Levi Schwalm Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains documents pertaining to Levi Schwalm's training and professional career as an elementary school teacher in Lower Saxony.
The first folder contains various personal papers and documents, including teacher certifications, employment documents, and notably a certificate of retirement from 1933. In the second folder are various handwritten lectures and lesson plans (Lehrproben) for the classroom, on a wide variety of topics ranging from history and religion to natural sciences. Finally, the last folder contains a bound "chronicle" in which Schwalm reports general facts and figures for each school year, and recounts notable events in narrative format.
Dates
- 1895-1933
Creator
- Schwalm, Levi, 1878- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Hebrew.
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
Born in 1878 in Treysa, taught at Jewish schools in Bovenden and Dransfeld.
Extent
3 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains documents pertaining to Levi Schwalm's training and professional career as an elementary school teacher in Lower Saxony.
Other Finding Aid
A handwritten inventory is available in folder 1.
- Title
- Guide to the Levi Schwalm Collection, 1895-1933 AR 6447
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Julie Dawson
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- August 28, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
