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Manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:

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

Walter S. Hertzmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6105
Abstract

Unpublished manuscripts on the genealogy of the various ancestors of Walter S. Hertzmann.

Dates: 1989-1990

Walther Hirschberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3840
Abstract

This collection contains published and manuscript music, mostly Lieder, by composer Walther Hirschberg (1889-1960).

Dates: 1928-1970

Walther Rathenau Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1451
Abstract

This collection contains a small amount of Rathenau's correspondence and several manuscripts and clippings about Rathenau and his family.

Dates: 1894-1983

Weil Family, Frankfurt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6266
Abstract

The collection holds correspondence and manuscripts pertaining to the extended Weil family. The bulk of the correspondence comes from Berthold and Selma Weil in Frankfurt and in England to their children in Palestine/Israel and in the USA. Also included are letters from Rickchen Rosenthal née Marx (Selma Weil’s mother) from Frankfurt and Theresienstadt.

Dates: 1934-1994; Majority of material found within 1934-1956

Werner and Gisella Cahnman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25210
Abstract

This collection contains material pertaining to the sociologist Werner Cahnman and his wife, the biophysicist Gisella Levi Cahnman. It primarily documents the early years and immigration of Werner Cahnman, as well as his and his wife's careers in the United States. It also illustrates the immigration of family members. Papers in this collection include a large amount of photographs, correspondence, diaries, some writings, official papers, and restitution files.

Dates: 1717-2004; Majority of material found within 1940-1965

Werner and Vera Gamby Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25617
Abstract

This family collection primarily focuses on the immigration of Werner and Vera Gamby from Hamburg to New York. In addition, it documents the immigration of Vera Gamby's parents and the attempted immigration and later deportation of Werner's mother, aunt, and other family members. The collection also contains documentation and research on family genealogy and photographs of family members. The collection includes correspondence, photographs and photo albums, official documents, family trees, and unpublished manuscripts by family members.

Dates: 1885-2013; Majority of material found within 1939-1945

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

Werner Feilchenfeld Collection

 Collection
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

Werner Hans and Elsa Bloch Family Collection

 Collection
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