Walter Herzfeld Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection documents professional activities of Walter Herzfeld before WW II and also, to a smaller degree, professional activities of his grandfather Abraham Herzfeld.
The bulk of the collection consists of financial and legal documents and professional correspondence.
Also included here are printed materials, drawings, personal correspondence, and educational documents.
Dates
- 1883-1948
Creator
- Herzfeld, Walter, 1907-1968 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German, French, and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links 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
Walter Herzfeld was born in 1907 in Germany into a wealthy family of industrialists and bankers.
He became a lawyer and practiced his profession in Germany and France before immigrating to the United States in the late 1930s.
He continued practicing law in New York where he became one of the founders of the law firm Herzfeld and Rubin.
Walter Herzfeld died in New York in 1968.
Extent
3.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection documents professional activities of Walter Herzfeld in the period before WW II and also, to a smaller degree, professional activities of his grandfather Abraham Herzfeld. The bulk of the collection consists of financial and legal documents and professional correspondence. Also included here are printed materials, drawings, personal correspondence, and educational documents.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series:
Microfilm
This collection is on nine reels of microfilm (MF 1102):
- Reel 1: 1/1 - 1/9
- Reel 2: 1/10 - 1/14
- Reel 3: 1/15 - 2/4
- Reel 4: 2/5 - 2/6
- Reel 5: 2/7 - 2/11
- Reel 6: 3/1 - 3/3
- Reel 7: 3/4 - 3/6
- Reel 8: 3/7 - 3/10
- Reel 9: 3/11 - 4/5 B
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photo Collection
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Walter Herzfeld (1907-1968) 1883-1948 AR 7278 / MF 1102
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Yakov Illich Sklar
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation
Revision Statements
- June 2011.: Microfilm inventory added.
- April 22, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
