Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Straus, Herbert, 1881-1933.
2. Straus, Isidor.
3. Straus, Jack.
4. Straus, Jesse Isidor, 1872-1936.
5. Straus, Lazarus, 1809-1898.
6. Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926.
7. Straus, Percy, 1876-1944.
8. Straus, Robert K.
9. Straus, Sara, 1823-1876.
10. Viener, Saul.

Description

1. 9 linear feet (25 boxes)

Summary

1. Collection contains correspondence, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks, and other items concerning Lazarus, Oscar and Isidor Straus, and Isidor's sons and grandsons.

Subject

1. Ceramic tableware
2. Retail trade > Management
3. Titanic (Steamship)
4. Glassware
5. New York (State) > Politics and government > 1865-1950
6. Scrapbooks
7. Photographic prints
8. Macy's (Firm)
9. United States > Politics and government > 1865-1933
10. Philanthropists
11. Strauss family
12. Merchants

Genre/Form

1. Photographic prints.
2. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 2905

Note

1. Nathan Straus Papers (13 linear feet) are located in Rare Books & Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Macy's Department Store

Biography (note)

1. The Straus family of New York City were the descendants of Lazarus Straus (1809-1898) and Sara Straus (1823-1876) who emigrated from Otterberg, Germany in the early 1850s with their four children: Isidor (1845-1912), Hermine (1846-1922), Nathan (1848-1931), and Oscar (1850-1926).

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Strauss family.

Title

1. Straus family papers, 1810-1962, bulk (1870-1912)

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. The Straus family of New York City were the descendants of Lazarus Straus (1809-1898) and Sara Straus (1823-1876) who emigrated from Otterberg, Germany in the early 1850s with their four children: Isidor (1845-1912), Hermine (1846-1922), Nathan (1848-1931), and Oscar (1850-1926). They settled in Talbotton, Georgia where Lazarus opened a dry goods store. In 1865 the Strauses relocated to New York City and Isidor and Nathan joined their father in establishing L. Straus and Sons, a glass and chinaware store. They became partners with R.H. Macy's & Company in 1888 and by 1892 were also partners in the Brooklyn N.Y. retail company Abraham & Straus. Isidor Straus represented New York City's fifteenth district in the U.S. Congress, 1893-1894; and was founder and president of the Educational Alliance, an organization for immigrants living in New York. He and his wife were among the passengers who lost their lives in the sinking of the Titanic. Oscar Straus served as U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 1887 to 1900 and 1909, Secretary of Commerce and Labor from 1906 to 1908, and advisor to Woodrow Wilson during the first World War.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Merchants.
2. Philanthropists.

Added author

1. Straus, Herbert, 1881-1933.
2. Straus, Isidor.
3. Straus, Jack.
4. Straus, Jesse Isidor, 1872-1936.
5. Straus, Lazarus, 1809-1898.
6. Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926.
7. Straus, Percy, 1876-1944.
8. Straus, Robert K.
9. Straus, Sara, 1823-1876.
10. Viener, Saul.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2905