Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920 |
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Collector |
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1847-1920 |
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Sea Bright, NJ; |
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Jacob H Schiff was an art collector, financier, and philanthropist.
One of his most well known accomplishments was the formation of the Northern Securities Co., a holding company into which Edward H. Harriman, Kuhn, Loes (Mrs. Schiff's father), James J. Hill, and J.P. Morgan had placed their stock holdings in the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Chicago, Burlingotn, and Quincy railroads. This combine was dissolved in 1902 as a result of Roosevelt's anti-trust legislation. Among many other ventures, Shiff arranged financing for the construction of railroads in Mexico, secured $200 million for the Japanese in 1904 in their war against the Russians, and participated actively in the American banking consortium in China. Schiff was an imigrant from Germany and maintained unyielding support for the International, as well as the American, Jewish community throughout his life (retrieved 4/14/2008, http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?551331).
Schiff's collection consisted of paintings, tapestries, bronze and marble sculpture, silver, Chinese and Japanese bronze and lacquer, and other decorative objects.
The collection included work by Rubens, Van Dyck, Sir Peter Lely, Joost Susterman, David Teniers the Younger, Cornelis Janssen Van Ceulen, Jan Van Govans, Nattier, Corot, Jean Jacques Henner, and Jean Francois Millet.
A sale of the Schiff art collection took place on 7-9 December, 1933 at the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York.
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decades
of activity | 1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
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Collection Details |
Brandeis University Library
WALTHAM, MA 02454-9110
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Jacob H. (Jacob Henry) Schiff Correspondence ; 1914-1920 [microform].
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Brandeis University Library
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Personal and business correspondence; documents and translations of Schiff; and second draft of Cyrus Adler's manuscript entitled "Jacob Henry Schiff, 1847-1920."; ca. 1847-1930 [microform].
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American Museum of Natural History
Library - Special Collections |
American Museum of Natural History East Asiatic Committee Records, 1900-1912.
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American Museum of Natural History
Library - Special Collections |
American Museum of Natural History East Asiatic Research Fund Correspondence, 1900-1904.
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American Museum of Natural History
Library - Special Collections |
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Administration collection, 1914-1950.
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Barnard College
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Annie Nathan Meyer papers, ca. 1890-1950 |
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American Jewish Historical Society, New York New York, NY 10011
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Cyrus Adler Papers, n.d., 1883-1937. |
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American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave. |
Louis Marshall Papers, 1891-1930.
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American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave. |
Felix M. Warburg Papers, 1895-1937. |
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American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave. |
Joseph Stolz Papers, 1885-1946.
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University of Texas, Austin
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
Henry Cohen Papers, 1850-1950
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The New-York Historical Society
Manuscript Department |
Osborn family Papers, 1832-1936. |
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American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave. |
Paul Abelson Papers, 1892-1954. |
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American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave. |
Edward B M Brown Papers, 1865-1929. |
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New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 |
John Appleton Stewart correspondence, ca. 1902-ca. 1932 (MssCol 2887) |
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American Museum of Natural History
Library - Special Collections |
American Museum of Natural History. Expedition to China (1901-1904) Correspondence, 1900-1904, (bulk 1901-1904).
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New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 |
Committee of Fifteen records, 1900-1901 (MssCol 608). |
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American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave. |
Jacob H. Schiff Papers, 1914-1920. |
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Cornell University Libraries
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections |
Willard Dickerman Straight papers, 1825-1925. (#1260) |
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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies |
The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives) |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 |
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