A Register of the David Lubin papers
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A Register of the David Lubin papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Lyalya Kharitonova
- Date Completed:
- 2008, revised 2011
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.
© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: David Lubin papers
Dates: 1899-1944
Collection Number: 44005
Creators:
Lubin, David, 1849-1919.
Saqui, Laura Lubin.
Collection Size:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, clippings, and photographs, relating to world agricultural problems, and activities of
the International Institute of Agriculture. Includes papers of Laura Lubin Saqui, daughter of D. Lubin.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], David Lubin papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1944.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Related Materials
David Lubin personal archive, David Lubin Memorial Library, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
Rome, Italy
Magnes collection on David Lubin, Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley
Simon Julius Lubin papers, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Norris E. Dodd papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Biographical Note
| 10 June 1849 |
Born in Klodawa, Poland |
| 1853 |
Family moved to England |
| 1855 |
Family emigrated to America |
| 1861 |
Dropped out of school |
| To 1873 |
Worked as a jeweler in San Francisco, a lumberyard worker in Los Angeles, a prospector for gold in Arizona, and a commercial
traveler in New York and New Orleans
|
| 1874 |
Opened David Lubin's One Price Store in Sacramento |
| 1884 |
Bought an orchard near Sacramento and land in Colusa County, helped found the California Fruit Growers' Union |
| 1891 |
Became the director of the International Society for the Colonization of Russian Jews |
| 1896 |
Moved to Europe to establish an international agricultural congress |
| 1900 |
Author of
Let There Be Light
|
| 1906 |
Appointed as a permanent U.S. delegate to the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA) in Rome |
| 1913 |
Received a Silver Cup Award from the IIA |
| 1917 |
Author, publisher, and distributor of
An International Confederation of Democracies under a Constitution
|
| 1 January 1919 |
Died in Rome |
Historical Note
David Lubin, a merchant and farmer in Sacramento, created the idea of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA). The
institute's goals were to help farmers share knowledge, establish a cooperative system of rural credit, and control the marketing
of farmers' products. In 1906, Lubin was appointed the permanent U.S. delegate to the IIA. In 1913 at the meeting of the IIA
congress in Rome, Lubin received a Silver Cup Award for his efforts in establishing the organization. The IIA ceased its operations
in 1945, when most of its assets were transferred to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The mandate
of international cooperation in the field of agriculture is continued by the FAO, which named its library in honor of David
Lubin. The David Lubin Elementary School is located a few blocks from the site of David Lubin's former home in Sacramento,
California.
Scope and Content of Collection
Most of the papers relate to IIA operations and cover the period from 1905, when was IIA established, through 1944. The collection
was donated to the Hoover Institution by Lubin's daughter Laura Lubin Saqui and includes her detailed "Table of Contents"
(box 1), which is a useful finding aid to the Lubin papers.
The Laura Lubin Saqui files include business correspondence and writings, as well as her delegate certificate and a photograph.
Laura Lubin Saqui was a U.S. delegate to the 15th General Assembly of IIA in 1940. The files also include letters written
by Colonel Harris Weinstock, half brother of David Lubin, while he toured Europe as a member of the American Commission on
Rural Cooperative Credit in 1913. The Scrapbooks of David Lubin and Laura Lubin Saqui contain documents related to Lubin's
career and IIA operation, including official and private correspondence, records and reports, photographs, writings, and clippings.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
International Institute of Agriculture.
Agriculture.
International agricultural cooperation.
Box: 1
David Lubin files,
1899-1919.
Scope and Content Note
Includes some biographical material, correspondence,writings, and a portrait, arranged by physical form and chronologically
therein. See also Scrapbooks
Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2
Biographical file,
1899-1919.
Scope and Content Note
Includes articles, clippings, and photographs
Box/Folder: 1 : 3-5
Correspondence,
1905-1919
Art rack
Framed portrait with caption: "From a painting of David Lubin by G. Szoldatics ordered by resolution of the General Assembly
of the International Institution of Agriculture, Rome, 1910"
Box: 1-2
Laura Lubin Saqui files,
1913-1944.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of a table of contents, correspondence, writings, and delegate certificate. Includes letters by Colonel Harris Weinstock.
Arranged by physical form. See also Scrapbooks.
Box/Folder: 1 : 8
The David Lubin Collection. Table of Contents, typescript by Laura Lubin Sequi,
1944
Box/Folder: 1 : 11-12
Correspondence,
1918-1941
Box/Folder: 1 : 13
L. L. Saqui's certificate appointing her delegate to the 15th General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture
(IIA) in May 1940.
For accompanying letter from the U.S. State Department and a list of the U.S. delegation see box 1, folder 12
Box/Folder: 2 : 1
Writings,
1932
Scope and Content Note
Includes "The Status of World Agriculture," by Laura Lubin Saqui, 1932
Box/Folder: 2 : 2
Letters from Colonel Harris Weinstock,
1913
Box: 2
Files about the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA),
1918-1941.
Scope and Content Note
Contains U.S. documents concerning the IIA, general statements, and reports. Arranged by physical form. See also Scrapbooks
Box/Folder: 2 : 3-4
U.S. documents concerning IIA,
1918-1933
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Business cards of IIA officials,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 2 : 6-9
A General Assembly general statements and reports,
1930-1940
Box/Folder: 2 : 10
Materials on controversy over the IIA,
1931
Scope and Content Note
Includes "The United States Government and the International Institute of Agriculture. The Facts in the Situation," by Simon
J. Lubin, Chairman, Organizing Committee, Pan American Institute of Reciprocal Trade, March 18, 1931
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
The American Committee on the IIA memoranda and reports,
1933-1941
Box: 3-5
Scrapbooks (6),
1913-1936
Scope and Content Note
Includes portfolios and envelopes of clippings, letters, photographs, leaflets, etc. Arranged by subject and chronologically
therein.
Box: 3-4
David Lubin and International Institute of Agriculture (IIA),
1913-1933.
Scope and Content Note
Includes David Lubin, by A. Agresti, Rome, 1919
Box: 5
12th and 13th Meetings of the General Assembly of the IIA,
1943-1936
