Register of the David Lubin papers
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: David Lubin papers
Date (inclusive): 1899-1944
Collection Number: 44005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(14.4 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Lubin, David, 1849-1919
Creator:
Saqui, Laura Lubin
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1944.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], David Lubin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & 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.
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 Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agriculture
Agriculture -- International cooperation
International Institute of Agriculture
David Lubin Files
1899-1919
Scope and Contents note
Includes some biographical material, correspondence,writings, and a portrait, arranged by physical form and chronologically
therein. See also Scrapbooks
box 1, folder 1-2
Biographical file
1899-1919
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles, clippings, and photographs
os_folder 1
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"
Laura Lubin Saqui Files
1913-1944
Scope and Contents 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 1, folder 8
"The David Lubin Collection: Table of Contents," typescript by Laura Lubin Sequi
1944
box 8
L. L. Saqui's certificate appointing her delegate to the 15th General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture
(IIA) in May 1940
Scope and Contents note
For accompanying letter from the U.S. State Department and a list of the U.S. delegation see Box/Folder 1 : 12
box 2, folder 1
Writings
1932
Scope and Contents note
Includes "The Status of World Agriculture," by Laura Lubin Saqui, 1932
box 2, folder 2
Letters from Colonel Harris Weinstock
1913
International Institute of Agriculture (IIA) Files
1918-1941
Scope and Contents note
Contains U.S. documents concerning the IIA, general statements, and reports. Arranged by physical form. See also Scrapbooks
box 2, folder 3-4
U.S. documents concerning IIA
1918-1933
box 2, folder 5
Business cards of IIA officials
circa 1930
box 2, folder 6-9
A General Assembly statements and reports
1930-1940
box 2, folder 10
Materials on controversy over the IIA
1931
Scope and Contents 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 2, folder 11
The American Committee on the IIA memoranda and reports
1933-1941
Scrapbooks
1913-1939
Scope and Contents note
Includes6 scrapbooks of portfolios and envelopes of clippings, letters, photographs, leaflets, etc. regarding David Lubin
and International Institute of Agriculture (IIA).
box 3
Scrapbook 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes David Lubin, by A. Agresti, Rome, 1919