Franz Blei Collection

Collection

Identifier: AR 2692 / MF 956

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence of Franz Blei with the Georg Mueller Verlag in Munich, 1909-1915. The correspondence is grouped by years: 1909: 15 items, 1910: 123 items, 1911: 24 items, 1912: 77 items, 1913: 34 items, 1915: 23 items; there are 172 handwritten letters, 76 typed letters, 21 cards, 7 contracts, 20 short essays.

2 photographs [removed to photograph collection]

Dates

Creation: 1909-1915

Creator

Blei, Franz, 1871-1942 (Person)

Language of Materials

This collection is in German.

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

Franz Blei was born in Vienna in 1871. He studied political science, economics, and literature at the universities of Zurich and Genf. He was an author and edited several literary journals. He left Vienna in 1898, and spent time in the US, Germany, and Mallorca, before her returned to Vienna in 1936. In 1938, he emigrated to the US via Italy and France. He died in Westbury, NY in 1942.