Wolf and Landauer Families Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains family trees of Wolf and Landauer families, as well as various address books and customer lists, dating to the turn of the twentieth century, pertaining to the textile firm W. Wolf & Söhne, both in Stuttgart and in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dates
- 1895-1931
Creator
- Wolf family (Family)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the link(s) in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
The Wolf family is from Stuttgart. The textile firm of W. Wolf & Söhne was active for five generations. In 1932/33 the family emigrated to Linthal, Switzerland, and in 1939 they emigrated to Buenos Aires.
In the 1890s Isidor Wolf started the American branch of the textile business in Boston.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (5 folders)
Abstract
This collection contains family trees of Wolf and Landauer families, as well as various address books and customer lists dating to the turn of the twentieth century, pertaining to the textile firm W. Wolf & Söhne, active both in Stuttgart and in Boston, Massachusetts.
Separated Material
5 tefillin belonging to various Wolf family members have been removed to the Art and Objects collection.
Note
The family trees are low-quality photocopies; legibility is poor and some text is cut off.
Much of the text in the sales ledger books (folders 2 and 3) is carbon-copied, and accordingly the legibility is poor.
- Address books
- Argentina
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genealogical tables
- Jews -- Germany -- Genealogy
- Landauer family
- Ledgers (account books)
- Postcards
- Stuttgart (Germany)
- Switzerland -- Emigration and immigration
- Textile industry -- Germany (West)
- W. Wolf & Söhne (Textile firm)
- Wolf family
- Wolf, Isidor, 1851-1910
- Title
- Guide to the Wolf and Landauer Families Collection, 1895-1931 AR 6412
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- October 17, 2011 : Link(s) to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
