Sol Bloom papers

id
5725
origination
Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949
date statement
1898-1949 [bulk 1935-1949]
key date
1898
identifier (local_mss)
323
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 323
b-number
b12095836
total components
66
total series
2
max depth
4
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:24 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:14:42 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
{"value"=>"MssCol 323", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"323", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Sol Bloom papers"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1898-1949", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1949"}
{"value"=>"1935-1949", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1935/1949"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"61.5 linear feet (62 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
date_inclusive_start
1898
date_inclusive_end
1949
origination
{"value"=>"Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Sol Bloom (1870-1949) was a U.S. Congressman from New York City, 1923-1949, and served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1939-1949.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of Bloom's public papers as a member of Congress including case files, special bills, armed services academies files, and general correspondence; and personal miscellaneous papers. Bulk of the papers are case files containing correspondence with constituents seeking aid in the solution of problems requiring the intervention of a department or agency of the federal government. Some case files concern Jews and refugees in Europe and elsewhere who sought permission to emigrate to the United States before, during and after World War II. General correspondence is mainly ceremonial although some relates to public affairs and to matters pending before Congress. Also, draft of The Autobiography of Sol Bloom, 1949; scrapbooks of clippings, 1898-1903; and photograph and other memorabilia.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sol Bloom papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/323#c1086107'>I. Papers as Member of the U. S. House of Representatives</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/323#c1086172'>II. Personal Miscellaneous papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The personal miscellaneous papers (1898-1945) include a typescript draft with revisions of The Autobiography of Sol Bloom; two scrapbooks of clippings (ca. 1898-1903) relating in part to Sol Bloom's career as a music publisher in Chicago; photographs of Sol Bloom and other including a group of official photographs taken at \"United Nations Conference\"; testimonials, including the minutes of a luncheon given by the Committee on Foreign Affairs to Sol Bloom on his 75th anniversary; an official <em render=\"underline\">Report to the President on the Results of the San Francisco Conference, June 26, 1945</em> inscribed to Sol Bloom by Harry S. Truman, Cordell Hull et al; membership certificates; and a few condolences to Vera Bloom on her father's death.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"accession_number"=>"MSS 67M4"}
{"date"=>"1949", "source"=>"Bloom, Vera; Milton Forrest", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Bloom, Vera; Milton Forrest, 1949"}
keydate
1898
prefercite
{"value"=>"Sol Bloom papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
61.5 linear feet (62 boxes)
abstract
{"value"=>"Sol Bloom (1870-1949) was a U.S. Congressman from New York City, 1923-1949, and served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1939-1949. Collection consists of Bloom's public papers as a member of Congress including case files, special bills, armed services academies files, and general correspondence; and personal miscellaneous papers. Bulk of the papers are case files containing correspondence with constituents seeking aid in the solution of problems requiring the intervention of a department or agency of the federal government. Some case files concern Jews and refugees in Europe and elsewhere who sought permission to emigrate to the United States before, during and after World War II. General correspondence is mainly ceremonial although some relates to public affairs and to matters pending before Congress. Also, draft of The Autobiography of Sol Bloom, 1949; scrapbooks of clippings, 1898-1903; and photograph and other memorabilia.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1898
date_end
1949
date_bulk_start
1935
date_bulk_end
1949

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