Hanna Spitzer Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Papers of Hanna Spitzer (1897-1982) are arranged in a single series and include a photograph of her, various vital and official documents, such as Hanna's birth certificate and last will and testament, original correspondence, postcards, lists of her assets, inventories and enumerations of pictures in storage, relocation documents, gallery invitations, and receipts and notations about materials on loan to galleries. Also included in the collection is Edith Neumann's 1935 list of "Spitzer Pictures", an enumeration of artworks owned by the Spitzer family. Many of the letters are concerned with personal matters and with her family's art collection. Her father Alfred, who died in the spring of 1923, had collected the works of such famous artists as Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoscha.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1973
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1916-1948
Creator
- Spitzer, Hanna, 1897-1982 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Hanna (Hansi) Spitzer was born on September 11, 1897 in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of the lawyer and art collector Alfred Spitzer and his wife Hermine. Hanna's younger sister was Edith Neumann, née Spitzer, a microbiologist who was married to the Congregationalist pastor Frederick Neumann. Hanna was forced to emigrate from Vienna in 1938, where she had been employed as a tutor. She eventually settled in New York, where she died in December 1982.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and various documents pertaining to Hanna Spitzer, her sister Edith Neumann, née Spitzer, and her father Alfred Spitzer.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged in a single series alphabetically by topic and date.
Processing Information
The files were sorted into official documents, letters and postcards from Hanna and to Hanna, materials about her relocation from Vienna, and various lists and documents about family owned artworks.
Subject
- Spitzer, Hanna, 1897-1982 (Person)
- Neumann, Edith, 1902-2002 (Person)
- Spitzer, Alfred Alexander (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Hanna Spitzer (1897-1982) 1910-1973 AR 25537
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Robert Paustian
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from HannaSpitzer.xml
Revision Statements
- April 01, 2015 : dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
