Ruth N. Taub Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains family correspondence and employment, immigration and restitution correspondence and documents. Also included are photographs relating to Ruth Taub and her parents, Isaak and Lisette Nathan.
The correspondence from 1939 to 1942 is mostly letters from her parents Isaak Nathan (1880-1941) and Lisette Nathan née Harf (1882-1942) and her aunts Berta and Meta Harf in Aachen. There are also some letters from other family and friends. The post-war correspondence is also with friends and family, and also includes some restitution material, as well as letters concerning the estate of Martha Harf.
The collection also includes an English translation by Taub of a German story by Frida Elbert about Karl Kraus, an ancestor of Taub's; condolence letters regarding her father's death; Taub's diary; letters of reference from various jobs; two photographs, one of the Ruth with her parents in 1939, and one of some children dressed in costume; and some envelopes and ephemera.
Dates
- 1936-1960, 2002
Creator
- Taub, Ruth, 1921-2004 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is mostly in German, with some English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Biographical Note
Ruth Taub née Kühne (1921-2004) was adopted by Isaak Nathan (1880-1941) and Lisette Nathan née Harf (1882-1942). She grew up in Emmerich, Germany, and immigrated to New York via England in 1939, where she married Leo Taub. Her parents, as well as her aunts Berta and Meta Harf of Aachen, were killed in the Holocaust.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection contains family correspondence and employment, immigration and restitution correspondence and documents. Also included are photographs relating to Ruth Taub and her parents, Isaak and Lisette Nathan.
Arrangement
Folders are in alphabetical order.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized and made accessible in its entirety.
Processing Information
Duplicates were removed. Photographs were placed in individual envelopes.
- Title
- Guide to the Ruth N. Taub Collection undated, 1936-1960, 2002 AR 25224
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Described, encoded, and digitized as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
