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Personal correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Malachowski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4937
Abstract

This collection contains nineteenth century family and personal correspondence of Abraham Malachowski, and the diary of Rosa Malachowski from 1908-1941.

Dates: 1829-1941

Adolph S. Oko Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 311
Abstract

This collection consists of photocopies and transcriptions of correspondence between Oko, Ernst Altkirch and Richard Beer-Hoffman.

Dates: 1921-1944

Alfred Neumann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4983
Abstract

This collection contains several of Alfred Neumann's short prose manuscripts and over 100 poems, as well a considerable amount of correspondence.

Dates: 1927-1976; Majority of material found within 1927-1962

Alfred Polgar Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2738
Abstract

Photos; personal correspondence.

Dates: circa 1907-1955

Anne Ratkowski-Wanger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6326
Abstract

Much of this collection consists of Arthur Segal's correspondence and his unpublished manuscript poem Cosmogenie. Other materials include photographs and some of Anne Ratkowski-Wanger's correspondence.

Dates: 1920-1994

Bier Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25102
Abstract

This collection pertains to the family trees of Nathaniel M. Bier and the Wertheimber family. Furthermore the collection is a source for information on Jewish association and clubs in Frankfurt am Main between 1870 and 1939.

Dates: 1867-2001; Majority of material found within 1920-1939

Bruno Strauss Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3753
Abstract

This collection contains the academic Bruno Strauss's collection of correspondence and other papers from the notable German Jewish intellectuals Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Martha Wertheimer and others, as well as some of Strauss's personal papers.

Dates: 1863-1969

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 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

Ellen Brett Aibel Bierman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-940
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of the family photographs the Bierman, Bressler, Bretzfelder, Brett, Lieberman and Loeb families. It also includes a significant quantity of the papers of David M. Bressler and the Bretzfelder / Brett family, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. The collection offers a view of the domestic life of a prominent American Jewish family in the first half of the 20th Century.

Dates: undated, circa 1865-2002; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1943; undated, circa 1865-2002; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1943

Else Lasker-Schüler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 265
Abstract

This collection contains letters and cards sent by Else Lasker-Schüler to Carl Seelig, Georg Koch, members of the Asher family and others, as well as 3 handwrittens drafts of poems which appear in Lasker-Schüler's Hebräische Balladen .

Dates: circa 1913-2002; Majority of material found within 1913-1942

Emil Bernhard Cohn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 793
Abstract

This collection contains a few letters sent to Cohn by notables such as Leo Baeck, Stefan Zweig, Martin Buber, and others, as well as a couple of Cohn's sermons and manuscripts and two scrapbooks.

Dates: 1899-1948

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

Fleischer Family Papers

 Collection — Consolidated Box P28, Folder: P-958
Identifier: P-958
Abstract

The Fleischer Family papers document the family of Simon and Lilly (née Hammerschlag) Fleischer. Simon and Lilly emigrated from Poland to New York City in the early 1920s and married in 1928. They became naturalized United States citizens in the late 1960s. The Fleischers had two sons, Martin and Bernard. The Fleischers owned Fleischer Brothers Butchers in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as well as Fleischer’s New Star Mountain Hotel in the Catskills area of Monticello, NY. The collection contains correspondence, passports, marriage records, naturalization records, some business documents, and many family photographs dating from the 1890s to the 1950s.

Dates: Undated, 1899-1963; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1959

Florence Marx Ross Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10606
Abstract

This collection centers on the experiences of Florence Marx Ross during a trip to Belgium, France and Germany from July 1913-November 1914, documented in her frequent correspondence to her family, daily diary entries, and newspaper clippings. In addition, the collection holds a number of postcards, some photographs and publications related to the beginning of World War I in Belgium.

Dates: 1913-1927; Majority of material found within 1913-1914

Frederick Asher Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11877
Abstract

This collection contains family trees, memoirs, and short narrative chronicles pertaining to the history of the Asher, Eller, Schüler, and Wormser families. In addition, there are several photocopies of family portrait photographs, as well as a few photocopies of letters sent by Else Lasker-Schüler to family members.

Dates: circa 1970-1995

Fritz Heymann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 764 / MF 82
Abstract

The bulk of the collection consists of letters, along with a few postcards and telegrams, that Heymann sent to Franz Littmann, a confidant and writer for the Haaretz newspaper in Israel, during his exile from Germany in the 1930s. Also present are some articles and photographs.

Dates: 1919-1964

Fritz Meyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25573
Abstract

The Fritz Meyer Collection contains papers of heart specialist Fritz Meyer. Included are his letters to the poet Margarete Kollisch and two medical articles.

Dates: 1946-1953

Gustav Landauer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7236
Abstract

Correspondence comprises the bulk of the collection, both original materials and transcripts. The rest of the collection contains a significant amount of photographic documentation of the 1918/1919 revolution in Munich, as well as two of Landauer's notebooks.

Dates: 1888-1947

Herbert Joseph Mansbach Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7073
Abstract

This collection contains official documents and official and personal correspondence illustrating the dentistry student Herbert Mansbach's time as a refugee in Switzerland and his attempts to emigrate.

Dates: 1938-1941

Ida Ehre Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5926
Abstract

The Ida Ehre Collection contains material on the actress and theater director Ida Ehre. Much of the papers in this collection focus on her postwar work as director of the Hamburger Kammerspiele; biographical information on the actress is particularly evident, along with correspondence with her friend Liselotte Sperber. The collection is comprised of articles, newspaper clippings, Hamburger Kammerspiele programs, personal correspondence, obituaries and a few photographs.

Dates: 1928-1989; Majority of material found within 1981-1986

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

Ira Berkow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-900
Abstract

This collection documents the work of Ira Berkow, an American sportswriter. Berkow was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 7, 1940 and attended Roger C. Sullivan High School in the Rogers Park section of Chicago, where he graduated from in 1957. His college career began at Miami University (BA, 1963) and ended at Northwestern University (MSJ, 1965). His first post as a sportswriter was with the Minneapolis Tribune (1965-1967). He then moved on to the syndicated news service Newspaper Enterprise Association where he worked as a columnist and writer from 1967-1976. In 1981, he started as a sports feature writer and columnist for the New York Times. He remained at the NY Times until his retirement in 2007. This collection contains correspondence and photographs of Ira Berkow and documents his relationship with leaders in sports, politics, religion, and the arts. The collection also contains selected articles and appearances on television and radio made during his career.

Dates: undated, 1956-2014

Julius Bab Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 196 / MF 475
Abstract

This collection contains a large volume of correspondence, as well as manuscripts, diaries, scrapbooks, and clippings all documenting the cultural production of the theater critic and dramatist Julius Bab. The correspondence notably contains large amounts of original letters from Gustav Landauer, Gerhart Hauptmann, Richard Dehmel, and Fritz Mauthner, and several other leading cultural and political figures from the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1895-1977; Majority of material found within 1895-1955

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

Kantorowicz Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 439
Abstract

This collection contains family trees with data going back to 1495, as well as some correspondence and other papers and photographs.

Dates: 1834-1958

Kurt Zadig Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3791
Abstract

This collection consists of two bound volumes of correspondence sent by Zadig from the front in World War I.

Dates: 1914-1916

Lessie Sachs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4031
Abstract

Poems and essays, both published and in manuscript form, as well as correspondence and some personal papers comprise this collection.

Dates: 1931-1944

Liepmann Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7021
Abstract

This collection documents the daily lives of the psychiatrist Hugo Liepmann and his wife Agathe Liepmann née Bleichröder through their extensive personal correspondence. Details on events in the lives of their closest family members, including their parents and four children, are also included. The collection consists almost entirely of handwritten correspondence.

Dates: 1865-1933; Majority of material found within 1890-1917

Ludwig Rosenberger Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5824 / MF 837
Abstract

This collection contains a wide array of vital records, documents, correspondence, and clippings, documenting the life of several generations of the Rosenberger family.

Dates: 1821-1987; Majority of material found within 1850-1938