Ludwig Oelsner Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains documents pertaining to the life and work of historian Ludwig Oelsner. Included in the collection is bound book of poetry containing 106 handwritten poems by Oelsner; a bound album containing university degrees, certificates, handwritten and signed letters by historian Leopold von Ranke, articles by Oelsner, articles about Oelsner's career, book reviews, obituaries, eulogies, and photograph of Oelsner on the cover; honorary doctoral diploma with seal from the University of Wrocław; and membership certificate of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift. The collection also contains three Red Cross letters between Anna Mottek in London and her brother-in-law Eugen Mottek in Berlin dated between February 1941 and January 1942.
Dates
- 1846-1942
Creator
- Oelsner, Ludwig, 1831-1910 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Latin 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
Historian and student of Leopold von Ranke, 1831-1910.
Extent
4 Folders (OS)
Abstract
The collection contains documents pertaining to the life and work of historian Ludwig Oelsner. Included in the collection is bound book of poetry containing 106 handwritten poems by Oelsner; a bound album containing university degrees, certificates, handwritten and signed letters by historian Leopold von Ranke, articles by Oelsner, articles about Oelsner's career, book reviews, obituaries, eulogies, and photograph of Oelsner on the cover; honorary doctoral diploma with seal from the University of Wrocław; and membership certificate of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift. The collection also contains three Red Cross letters between Anna Mottek in London and her brother-in-law Eugen Mottek in Berlin dated between February 1941 and January 1942.
Other Finding Aid
The original inventory is available in the folder
Separated Material
Photographs of Ludwig Oelsner have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
- Albums (books)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Correspondence
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Freies Deutsches Hochstift (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945
- Jewish historians
- Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
- Jews -- Germany -- History
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Jews, German
- London (England)
- Mottek, Anna
- Mottek, Eugen
- Photographs
- Poetry
- Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886
- Uniwersytet Wrocławski
- Wrocław (Poland)
- Wöhler-Realgymnasium
- Title
- Guide to the Ludwig Oelsner Collection, 1846-1942 AR 5267
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 2015:: dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
