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Henschel Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 167
Abstract

Notebooks and other manuscripts, as well as some correspondence and one photograph pertaining to the Rosenfeld and Henschel families.

Dates: 1902-1942

Herbert Buky Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5143
Abstract

The Herbert Buky Collection documents the personal live of Herbert Buky and to a smaller extent the lives of other members of the Buky family. Included here are materials pertaining to Herbert Buky’s life in pre-war Germany, his immigration and his life in the United States after World War II. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, printed materials, unpublished manuscripts, and photographs.

Dates: 1864-1990; Majority of material found in 1930s-1970s

Herbert Freeden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 1052
Abstract

This collection contains primarily materials (correspondence, press releases, contracts with the publishing house etc.) pertaining to Herbert Freeden's book about Jewish theater in Nazi Germany (Herbert Freeden: Juedisches Theater in Nazideutschland. Tuebingen: Mohr 1964.) Also included are typed manuscripts by Herbert Freeden mainly about the Jewish experience in Nazi Germany, as well as materials pertaining to Freeden's book about Jewish press in Nazi Germany (Herbert Freeden: Die juedische Presse im Dritten Reich. Frankfurt a.M. 1987.)

Dates: 1961-1990; Majority of material found within 1963-1965

Herbert Kriedman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25640
Abstract

The Herbert Kriedman Collection documents Herbert Kriedman's work as a professor at Nassau Community College. Much of the collection centers on his academic writing and collected research, including copies of reports on German financial institutions in Nazi Germany. In addition, there is some documentation of his early professional career and attempts to have his writing published.

Dates: 1939-2002; Majority of material found within 1946-1978

Herbert Strauss Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25252
Abstract

The Herbert Strauss Collection documents the life and professional activities of Herbert Strauss, writer, historian, and teacher. The collection includes correspondence, court procedures, documents, lists, manuscripts and lectures, notes, photographs, printed materials, and a small amount of teaching materials. Materials constituting the collection reflect various aspects of Herbert Strauss’ personal life, teaching, research and writings in the fields of German-Jewish history and relations, Anti-Semitism, and assimilation. The collection includes both, personal and professional materials related to Herbert Strauss, with personal being by far the smaller.

Dates: 1910s-2007; Majority of material found within 1939-1993

Hermann Baerwald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 744 / MF 973
Abstract

Official documents, correspondence, diaries, lecture notes and other manuscripts (an autobiography), as well as eulogies, transcripts and published materials.

Dates: 1805-1929; 1990

Hermann Baerwald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25581
Abstract

The Hermann Baerwald Papers holds documenation of and about the educator and historian Hermann Baerwald. Included in the collection are a number of articles about and by him, correspondence, notes, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1850-1955

Hermann Rauschning Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6370
Abstract

The collection primarily comprises a manuscript by Hermann Rauschning, Revolutionsmacher or in English translation Makers of Destruction, based on interviews with Hitler's associates and opponents. Additional materials in the collection include notes and correspondence regarding these texts.

Dates: circa 1939-1949

Hersch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3543
Abstract

This collection documents the literary work of Heinrich Hersch as well as the artistic career of his son Eugen Hersch. Included are unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles, educational and award certificates and a few family photographs.

Dates: 1905-1957

Herta Leab and Leo Leab Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7205
Abstract

This collection details the lives and immigration experiences of Herta and Leo Leab. Given Herta Leab's experience as an executive in the Scherk cosmetics company and as the owner of her own company, Hedda Maar Cosmetics, it includes significant material on the cosmetics industry in Germany and the United States. Losses suffered by the Marcus, Liebeskind, and Scherk families in Nazi Germany and the Leabs' efforts to receive restitution are also well documented, along with some material on the town of Gilgenburg (now Dabrowno, Poland) and World War I. The collection is comprised of extensive personal and business correspondence, family and official papers, notebooks, clippings, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1858-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-1975

Hertha Bergen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10607
Abstract

The Hertha Bergen Collection centers on her genealogical research on the Bergen, Behrend, Bernstein, Lorch, Kaufmann, Levy, and related families. Most of the collection consists of correspondence and genealogical research, but an album amoricum (friendship album) is also included.

Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1967-1989

Herz-Aschaffenburg Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5625
Abstract

The Herz-Aschaffenburg Family Collection holds the personal and professional papers of members of the Herz and Aschaffenburg families, as well as related families. Most prominent among the individuals featured here are John (Hans) Herz and Gustav Aschaffenburg. In addition to the papers of family members, this collection holds material on genealogy and the family history. Included in this collection are family correspondence along with a smaller amount of professional correspondence, professional and official papers, family trees and related correspondence, published and unpublished writings, World War I diaries, and a few clippings.

Dates: 1811-1987; Majority of material found within 1935-1950

Herz Homberg. perek be-toldot ha-yehudim b-tkufa ha-haskala. : הרץ הומברג. פרק בתולדות היהודים בתקופת ההשכלה.

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 739
Abstract

The file contains a draft of a thesis on Herz Homberg submitted to Prof. Akiva Ernst Simon.

Dates: undated, 1962-1975

Hirschland Bank and Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25638
Abstract

The Hirschland Bank and Family Collection contains the family papers and banking records of the Hirschland banking firm established by Simon Hirschland in Essen. Family papers pertain to members of the Hirschland, Grünebaum, Neumann and other families, with an emphasis on family members' emigration and role in the family firm. Banking records focus on the history of the family firm from the 1930s through the 1960s, including records of successor financial firms. The collection includes prolific correspondence, banking files and financial records, family papers, official documents, photographs and photo albums, contracts, and other papers.

Dates: 1819-1999; Majority of material found within 1925-1970

Histadruth Ivrith of America, records

 Collection
Identifier: I-365
Abstract

The records document the Histadruth Ivrit's early history to the present, representing a significant portion of its work in spreading the Hebrew language in the United States in the second half of the twentieth-century. The records include substantial amount of material regarding the organization's history, administration, public events, publications, and reports. Some information of the early history of the Histadruth Ivrit could be found in the records kept by the writer Daniel Persky. Persky collected personal and professional records that include correspondence with friends, readers, and writers; a partial collection of the drafts of his own publications, and a collection of photographs and newspaper clippings. The functions and activities of the Histadruth Ivrit are documented through Board of Trustees and Board meetings agendas and minutes; various programs for events, conventions, conferences, and celebrations; documents related to fundraising; public relations, press releases and brochures; correspondence with different individuals, organizations, and foundations; Histadruth Ivrit's publications among them the newspaper Hadoar and Tov Lichtov; a large collection of photographs, and scrapbooks. The records of the Histadruth Ivrit represent the large majority of the organization's activities dating from the 1980s to the present. Records for the earlier years of activities are fragmented and incomplete. The records related to the life of Daniel Persky are also partial and copies of many of his publications are missing. This collection included brochures, correspondence, financial records, flyers, grant applications, invitations, lists, minutes, news clipping, orders, periodicals, photographs, press releases, reports, and scrapbooks.

Dates: undated, 1900-2005

[History of Jews in Braunschweig]

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 54
Abstract

This collection holds handwritten materials pertaining to Gutmann Ruelf's research on the history of the Jews in Braunschweig since 1296.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Honigman-Bauer-Pupko Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6331
Abstract

The collection consists of 5 manuscripts written by members of the Honigmann, Pupko, and Bauer families and one family tree.

Dates: 1838-1858, 1973

House of Rothschild Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 512
Abstract

The collections consists of so called “Rothschildiana”, which describe assorted documents of interest pertaining to the Rothschild family and their influence on the economic history of Europe. Specifically, there are original autographs; transcripts of original documents; photographs; correspondence; and manuscripts about aspects of the Rothschild family. Of special interest is an extended family history by Albert J. Phiebig, The descendents of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, which was compiled in the 1940s.

Dates: 1813-1965

Höxter Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6875
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence sent by Käthe and Hugo Höxter, first from their home in Mannheim, and then beginning late 1940 from the Gurs camp, to their son Heinz (Henry) in Louisiana.

Dates: 1938-1945, 1991

Hugo Knoepfmacher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7172
Abstract

This collection holds the papers of the lawyer and librarian Hugo Knoepfmacher. The main subject of the collection is his personal and professional life, although material concerning other members of the family is also present. The collection consists of official documents, notes, correspondence, manuscripts, some clippings, and a very small amount of published material.

Dates: 1865-1979; Majority of material found within 1920-1979

Hugo Perls Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6400
Abstract

This collection focuses on the professional work of art dealer and Plato scholar Hugo Perls. Among the documents assembled here are an extensive amount of manuscripts, notes on his writing, some correspondence, clippings, photographs and a few manuscripts of the writing of his second wife, Eugénie Söderberg.

Dates: 1923-1976; Majority of material found within 1946-1965

Hugo Stransky Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7039
Abstract

This collection reflects the professional activities of Rabbi Hugo Stransky (1905-1983). The bulk of the collection relates to Jewish military chaplaincy and memorials for Jewish veterans. Materials include correspondence, manuscripts, programs of memorial services held at Congregation Beth Hillel in New York City's Washington Heights, and materials related to the Jewish Veterans Association.

Dates: 1948-1976

Ida and Nathan Hess Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25426
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to Hildegard Hess and to the Hess family. Included is correspondence between Hildegard, Arnulf, and Louis Hess and their parents, Ida and Nathan Hess, during the early years of World War Two. Other materials include a four-part epistolary narrative of the 1940 journey of Arnulf Hess and his family to Bolivia, via Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Costa Rica. The collection also contains additional correspondence, official documents, genealogical tables, and photographs. Much of the German material has English translations.

Dates: 1860s-1999; Majority of material found within 1920s-1949

Ida Loewenson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11990
Abstract

Various writings - poetry, short stories, essays, etc. - of Ida Loewenson, who used the penname Ida Loefen. Also included are Loewinson family trees.

Dates: 1901-1969

Ignaz Ziegler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 35
Abstract

Folder 1 contains Ignaz Ziegler's autobiographical text "Der Roman meines Lebens" (typescript with handwritten notes, additions, and corrections, 24+2 pp.).

Dates: undated, circa 1912-1949

I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 701
Abstract

This collection contains the minutes, correspondence and financial records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers’ Union from its founding in 1915 until 1973. Among the correspondence is a fair amount concerning the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, unions and union grievances, requests for aid from Jewish writers and activists in New York and abroad, and labor disputes and strikes.

Dates: 1903-1973

Ilse Strauss Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3273
Abstract

This collection contains documents pertaining to the family history and biography of Ilse Strauss in Krefeld (Germany), England, and Australia. Included are family trees, manuscripts, diaries, photographs and correspondence.

Dates: 1860-1982; Majority of material found within 1935-1982

Immanuel Wohlwill Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2671
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, including several letters from Leopold Zunz and Moses Moser, documents, and family trees related to the teacher Immanuel Wohlwill, the neurologist Friederich Wohlwill, and other Wohlwill family members.

Dates: 1812-1965

Inge Worth Estate Collection

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Identifier: AR 25670
Abstract

This collection documents the life of Inge (née Josephsohn) Worth (1922-2016), born in the Free City of Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland), who immigrated with her parents to New York City in 1938 and then to Nebraska in 1947 with her first husband. Series I documents Inge’s life in Germany and its aftermath. Series II highlights Inge’s two marriages and milestone birthdays for both Inge and her second husband, Peter Worth. Series III chronicles Inge’s life in Lincoln. Series IV highlights Inge’s extensive travels throughout Europe and the United States. Series V includes general correspondence and greeting cards from mostly unknown senders.

Dates: 1880s-2016; 1950-1980

Ingrid Decker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11676
Abstract

Three essays by Ingrid Decker are bound together into one illustrated typescript. They all report about Jewish German survivors of the Holocaust and their emigrations to Mexico and to the Dominican Republic.

Dates: 1910-1984

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