Lisa Neuman Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains various documents and writings related to Grete Stohr and her niece, Lisa Neuman. The materials are primarily concerned with their respective emigrations from Vienna to New York.
The affidavit in folder 2 was issued by Rebekah Kohut for Grete Stohr (Margarethe Stoehr) in 1922. The military dog-tags are for Lisa Neuman's father during World War I when he served in the Austrian army. Lisa Neuman's 1930 passport is also included as is the passenger list for the May 1923 sailing of the Resolute steamship, on which Stohr came to New York. There is also a notebook with notes by Caroline Sonnenschein on English grammar and pronunciation. The diaries in folder 3 were kept by Stohr over 40 years. A brief synopsis is included in the front of the folder.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1984
Creator
- Neuman, Lisa, 1913- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German 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
Grete Stohr née Sonnenschein was Lisa Neumann's mother's sister. Grete was born in 1889 in Vienna and studied medicine there, becoming a gynecologist and pathologist. In 1923 she emigrated to New York, where she died in 1984. She provided the affidavits for Lisa Neuman and her family to emigrate in the 1930s.
Lisa Neumann was born in 1913 in Vienna. She emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, studied social work at Smith College and worked in psychiatric social work.
Extent
3 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains various documents and writings related to Grete Stohr and her niece, Lisa Neuman. The materials are primarily concerned with their respective emigrations from Vienna to New York.
Separated Material
A portrait photograph of Lisa Neuman has been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection. To see photograph click here.
Subject
- Neumann, Jakob, 1880- (Person)
- Neumann, Hedwig (Person)
- Ritter, Abraham, 1816- (Person)
- Sonnenschein, Karoline, 1861- (Person)
- Stohr, Grete, 1889-1984 (Person)
- Neuman, Lisa, 1913- (Person)
- Sonnenschein family (Family)
- Resolute (Steamship) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Lisa Neuman Collection, 1902-1984 AR 10041
- 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
- January 15, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
