| Description | Papers of Moses Gaster regarding the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration. This consists mainly of typescript copies of letters from Gaster to prominent political and Jewish figures, including Mark Sykes, Herbert Samuel MP, Baron James de Rothschild, and Chaim Weizmann, discussing the issue of Zionism and Palestine. It also includes typed pages of extracts from Gaster's diaries, and some typescript extracts from the autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.
At some point the documents in this file have been numbered 1 to 46.
Three documents from this file are also available online through our Digital Collections website (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/collections/ucl-digital-collections/browse-collections/jewish-collections):
- Document number 21: A letter from Gaster to Sir Mark Sykes, 31 Jan 1917.
- Document number 24: A memorandum of a conference held on 7 Feb 1917 at Gaster's house. This memo includes a draft document entitled 'Outline of Programme. Jewish Resettlement of Palestine'.
- Document number 26: A letter from Gaster to Baron James de Rothschild, 9 Feb 1917. |