Adolf Kober Collection
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts and research notes on Jewish history, including the emancipation of the Jews, nineteenth century emigration of German Jews to the United States, Jewish education, and the Jewish communities of Heidelberg, Goettingen, Frankfurt am Main, Magdeburg, and especially Cologne and vicinity, including manuscripts of eighteenth-century chroniclers.
Organizational records of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York, including minutes, budgets, lists of officers and clubs.
19th-century prayers, contracts, and prenuptial agreements.
Manuscript: "Aus 150 Jahren juedischer Erziehung in Deutschland (ca. 1780-1930)". 1957; German, 118 p.; typed. Monograph on Jewish education in German from 1780-1930. [Box 14]
Manuscript: "Juedische Zeitschriften und Zeitungen in Deutschland 1784-1939". Undated; German, 107 p.; typed. A list of Jewish periodicals published in Germany from 1784-1939. Edited by Theodore Wiener, includes his handwritten corrections and preface. [Box 15] An English translation of this manuscript exists on MF 90(3) [148p].
MF 49b(8): Article: Karl Marx Vater und das napoleonische Ausnahmegesetz gegen die Juden im Jahre 1808. (Published in Jahrbuch des Koelner Geschichtsvereins). [4p]
See inventory.
Dates
- 1784-1966
Creator
- Kober, Adolf (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, Hebrew, Judeo-German, French.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Collection is microfilmed - MF 524.
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 Beuthen (now Bytom, Poland) on September 3, 1879, Adolf Kober received his doctorate at the University of Breslau in 1903 and his rabbinical ordination from the Juedisch Theologisches Seminar, Breslau, in 1907. He was a rabbi in Wiesbaden from 1908 to 1918 and in Cologne from 1918 to 1939. In 1939 he emigrated to the United States and died in New York City on December 30, 1958.
Extent
7 Linear Feet
1 Folders (OS)
Abstract
Manuscripts and research notes on Jewish history, including the emancipation of the Jews, nineteenth century emigration of German Jews to the United States, Jewish education, and the Jewish communities of Heidelberg, Goettingen, Frankfurt am Main, Magdeburg, and especially Cologne and vicinity, including manuscripts of eighteenth-century chroniclers.
Other Finding Aid
5-page inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 33 reels of microfilm (MF 524).
- Reel 1: 1/0-4
- Reel 2: 1/5-6
- Reel 3: 1/7-11
- Reel 4: 1/12-17
- Reel 5: 1/18-2/2
- Reel 6: 2/3-7
- Reel 7: 2/8-11
- Reel 8: 2/12-19
- Reel 9: 2/20-26
- Reel 10: 2/27-3/2
- Reel 11: 3/3-7
- Reel 12: 3/8-17
- Reel 13: 3/18-21
- Reel 14: 3/22-28
- Reel 15: 3/29-4/1
- Reel 16: 4/2-4
- Reel 17: 4/5-8
- Reel 18: 4/9-14
- Reel 19: 4/15-18
- Reel 20: 4/19-5/3
- Reel 21: 5/4-7
- Reel 22: 5/8-13
- Reel 23: 5/14-18
- Reel 24: 5/19-6/2
- Reel 25: 6/2-14
- Reel 26: 6/15-19
- Reel 27: 6/20-26
- Reel 28: 6/27-30
- Reel 29: 6/31-7/1
- Reel 30: 7/2-6
- Reel 31: 7/7-9
- Reel 32: 7/10-23
- Reel 33: 7/24-[OS 59]
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Bibliography
"Juedische Zeitschriften" is available in English translation on microfilm.
Physical Description
Parts of reels.
General
Other identifiers include: MF 90, MF 49 Reel 2.
- Title
- Guide to the Adolf Kober Collection, 1784-1966 AR 7188 / MF 524
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- October 17, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
