06123cpcaa2200997 4500 mm 78041749 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 781213|||||||||||| eng mm 78041749 ms 60000157 mm 82075795 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926. Oscar S. Straus papers, 1856-1955 (bulk 1856-1923). 37,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 1 microfilm reel. 21 linear feet. Arranged 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. Open to research. Correspondence, 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. Microfilm of scrapbook selections available, no. 8,924. Pamphlet transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Attorney, businessman, public official, diplomat, U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, and author. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011238 Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919 Correspondence. Barrett, John, 1866-1938 Correspondence. Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 Correspondence. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 Correspondence. Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Correspondence. Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Correspondence. Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 Correspondence. Easley, Ralph M. (Ralph Montgomery), 1858- Correspondence. Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950 Correspondence. Griscom, Lloyd Carpenter, 1872-1959 Correspondence. Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 Correspondence. Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905 Correspondence. Kohns, Lee, 1864-1927 Correspondence. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 Correspondence. Lavanburg, Louis. Loeb, William, 1866-1937 Correspondence. McKinley, William, 1843-1901 Correspondence. Ochs, Adolph S. (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935 Correspondence. Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Correspondence. Straus, Isidor, 1845-1912. Straus, Isidor, 1845-1912 Correspondence. Straus, Nathan, 1848-1931 Correspondence. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 Correspondence. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Correspondence. Strauss family. New York (State). Public Service Commission. United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. League to Enforce Peace (U.S.) National Civic Federation. Permanent Court of Arbitration. Industrial Conference (1919-1920 : Washington, D.C.) Arbitration (International law) Diplomatic and consular service, American Turkey. Industrial relations United States. Labor policy United States. Freedom of religion Turkey. Wages Railroads United States. World War, 1914-1918. Egypt Description and travel. Romania. Russia. Turkey Foreign relations United States. Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. United States Economic policy. United States Foreign relations Turkey. Authors. itoamc Businessmen. itoamc Cabinet officers. itoamc Diplomats. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Oscar S. Straus Memorial Association. Oscar S. Straus Memorial Association records. 1927-1954. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011238 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011238.3 40023 40023