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Manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 743 Collections and/or Records:

Werner Erwin Stark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11946
Abstract This collection contains materials about Werner Erwin Stark (1921-1995), who during World War Two was one of the "Ritchie Boys" (a group of mostly Jewish German and Austrian men whose language and cultural skills proved valuable to Army intelligence in Europe). It includes vital and identification documents, family trees, snapshots and portraits of women, and a novelistic autobiographical account of Stark's youth and experiences as a counterintelligence agent during World War Two.
Dates: 1921-2002
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Erwin Stark Collection

Werner Feilchenfeld Collection

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Identifier: AR 4081
Abstract Manuscripts and memoranda on Israel and the Middle East, restitution claims and transfers of funds from Nazi Germany. Also manuscripts related to Feilchenfeld’s duties as Executive Director of the Service for Palestine.
Dates: 1948-1962
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Feilchenfeld Collection

Werner Hans and Elsa Bloch Family Collection

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Identifier: AR 25688
Abstract The collection mainly comprises material related to Werner Hans Bloch's genealogical studies about his and Elsa Bloch's families. Also included are documents pertaining to Werner Hans and Elsa Bloch's family life, such as correspondence, photographs and official documents.
Dates: 1812-2006
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Hans and Elsa Bloch Family Collection

Werner Tom Angress Collection

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Identifier: AR 25321 / MF 924 Reels 1-11
Abstract This collection holds documents relating to the work of history professor Werner Tom Angress, as well as some that provide information on his refugee and wartime experiences. Among the papers of this collection are extensive research material, correspondence and articles by him, students' manuscripts, and papers pertaining to the Gross-Breesen training farm for Jewish emigrants.
Dates: 1904-1994; Majority of material found within 1950-1980
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Tom Angress Collection

Werner Tom Angress Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBI-JMB-2009.1
Dates: 1899 – 2009
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Tom Angress Collection

Werner Warmbrunn Collection

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Identifier: AR 25202
Abstract The Werner Warmbrunn Collection documents life and professional activities of Werner Warmbrunn and to a smaller extent, members of his immediate family. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries and memoirs, educational documents, printed materials, and unpublished poetry by David Warmbrunn and Werner Warmbrunn.
Dates: 1885-2006
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Warmbrunn Collection

Werner Weinberg Collection

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Identifier: AR 10083
Abstract This collection documents the personal lives of Werner Weinberg’s immediate family and his in-laws, Hans and Rosa Halberstadt, as well Weinberg’s efforts to preserve the memory of the German Jews and the Jews of his hometown Rheda in particular as well as a limited amount of materials documenting his professional activities as a writer.
Dates: 1907-1993; Majority of material found in 1932-1980
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Weinberg Collection

Werner Zimmt Family Collection

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Identifier: AR 6383
Abstract The bulk of the collection is made up of family trees and photocopies of vital documents relating to the Zimmt, Dziersowitz, Goetz, Scheuer, Pasch, and Schlesinger families.
Dates: 1842-1991
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Werner Zimmt Family Collection

West European Collection

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Identifier: AR 4099 / MF 356
Abstract This collection contains documents and manuscripts on Alsace-Lorraine, France, and Germany.
Dates: 1691-1941
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / West European Collection

Westphalia Jewish Community Collection

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Identifier: AR 2075
Abstract Documents, clippings and reports pertaining to the Jews in Westphalia, Germany from the early 19th to the 20th century.
Dates: 1805-1993
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Westphalia Jewish Community Collection

Wiedergutmachung Collection

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Identifier: LBIJER 337
Abstract Various materials in 3 folders concerning Jewish claims and options of compensation for lost property after the end of War World II. Included are correspondence and various writings; minutes of meetings; as well as newspaper clippings.
Dates: 1939-1965
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Wiedergutmachung Collection

Wiesenthal Family Collection

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Identifier: AR 375 / MF 748
Abstract The collection holds primarily vital and official documents, clippings, correspondence, photographs and publications pertaining to the pharmacist W. Wiesenthal in Brandenburg. Also represented is the Jacobs family, which was related to Wiesenthal by marriage.
Dates: 1847-1924
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Wiesenthal Family Collection

Wilhelm Buchheim Collection

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Identifier: AR 2078 / MF 687
Abstract The collection contains various personal documents of Wilhelm Buchheim and numerous lectures he gave in English and German. Lectures in folder 2 include English language (held in London) "Does Anti-Semitism Affect the Character of the Jews?" and "Education in Germany" . Germany language lectures include "Das Jüdische Kind und seine Umwelt" "Apologetische Fragen im Religionsunterricht" "Die Neuordnung der Lehrerbildung." Folder 3 contains clippings, often on pedagogical topics, with some articles by Buchheim, others by Gustav Krojanker. The Jewish newspapers include "Gemeindeblatt Essen", "Jüdische Schulzeitung" and "Blätter fuer Erziehung und Unterricht."
Dates: 1902-1956
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Wilhelm Buchheim Collection

Wilhelm Eckstein Collection

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Identifier: AR 10350
Abstract This collection holds unpublished writings of the lawyer Wilhelm Eckstein (born 1872), including a manuscript on the spy Bolo Pasha and the French politician Joseph Caillaux, anti-war writings, part of a work on economics, autobiographical sketches, and large amount of poetry. Other materials include notebooks, loose notes, clippings, and a few personal papers.
Dates: 1906-1941
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Wilhelm Eckstein Collection

Willi Anders Collection.

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Identifier: LBI-JMB-2008.2
Dates: 1915 – 2005
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Willi Anders Collection.

William Strauss Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7178 / MF 1026
Abstract This collection contains the papers of banker William Strauss. It includes his correspondence, a large amount of newspaper clippings, family trees, and research material pertaining to the Mendelssohn banking house.
Dates: 1818-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1962
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / William Strauss Collection

William Werner Bloch Collection

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Identifier: AR 25619
Abstract The William Werner Bloch Collection documents chapters in the life of William Werner Bloch, especially his involvement as an American soldier in World War II, as well as the history of his family and the claim for compensation against Germany after World War II.
Dates: 1918-1998; Majority of material found within 1933-1960
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / William Werner Bloch Collection

Willy Wertheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 798
Abstract The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence relating to his efforts as a committee chairman for tree-planting efforts in Israel. Other materials concern his genealogy and his memoirs.
Dates: 1892-1980
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Willy Wertheimer Collection

Windmueller Family Collection

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Identifier: AR 4012
Abstract This collection contains a copy of a privately printed genealogical chronicle of the Windmüller family and of the Jewish community of Beckum, as well as original materials regarding the Windmueller's resettlement from Germany to the United States, including appraisal and sale documents for their factory in Beckum.
Dates: 1765-1984; Majority of material found within 1935-1938
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Windmueller Family Collection

Wladimir G. Eliasberg Collection

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Identifier: AR 3267
Abstract The Wladimir G. Eliasberg Collection documents the lives of the members of the Eliasberg family and to a lesser extent professional activities of Wladimir Eliasberg. The collection consists of personal correspondence, writings, vital and professional documents, and printed materials.
Dates: 1875-2003
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Wladimir G. Eliasberg Collection

Wolf Popper Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25312
Abstract Manuscripts, vital documents, correspondence, heraldry, and genealogical materials pertaining to Wolf Popper and his family, emphasizing Wolf Popper’s studies at the Hawtreys Preparatory School in England and to the family’s ennobled heritage. Also included is a manuscript about the mezzo-soprano Mathilde Marchesi, née Graumann (March 24, 1821 – November 17, 1913), who made her name as a singing teacher in Vienna, Paris and other European conservatories.
Dates: 1894-2007
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Wolf Popper Family Collection

Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau Collection

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Identifier: LBIJER 553
Abstract The file contains various materials pertaining to the activity of the Central Relief Committee (Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau) of the Reich Representation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden), and comprises eight folders.
Dates: 1924-1939
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau Collection

Zunz Archives Jerusalem Collection

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Identifier: AR 2370
Abstract The collection contains photocopies and microfilm reels with items from the Leopold Zunz Archives at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.
Dates: [unknown]
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Zunz Archives Jerusalem Collection

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