Philip Cowen papers undated, 1873-1935

Contains primarily correspondence and published material in English, German and Russian relating to anti-Semitism in Russia and Roumania, the Russian passport question, loans from Jewish bankers to the Russian government and immigration from Eastern Europe, especially Russia, to the United States. Includes also correspondence concerning Jewish welfare institutions and agricultural colonies in the United States and the National Farm School in Doylestown, Pa. Also contains correspondence relating to and drafts of articles for the American Hebrew, particularly the Emma Lazarus memorial number, and correspondence relating to the publication of the Jewish encyclopedia and to survey on anti-Semitism conducted in 1890, as well as information on the Jews in China and material relating to Count Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich.Also includes correspondence (1898-1960) from the Congregation in Johannesburg, South Africa to Philip Cowen seeking help finding a rabbi, and 4 letters from Joseph Herman Hertz (1872-1946), the Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, who became th rabbi in that community. Major correspondents are Simon Wolf, Jacob Henry Schiff, Joseph Krauskopf, Isaac N. Seligman, Andrew D. White, George Alexander Kohut, Henry Cohen, Isadore Singer, and Joseph Herman Hertz. Also included is an original cartoon of Philip Cowen.far031