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Lasker-Schüler, Else, 1869-1945

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1869 - 1945-

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Andreas Meyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 716
Abstract

The collection contains various materials pertaining mostly to Andre (Andreas) Meyer.

Dates: 1909-2003

Else Lasker-Schüler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 265
Abstract

This collection contains letters and cards sent by Else Lasker-Schüler to Carl Seelig, Georg Koch, members of the Asher family and others, as well as 3 handwrittens drafts of poems which appear in Lasker-Schüler's Hebräische Balladen .

Dates: circa 1913-2002; Majority of material found within 1913-1942

Ernst Collin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2916
Abstract

The collection contains writings, mostly poems, of Ernst Collin, as well as correspondence from numerous prominent figures in the art and intellectual world of pre-WWII Germany.

Dates: 1899-1966

Inge Worth Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11134
Abstract

This collection contains a wide variety of material from Inge Worth and her family, reflecting Jewish life in Danzig from the late 19th century until its destruction in WWII. Folder 1 contains mostly personal documents from Inge Worth, with genealogical information and some documents from other family members. Included are: history of some of the materials and personal experience by Inge Worth (2000); Jacoby family tree and genealogical information about the family (circa 1961); school certificates of Ingeborg Josephsohn (Danzig 1934, 1938); program from music performance of her father (1937); guest list for music performances of her father (1949); speech by Ida Josephson held in Danzig on occasion of a Else Lasker Schueler celebration (1936); certificate of literacy (New York, 1944); B'nai B'rith Membership card of Eric A. Joston, Inge Worth's father (1945); calling card of Ernst Stahl with grave information (in Worms) his gravestone reads: "und das heisst ein kämpfen sein"; correspondence between Irene Worth's aunt, Edith Aron Jacoby in Germany, and the Partridge family of England, who had taken in her children (1939). Folder 2 largely contains about a 1984 Danzig synagogue exhibit in the Joslyn Museum in Omaha, as well as a typewritten recollection by Inge Worth. Folder 3 contains fragments and clippings from the Danzig Jewish newspaper, Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt (1936). Folder 4 contains Worms newspapers, including editions of Jewish newspapers: Die Wormser Jüdengemeinde-heute (1934); Der Israelit (note originally attached read: "See page 425, "Lenchen" angestellte für 48 Jahre bei meinen Urgrosseltern (1899)".

Dates: 1868-2000

James Simon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5930
Abstract

The collection is primarily made up of the unpublished musical compositions of James Simon. There is one folder of biographical information.

Dates: 1931-1945

Kurt Hirschfeld Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25708
Abstract

The Kurt Hirschfeld Correspondence Collection largely contains correspondence sent to theater director Kurt Hirschfeld by authors and dramatists as well as personal acquaintances. Much of the collection centers around the production of theatrical works as well as news of his correspondents, among whom numbered well-known German-language dramatists and authors. A few letters of Hirschfeld's as well as letters to his wife following his death are also included, as are some unpublished manuscripts of poems and essays of his correspondents.

Dates: 1907, 1938-1992; Majority of material found within 1946-1964

Leo Baeck Institute Exhibit Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10683
Abstract

This collection contains catalogs, announcements, invitations, reviews and clippings about exhibits at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York.

Dates: 1977-2002