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Letter from Elsa (Ilse) Hayn to Max Bredig, December 11, 1949

  • 1949-Dec-11

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Letter from Elsa (Ilse) Hayn to Max Albert Bredig. Hayn asks Bredig about a check from Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968) and invites him to visit her in New York.

Elsa is an Anglicized version of Ilse. Ilse seems to have adopted the name Elsa when she immigrated to the United States.

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  • 13.5 cm W x 17.5 cm H (folded)
  • 27 cm W x 17.5 cm H (unfolded)
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series II: Max Bredig Papers, 1911-1968
  • Series II: Sub-Series I. Max Bredig Correspondence File, 1926-1958
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  • Box 8, Folder 13

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Hayn, Ilse. “Letter from Elsa (Ilse) Hayn to Max Bredig, December 11, 1949,” December 11, 1949. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 8, Folder 13. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6q3kivr.

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