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Manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 781 Collections and/or Records:

Steven M. Lowenstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25335
Abstract

The Steven M. Lowenstein Collection documents professional activities of Steven Lowenstein, writer, researcher, historian, and teacher and consists of manuscripts, printed materials, statistical data, and correspondence. Documents comprising the collection reflect Dr. Lowenstein’s interests in a wide spectrum of topics related to Jews and Judaism, such as modernity and tradition and their influence on the religion and common folks, Berlin Jews of the upper strata, similarities and differences between agrarian/rural and urban Jews, Eastern and Western Jewry, popular and official Judaism, and secular and religious Jews, to name but a few topics.

Dates: 1938, 1968-2002; Majority of material found within 1977-2002

Steven M. Lowenstein Collection - Addenda

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25335 A
Abstract

The Steven Lowenstein Collections documents professional activities of Steven Lowenstein, writer, researcher, historian, and teacher. Documents comprising the collection reflect Dr. Lowenstein’s interests in a wide spectrum of topics related to Jews and Judaism, such as modernity and tradition and their influence on the religion and common folks, Berlin Jews of the upper strata, similarities and differences between agrarian/rural and urban Jews, popular and official Judaism, secular and religious Jews, and other Jewish related topics. However, there is a very small amount of materials related to Dr. Lowenstein’s professional activities other than research and writing.

Dates: 1960s-2007

Steven S. Schwarzschild Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25376
Abstract

The Steven Schwarzschild Collection documents professional activities of Steven S. Schwarzschild, researcher, philosopher, rabbi and teacher. It also documents (to a much smaller degree) the personal lives of Steven Schwarzschild and his wife Lily. The collection includes brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, notes, off prints, photographs, printed materials, and writings. Documents comprising the collection shed light on Steven Schwarzschild’s education, and reflect various aspects of Steven Schwarzschild’s involvement with Judaism, as leader of Jewish congregations in Fargo, North Dakota and Lynn, Massachusetts; his academic career, research and writings in the fields of philosophy and theology.

Dates: 1903-2000; Majority of material found within 1945-1989

Stuehlingen Jewish Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11026
Abstract

Materials pertaining to the Jewish community in Stuehlingen, covering roughly years 1615-1820.

Dates: [unknown]

Susanne B. Hirt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25340
Abstract

The Susanne B. Hirt Collection deals with the life and significant events of the physical therapy professor Susanne Hirt and her family members. Prominent topics in this collection include Susanne Hirt's professional development and family members' immigration and wartime experiences. The collection contains a considerable number of photographs, photo albums, and slides. In addition, it consists of correspondence, official papers, manuscripts, notes and research material, educational certificates, clippings, scrapbooks, and a few videocassettes.

Dates: 1822-2008; Majority of material found within 1938-1990

Susi Friedmann Kirsch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6338
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Susanne (Susi) Friedmann-Kirsch (1926-), documenting her family’s history in Austria, Eastern Europe, and Israel, from the mid 1800s to the 2000s. The collection mostly holds vital documents and genealogical materials, including family trees, photographs, correspondence, family narratives, diaries, and other writings.

Dates: 1846-2009; Majority of material found within 1914-2009

Sussmann-Hirsch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25042
Abstract

The Sussmann-Hirsch Family Collection sketches the history of the Hirsch family from 1859 until 1980. The collection centers on the correspondence and memories of Sigmund and Rosa Hirsch, Herbert Hirsch and Lilli Sussmann. Most of the documents date from the First World War.

Dates: 1893-1995; Majority of material found within 1914-1918

Suzanne Schrag Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25833
Abstract

The Suzanne Schrag Collection holds papers of Suzanne (née Fuchs) and Paul Schrag, as well as papers of family members, especially Suzanne's parents and Paul's maternal uncle Nathan Sulzberger. Much of the collection focuses on the lives of family members, especially as documented in their extensive family correspondence. Prominent is also the unpublished writing of Paul Schrag and Nathan Sulzberger, notably the memoirs of Paul Schrag and short stories of Nathan Sulzberger. Some official documents, especially those pertaining to the education of Paul and Suzanne Schrag are also present, along with a few photographs, notes on genealogy, and other papers.

Dates: 1827-2008; Majority of material found within 1933-1989

Sylvia A. Herskowitz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: YUM 10
Abstract

Sylvia A. Herskowitz Archive documents professional and to a lesser degree personal life of Sylvia A. Herskowitz. Materials collected here shed light on her involvement with the Women's Branch of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and various Parent Associations. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, printed materials, sheet music, and writings.

Dates: 1937-2007

Tagebuecher

 Collection
Identifier: DM 60
Abstract

Fritz Mauthner’s notebooks containing diaries, notes, poetry, and essays.

Dates: 1870-1922

The Margaret and Kurt Rosenberg Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25280
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts,documents and photographs of Kurt Rosenberg and Margarethe Rosenberg, née Levinson.

Dates: undated, 1797-2003

The Memoirs of Lilo Goldenberg

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25740
Abstract

This collection forms a memoir of the lives of Lilo Goldenberg and her family members through essays and documentation. The documentation includes papers such as official and educational papers, family correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings, and works with the extensive essays to document the experiences of Lilo Goldenberg and her family.

Dates: 1910-2016; Majority of material found within 1998-2012

The Sane Asylum

 Collection
Identifier: DM 325
Abstract

This is primarily an account of Alfred Bruck’s six years spent in Nazi internment camps during World War II. Also included are photographs from the internment camps, as well as private photographs pertaining to Alfred Bruck and his family.

Dates: 1907-1955

Thea Hoffmann Engelberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25286
Abstract

The Thea Hoffman Engelberg Collection is composed of the documents of Thea Hoffman Engelberg and her relatives. Most of the papers are related to the wedding of Bernhard and Ernestine Schön (Engelberg's grandparents) and her mother Leanora's death. The collection also contains many photos of the family, dating back to the mid-nineteenth century.

Dates: 1865-1972; Majority of material found within 1865-1971

Theodor Lessing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 980
Abstract

This collection features original letters to Max Brod, calls to action in the wake of Lessing's death, short memoirs about Lessing written by family and friend, photocopies of manuscripts, and various other materials relating to Lessing's life.

Dates: 1922-1968

Theresienstadt (Concentration Camp) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2275
Abstract

This is a constructed collection that contains traces of life in Theresienstadt as well as remembrances of it created after World War II. Materials include correspondence, official decrees and notices, money, poems, a map, military reports, lists of prisoners, clippings, accounts of personal experiences, and materials related to a reproduction of the Theresienstadt children's opera Brundibar.

Dates: 1941-1987

Toni and Gustav Stolper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7212 / MF 481
Abstract

The Toni Stolper and Gustav Stolper Collection attests to the Stolpers' rich political and intellectual work in Germany and the United States. The materials provide an intimate account of Toni Stolper's life and career. In many respects, they complement the papers of her husband Gustav Stolper, which are located at the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz, Germany.

Dates: 1866-1990

Toury-Zimmermann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5064
Abstract

This collection contains a typescript draft of a research report on Jewish textile manufacturers in Baden-Württemberg circa 1800-1932, prepared by Peter Zimmermann for use by Jacob Toury, as well as photocopies of sources and several notes compiled on index cards.

Dates: circa 1980-1984

Trepp Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4828
Abstract

Most of this collection consists of photocopies of draft versions of Leo Trepp's historical accounts of German Jewish communities.

Dates: 1671-1981; Majority of material found within 1975-1981

Trudy Jeremias Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25354
Abstract

The Trudy Jeremias Family Collection documents the lives of several family members of Trudy Jeremias, née Epstein. The largest part of the collection documents the life and art of her mother, Anna de Carmel, who left Vienna in 1938 and opened an arts studio in New York City. There is also material on her stepfathers Walter Gutman and Felix Augenstein. Felix was an architect who became famous for designing Sigmund Freud's chair. Only two clippings pertain to Trudy Jeremias herself.

Dates: 1857-2008 ; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

Ulrich Boschwitz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25553
Abstract

This collection contains writings by novelist Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz (1915–1942) as well as a few personal materials and documents about his estate and legacy.

Dates: circa 1930-2007

Uwe Westphal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5528
Abstract

The collection represents Uwe Westphal’s research material for his book about the heydays and ultimate destruction of Berlin’s clothing and fashion industry, 1836-1939: ‘Berliner Konfektion und Mode : die Zerstoerung einer Tradition’.

Dates: 1836-1993

Verband Ehemaliger Leipziger in Israel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 465
Abstract

Documents pertaining to Irgun Olei Leipzig (Verband Ehemaliger Leipziger – Association of Leipzig Immigrants) in Israel.

Dates: 1953-1956, 1992-1993

Vicki Baum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5130
Abstract

Most of the collection consists of correspondence exchanged between the novelist and screenwriter Vicki Baum and Carl Ostertag, a younger confidant. The collection also includes an unpublished manuscript version of her "Adolf Kringelein" story, which was later expanded into the novel "Menschen im Hotel" and the film "Grand Hotel."

Dates: 1920-1983

Wallach (Wallich) Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 809
Abstract

The collection contains various materials pertaining to the Wallach family, collected and edited by Else Levi-Mühsam (a decedent of the family), and comprises three folders.

Dates: 1930-1997

Walter and Betty Friedemann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11056
Abstract

The collection consists of materials documenting the lives of the Friedemann and Friedheim families. Included in the collection are family and professional correspondence, documents, musical scores by Walter Friedemann, poetry by various family members, a last will, and printed materials

Dates: 1826-1997

Walter B. Simon Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4261 / MF 827
Abstract

Published and unpublished manuscripts

Dates: undated, 1966-1974

Walter Breslauer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: ME 71 MM IV 14
Abstract

The bulk of this collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and clippings that were written and collected by Walter Breslauer in London, touching on his personal and professional memories as an administrative director of the Berlin Jewish community. Also included are items related to Walter Breslauer’s father, Bernhard Breslauer. The papers had been sent to the Leo Baeck Institute New York in 1970.

Dates: 1928-1970

Walter, Greta and Karl Loewenstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25227
Abstract

This collection holds papers of members of the Loewenstein family, especially Walter and Karl Loewenstein. Among the papers here are examples of Walter Loewenstein's writing, documentation of life in Rietberg in Westphalia (Germany) during the late 1930s and early 1940s, and correspondence concerning the fate of several family members during this time. Papers relating to Karl Loewenstein focus on his wartime activities. The genealogy of the Brandenstein family is also represented here along with a few papers of other family members. The collection consists of unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, official and restitution documentation, notebooks and notes, genealogical research, and fliers.

Dates: 1821-2004; Majority of material found in 1933-1989

Walter Harold Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4156
Abstract

This collection documents the history of the Harold (formerly Isaac) family. The collection focuses mainly on the brothers Walter and John Harold (born Walter Isaac and Hans Harald Isaac, respectively) and their family history going back to their earliest known ancestor, Herz Isaac of Hesse, Germany. Materials include vital documents, a family history narrative, photographs, passports, correspondence, notebooks, immigration papers, inheritance papers, and a few clippings.

Dates: 1843-1996