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Chaim Bloch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7155 / MF 513
Abstract

Correspondence, including letters from Leo Baeck, Salo Baron, Julie Braun-Vogelstein, Martin Buber, Werner Cahnmann, Max Dienemann, Ismar Elbogen, Erich Fromm, Hermann Fürnberg, Nahum Glatzer, Nahum Goldmann, Max Gruenewald, Max Grunwald, Siegfried Guggenheim, Ernest Jones, Hermann Kesten, Guido Kisch, Adolf Kober, Franz Kobler, Joachim Prinz, Lessing Rosenwald, Ingrid Warburg, Alma Mahler-Werfel, and Franz Werfel.

Dates: 1896-1978

Chambré Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11627
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence regarding the Chambré family, accompanied by notes and clippings on the Jewish community and Chambré family of Lich (Hesse). Also included is an illustrated yahrzeit reminder for Carl Chambré.

Dates: 1919-1999

Charles and Elly Weill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6491
Abstract

This collection contains materials pertaining to the emigration of Carl and Emmy Weil from Germany and their restitution case, as well as some family correspondence and documents.

Dates: 1936-1962

Charles Leigh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10746
Abstract

The collection contains a compilation of letters sent to Charles Leigh (formerly Karlheinz Liebenau) and his sister Helga in England, where they had immigrated via Kindertransport, from their parents Max Liebenau and Dora Liebenau née Simke in Berlin. The letters are dated from May 1939, the time of their arrival in England, to November 1941, when their parents were deported to Riga. Photocopies of the original correspondence are accompanied by English translations.

Dates: 1939-2008

Charles P. Stanton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25138 / MF 734
Abstract

The bulk of this collection consist of the genealogical research materials compiled by Charles P. Stanton. The focus is on Jewish families from Franconia. Stanton compiled over 2,000 family trees, which are part of this collection. The information in the family trees is augmented by correspondence and other related materials.

Dates: 1802-2001; Majority of material found in 1980-2000

Charlotte and Julius Scholder Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25036
Abstract

This collection contains two autograph books of Charlotte Spitzer and one autograph book of Rosa Scholder.

Dates: 1911-2004; Majority of material found within 1911-1932

Charlotte and Leo Landau Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7287
Abstract

This collection primarily contains correspondence between Leo Landau and his wife Charlotte Landau (née Mühsam). During their respective frequent travels, Leo for his legal work and for recuperation at spas, and Charlotte for the Jüdischer Frauenbund, they often wrote almost every day. The collection also contains some other correspondence, personal materials, and documents concerning Leo Landau's lifelong involvement with Jewish organizations such as the B'nai B'rith lodges in Lübeck and Haifa and the Israelitische Gemeinde Lübeck, and Charlotte's membership in the Lübeck city council from 1919-1921.

Dates: 1892-2002; Majority of material found within 1907-1931

Charlotte Hillburn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11926
Abstract

This collection contains vital and educational records of Charlotte Hillburn (born Liselotte Wiener) and her family. It also contains materials about Jews in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia (today Gliwice, Poland).

Dates: 1921-2001

Charlotte Levinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1270
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts, speeches, and photo albums relating to the Olga Stern Haus, a retirement home for Jewish seniors in Berlin-Grunewald, as well as various other manuscripts and essays.

Dates: circa 1904-1961

Christian Morgenstern Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3466
Abstract

This collection mainly consists of letters and postcards from Christian Morgenstern to Ephraim and Fega Frisch, née Lifschitz. Some clippings and poems are also included.

Dates: 1897-1914; Majority of material found in 1903, 1906-1907

Christine Roth-Schurtman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10103
Abstract

This collection contains materials on Christine Roth-Schurtman's family, especially her father Bruno Roth.

Dates: 1890-1985

Claire Sinnreich Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5102 / MM 132
Abstract

This collection contains Sinnreich's diaries, poetry, and correspondence, which have been compiled and transcribed to typescript by her spouse Nathan Sinnreich.

Dates: 1927-1980

Clara G. Binswanger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5231
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence between a German-Jewish woman in the Netherlands, Sefi Hirsch Kronheimer, to Clara Binswanger, an American friend in New York. The letters reflect her story as she and her husband flee Hitler and settle in Holland. Subsequent post-war letters reflect the efforts of concerned family members to determine the fate of Sefi Hirsch Kronheimer and other family members.

Dates: 1939-circa 1983

Clara Grunwald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7014
Abstract

The Clara Grunwald Collection consists of photocopies of the correspondence of Margarethe Lachmund during World War II, including numerous letters from Clara Grunwald.

Dates: 1941-1944

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

Clara Michelson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25196
Abstract

The Clara Michelson Collection documents the life and work of the writer and graphologist Clara Michelson. The main subjects of the collection are her writings and her publications. The collection consists of manuscripts, a list of manuscripts, correspondence, publications and a photograph.

Dates: 1910-1940, 2005-2008

Clementine Kraemer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2402
Abstract

This collection is comprised of papers of the writer Clementine Kraemer. Although it is primarily composed of examples of her writing, including both poetry and prose, it also includes personal documents and correspondence, as well as a detailed biography.

Dates: 1894-1963

Clifford H. Goldsmith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10846
Abstract

This collection deals primarily with the efforts of former Philip Morris president Clifford H. Goldsmith to gain compensation for family property confiscated under the Nazi regime. The collection also documents to a smaller extant the personal and professional life and career of Clifford H. Goldsmith.

Dates: 1936-2006

Collection of Yiddish Literature and Language

 Collection
Identifier: RG 3
Abstract

This collection consists of the correspondence of Zalman Reisen, and correspondence to the Union of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Vilna. In addition, it contains fragments of literary collections which were part of the YIVO Archives in Vilna before 1941 and of materials which originated in Jewish institutions of higher learning in the Soviet Union, specifically the Institut Far Yidisher Proletarisher Kultur (Institute for Jewish Proletarian Culture) in Kiev and Invayskult in Minsk. The collection was formed in the YIVO Archives in New York ca. 1950. The bulk of the collection comprises files on about 600 Yiddish writers from Eastern Europe consisting of autobiographical notes and letters, biographies, bibliographies, manuscripts and typewritten copies, newspaper clippings, commemorative materials, announcements about lectures.

Dates: 1829-1944

Collection on Jewish Customs

 Collection
Identifier: RG 41
Abstract

The collection consists of materials relating to Jewish religious life in Europe from the 1830s to the 1930s. Topics include: marriages, births, divorces, deaths, bar mitzvahs, holidays, the Sabbath, daily customs, ritual slaughter (shehitah), ritual baths, mezuzahs, prayers, rabbis. Items include: marriage contracts, divorce deeds, wedding invitations, birth announcements, bar mitzvah speeches, New Year's cards, correspondence, photographs.

Dates: 1817-1941

Cologne Jewish Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 998
Abstract

This collection contains a broad range of materials offering insights into the Jewish community of Cologne throughout the 19th and 20th century. Included are a few original documents from 1880 to the 1930s, photocopies of various community and legal documents, as well as brochures and booklets pertaining to Cologne community and welfare organizations.

Dates: 1838-1988

Colonel Seymour J. Pomrenze Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-933
Abstract

The papers of Colonel Seymour Jacob Pomrenze (1916-2011) contain materials relating to his role as the first director of the Offenbach Archival Depot (OAD) in early 1946, as well as documentation of his career as a records management and archives consultant for the American Jewish cultural sector. It also includes a small amount of biographical material.

Dates: undated, 1809-2009; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1999

Commemorating Kristallnacht and Jewish musicians

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6262
Abstract

Newspaper clippings and other published materials about Kristallnacht commemorations and an exhibition about Jewish musicians in Frankfurt am Main.

Dates: 1989-1994

Concentration Camps Clippings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 971 C
Abstract

This clippings collection contains newspaper clippings covering history and memorials of concentration camps. Also included are brochures, programs, and a poster for events held in memory of victims of concentration camps. Finally, two annual reports of the KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau and a bibliography of literature at the KZ-Museum Dachau are included.

Dates: 1950-1997

Concentration Camps Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 971
Abstract

This constructed collection contains very limited traces of several concentration camps established and run by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. The concentration camps covered are Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Buna-Monowitz, Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Schatzlar, and Stutthof. Limited materials from the Łódź ghetto are also included, and other concentration camps may be mentioned. The scant materials in the collection include correspondence, creative or religious writings, photographs, money, lists of prisoners, materials on Josef Mengele, calls to action to assist prisoners, military reports by liberators, a copy of a Totenbuch from Dachau, an original death certificate from Auschwitz, and an original certificate of discharge from Sachsenhausen. The one exception to the relative scarcity of materials on each camp is the extensive interrogation report from Buchenwald.

Dates: 1933-2004; Majority of material found within 1933-1945

Congregation Beth Hillel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25765
Abstract

The collection holds official paperwork and publications of Congregation Beth Hillel in Washington Heights. The majority of this congregation had emigrated from Munich, with an additional number of émigrés from Nuremberg. Prominent members of this congregation included the former leading Rabbi of the Munich Main Synagogue, Rabbi Leo Baerwald, as well as businessman and president of the congregation, Hermann Schuelein.

Dates: 1940-1997

Congregation B'nai Jacob Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25095
Abstract

The Congregation B’nai Jacob Collection includes materials documenting the history of the congregation and includes bank statements, circulars, correspondence, documents, membership lists, minutes of Annual Meetings, journals containing information about the congregation’s cemetery, a prayer book, and rubber stamps.

Dates: 1945-1970s.

Congregation Ohav Sholaum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25247
Abstract

This collection contains records of the German-Jewish Orthodox Congregation Ohav Sholaum of Washington Heights, New York, such as by-laws, correspondence of its long-time rabbi, Ralph Neuhaus, and documents relating to its charitable organization Gemiluth Chessed of Washington Heights. It also includes sheet music used by the congregation's choir.

Dates: 1944-2005; Majority of material found within 1952-1960s

Congregation Shaari Tephillah Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25100
Abstract

This collection consists almost exclusively of materials documenting the administration of Congregation Shaari Tephillah's plots in three New Jersey cemeteries. Congregation Shaari Tephillah was founded in 1935 as the first German-Jewish congregation formed in the United States after 1933.

Dates: 1935-1960

Conitzer Konzern Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 14
Abstract

This collection contains lists of businesses (mostly clothing and department stores) owned by the Conitzer family, a short biography of Rudolf Conitzer, and several Conitzer family tree charts. An illustrated brochure from the late 1920s or early 1930s also offers some historical information on the family's businesses, as well as photographs of several of their stores in northern and eastern Germany.

Dates: circa 1930-1978

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