Organization of Jewish Colonies in America records 1931-1935

Contains the official minute book of the executive committee (Feb. 1932-Jan. 1934), financial, membership and administrative records, correspondence, questionnaires circulated to interested individuals soliciting biographical data and opinions on preferred forms of farm organization, inquiries pertaining to land purchase and other information relating to the proposed colony, as well as a brief history of the Organization of Jewish Colonies in America by H. GoldkrantzIncludes correspondence and published material relating to agricultural theory, other farm communities, and farming in general. The collection also contains correspondence and published material relating to the formation of the successor organization established in 1934, as the Association for Jewish Land Settlements in America and its colony in Hightstown, New Jersey. Includes newspaper clippings primarily from the Yiddish press, and the personal correspondence (1932-1934) of David Mines, secretary of the Organization of Jewish Colonies in AmericaGift of David Mine