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Jean Paul Oppenheim autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 943

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of approximately two hundred letters and signatures of various famous people, including United States presidents, senators, and other government figures, presidents and other officers of colleges, prime ministers, actors, musicians, writers, and so forth. There is also an assortment of miscellaneous items including postcards, photographs, printed matter, and letters from secretaries of notable people to whom Oppenheim had written for autographs.

The letters are arranged in chronological order. An alphabetical index has been provided to both the letters and the autographs.

These papers were donated to Yale University in 1952 by Laurent Oppenheim, Jr., brother of the collector of the papers, Jean Paul Oppenheim.

Dates

  • 1896-1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Laurent Oppenheim, Jr., 1952.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0943

Additional Description

Abstract

A collection of approximately two hundred letters and signatures of notable persons, chiefly United States political figures, including presidents, senators and other government figures. Only a few Europeans are in the papers. Also included are postcards, photographs and printed matter.

Biographical / Historical

Jean Paul Oppenheim, "Opp," was born in New York City on May 7, 1907. His father, Laurent Oppenheim, is a retired banker and a former member of the New York Stock Exchange. Mrs. Oppenheim's name before her marriage was Amy Schwartz. Oppenheim's brother Laurent Oppenheim, Jr., graduated from Sheff in 1921.

His preparatory education was received at the Bovee School and the Allen-Stevenson School in New York City. He heeled the Record in Freshman year. He lived alone while at Yale, at 333 York Street, 52 Vanderbilt, and 576 York-Library.

Oppenheim left college in November of Junior year because of ill health. He is now with Simmons & Slade, members of the New York Stock Exchange, his business address being 5 Nassau Street, New York City. He lives at the Hotel Plaza.

From History of the Class of 1929, Yale College, 1929, pp. 348-349.

INDEX TO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS

  1. Alexander, John W. (1 item), [1913]
  2. Art alliance of America (1 item), [1922]
  3. Bacon, Henry (1866-1924) (1 item), [1922]
  4. Baruch, Bernard M. (1 item), [1922]
  5. Blashfield, Edwin Howland (1 item), [1913]
  6. Bok, Edward W. (1 item), [1922]
  7. Bryan, William Jennings (1 item), [1914]
  8. Carson, Dorothy (1 item), [1918]
  9. Churchill, Randolph Spencer (1 item), [1930]
  10. Farnham, Sally James (1 item), n.d.
  11. Friedsam, Michael (1 item), [1929]
  12. Gompers, Samuel (1 item), [1922]
  13. Guiness, Frances (1 item), [1915]
  14. Halliburton, Richard (1 item), [1930]
  15. Hammond, John Hays (1 item), [1930]
  16. Harris William Laurel (1 item), n.d.
  17. Hassam, Childe (1 item), [1923]
  18. Herbert, Victor (1 item), [1923]
  19. Landis, Kenesaw Mountain (1 item), n.d.
  20. Lewisohn, Adolph (1 item), [1921]
  21. Mills, Ogden L. (1 item), [1922]
  22. New York (City) Mayor's com. on recep. to disting. guests (1 item), 1919
  23. Morgan, John Pierpont, [signature on picture of Morgan Library] (1 item), [1922]
  24. Newlin, Lillian Washburn (1 item), [1918]
  25. Paderewski, Helena (Modjeska) (1 item), 1918
  26. Paderewski, Ignace Jan (1 item), [1918]
  27. Partridge, J. Stanley (1 item), [1918]
  28. Pennell, Mrs. Elizabeth R. (1 item), [1922]
  29. Pilgrims of the U.S. [card of admission to Chauncey M. Depew] (1 item), [1922]
  30. Putnam, Nina Wilcox (1 item), [1922]
  31. Root, Elihu (1 item), [1899]
  32. Sabin, Pauline (Morton) (1 item), [1920]
  33. Safonoff, W[assili]? (1 item), [1906]
  34. Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) (1 item), n.d.
  35. Schieffelin, William Jay (1 item), [1923]
  36. Schwab, Charles M. (1 item), [1924]
  37. Sherrill, Mr. & Mrs., and Gibbs Wynkoop Sherrill [invitation to a dinner dance autographed by Grover Whelan] (1 item), [1927]
  38. Steinway, William (1 item), [1896]
  39. Tree, Herbert Beerbohm 1, 1916
  40. Universal Negro improvement association (1 item), 1924
  41. Vestal, Albert H. (1 item), 1920
  42. Whelan, Grover (1 item), 1927
  43. Wadsworth, James W., Jr. (1 item), 1922
  44. Washington, Booker Taliaferro (1 item), 1912
  45. Wilson, Woodrow, pres. U.S (1 item), 1916
  46. Woodbury Gordon, (b. 1863) (1 item), 1922

INDEX TO AUTOGRAPHS

  1. Astor, Nancy Witcher (Longhorne), vicountess (b. 1879), 1927
  2. Baker, George Fisher (1840-1931), 1923
  3. Baldwin, Stanley (1867-1947), 1923
  4. Belasco, David (1854-1931), 1922
  5. Benes, Edvard (1884-1948), 1923
  6. Borah, William Edgar (1865-1910), 1922
  7. Brookhart, Smith Widman (1869-1944), 1923
  8. Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925), n.d.
  9. Bullard, Robert Lee (1861-1947), 1923
  10. Burbank, Luther (1849-1926), 1923
  11. Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924), 1923
  12. Butler, Nicholas Murray (1862-1949), 1922
  13. Calder, William Musgrave (1869-1945), 1922
  14. Capper, Arthur (b. 1865), 1922
  15. Choate, Joseph Hodges (1832-1917), 1910
  16. Christian, George Busby, Jr. (1873-1930), 1922
  17. Coolidge, Calvin, pres. U.S. (1872-1933), 1922
  18. Copeland, Royal Samuel (1868-1938), 1924
  19. Davis, James John (1873-1947), 1922
  20. Dawes, Gen. Charles Gates (b. 1865), 1924
  21. De Forest, Lee (b. 1873), [1924]
  22. Dempsey, Jack, 1923
  23. Denby Edwin (1870-1929), 1923
  24. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930), 1922
  25. du Pont, Thomas Coleman (1863-1930), 1922
  26. Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931), 1922
  27. Firestone, Harvey Samuel (b. 1868), 1923
  28. Fish, Hamilton (1849-1936), 1874
  29. Frelinghuysen, Joseph Sherman (1869-1948), 1922
  30. French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931), 1922
  31. Gary, Elbert Henry (1846-1927), 1922
  32. Geddes, Sir Auckland Cambell, [1922]
  33. Gibson, Charles Dana (b. 1867), 1923
  34. Gilbert, Cass (1859-1934), 1923
  35. Glyn, Elinor (Sutherland), [1922]
  36. Gouraud, Henri Joseph Eugéne (1867-1946), 1923
  37. Harbord, James Guthrie (b. 1866), 1923
  38. Harding, Warren Gamaliel, pres. U.S. (1865-1923), 1922
  39. Hawkins, Anthony Hope, 1923
  40. Hays, Will H. (b. 1879), 1922
  41. Hibben, John Grier (1861-1933), 1922
  42. Hoover, Herbert Clark, pres. U.S. (b. 1874), 1922
  43. House, Edward Mandell (b. 1858), 1922
  44. Hughes, Charles Evans (b. 1862), 1922
  45. Hughes, William Morris (b. 1864), 1924
  46. Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927), 1922
  47. Hylan, John F. (b. 1868), 1922
  48. Jardine, William M (b. 1879), 1927
  49. Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire (1852-1931), 1922
  50. Johnson, Magnus (1871-1936), 1923
  51. Johnson, Hiram Warren (1866-1945), 1923
  52. Joyce, Peggy, n.d.
  53. Kellogg, Frank Billings (1856-1937), 1927
  54. LaFollette, Robert Marion (1855-1925), 1924
  55. Lloyd-George, David (b. 1863), 1922
  56. Lodge, Henry Cabot (1950-1924), 1922
  57. Lowden, Frank Orren (1861-1943), 1922
  58. Mac Monnies, Frederick William (b. 1863), 1922
  59. Mc Kenna, Joseph (1843-1926), 1923
  60. Mellon, Andrew William (b. 1854), 1923
  61. Miller, Nathan L. (1868), 1922
  62. Moore, John Bassett (1860), 1922
  63. Morgenthau, Henry (b. 1856), 1922
  64. Moses, George Higgins (1869-1944), [1922]
  65. New, Harry Stewart (1858-1937), 1923
  66. Newberry, Truman Handy (b. 1864), 1922
  67. Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1857-1935), 1922
  68. Peabody, George (1795-1869), n.d.
  69. Pershing, John Joseph (b. 1860), 1922
  70. Poindexter, Miles (1868-1946), 1922
  71. Reid, Whitelaw (1837-1912), 1898
  72. Rogers, Will (1879-1935), 1922
  73. Roosevelt, Theodore Jr. (b. 1887), 1922
  74. Root, Elihu (1845-1937), 1922
  75. Rosenwald, Julius (1862-1932), 1922
  76. Ruppert, Jacob, Jr. (1867-1939), 1923
  77. Sims, William Sowden (1858), 1922
  78. Smith, Alfred Emmanuel (b. 1873), 1923
  79. Smoot, Reed (1862-1941), 1922
  80. Stefansson, Vilkjalmur (b. 1879), 1923
  81. Steinmetz, Charles Proteus (1865-1923), [1922]
  82. Stone, Harlan Fiske (b. 1872), [1924]
  83. Sunday, William Ashley (1862-1935), [1924]
  84. Sutherland, Howard (1865-1950), 1922
  85. Taft, William Howard (1857-1930), 1923
  86. Tarkington, Booth (1869-1946), 1922
  87. Terhune, Albert Payson (b. 1872), 1922
  88. Thomas, Augustus (1857-1934), 1922
  89. Thompson, William Boyce (1869-1930), n. d.
  90. Underwood, Oscar Wilder (1862-1929), 1922
  91. Wallace, Henry Agard (b. 1888), 1922
  92. Walsh, Thomas James (1859-1933), 1922
  93. Wanamaker, John (1838-1922), 1922
  94. Weeks, John Wingate (1860-1936), 1922
  95. Wilbur, Curtis Dwight (b. 1867), [1924]
  96. Willis, Frank Bartlett (1871-1928), [1922]
  97. Wood, Maj. Gen. Leonard (1860-1927), 1923
  98. Work, Hubert (b. 1860), 1923
  99. Wright, Orville, (b. 1871), [1922]

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Jean Paul Oppenheim Autograph Collection
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Janet Elaine Gertz
Date
June 1983
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

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