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  3 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, May 19, 1943

  • 1943-May-19

  Ilse Wolfsberg informs Max Bredig (1902-1977) that her fiancé, the German scientific patent expert Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), finally received an American visa. She describes the plans for his arrival in New York and…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, March 20, 1942

  • 1942-Mar-20

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) provides advice to Ilse Wolfsberg regarding the immigration case of her fiancé, the German scientific patent expert, Fritz Hochwald. Hochwald is currently interned in the Miranda de Ebro…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp), Wolfsberg, Ilse
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, June 15, 1941

  • 1941-Jun-15

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs Ilse Wolfsberg that he inquired about immigration opportunities in Cuba for her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald, who is in an internment camp in Spain.

  • Addressee Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Wolfsberg, Ilse, Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Internment camps
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  5 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Anny van der Sluys to Max Bredig, September 21, 1945

  • 1945-Sep-21

  Anny van der Sluys, a Dutch antifascist resistance member and humanitarian, thanks Max Bredig (1902-1977) for his correspondence and a recent package that he sent her. She informs Bredig that she has not heard anything…

  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Van der Sluys, Anny, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Netherlands
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  4 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Anny van der Sluys to Hans Jolowicz, July 19, 1945

  • 1945-Jul-19

  Anny van der Sluys, a Dutch antifascist resistance member and humanitarian, informs Hans Jolowicz of the tragic deaths of his sister, Eva Jolowicz Schnell (1913-1944), and brother-in-law, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944).…

  • Addressee Jolowicz, Hans, 1909-1987
  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Subject Van der Sluys, Anny, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Westerbork (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Jolowicz, Hans, 1909-1987
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  4 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Anny van der Sluys to the Schnell family, July 9, 1945

  • 1945-Jul-09

  Anny van der Sluys, a Dutch antifascist resistance member and humanitarian, informs the Schnell family of the tragic deaths of their family members, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), and his wife, Eva Jolowicz Schnell…

  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Subject Van der Sluys, Anny, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Netherlands, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Manuscripts

  Note written by Max Bredig

  • 1940s

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes a note to himself regarding the U.S. State Department's procedure on applying for a new American visa. He forwarded this information to Ilse Wolfsberg, the fiancé of his former colleague,…

  • Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration, Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp), Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Wolfsberg, Ilse
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  3 items
  Publications, Illustrated works

  Louis Pasteur, Benefactor de la Humanidad

  • Louis Pasteur, Benefactor of Humanity

  • 1956-May-10

  The colorful letterpress halftone illustrations of this comic book tell a biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).

  This work is part of the 1956 comic series, Vidas Ilustres.…

  • Publisher Organización Editorial Novaro
  • Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Vaccination, Comic books, strips, etc.
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter Excerpt from Paul Homburger, January 26, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-26

  Paul Homburger (1882-1965) describes the two groups of people that are permitted to leave the Gurs concentration camp in France.

  • Author Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Franz Friedrich Nord, February 13, 1941

  • 1941-Feb-13

  Ilse Wolfsberg updates Franz Friedrich Nord (1889-1973) on the immigration case of her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), who is interned at the Miranda de Ebro Camp in Spain. She additionally asks Nord if he would be…

  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Addressee Nord, Friedrich Franz, 1889 -1973
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Internment camps, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Nord, Friedrich Franz, 1889 -1973, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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  4 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Dr. Moritz Straus to Max Bredig, December 1940

  • 1940-Dec-22
  • 1940-Dec-26

  Moritz Straus provides information to Max Bredig (1902-1977) on how to send financial assistance to Max's sister and brother-in-law, Marianne and Viktor Homburger, who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp in…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Straus, Moritz
  • Subject University of California, Berkeley, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Advertisements

  Bug-A-Boo With and Without D.D.T. Kills All 9 Major Pests

  • After 1931 – before 1963

  Color-print advertisement for Socony-Vacuum Bug-a-boo insecticide. An illustration of three cartoon mosquitos fleeing from a pesticide sprayer fills the top portion of the page. Two Bug-a-boo bottles are illustrated on…

  • Creator Of Work Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
  • Subject DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides, Pests--Control, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
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  Video Recordings

  Turbo-Cat

  • Circa 1958

  This silent film shows a demonstration of the "Turbo-Cat" expeditionary catapult. Developed in the 1950s by Don Doolitle and manufactured by the All American Engineering Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the system used…

  • Creator Of Work All American Engineering Company
  • Subject Airplanes, Jet engines
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, April 16, 1940

  • 1940-Apr-16

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) inquires about the well-being of her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), after his arrival in New York in early 1940. She additionally discusses the status of her family's affidavits of…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig

  • Circa 1941

  After being freed from the Gurs internment camp in France, Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968) write a joint letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Lisbon,…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, January 25, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-25

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp in France, thank Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending them food parcels. They…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp)
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, January 2, 1940

  • 1940-Jan-02

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) asks her brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), about financial support for their father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Georg, who recently fled Nazi-occupied Germany, is currently a refugee in the…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Third Reich
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  6 items
  Sample books

  Dacron & Antron Colour Story

  • Piece Dyed / Cross Dyed Jersey Fabrics

  • 1950 – 1970

  Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.

  • Author E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
  • Publisher E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
  • Subject Dacron, Dyes and dyeing--Dacron, Dyes and dyeing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Textile fabrics, Synthetic fabrics
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  2 items
  Photographs

  Max and Lydia Bredig with Marianne and Viktor Homburger in Colorado

  • Circa 1943

  Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977), third from left, with his wife, Lydia Bredig née Levy, to his right, and his sister and brother-and-law, Marianne and Viktor Homburger, on his left. The group of…

  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Emigration and immigration, Jews, German, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Bredig, Lydia
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig, August 27, 1941

  • 1941-Aug-27

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes to his colleague, a professor, to convey his knowledge about the whereabouts of the Neumann family, who were interned in the Gurs concentration camp with his sister, Marianne Homburger…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, April 15, 1941

  • 1941-Apr-15

  In a joint letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and her husband, Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), describe their life in Marseille, France after their release from…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1987, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jews, German
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, January 1941

  • 1941-Jan

  In a letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977), Ilse Wolfsberg outlines two possibilities to facilitate the immigration of her fiance, Fritz Hochwald, a German-Jewish patent specialist and former colleague of Max Bredig, to the…

  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Wolfsberg, Ilse, Jews, German, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp), Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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  Photographs

  Unidentified man with instrument

  • After 1949 – before 1976

  A black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing next to an IBM 407 Accounting Machine. Introduced in 1949, the IBM 407 was one of a long line of IBM tabulating machines. The 407 read punched cards, totaled…

  • Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Punched card systems, Computers
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  Photographs

  Eugene Garfield posed with a volume of "Current Contents"

  • Circa 1959

  Black and white photograph of a seated Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) holding an open copy of Current Contents. Eugene Garfield was a prominent American information scientist and pioneer in the field of scientometrics. He…

  • Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information
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  Photographs

  Portrait of Eugene Garfield

  • After 1940 – before 1963

  Black and white photograph of Eugene Garfield (1925-2017), a prominent American information scientist and pioneer in the field of scientometrics. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), a…

  • Photographer Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963
  • Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information