Firma F.V. (Falk Valentin) Gruenfeld Collection
Scope and Content Note
Various published and archival materials pertaining to the textile company F.V. (Frank Valentin) Grünfeld, focusing primarily on its consecutive owners, Ludwig Grünfeld, Heinrich Grünfeld and Fritz Grünfeld. Included are official certificates, business correspondence, photographs, advertisements, catalogues, bills, clippings etc. Also included are materials about the company during the Nazi era and its eventual "Aryanization".
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1979
Creator
- Grünfeld, Fritz V. (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Collection is microfilmed, use MF 566.
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
Falk Valentin Grünfeld (1837-1897) was the son of a Silesian family of textile manufacturers and retailers. He established a major retail company in Berlin. Consecutive owners were his heirs, Ludwig Grünfeld (1864-1929) and Heinrich Grünfeld (1865-1936), who had to navigate through the company’s expropriation under the Nazis.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Various published and archival materials pertaining to the textile company F.V. (Frank Valentin) Gruenfeld.
Other Finding Aid
7-page inventory.
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Oversized materials, such as two identical family trees compiled by Ludwig Gruenfeld, Berlin, 1907; and a letter in honor of the company’s 50th business anniversary have been removed to the collection’s oversized folder OS 2.
Subject
- Grünfeld, Falk Valentin, 1837-1897 (Person)
- Grünfeld, Heinrich, 1865-1936 (Person)
- Grünfeld, Ludwig, 1864-1929 (Person)
- Grünfeld, Fritz V. (Person)
- Landeshuter Leinen- und Gebildweberei F.V. Grünfeld (Organization)
- Grünfeld family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Firma F.V. (Falk Valentin) Gruenfeld Collection, 1854-1979 AR 2259 / MF 566
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- April 30, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
