Kantorowicz Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
Family trees with data from 1495 through the 20th century; family photos and photos of cemeteries; funeral address for Johanna Schwerin; personal correspondence; curriculum vitae for Abraham Schwerin
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1958
Creator
- Kantorowicz family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Hebrew, and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the link(s) 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
Bertha Samson married Philipp Mühsam in 1881. They are the parents of Eva Kantorowicz (1883-1950). Her husband Franz was the head of the Kantorowicz liqueur firm, located first in Posen (Poznan) and then in Berlin. He was also the brother of Gertrud Kantorowicz and a cousin of Ernst Kantorowicz.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains family trees with data going back to 1495, as well as some correspondence and other papers and photographs.
Other Finding Aid
A partial German-language inventory is available in folder 1.
Separated Material
Some photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection
Subject
- Samson, Louis, 1813-1879 (Person)
- Mühsam, Bertha, 1857-1939 (Person)
- Kantorowicz family (Family)
- Asher family (Family)
- Sampson family (Family)
- Schwerin family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Kantorowicz Family Collection, 1834-1958 AR 439
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- October 17, 2011 : Link(s) to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
