Ernest A. Grunsfeld Collection
Abstract
The collection contains diaries and other private and business related documents of the businessman Ernest A. Grunsfeld and his family, 1894-1927.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1927
Creator
- Grunsfeld, Ernest A. (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in English and some German.
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
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
The businessman Ernest A. Grunsfeld was an immigrant from Germany with business interests in Albuquerque, Chicago and New York City. In 1896 he married Tessie Nusbaum in Chicago; the couple had two children, a daughter Elinor Louise, and a son Ernest junior, who became a renowned architect. In 1922, Ernest Grunsfeld’s mother (?) Minna Grunsfeld died in Kassel, Germany.
Julius Rosewald, executive at Sears, Roebuck and Company, was related by marriage to Tessie Nusbaum.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Subject
- Grunsfeld, Elinor (Person)
- Grunsfeld, Minna (Person)
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 (Person)
- Grunsfeld, Ernest A. (Person)
Genre / Form
- Archival materials
- Biographical sources
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Photographs
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Ernest A. Grunsfeld Collection, 1894-1927 AR 7149
- 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
