Herta Marcuse and Rudolf Seegall Collection
Abstract
The bulk of the collection contains vital records, professional papers, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the dentist Rudold Seegall and to the dental nurse and secretary Herta Marcuse during their common life in England.
Dates
- 1915-1948
Creator
- Marcuse, Herta, 1887- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in English, German, and some French.
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
Rudolf Seegall was born 1889 in Berlin. He was a decorated field dentist for the German Army in WW I and emigrated to England in 1939, where he worked as a dentist.
Herta Marcuse (née Hertha Rapp?) was born 1887 in Germany and was trained in Switzerland and in Berlin to be a teacher, secretary, and nurse. For some time she worked in the audit firm of Hermann Berlak in Berlin. She emigrated to England and went on to the United States in 1948 to join her daughter Rita in Los Angeles, where she worked at the Jewish Home for the Aged.
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet
Separated Material
Four World War I medals have been removed to the LBI Art and Objects Collection.
Processing Information
During microfilming and consequent digitization the original order of the collection has been disrupted.
- Archival materials
- Correspondence
- Dentists
- Education, Higher
- England -- Emigration and immigration
- Hausmann-Stiftung
- Inventions
- Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Berlin, Germany)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Nurses
- Photographs
- Seegall, Rudolf
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918
- Title
- Inventory of the Herta Marcuse and Rudolf Seegall Collection, 1915-1948 AR 10841
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The inventory is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
