David Lubin papers, 1899-1944

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Summary

Creators:
Lubin, David, 1849-1919 and Saqui, Laura Lubin
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.
Extent:
2 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (14.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], David Lubin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
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

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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1944.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], David Lubin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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