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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelFile
Reference Number GASTER/3/C/1
TitleZionist Activities: Correspondence with Theodor Herzl
Date1896-1936
DescriptionCorrespondence between Moses Gaster and Theodor Herzl, mainly written in German, covering the years 1896-1903. Includes some circulars written by Herzl for Jewish organisations regarding Zionism, and a letter from the English Zionist Federation during the time at which Gaster was President. Some of these papers are typescript transcriptions of letters.

This file also includes:
- an 18-page typescript letter from James A. Malcolm to Lord Peel, dated 17 August, 1936, regarding 'Palestine and the Jewish Problem; A Zionist Solution.'
- a photocopy of a flyer for a 'Mass Meeting of East End Jews', involving Gaster and Herzl;
- a typescript list of Gaster's involvement at Zionist conferences (1898-1913), with accompanying typed notes by Josef Fraenkel entitled 'Haham Gaster and Zionism' (date unknown, mid-20th century);
- typed lists of the letters in this file, giving dates.
Extent2 folders
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Registration Form.
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