Research Catalog

Kohlbach-Bickel family papers

Title
  1. Kohlbach-Bickel family papers, 1860-1952.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. Kohlbach-Bickel family.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Kohlbach, Helen.
  2. Meir, Jacob, 1856-1939.
Description
  1. 5.5 linear feet (11 boxes).
Summary
  1. The collection consists of correspondence, professional materials, family documents, photographs, artwork and printed materials reflecting the activities of three generations of the Kohlbach and Bickel families, especially the period from the 1880s through World War II.
Subject
  1. Kacer family
  2. Teachers
  3. Architects
  4. Viewbooks
  5. Postcards
  6. Photographs
  7. Drawings
  8. World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees
  9. World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, Hungarian
  10. Rabbis > Hungary
  11. Jews > Social life and customs
  12. Germany > History > 1918-1933
  13. Kohlbach family
  14. Bickel family
  15. Kohlbach, Bertalan, 1866-
Genre/Form
  1. Drawings.
  2. Photographs.
  3. Postcards.
  4. Viewbooks.
Call number
  1. MssCol 6305
Note
  1. Forms part of the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  1. The Kohlbach and Bickel families represented in this collection originate with the marriage of Bertalan Kohlbach (b. 1866) and Helen Katscher of Hungary, continuing into the second and third generations through their son Emil Kohlbach (b. 1902); their daughter Ella (b. 1906), who married Erich Bickel of Switzerland and Germany; and the Bickel children.
Language (note)
  1. Materials in German, Hungarian, and Hebrew; some printed matter in French.
Author
  1. Kohlbach-Bickel family.
Title
  1. Kohlbach-Bickel family papers, 1860-1952.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
  1. The Kohlbach and Bickel families represented in this collection originate with the marriage of Bertalan Kohlbach (b. 1866) and Helen Katscher of Hungary, continuing into the second and third generations through their son Emil Kohlbach (b. 1902); their daughter Ella (b. 1906), who married Erich Bickel of Switzerland and Germany; and the Bickel children. The Kohlbach-Bickels resided mainly in Hungary and Switzerland, with later branches moving to Germany, Romania, Norway and Israel. Family members included a rabbi and professor, the first female Hungarian architect, and engineers.
Language
  1. Materials in German, Hungarian, and Hebrew; some printed matter in French.
Finding aids
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Location of other archival materials
  1. Additional materials on the Schwimmer and Katscher families are found in the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection and the Leopold Katscher Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.
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  1. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Architects.
  2. Teachers.
Added author
  1. Kohlbach, Helen.
  2. Meir, Jacob, 1856-1939.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 6305
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