Frida Ilmer Grosser Collection
Scope and Content Note
Personal papers and writings of Frida Ilmer Grosser, documenting her career as a scholar of German literature.
See inventory list
Dates
- 1901-1992
Creator
- Grosser, Frida, 1906-1992 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English and Dutch.
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
Frida Ilmer was born in Czechoslovakia to Russian Jewish parents on August 22, 1906. The family moved to Vienna in 1910, and emigrated to the US in 1921. She received a Ph.D. in German literature at Johns Hopkins University in 1933. During World War II she worked for the War Department and was stationed in Chicago. In 1944, she married Carl A. Grosser and moved with him to Indiana. In 1958, she became professor for German at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN, where she remained until her retirement in 1972. In 1982, the couple moved to Florida, where Carl Grosser died in April 1985. Frida Grosser died in August of 1992.
Extent
6 Linear Feet
Abstract
Personal papers and writings of Frida Ilmer Grosser, documenting her career as a scholar of German literature.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 24 reels of microfilm (MF 954).
- Reel 1: 1/1-1/5
- Reel 2: 1/6-2/4
- Reel 3: 2/5-3/1
- Reel 4: 3/2-4/1
- Reel 5: 4/2-4/4
- Reel 6: 5/1
- Reel 7: 5/2-5/7
- Reel 8: 5/8-6/5
- Reel 9: 6/6-6/8
- Reel 10: 8/1-11/2
- Reel 11: 9/3-9/6
- Reel 12: 9/7-10/1
- Reel 13: 10/2-10/5
- Reel 14: 10/6-11/2
- Reel 15: 11/3-12/1
- Reel 16: 12/2-12/7
- Reel 17: 12/8-13/4
- Reel 18: 13/5-13/7
- Reel 19: 14/1-14/2
- Reel 20: 15/1
- Reel 21: 15/2-15/5
- Reel 22: 15/6-16/1
- Reel 23: 16/1-16/3
- Reel 24: 16/4-16/7
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
- Archival materials
- College teachers
- German language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
- German literature -- Study and teaching
- Grosser, Carl A., 1912–1985
- Grosser, Frida, 1906-1992
- Sound recordings
- Translations
- Translators
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Vienna (Austria)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- Title
- Guide to the Frida Ilmer Grosser Collection, 1901-1992 AR 10562 / MF 954
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- July 24, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
