MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aStraus, Oscar S.$q(Oscar Solomon),$d1850-1926.
245 00 $aOscar S. Straus papers,$f1856-1955$g(bulk 1856-1923).
300 $a37,000$fitems.
300 $a50$fcontainers plus$a1$foversize.
300 $a1$fmicrofilm reel.
300 $a21$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1856-1931; Series 2: Diaries and Notebooks, 1871-1923; Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1885-1926; Series 4: Miscellany, 1868-1955; and Series 5: Addition, 1927-1954.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries, speeches, writings, notebooks, legal records, pamphlets, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Straus's service as U.S. minister and ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, and member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands. Also documents his activities with the National Civic Foundation, New York (State) Public Service Commission, League to Enforce Peace, and the Industrial Conference held in Washington, D.C., 1919-1920. Subjects include a visit to Egypt in 1888, railway wage negotiations, religious liberty in the Ottoman Empire, Romania, Russia, World War I, and Louis Lavanburg. Includes records (1927-1954) of the Oscar S. Straus Memorial Association, Straus (Strauss) family papers, and a privately printed autobiography of Straus's brother, Isidor Straus. Correspondents include Robert Bacon, John Barrett, Thomas F. Bayard, Nicholas Murray Butler, Andrew Carnegie, Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Ralph M. Easley, James Rudolph Garfield, Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, Warren G. Harding, Benjamin Harrison, John Hay, Lee Kohns, Robert Lansing, William Loeb, William McKinley, Adolph S. Ochs, George Foster Peabody, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Isidor Straus, Nathan Straus, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
530 $aMicrofilm of scrapbook selections available,$dno. 8,924.
541 $cGift,$aOscar S. Straus Memorial Association, Inc.,$d1945-1956.
544 $3Pamphlet$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
545 0 $aAttorney, businessman, public official, diplomat, U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, and author.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 10 $aBacon, Robert,$d1860-1919$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBarrett, John,$d1866-1938$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBayard, Thomas F.$q(Thomas Francis),$d1828-1898$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aButler, Nicholas Murray,$d1862-1947$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCarnegie, Andrew,$d1835-1919$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCleveland, Grover,$d1837-1908$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCoolidge, Calvin,$d1872-1933$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEasley, Ralph M.$q(Ralph Montgomery),$db. 1858$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGarfield, James Rudolph,$d1865-1950$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGriscom, Lloyd Carpenter,$d1872-1959$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarding, Warren G.$q(Warren Gamaliel),$d1865-1923$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarrison, Benjamin,$d1833-1901$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHay, John,$d1838-1905$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKohns, Lee,$d1864-1927$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLansing, Robert,$d1864-1928$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLavanburg, Louis.
600 10 $aLoeb, William,$d1866-1937$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMcKinley, William,$d1843-1901$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aOchs, Adolph S.$q(Adolph Simon),$d1858-1935$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPeabody, George Foster,$d1852-1938$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Theodore,$d1858-1919$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoot, Elihu,$d1845-1937$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStraus, Isidor,$d1845-1912.
600 10 $aStraus, Isidor,$d1845-1912$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStraus, Nathan,$d1848-1931$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTaft, William H.$q(William Howard),$d1857-1930$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilson, Woodrow,$d1856-1924$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aStrauss family.
610 10 $aNew York (State).$bPublic Service Commission.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDept. of Commerce and Labor.
610 20 $aLeague to Enforce Peace (U.S.)
610 20 $aNational Civic Federation.
610 20 $aPermanent Court of Arbitration.
611 20 $aIndustrial Conference$d(1919-1920 :$cWashington, D.C.)
650 0 $aArbitration (International law)
650 0 $aDiplomatic and consular service, American$zTurkey.
650 0 $aIndustrial relations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLabor policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aFreedom of religion$zTurkey.
650 0 $aWages$xRailroads$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918.
651 0 $aEgypt$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aRomania.
651 0 $aRussia.
651 0 $aTurkey$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aTurkey$xHistory$yOttoman Empire, 1288-1918.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zTurkey.
656 7 $aAuthors.$2itoamc
656 7 $aBusinessmen.$2itoamc
656 7 $aCabinet officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aDiplomats.$2itoamc
656 7 $aLawyers.$2itoamc
710 2 $aOscar S. Straus Memorial Association.$tOscar S. Straus Memorial Association records.$f1927-1954.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home