Franz Landsberger Collection

This collection contains several letters Landsberger received from various notables, as well as transcribed correspondence and other materials on Ludwig Meidner and Anita Rée.

In the first folder are various print and transcribed materials on Landsberger, including some obituaries and some of Landsberger's own articles and speeches, some in print and some unpublished. A few transcribed documents and letters of recommendation, including one written by Max Liebermann, document Landsberger's emigration to the United States. Also filed in this folder is a transcription of Landsberger's correspondence with Ludwig Meidner. The second folder contains various materials on Anita Rée, such as cards for exhibitions, correspondence with museums and other institutions and individuals regarding Rée, and transcriptions of some of Landsberger's speeches on Rée. The final folder contains personal correspondence received by Landsberger from various prominent individuals, such as Leo Baeck, Thomas Mann, and Erwin Panofsky. There are also a couple of photographs in this folder, including one of the writer Emil Ludwig signed with a personal dedication.

The collection contains correspondence from the following individuals: Leo Baeck, Rudolf Frank, Max Friedlaender, Theodor Heuss, Rudolf Kautzsch, Friedrich Kayssler, Ernst Lissauer, Thomas Mann, Gilbert Murray, Max Osborn, Erwin Panofsky, Hans Reisiger, Rudolf Rittner, Fritz Stahl, W.R. Valentiner, Max Weber, Rahel Wischnitzer, and Wilhelm Worringer.