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Max Isserlin Collection
Isserlin, Max (1879-1941)
1902-1999
Papers of the psychiatrist Max Isserlin, includes: journals and papers on psychological and medical subjects; correspondence files; working papers; case histories and medical reports; photographs and ...
Czech Torah Scroll, MST#68, Brno
c.1850
Comprises a Czech Torah scroll in Hebrew containing the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Known as the Brno scroll, it originally came from Czechoslovakia. It is a scroll from an ...
Papers of Janina and Zygmunt Bauman
Bauman, Zygmunt (1925-2017); Bauman, Janina (1926-2009)
1945-2015
Most of the material relates to the professional careers of Zygmunt Bauman and his first wife, Janina Bauman (writer). It includes correspondence (with academics of sociology, philosophy and other dis...
Gerda Mayer Archive
Mayer, Gerda
c.1939 - 2008
The collection relates to the life and works of poet Gerda Mayer. It contains; Literary correspondence, personal correspondence, and published/ unpublished writings, with there being some amount of cr...
Esther Simpson correspondence and papers
Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)
1918-1997
This collection reflects Esther Simpson's work on behalf of refugee scholars over the course of fifty years. It also documents the many friendships and contacts she developed. The main collection (i...
Children's reading and Film Surveys by Janina Bauman
1958-1999
TS papers relating to academic research undertaken by Janina Bauman 1)Film survey (1958-1959) 2 and 3) Library Survey (1975-1977) Also includes:
Box (C) Research and papers [late 1970s - 1980s]
c.1978 - c.1993
Mainly Zygmunt Bauman's handwritten manuscript notes referring to works by other authors [some possibly relate to recommended reading lists for his lectures, some of which are included]. Others may re...
Reviews by Janina Bauman
c.1987-c.1992
Typescript drafts of reviews by Janina Bauman of Jewish/Holocaust focused publications for various journals (Jewish Quarterly, Oral History Society).
Correspondence : 1987-1990
c.1972-c.1990
Folders of correspondence mainly covering period c.1987-c.1990 in English unless otherwise specified. Some include copies of ZB’s letters. Files include correspondence from/re: 1) Various inc Pol...
Dortheimer, Victor
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a typed transcript of an interview (Tape No. 1377) with Victor Dorthheimer regarding his experience of living in Nazi occupied Poland. Dortheimer was chief enameller at Oskar Sc...
Hankowska (lakomy), Lena
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a typed short story titled 'My Mother of the Camp: Maria Kotarba' by Lena Hankowska, dated 1992. Hankowska recalls her time at Auschwitz concentration camp, reflecting on her fri...
Kutner, David
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a transcript of an interview with David Kutner regarding his experience as a Polish Jew detained in Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp at 11 years old. The account details the...