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Hilde Wenzel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1418
Abstract

The Hilde Wenzel Collection relates to both this author's personal and professional lives. It includes many samples of her published short stories as well as one unpublished work, parental letters to her, and notes and notebooks, among them several dream journals.

Dates: 1906-1972; Majority of material found within 1918-1928, 1950-1960

Hirsch-Wormser Family/Messingwerk AG collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 500
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, reminiscences, and published materials pertaining to the “Messingwerke“ metal company and its successor firms in Halberstadt, Germany. The file also includes personal documents pertaining to Joseph Hirsch (1809-1871); Jenny Wormser née Hirsch (1848-1916) and others.

Dates: 1812-1988

Hirschberg-Goldmann Family Addenda

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25700
Abstract

The Hirschberg-Goldmann Family Addenda holds documentation on the lives and emigration of Harry and Leonor Harter, originally of Breslau. It additionally contains research, conducted by their son, into the history and genealogy of the Hirschberg and Goldmann families and their relations, as well as into the fate of his maternal grandparents, Siegfried and Käthe Goldmann. The collection includes material about the Breslau Jewish community, especially about its Storch synagogue and the Cosel cemetery (Legnica Street cemetery). The collection contains many copies of historical documents, extensive correspondence, photographs and a photo album, copies of articles related to the research of the collection, and some family trees.

Dates: 1814-2011; Majority of material found within 1935-1996

Hirschbruch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25720
Abstract

This collection mainly consists of documents pertaining to the genealogy research of Josef Hadar, as well as personal documents of his parents Elsa Graetz and Ludwig Hirschbruch.

Dates: 1862-1996

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

Hope Feitelberg families collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6143
Abstract

The collection consists of memoirs and other manuscripts by David Feitelberg and other members of the Feitelberg-Hope families.

Dates: 1895-1993

Hubert Pollack Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3858
Abstract

This collection contains Hubert Pollack's research into his family's genealogy, consisting primarily of extensive research questionnaires on individual family members and their related notes. It also holds some excerpts of a planned book based on this research.

Dates: 1960s-1980; Majority of material found within 1960-1967

Ilse and Eric Dean Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25666
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of letters from Ilse Glaser Dean to her later husband, Eric Henry Dean between 1952 and 1964. It also contains many photographs of the Deans and their relatives and friends from the 1930s until the 1970s. Additionally it holds correspondence by Wolfgang Schwerin to Ilse and Eric Dean between 1952 and 1988 and a collection of official and personal documents.

Dates: 1900-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1970

Ilse Arnhold Maron Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25977
Abstract

The collection holds correspondence showing mostly the personal lives of the Arnhold family from Dresden throughout the first half of the 20th century. The letters discuss family affairs like the engagement of Ilse Arnhold in 1913 and the birth of her children, travels through Europe, and longer stays abroad as well as the everyday lives of the family members.

Dates: 1880-1967

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

Inge Worth Estate Collection

 Collection
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

Institute for Jewish Life, records

 Collection
Identifier: I-168
Abstract

Collection sontains the minutes of the Board of Directors (Trustees) meetings, 1972-1975; staff meetings, 1972-1973; background materials and reports pertaining to projects proposed and acted upon; annual reports; financial reports; and miscellaneous publications.

Dates: undated, 1967, 1969-1976

Japha-Veit-Simon Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25908
Abstract

This collection holds official documents, correspondence, genealogical research material, and photographs from and about the Veit-Simon family. It gives an insight into the life of a Jewish family in Berlin during the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection also contains material pertaining to two restitution claims in the 1990s.

Dates: 1803-2001; 1902-1940; 1996

Joseph Fraenkel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3097 / MF 775
Abstract

Wedding songs and other celebratory writings as well as school and business materials pertaining to the extended family of Joseph Fraenkel, Berlin

Dates: 1811-1903

Joseph Hirsch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6538
Abstract

The Joseph Hirsch Collection contains papers of the Hirsch family and other related families and documents gathered during genealogical research. There is correspondence concerning his research, as well as family trees and information about Schaffa, the town where Joseph Hirsch's fathers' family came from.

Dates: 1802-2015

Joseph Mueller and Jenny Hartmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 188
Abstract

Series I-II hold correspondence of Joseph Mueller with his bride Jenny Hartmann and Mueller's correspondence with his parents, parents in law, siblings and cousins, and friends and acquaintances primarily from the time of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71, in which Joseph participated as a soldier. The letters mostly deal with personal matters, but also reflect the developments of the war.

Dates: 1869-1983; undated

[Judenfamilienregister Zaberfeld]

 Collection
Identifier: DM 317
Abstract

These are pages from the original family register of the town of Zaberfeld in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, recording the households of Jewish families from the mid-1800s to the 1930s. Mentioned are the names and dates of male and female members of the households; the names of their respective parents; and the households’ children.

Dates: circa 1850 - 1988

Julia and David Hoexter Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25241
Abstract

The Julia and David Hoexter Correspondence Collection contains the courtship correspondence of this couple in addition to some later letters and some letters of others, including of family members.

Dates: 1881-1888; 2006

Julian Spiegel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7235
Abstract

This collection contains the family correspondence and papers of the engineer Julian Spiegel. About half the collection consists of copies of the family's letters to Julian and Kaethe Spiegel. In addition the collection includes copies of legal and official correspondence, official documents, family trees, educational and professional papers and various other personal papers.

Dates: 1883-1961

Julius and Elisabeth Hirsch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25585
Abstract

The Julius and Elisabeth Hirsch Collection holds the papers of this couple, with much of the collection consisting of family correspondence. Prominent subjects include the immigration of family members and genealogy of the family. In addition to extensive correspondence and family trees the collection includes notebooks, essays and articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, early drafts of Julius Hirsch's family memoir, and research notes.

Dates: 1842-2008; Majority of material found within 1935-1950, 1990-1996

Kaete Rindskopf Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25317
Abstract

This collection encompasses papers of members of the extended Rindskopf family, including Lori Berliner. Documentation of the family history, significant events such as marriages and deaths, and their interrelation through correspondence is present. The collection holds official documents, correspondence, genealogical material and celebratory poems, among other material.

Dates: 1921-1993

Kaethe Placzek Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25308
Abstract

The Kaethe Placzek Collection contains family correspondence of Kaethe Placzek and her husband Julian Spiegel. Such correspondence includes letters sent to Kaethe by her parents while they were separated during summers, often while they attended health spas. Letters sent by Julian Spiegel are to his parents, especially during his time in World War I.

Dates: 1894-1931; Majority of material found within 1907-1920

Kantorowicz Family Collection Addenda

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11983
Abstract

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence from Gertrude M. Meyer (Porto Alegre, Brasil) to Prof. Robert E. Lerner pertaining to the Kantorowicz family from Posen, Jan. 2002-[Dec.] 2005.

Dates: 1983-2005

Kirby Kantor Fuchs Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25817
Abstract

The Kirby Kantor Fuchs Collection consists of the papers of Fred and Lisa Kirby and their family members in the Kantor, Fuchs, Mahrer, and Schüssler families. Most of the collection consists of the official documents of the family members, along with restitution correspondence, and details the family members' early lives in Europe and their later emigrations to England and the United States. The collection includes many official documents, restitution correspondence, family photographs, educational and professional papers, some genealogical research, and other papers.

Dates: 1888-2014; Majority of material found within 1922-2011

Kress-Heinemann Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25732
Abstract

The collection provides information about the Kress-Heinemann family. It includes school report cards of Eva Heinemann and Walter Kreslawsky, recipes, genealogical research results and a portrait of Walter Heinemann.

Dates: 1914-1996; Majority of material found within 1914-1933

Kurt and Grete Goldsmith Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25681
Abstract

The collection contains materials relating to Kurt Goldsmith, a New York-based photographer, and his wife Grete née Lendt. Kurt and his family escaped Nazi Germany to ultimately settle in New York City. The materials trace the journey that they and their family took to seek asylum in the United States. The collection is made up of personal documents, correspondence, photographs, and other archival materials.

Dates: 1880s- 2010s

Kurt Rosenfeld Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25906
Abstract

The collection deals with the lives of members of the Rosenfeld family, most prominently Kurt Rosenfeld. It includes newspaper clippings, official documents, notes, and biographical sources which provide information on the private lives of individual family members, their possessions before the war, and their professional and political careers.

Dates: 1839-2019; 1914-1957

Kurt Safranski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25957
Abstract

This collection documents the personal life and professional career of art director, editor, and photographer Kurt Safranski (1890-1964), who co-founded the photo agency Black Star in 1935. The collection also includes information about the career and life of Kurt’s daughter, Tina Fredericks-Koch, née Safranski (1922-2015), who worked as an art director for magazines and in real estate.

Dates: 1890s-2017; 1935-1955

Lask Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 18
Abstract

The collection consists of materials pertaining to the Lask family, in particular to the fancy goods business (Galanterie- und Luxuswarengeschaeft) “Michael Lask” in Kiel (founded in 1869, and forced out of business and sold in 1938).

Dates: 1855-1952

Lee Sommer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25572
Abstract

The Lee Sommer Collection primarily consists of photographic material of the Lee Sommer family. In addition it contains a small amount of family correspondence, memorial albums, and articles about Hermann Schuelein.

Dates: 1914-1971; Majority of material found within 1914-1948