Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1850, Dec. 23 | Born, Otterberg, Bavaria |
| 1854 | Came to America and lived in Talbotton, Ga. |
| 1865 | Moved to New York, N.Y. |
| 1871 | A.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1873 | LL.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1873-1881 | Practiced law, New York, N.Y. |
| 1881-1906 | Member of the firm L. Straus & Sons, importers of pottery and glassware |
| 1882 | Married Sarah Lavenburg (died 1945) |
| 1885 | Published The Origin of Republican Form of Government in the United States of America. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| 1887-1889 | Minister to Ottoman Empire (Turkey) |
| 1894 | Published Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious Liberty. New York: The Century Co. |
| 1898-1899 | Minister to Ottoman Empire (Turkey) |
| 1902-1924 | Appointed member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands |
| 1906-1909 | United States secretary of commerce and labor; first Jew appointed to a cabinet position |
| 1909-1910 | Ambassador to Ottoman Empire (Turkey) |
| 1912 | Chairman, arbitration commission to decide wage dispute between eastern railways and their engineers |
| 1913 | Published The American Spirit. New York: The Century Co. |
| 1915-1918 | Chairman, New York Public Service Commission, First District |
| 1919 | Chairman, Paris Committee of the League to Enforce Peace |
| 1919-1920 | Member, President's Second Industrial Conference to establish a code of industrial relations |
| 1922 | Published autobiography Under Four Administrations, from Cleveland to Taft; Reflections of Oscar S. Straus. New York: Houghton Mifflin |
| 1926, May 3 | Died, New York, N.Y. |