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Elizabeth Jacob Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10568

Scope and Content Note

The bulk of this collection documents the emigration of Hermann Jakob and his mother Pauline Hermann from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Chicago in 1940. There are also miscellaneous materials relating to Max Jakob, his wife Anna, and his children Elizabeth and Karl; various documents relating to the work of Max Jakob as physicist including laudatios, official diplomas, lectures; family trees; family correspondence and official correspondence relating to the emigration of Pauline and Hermann Jakob to Chicago from Ludwigshafen.

Dates

  • 1759-1997

Creator

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

Hermann Jakob (later Jacob as a United States citizen) was a salesman.

His cousin Max Jacob (1879-1955) was one of the world's foremost authorities on the physics of heat transfer. He was a professor and experimental researcher at the Physikalisch-technische Reichsanstalt (Imperial Physical and Technical Facility) in Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1910 until he was forced to emigrate in 1934. Upon settling in the United States, he obtained in 1936 a professorship at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago where he continued his work, eventually publishing an authoritative book, Heat Transfer. The Max Jakob Memorial Award is named after him.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Abstract

The bulk of this collection documents the emigration of Hermann Jakob and his mother Pauline Hermann from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Chicago in 1940. There are also miscellaneous materials relating to Max Jakob and other family members.

Title
Guide to the Elizabeth Jacob Collection, 1759-1997  AR 10568
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
Date
© 2009
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • January 29, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States