Kappel-Kristeller Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains documents (birth and death certificates, diplomas, wills, etc.) and correspondence related to the Kristeller and Kappel families. One section deals with Hans Kristeller's collection of materials related to Jacques Offenbach. There is extensive documentation about him sending the collection to the US in 1937 and trying to sell it there. The fate of the collection is unknown.
Dates
- 1889-1966
Creator
- Kappel family (Family)
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.
Collection is microfilmed, please use MF 893.
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.
Use Restrictions
Copyright remains with the Schweizerische Vereinigung fuer juedische Genealogie
Biographical Note
Hans Kristeller was born in Berlin in 1890 to the ‘Amtsgerichtsrat’ Heinrich Kristeller and his wife Hedwig, née Kappel. Hans Kristeller studied law and government in Munich and Kiel. During World War I, he served in the German army. After the war, he held several government positions. In 1931, he published a book on the composer Jacques Offenbach. At one point, Kristeller owned the largest collection of materials related to the composer containing 236 letters and 1000 other pieces. He immigrated to Porto Ronco, Switzerland, probably in 1937. Kristeller died in Switzerland in 1944.
His grandfather, the gynecologist Dr. Samuel Kristeller, was born in Xions (Książ Wielkopolski, Poland) in 1820 and died in Berlin in 1900.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection contains documents (birth and death certificates, diplomas, wills, etc.) and correspondence related to the Kristeller and Kappel families. One section deals with Hans Kristeller's collection of materials related to Jacques Offenbach. There is extensive documentation about him sending the collection to the US in 1937 and trying to sell it there. The fate of the collection is unknown.
- Title
- Guide to the Kappel-Kristeller Collection, 1889-1966 AR 6328 / MF 893
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- January 03, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
