Hans and Edith Baron Correspondence Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection of correspondence and photographs provides insight into the struggles of not only Hans and Edith Baron, but also their immediate family amid the deteriorating political and social climate of Nazi Germany beginning in 1938 and its effect on their lives thereafter. The first series contains letters written by Hans Baron to Edith Baron in 1938 through 1939 and 1949. Contained within the second series of this collection is correspondence between Hans and Edith Baron and various family members from 1938 through 1971. The collection is completed by loose photographs dating from circa 1914 through 1920, the 1940s and 1955.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1971
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1938-1942, 1949
Creator
- Baron, Hans, 1900-1988 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Part of the 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
Hans Baron was born on June 22, 1900 in Berlin, Germany to Theodor and Martha Baron. Hans had one brother, Walter Baron. As a literature and political theory historian, Hans Baron's primary contribution to the study of the Renaissance was his denotement of the type of republicanism that emerged during that time period as civic humanism. The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance (1955) is considered to be Hans Baron's most important book. Hans’s wife, Edith Baron, née Alexander, was born on August 1, 1903 in Berlin, Germany, to Georg and Selma Alexander. Edith had two brothers, Fritz and Ernst Alexander. Edith and Hans left Germany after 1933, moving first to Italy and England, and finally to the United States in 1938. They settled in Queens, New York, before moving to Princeton, New Jersey, and later Urbana, Illinois, with their two children, Reinhard Baron and Renate Franciscono, née Baron. Hans died on November 26, 1988 and Edith died on October 14, 1994 in Urbana, Illinois.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection comprises photographs and letters pertaining to the family life and studies of the historian Hans Baron and his wife Edith, as they immigrated from Nazi Germany and adjusted to the United States.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series:
Processing Information
The letters and postcards have been sorted according to sender and date.
Subject
- Alexander, Ernst (Person)
- Alexander, Fritz (Person)
- Baron, Edith, 1903-1994 (Person)
- Baron, Hans, 1900-1988 (Person)
- Baron, Walter (Person)
- Scattergood Hostel (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Hans and Edith Baron Correspondence Collection 1938-1971 AR 25685
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Madeleine Ostertag
- Date
- © 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from Hans_and_Edith_Baron.xml
Revision Statements
- August 2016:: dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
