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Hannah Bachrach Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 679
Scope and Contents

The file contains various materials pertaining to the Würzburger family of Heilbronn, collected by Hannah Bachrach (née Würzburger), and comprises two folders.

Dates: 1892-1984

Hans and Eleonore Jonas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25645
Abstract

The Hans and Eleonore Jonas Collection provides documentation of the personal lives of Hans and Eleonore Jonas, better known as Lore Jonas, along with papers relating to the professional work and achievements of the philosopher and scholar Hans Jonas. In addition, the collection contains papers of members of the Jonas and Weiner families. The collection includes correspondence; photographs; articles and unpublished writings, including personal reminiscences and poetry; official documents; notes; sketches; speeches; and family trees.

Dates: 1916-2016; Majority of material found within 1930-1990

Hans and Käthe Stroh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10330
Abstract

This collection contains documents and correspondence pertaining to Hans and Käthe Stroh's emigration to Shanghai and the United States, and materials for their restitution claims. There are also numerous family photos spanning the period roughly from 1900 to 1970.

Dates: 1899-1984

Hans Capell collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 775
Abstract

The collection contains original and copied documents of Blau Weiss activities in Germany.

Dates: 1908-1983

Hans (Chanan) Mielzynski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25606
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of hundreds of letters from Hans (Chanan) Mielzynski to his wife, Eva (Chawa), between 1940 and 1946. Mielzynski wrote from Sedom, where he worked in the potash plant, and Ashdot, where he did kibbutz-related work (1941-1944); while in the Jewish Brigade, training in Egypt and fighting in Italy (1944-1945); and in Europe after the war helping displaced Jews emigrate to Palestine (1945-1946).

Dates: 1914-2013; Majority of material found within 1940-1946

Hans David Blum Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25360
Abstract

The Hans David Blum Research Collection documents his research on the Jews of Breisach and his ancestors that culminated in a book entitled Juden in Breisach, that was published in 1998. The collection includes Hans David Blums’s research materials such as printed materials, documents (mostly copies), correspondence with archives and individuals, genealogical charts and tables, lists, and a large amount of notes.

Dates: 1832-2000; Majority of material found within 1960s-2000

Hans Frankenbach Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1583 / MF 794 / MF 795
Abstract

Correspondence of Frankenbach, including letters from Lion Feuchtwanger, Helmut von Gerlach, Emil J. Gumbel, and a card from Hermann Hesse.

Dates: 1867-1969

Hans Kohn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 259
Abstract

Papers of Hans Kohn (1891-1971), historian and lawyer, who was active in Zionist organizations. He published extensively on questions of nationalism and related topics. The collection consists of documents relating to Hans Kohn's professional experience, materials relating to his political activities, correspondence, diaries, materials relating to his experience in World War I and as a prisoner of war, personal documents, photos, clippings.

Dates: 1866-1972

Hans Tramer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 836
Abstract

The Hans Tramer Collection consists of 8 boxes and 52 folders.

Dates: undated, 1929-1992; Majority of material found within 1929-1979

Harold Silver papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-149
Abstract

The collection contains personal correspondence, manuscript and printed copies of articles and speeches, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the education and social welfare activities of Silver. A large part of the correspondence is between Silver and Maurice J. Karpf, Kurt Peiser and I.M. Rubinow concerning Silver's studies at the Training School for Jewish Social Work (1925-1934), and his early work in Cincinnati and Detroit Jewish welfare organizations (1930-1934). Subsequent correspondence pertains to Silver's work for the Israel Ministry of Social Welfare (1961-1966).

Dates: undated, 1922-1927, 1929-1933, 1935, 1946-1977

Harry Kaufman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25159
Abstract

The collection contains personal items from the Harry Kaufamn Family.

Dates: 1829-1956

Hebra Shel Bikur Holim Ugemilut Hasadim (Philadelphia, Pa.) committee report

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box I-2, Folder: I-147
Identifier: I-147
Abstract

Collection contains the report of the committee--J.I. Levy, Hyman Polock, Judah L. Hackenburg, and Levi M. Goldsmith--concerning changes in the constitution of the Hebra.

Dates: 1830; 1830

Hebrew Publishing Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7099
Abstract

Jewish New Year greeting cards printed in Germany for the Hebrew Publishing Company in the early 20th century.

Dates: ca.1900

Hebrew Relief Society (New York, N.Y.) records

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box I-2, Folder: I-155
Identifier: I-155
Abstract

Collection contains a manuscript list of subscribers to the original society, signed by Asher Kursheedt, and printed copies of the Society's act of incorporation and by-laws, listing the officers, board of managers, and members for 1926.

Dates: undated, 1926

Hecht and Gottschalk Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5605
Abstract

This collection contains the personal papers of members of the Hecht, Bielefeld, Günther, and Gottschalk families. Materials range widely in time period and content, providing insight into varied experience of these families from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Materials include vital records, emigration records, apprenticeship and journeyman records for a merchant, education records, letters of recommendation, personal correspondence, military records from World War I and World War II, restitution claims, property records, tax and financial records, friendship books (Poesiealben), documents related to religious services during military service, family trees, photographs, a diary about emigration, and a Hebrew primer.

Dates: 1819-1980

Heidecker and Schmitt Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25651
Abstract

The Heidecker and Schmitt Family Collection largely documents the emigration experiences of members of the Heidecker, Schmitt, and related families, especially of Ludolf and Ruth (née Schmitt) Heidecker. The failure of some family members in leaving Germany is portrayed in these papers as well. Other subjects include the families' histories, restitution for their losses in the Holocaust, and the postwar interests of Ludolf and Ruth Heidecker, among other subjects. The collection includes extensive correspondence and photographs, material relating to Ludolf Heidecker's role in soccer associations, cookbooks and recipes, family trees, newspaper clippings, official documents, and other personal papers.

Dates: 1894-2012; Majority of material found within 1935-1960

Heiligman Family Ketubah & Marriage License

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P16, Folder: Collection P-594
Identifier: P-594
Abstract

Includes the marriage license of Mr. Isaac Heiligman and Gussie Pollock executed in Indian Territory, and the Ketubah for the wedding in Hebrew.

Dates: 1907

Heimann Jolowicz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3163
Abstract

This collection contains some personal papers and a number of printed sermons and essays by Heymann Jolowicz and others; in many cases these materials appear to have been privately printed or printed only in a very limited run.

Dates: 1807-1915

Heinrich Sontheim Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 520
Abstract

The Heinrich Sontheim Collection contains mostly correspondence and some personal documents of the tenor Heinrich Sontheim.

Dates: 1840-1965; Majority of material found within 1840-1912

Helen and Eva Hesse Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25327
Abstract

The Helen and Eva Hesse Collection holds material on the Hesse family of Hamburg. Most notable in this collection are the diaries of Helen and Eva Hesse, created by Wilhelm Hesse, which document the sisters' childhood. In addition, the collection includes scrapbooks and photograph albums, some of Wilhelm Hesse's educational papers, and correspondence related to immigration.

Dates: 1882-1956; Majority of material found within 1933-1946

Hellpach-Kubatzki Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11087
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence from Willy Hellpach to Martha Cohn née Kubatzki, primarily from the early 1930s. The materials include letters, postcards, poems, newspaper and scholarly publications, and a photograph. The collection also includes a notebook, songbook, and an executor’s letter.

Dates: 1915-1999; Majority of material found within 1929-1935

Hennigson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4114
Abstract

The collection contains documentation of the Hennigson and related families, including family trees; birth, educational, citizenship, and military service certificates; marriage contracts; wills; wedding and funeral announcements; and correspondence. An antisemitic pamphlet about Hungarian Jews is located in folder 8.

Dates: 1830-1966

Henriette Fürth Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11227
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to womens' rights activist Henriette Fürth Katzenstein; both photocopies of material created during her life and documents about her created after her death are represented. Among the copies of documents made during her life (or immediately after death) are poems, a letter to her children, two obituarial compositions: one for a Dutch publication and one spoken at her funeral (1912-1938); from material created after her death there is a list of publications by Henriette Fürth and a finding aid for the Kollektion Henriette Furth from an unspecified archive with itemized letters and documents (undated); various newspaper articles about Henriette Fürth (1997-1998); genealogical book with family tree tracing relatives from late 18th to late 20th centuries and including biographical information for family members and copies of photographs and family vital documents. The collection also includes a link to a dissertation entitled Thema: Frauenbewegung, Sozialdemokratie und Judentum Henriette Fürth als Randseiterin (1861-1938).

Dates: 1912-2002

Henry and Hilda Gottfried collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25742
Abstract

This collection mainly consists of documents pertaining to Hilda and Henry Gottfried from Vienna, Austria. There are, for example, several photographs as well as official documents and letters.

Dates: 1882-2005; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

Henry Greenebaum collection

 Collection — Box: CB-P9, Folder: P-315
Identifier: P-315
Abstract

Contains Ketubah (in Hebrew and English) signed by Leo Merzbacher of New York City in 1855, and certificates of membership and birthday congratulations from a Masonic and B'nai B'rith Lodge and Kehilath Anshe Mayriv, Chicago.

Dates: 1855-1903

Henry M. Rosenthal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1052
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the professional and personal life of Henry M. Rosenthal from 1925 to 1989. His tenure as religious director of the 92nd Street Young Men's Hebrew Association and membership of the faculty at Hunter College are well documented through correspondence and supporting materials. Rosenthal’s Philosophical career and published writings make up the bulk of the collection, which includes manuscripts, drafts, and bound copies of his work. Unpublished manuscripts are of particular interest, as are the early drafts of his posthumously published "The Consolations of Philosophy: Hobbes's Secret; Spinoza's Way". Personal journals and early letters between Rosenthal and his wife, the former Rachel Chernowitz, complete the collection.

Dates: undated, 1925-1989

Henry Roth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-702
Abstract

This collection contains personal papers of writer Henry Roth. It is comprised of extensive correspondence, journals and notebooks of his writing; and published and unpublished manuscripts of his work. There are also papers concerning Roth's interests in Israel, Judaism, and Leftist politics, publications by and about him, and volumes of his works. In addition, the papers also include a postcard and art print collection, photographs, biographical material, and a list of monographs once housed in Roth’s personal library.

Dates: undated, 1918-2010

Henry Victor Besso Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ASF AR-9
Abstract

The collection documents the work of Henry Besso and reflects various aspects of his professional life, personal research and writings in the field of Sephardic culture, Spanish language and linguistics, and Sephardic and Spanish history. Collection also documents Besso's involvement with Sephardic organizations and communities. Collection includes audio materials, brochures, booklets, clippings, conference procedures, correspondence, government publications, minutes, notes, photographs, printed matter, reports, speeches, and writings and translations by Henry Besso and others.

Dates: 1905-1992; Majority of material found in 1940-1976

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 and Nancy Bernhard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25258
Abstract

This highly diverse collection contains material of various sources, times, and genres, from Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe and Argentina. The documents included range from correspondence, such as letters, postcards or telegrams, to emigration documents, such as ship lists and permits, to vital records, such as family registers, various certificates and awards, to a number of small publications, such as brochures, programs and clippings. There is also a number of Jewish devotionals, including Yahrzeit calendars, religious graphics and prayer manuals, as well as some ephemera.

Dates: 1801-1960; Majority of material found within 1914-1938

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