appeal
76 9 United Jewish Campaign - The University of Judaism (Los Angeles, CA)
76 10 V - Z
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