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Adler Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25684
Abstract
The Adler Family Collection holds materials regarding the lives of Thekla (née Grünebaum) and Leopold Adler and their children Bennie, Rose, Irma, and Berthold. The papers document their lives in Hintersteinau, Germany, the deaths of Leopold and Irma Adler, and the emigration of the remaining family members to New York. Included in the collection is a large amount of their correspondence, in addition to various family papers, including official documents, school records, immigration documentation, documentation relating to the careers of family members, and genealogical and historical research. The collection also contains family photographs and a photo album.
Dates:
1884-2013; Majority of material found in 1920-1938
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Adolf and Frieda Heilberg Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 1054
Abstract
The Adolf and Frieda Heilberg collection documents their lives and achievements. Most of the documents discuss Adolf Heilberg's 70th birthday and tributes on him. The publications of Frieda Heilberg concern topics like the textile industry and social and economic questions. In the personal documents of each person can be found birth certificates, master's and doctor's degrees and death certificates. Other documents include a Festschrift, speeches, articles, legal correspondence of Adolf Heilberg and a photo album.
Dates:
1893-1995; Majority of material found within 1928-1978
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alexander Altmann Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 796
Abstract
The bulk of this collection consists of materials docmenting the research of Alexander Altmann on German and German-Jewish history, particularly the philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn.
Dates:
1935-1981
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred and Elisabeth Mayer Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25527
Abstract
The Alfred and Elisabeth Mayer Family largely centers on the emigration from Germany of the extended members of this family as well as documentation of Alfred and Elisabeth Mayer and information on the family's genealogy and individual experiences. The collection includes a large quantity of family correspondence; family trees; articles; official, military, and educational documents; some financial and legal documentation and correspondence; and photographs.
Dates:
1896-2012; Majority of material found within 1937-1946
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alois A.F. Marcus Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25297
Abstract
This collection consists of family and education documents, correspondence and genealogical materials, such as passports, report cards, burial plots and confirmation speeches.
Dates:
1806-1941; Majority of material found within 1908-1941
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Aron Rauner Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25438
Abstract
The Aron Rauner Family Collection documents the life of this businessman and his family, although his story is the most prominent of the collection. The papers include official documents and certificates as well as notes, poems, narratives, correspondence and photographic material.
Dates:
1892-2005; Majority of material found within 1916-1963
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur A. Goren Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-985
Abstract
This is the collection of Arthur A. Goren, a historian and professor of American Jewish history at the Hebrew University and Columbia University. This collection consists of his research material and professional files from his academic pursuits and career as a professor, primarily at Columbia University. Included in the collection are copies of articles and photocopies of archival material used for research, drafts of speeches and manuscripts, handwritten and typed research notes, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and teaching and course material such as syllabi, readings, notes, and bibliographies.
Dates:
1951-2007; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Arthur Prinz Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 5103 / MF 681
Abstract
This collection documents the life and work of the economist Arthur Prinz. It is comprised of correspondence, documents, diaries, clippings, research notes, index cards, and books and offprints. Information on various topics, especially immigration and emigration during the 1930s, Jews and the German economy, and Marxist economics will also be found here.
Dates:
1908-1982
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Auerbach Rivers Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25758
Abstract
This collection contains materials of genealogical research from six different families. They include: genealogical information, photographs, birth, death and naturalization records, family sheets listing basic biographical information as well as census records and passenger manifests.
Dates:
1905-2014
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Brüder Böhm Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25122
Abstract
The Brüder Böhm Company Collection includes materials documenting the operations of the company that was involved in the production of hats and had plants in Vienna, Austria and Neutitschein, Czechoslovakia (now Nový Jicín, Czech Republic). There is also a small amount of personal materials pertaining to the lives of the owners of the company, the brothers Joseph and Victor Böhm and their cousin Richard Böhm, as well as some other members of the Böhm family.
Dates:
1910-1979; Majority of material found within 1938-1965
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bruck-Jacobson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25579
Abstract
The Bruck-Jacobson Family Collection holds documentation of and genealogical research on this family as well as of members of the related Bruck and Flato families. The collection includes official papers, genealogical notes and family trees, personal and educational papers, receipts, paper currency, research notes, certificates, a handwritten cookbook and a handwritten housekeeping manual, a diary, photographs, and a sketch of a family residence.
Dates:
1868-2012
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Cassirer-Tietz Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 7237
Abstract
The Cassirer-Tietz Family Collection concentrates on the genealogy of the Cassirer and related families. It also holds some biographical information on family members along with papers of a few individual members. The collection includes both research and personal correspondence, family trees and related research notes, documentation on the family foundation, articles and newspaper clippings, and photographs and negatives.
Dates:
1879-1983; Majority of material found within 1966-1983
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Clara Levysohn Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3778
Abstract
The Clara Levysohn Collection holds letters sent to Clara Clara Herrmann from her fiancé and later husband Ulrich Levysohn as well as from the author and philosopher Fritz Mauthner.
Dates:
1840, 1876-1908; Majority of material found within 1895-1907
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Daniel Lessmann Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 4728
Abstract
The collection contains 77 letters and essays by Daniel Lessmann. The letters start in 1813 when Daniel Lessmann was just 19 years old and they continue to the year 1831 when he died.
Dates:
1813-1904, 1979; Majority of material found within 1813-1831
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Denise Wilde Family Collection Addenda
Collection
Identifier: AR 25877
Abstract
The collection contains materials relating to the members of the Wilde family that are addenda to the Denise Wilde Family Collection (AR 25189). The items in this collection consist primarily of restitution correspondence, official documents such as birth and death certificates, as well as a few personal notes by Bertha Wilde and family trees.
Dates:
undated, 1906-1969; Majority of material found in 1952-1969
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Dimon-Kurrein Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25652
Abstract
The Dimon-Kurrein Family Collection contains the assorted papers of the Kurrein, Blau, Dimon, and Loewe families. A special focus is on the family correspondence during and after their emigration to the United States and Palestine in 1934. Official documents, a biographical essay, a family photo album, articles on Max Kurrein and several family trees are included in the collection.
Dates:
1835-2013; Majority of material found in 1930s and 1960s
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25709
Abstract
The Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer Collection documents the professional and personal life of law professor Edgar Bodenheimer as well as that of his wife, Brigitte Bodenheimer (née Levy). The collection contains documentation on their early legal work during the 1940s, Edgar's participation in the Nuremberg Trials, and postwar work as professors, as well as material on their daily lives and other family members. The collection includes a copious amount of correspondence, lecture texts, certificates and diplomas, diaries and notebooks, newspaper clippings, teaching material, poetry, a friendship album, and other papers.
Dates:
1897-1992, 2011; Majority of material found within 1920-1983
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Edmund Hadra Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 1249
Abstract
This collection holds papers of the physician and author Edmund Hadra. Much of the collection is composed of unpublished manuscripts of his writing, a significant part of which is autobiographical in nature and describe some of the most notable events of his life. In addition to these works are other writings on themes such as literature and art. The collection additionally contains official, educational and professional documentation, some correspondence and a few research notes.
Dates:
1877-1971; Majority of material found within 1939-1966
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Edna Ehrlich Collection: Personal Life, Professional Work and Music Interests
Collection
Identifier: AR 25697
Abstract
The Edna Ehrlich Collection: Personal Life, Professional Work and Music Interests is an extension of the Edna Ehrlich Papers (AR 25639). This collection includes material on the beginnings of the relationship of Edna and Otto Ehrlich prior to their marriage, on Edna Ehrlich’s friendships and personal life, and on her work as a promoter of Asian music in New York. It also includes a small amount of papers related to her professional work.
Dates:
1941-2015; Majority of material found within 1941-1944, 1985-2001
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Einstein, Exstein, Bloch and Rosenbloom Families Genealogy Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25686
Abstract
Joan Adams had researched intensively her Jewish family’s history. The collection presents her ancestors since the 18th century and shows the connections between several German Jewish families, which migrated to the United States.
Dates:
1748-2002; Majority of material found within 1850-1915
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Einstein Family Genealogy Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25622
Abstract
The Einstein Family Genealogy Collection consists of genealogical research on the family. It includes photocopies of German historical records pertaining to numerous family members, many family trees, genealogical research correspondence, and notes on the resided.
Dates:
1760-1997
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Eliane and Roger Herz-Fischler Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25550
Abstract
The Eliane and Roger Herz-Fischler Family collection contains the papers of their ancestors, including members of the Holländer, Sommer, Fischler (formerly Fischleiber or Fischleber), Furcht, Katzenstein and other related families. The collection focuses on documentation of their lives in Germany and the emigration of some family members and consists of official documents such as birth, death, and naturalization certificates, photographs, correspondence, educational papers, some genealogical notes, and a painting.
Dates:
1891-2011; Majority of material found within 1937-1998
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Elisabeth F. Gay and Joseph Gay Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25169
Abstract
This collection describes the private and professional lives of Elisabeth Gay and her husband, the businessman Joseph Gay, who came to the United States from Austria in 1939. Topics present in the documents found here include Austria of the 1930s, America during World War II, the economies of several South American countries, and restitution for the Gays' Austrian property. Documents include extensive correspondence, publications, notes and manuscripts, reports, scrapbooks, and photocopies.
Dates:
1849-2003; Majority of material found within 1935-1975
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Elizabeth Strauss Plaut Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25309
Abstract
This collection contains the genealogical research of Elizabeth Strauss Plaut. Papers to be found here include extensive correspondence, family trees, and research notes on the genealogy of the Plaut and Strauss families.
Dates:
1738-2006; Majority of material found within 1973-1999
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Emil Herz Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2171
Abstract
The Emil Herz Collection contains papers of Emil Herz's extended family, especially of members of the Grünewald, Oppenheim, and Steg families. Much of the collection consists of family correspondence. In addition there is a sermon, copies of pages of a prayer book, and a note and clipping related to the family genealogy.
Dates:
1858-1964; Majority of material found in 1867-1875, 1914-1915
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Emil Mosbacher Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25516
Abstract
This collection consists of papers of the family of Emil Mosbacher. Prominent are the personal papers and correspondence of Emil and Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher. In addition, the collection holds a number of family photographs and photo albums as well as genealogical information on members of the related Flack and other families.
Dates:
1890-2008; Majority of material found within 1904-1945
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Eric Kruh Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25816
Abstract
The Eric Kruh Collection contains documentation on the life of Eric Kruh, including his early years in Austria, his life in England, Canada. and New York, his work as a professor in New York, and his restitution claims for the persecution that led him to flee Austria in 1938. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, official documents, curricula vitae and résumés, lecture notes for courses he taught, course exams, and correspondence and forms related to restitution and pension payments.
Dates:
1938-2012; Majority of material found within 1968-2010
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Erich and Rita Kahn Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 10331
Abstract
This collection holds the papers of members of the Kahn and Loeb families, including Rita Kahn (née Loeb), Karl and Maria Anna Kahn and Emil and Johanna Loeb. The collection's focus is on the immigration of family members, with many official documents as well as educational and professional documents. Among the collection's papers will be found several passports along with other identification papers, letters of reference, educational certificates, ship's passenger lists, some personal correspondence and papers, biographical and genealogical notes, a newspaper clipping and other papers.
Dates:
1904-1948; Majority of material found in 1935-1948
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Erna B. and Fred G. Katz Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25818
Abstract
This collection holds personal and official documents, correspondence, genealogical information, biographical manuscripts and photographs related to the Feith, Lyon and Katz families. Most of the documents pertain to Erna Bonette, Fred Gustav and their son Henry Arthur Katz. The collection focuses on their lives in Germany and the United States as well as their emigration via Luxemburg and Portugal. It also holds materials pertaining to members of the extended Katz and Lyon families and their ancestors, including the Feith family. Also included is material about a Mikveh from the 15th century in Siegburg, Germany.
Dates:
1877-2013; Majority of material found within 1914-2013
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Erna Magnus Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 7166
Abstract
This collection comprises the research of the social worker Erna Magnus into the professional, cultural and civic activities of members of the Hamburg Jewish Community from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. It is composed entirely of index cards that record biographical and professional data on these individuals.
Dates:
1933-1938
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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