Cyrus Adler typescript, Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Contributor:

Solis-Cohen, D. Hays, -1978 (addressee)

Name:

Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940; Berger, Elmer, 1908-1996

Date:

1919

Description:

A black, spring-form binder with 395 numbered leaves spanning from March to July 1919. The volume houses a typescript comprising daily notes, transcriptions of meeting reports, and copies of correspondence documenting Adler's involvement in the Paris Peace Conference as a representative of the American Jewish Committee. He traveled with Louis Marshall, who was then president of the Jewish Committee. The typescript appears to be divided into three sections. The first section, leaves 1 to 73 are Adler's daily entries of his journey to Paris, meetings he attended, diplomatic negotiations, and Jewish relief efforts. The second section is made up of typescript reports and documents regarding the meetings of Jewish organizations representing Poland, Russia, Galicia, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, and the Ukraine. Also represented are Jewish delegations from England and France. A bill regarding the city of Salonika (Thessaloniki) documents a new plan and rebuilding of the city is also addressed. One report labeled strictly confidential is titled "Statement of the Zionist Organization regarding Palestine ... proposals to be presented to the Peace Conference." One of the reports outlines the boundaries for the Jewish state in Palestine. Recorded are discussions and concerns of atrocities committed against the Jewish people of Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. There are also reports documenting meetings with President Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover. Copies of correspondence comprise the third section on leaves 284 to 395. Diplomats and representatives in the typescript include Julian W. Mack, D. S. Blondheim, Lord Walter Rothschild, Nahum Sokolow and Mary Fels. Six leaves have been laid in the volume: a three-page letter to D. Hays Solis-Cohen from Elmer Berger dated June 4, 1957, concerning Berger's analysis of the typescript and three leaves of notes regarding the typescript on pink memo paper.

Language:

English; French

Provenance:

Gift of Mr. David Solis-Cohen and Ms. Carole Baker Solis-Cohen, 2016.

Subject:

Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929; Mack, Julian W. (Julian William), 1866-1943; Sokolow, Nahum, 1859-1936; Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron, 1868-1937; Jews -- Palestine -- History -- Sources; Jews; History; World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace; Peace

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); correspondence; typescripts; Manuscripts, American

Physical Description:

1 volume + 6 leaves

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Born in Van Buren, Arkansas on September 13, 1863, to Samuel Adler and Sarah Sulzberger. Following the death of his father in 1869 the Adler family relocated to Philadelphia and lived with Sarah's brother David Sulzberger. Cyrus Adler attended the Univesity of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1883. He went on to study at Johns Hopkins University where he taught Semitics and became a professor in 1890. In 1892 he became a librarian at the Smithsonian Institution. Adler was a involved in many Jewish community, cultural, and academic endeavors in Philadelphia and throughout the country. Adler was a founding member of the American Jewish Historical Society, the Jewish Publication Society of America, and the American Jewish Committee. At the Jewish Theological Seminary Adler was an instructor, a board member, and was president of the Seminary. In 1908 Adler became president of Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning in Philadelphia. He wrote several books and articles on a wide variety of subjects. In 1919 he served as a delegate representing the American Jewish Committee at the Paris Peace Conference. In 1905 Adler married Racie Friedenwald. They had one daughter Sarah who was born in 1906.; In English with seven leaves in French.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 462