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Women social workers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Salomon Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25522
Abstract

The Albert Salomon Family Collection holds papers of several members of the Salomon family, especially sociologist Albert Salomon, his wife Anna Salomon, his aunt social reformer Alice Salomon, and his daughter Hannah Salomon Janovsky. Much of the collection consists of family photographs. Other prominent materials include correspondence of Hannah Janovsky on the preservation and publication of her family members' writings and articles on the life of Albert Salomon. A small amount of family papers and genealogical information is also present.

Dates: 1765-2008; Majority of material found within 1972-1983

Alice Salomon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3875 / MF 1044
Abstract

Professional and vital certificates, diplomas, honors, awards, and essays on feminism and social work.

Dates: 1877-1961

Cora Berliner Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1578 / MF 606
Abstract

The bulk of the collection is composed of 20 manuscripts and reports written by Cora Berliner during her work in the economic department of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden from 1934-1935, for example "Overview of the Economic Situation of the Jews from 1929-1933 and Overview of the Legislation of the Third Reich on the Marginalization of the Jews" (undated, report Nr. 20), "Notes on the Current Economic Situation" (1934, report nr. 23), "List of Points Recently Leading to Economic Difficulties" (1935, report nr. 26). All reports are in German, except for report nr 35 "Statistical Meterial on the Jewish Question" (undated). A complete list of the titles of the reports can be found at the beginning of folder 1, in both the original card catologue entries and list provided by the Leo Baeck Institute in London. The reports are numbered according the LBI catalogue, not numbers provided by Berliner.

Dates: 1934-1985

Cora Berliner collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 805
Abstract

The collection contains mostly correspondence of and about Cora Berliner.

Dates: 1911-1994

Gertrude van Tijn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2477
Abstract

This collection primarily documents the professional life of the social worker Gertrude van Tijn, who worked with Jewish refugees in Amsterdam during the 1930s-1940s. Much of the material focuses on the experiences of Dutch Jewry along with the German-Jewish refugees who had fled to Holland. About half the collection relates to the manual training farm Werkdorp Nieuwesluis. Some reports on the postwar refugee situation in Shanghai and Australia and biographical material are also present. The collection includes reports, correspondence, official documents, newspaper clippings and articles and a few photographs.

Dates: 1934-1970; Majority of material found within 1934-1947

Heilberg Breslauer Addenda

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25727
Abstract

This collection contains materials on various members of the related Breslauer, Schäffer, and Heilberg families found in the records of Marianne Breslauer, her daughter Helen J. Breslauer, and her maternal aunt Frieda Heilberg. The lives of these family members and their relationships with each other are documented through correspondence, photographs, vital documents, professional and educational records, diaries, and family trees.

Dates: undated, 1906-2018

Leo and Anne Marie Grebler Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25872
Abstract

The Leo and Anne Marie Grebler Family Collection records the Greblers’ personal and professional lives in Germany and the United States through correspondence, documents, family histories, writings, and photographs. Both the personal correspondence and photographs available in the collection demonstrate the Greblers close relationships with their extended family and friends, particularly Jacob (called Jascha) and Marianne (called Bertel) Marschak. A substantial quantity of information regarding the Grebler, Gerson and related families is also available. Writings by Leo Grebler elucidate his career as an economist and his special interest in real estate and housing finance.

Dates: undated, 1879-1996

Lilli Liegner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1228
Abstract

The Lilli Liegner Collection centers on the work of this social worker and her role within the Jüdischer Frauenbund in Breslau. A smaller amount of material relates to the history and individual members of the Liegner and Rawicz families. Included in this collection are reports, correspondence, organizational papers and newspaper clippings on the Jüdischer Frauenbund of Breslau. In addition, the collection contains personal and official papers of family members along with a family tree and personal correspondence.

Dates: 1841-1888;1921-1977; Majority of material found within 1930-1938

Lisa Neuman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10041
Abstract

The collection contains various documents and writings related to Grete Stohr and her niece, Lisa Neuman. The materials are primarily concerned with their respective emigrations from Vienna to New York.

Dates: 1902-1984

Marianne Breslauer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10174
Abstract

The Marianne Breslauer collection documents the life and work of Marianne Breslauer (née Schaeffer), as well as of many members of the Schaeffer and Breslauer family, such as her husband Henry Breslauer, her father Hans Schaeffer, her mother Eva Schaeffer, and her father-in-law, Georg Breslauer. Although the bulk of the material reflects the abundant amount of personal correspondence among the family members, in particular among Marianne and Henry Breslauer to her parents, the collection also includes biographical information on a variety of family members in form of clippings, booklets, manuscripts, and photos.

Dates: 1705-1997; Majority of material found within 1920’s–1980’s

Ruth R. Dresner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25392
Abstract

The Ruth R. Dresner Collection comprises research material and writings about the well-known Jewish social worker Bertha Pappenheim. It includes copies of articles, offprints and clippings on her in addition to a dissertation on her work and some correspondence concerning the accumulation of research on her life and work. Material on the German stamp issued in her honor and some photographs are also present.

Dates: 1912-1993

Senta Gerstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6207
Abstract

This collection contains the text of several speeches delivered by Senta Gerstein (née Meyer), as well as numerous award certificates for Gerstein's social work and a few letters of recommendation dating to her life in 1930s Hamburg.

Dates: 1930-1990

Sonia Wachstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10808
Abstract

This collection documents Sonia Wachstein's personal life and professional work. It includes personal documents, correspondence, diaries, and photographs concerning her personal affairs as well as her education and professional life as a social worker.

Dates: 1915-1996; Majority of material found within 1939-1962