Frida Friedberg Spector Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains materials relating to Frida Friedberg Spector née Neumann (1910-1995), including educational records, dissertations, and copies of poetry.
Her educational documents include report cards, a Zensurbuch, diplomas from the universities of Dresden and Leipzig, and a small collection of inaugural legal dissertations with inscriptions to Friedberg, from Leo Langermann, Leo Zuckermann, Heinz Heinrich Grünberg, Karl Herling, Asher Kapel, and Elisabeth Rubinstein. Her dissertation "Die Sammelladungsspedition" (1933), with dedications to her mother and her father, and 10-page typed speech on the same topic, are also found here.
The collection also includes handwritten and typed copies of German and English poems, short prose, and quotations, mostly by famous poets and writers such as Kafka, Rilke, Werfel, and Hellmuth Steinitz.
Other materials include clippings; identification cards, including German and international driver's licenses, a Polish passport, a Cuban registration card, and an attendance card for the University of Prague; and a Polish passport for Izak Friedberg (b. 1882). The Various folder includes the service book for a 1935 Mercedes Type 170, calling cards, American citizenship paperwork, and a 1943 letter from Franz Werfel's secretary.
Dates
- 1916-1954
Creator
- Spector, Frida Friedberg (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Biographical Note
Frida Friedberg Spector née Neumann (1910-1995) was born in Dresden, Germany. She studied law at the universities of Dresden and Leipzig, graduating in 1933. She immigrated to New York in 1938.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box) + one oversize folder (OSL 27)
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to Frida Friedberg Spector née Neumann (1910-1995), including educational records, dissertations, and copies of poetry.
Arrangement
The folders are in alphabetical order.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized and made available in its entirety.
Processing Information
Materials were placed in acid-free folders. Duplicate clippings were removed.
- Title
- Guide to the Frida Friedberg Spector (1910-1995) Collection undated, 1916-1954 AR 6979
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Processed as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation. Digitization made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Revision Statements
- April 2015: dao links and digitization information added by Leanora Lange.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
