Materials pertaining to social, political and economic history
Scope and Contents
This is a rather eclectic assortment of mostly printed documents, touching upon aspects of social, political and economic history in several German speaking regions in Europe. Included are pamphlets and other documents pertaining to the political history of Alsace; bonds and vouchers from Westphalia; documents dealing with the trade of grain and other products in Danzig; and a ducal decree for the government in Bavaria.
Dates
- 1696-1858
Language of Materials
The collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Provenance Note
Various documents from German speaking lands without any Jewish contents had been originally assembled by the LBI in the “Non-Jewish Collection”. At some later point, this collection was divided into “Materials pertaining to social, political and economic history” with the call number AR 3519, and the “Autographs collection”, AR 348.
Newspapers issues of "Frankfurter Kaiserl. Reichs-Ober-Post-Amts-Zeitung", 1788; and "Staats- und Gelehrte Zeitung des hamburgischen unpartheyischen Correspondenten", 1821, originally holding the common call number AR 3589 were removed to the LBI Library.
Extent
6 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains mostly printed documents pertaining to the social, political and economic history in Danzig, Bavaria, Alsace and Westphalia.
Arrangement
The materials have been arranged by the collection’s geographic provenance.
Processing Information
The original “Non-Jewish Collection” has been divided during processing into the present “Materials pertaining to social, political and economic history” and into the separate “Autographs collection”, AR 348.
- Alsace (France)
- Archival materials
- Banks and banking
- Bavaria (Germany)
- Danzig (Germany) -- Free City of Danzig -- Freie Stadt Danzig -- Wolne Miasto Gdańsk
- Economic history
- Grain trade
- Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria, 1724-1799
- Politics and government
- Publications (documents)
- Westphalia (Germany)
- Title
- Materials pertaining to social, political and economic history 1696-1858 AR 3519
- Author
- Processed by Hermann Teifer
- Date
- © 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- April 2014:: Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
