Wolf (Lucien) Collection
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Country
GB
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Contact information: phone number
0044 (0) 20 7679 7792
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Contact information: email
spec.coll@ucl.ac.uk
Reference number
WOLF
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Wolf (Lucien) Collection
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Lucien Wolf
Date(s)
1800/1999
Language(s)
eng
Extent
27 boxes, 16 box files, 4 outsize boxes
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
This collection comprises papers of Lucien Wolf (1857-1930), dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes genealogical notes and notes on Anglo-Jewish history (including Sephardim) relating to various countries.
Administrative / Biographical history
Lucien Wolf was born on 20 January 1857 in London. He was educated at private schools, the Athenee Royale in Brussels, and in Paris. He worked as a sub-editor and leader-writer for "Jewish World", 1874-1893, and was later Editor there, 1906-1908. He also worked as an assistant editor for "Public Leader", 1877-1878; foreign editor for the 'Daily Graphic', 1890-1909; and was London correspondent for "Le Journal, Paris", 1894-1898. He was President of the Jewish History Society of England eight times. In 1919 he represented the Anglo-Jewish community at the Paris Peace Conference. He was Secretary of the Jewish Joint Foreign Committee from 1917. He was founder of and delegate to the Advisory Committee of the High Commissioner for Refugees of the League of Nations. Wolf's many publications are mainly concerned with Jews and Judaism. Wolf died on 23 August 1930.
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Restricted access. The collection is not catalogued and has not been checked for personal data but will be checked in response to any request to view material. We may require four weeks' notice in advance of making an appointment to allow sufficient time for data protection checking, please allow extra time for this. Some files may be restricted or closed if they are found to contain personal data of living individuals.
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