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Kaufmann, David, 1852-1899. Correspondence of David Kaufmann.

Title: Correspondence of David Kaufmann. 1887-1890.

Postcards and letters from Prof. David Kaufmann of Budapest to Dr. Brann of Breslau. There is also a letter written by Kaufmann's wife, Irma. One of the letters includes a list of circumcisions in an unknown city dating from 1733 to 1829.

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves ; 17-23 cm. + 5 postcards (8-9 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487585 View

Brann, M. (Marcus), 1849-1920. Correspondence.

Title: Correspondence. 1900?-1918.

Collection of sermons, bibliographical and historical notes (mentioning events as early as 1518), letters and postcards written by M. Brann. The correspondence is mostly with Louis Lewin. Many of Brann's postcards have the return address: Monatsschrift für Geschichte u. Wissenschaft des Judentums (Breslau).

ArchivalResource: ca. 30 leaves ; 16-30 cm. + 60 postcards.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122612318 View

Brann, M. (Marcus), 1849-1920. Jews of Schlesien, Breslau, etc.

Title: Jews of Schlesien, Breslau, etc. [between 1900 and 1920]

Material on the history of the Jews in various communities, mostly in Schlesien, but some other places as well, including Breslau, Glogau, etc. covering the years 1506 to 1913. Copied by Marcus Brann from archives, including Breslauer Staats Archive.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 leaves, unbound ; 12-21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520724 View

Brann, M. (Marcus), 1849-1920. [Geschichte der Juden in Schlesien] / M. Brann.

Title: [Geschichte der Juden in Schlesien] / M. Brann. [1883-1917]

ArchivalResource: 12 pieces ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17658741 View

Kaufmann, David, 1852-1899. 880-01 A. Amulet; B. Kelale ha-ḥokhmah leha-Ramaḳ / Yeshaʻyah Donovits; C. Teshuvat Maharam Dayan Spiṿaḳoṿ; D. Reshimat ha-sefarim ha-nimtseʼim be-Vet midrash de-Mariampol; E. Letter from James Picciatto to Sol. Schloss; F. Postcards from David Kaufmann to M. Brann; G. Miscellaneous leaves.

Title: A. Amulet; B. Kelale ha-ḥokhmah leha-Ramaḳ / Yeshaʻyah Donovits; C. Teshuvat Maharam Dayan Spiṿaḳoṿ; D. Reshimat ha-sefarim ha-nimtseʼim be-Vet midrash de-Mariampol; E. Letter from James Picciatto to Sol. Schloss; F. Postcards from David Kaufmann to M. Brann; G. Miscellaneous leaves. 1870-1906.

A. Amulet from Jerusalem, 1848; B. a copy of the mystical work Kelale ha-ḥokhmah leha-Ramaḳ, setting forth the basic kabbalistic ideas of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, 1870; C. responsum of Maharam Dayan Spiṿaḳoṿ with a Russian translation, 1906?, discussing the ruling of a bet din in Odessa regarding a butcher named Grossman; D. a list of books in the Bet midrash of Mariampol; E. a letter concerning the activities of the Morocco Relief Fund, 1884; F. correspondence between David Kaufmann of Hungary and M. Brann in Silesia.

ArchivalResource: [2], 8, [15, 1, 4, 10, 2, 3] leaves ; 11-21 cm. (34 folded to 17 cm.) + 14 postcards, 1 postcard fragment (8-9 cm., 4 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122883377 View

Kempen papers.

Title: Kempen papers.

Material regarding the history of the Jews of Kempen, 1674-1945, mostly notes written by Louis Lewin. There are also many postcards addressed to Louis Lewin, Dr. M. Brann, and Dr. Siegmund Frankel. An unrelated postcard dated 1945 from Emanuel Moses in Toronto to Detroit. There is a series of postcards from Rabbi Ḥayim Yaʻaḳov Zilberberg of Warsaw asking Lewin's help in reprinting the books of his teacher, Rabbi Yaʻaḳov Śimḥah, who had been rabbi of Kempen in the 19th century. Zilberberg specifically asked for help in reprinting his teacher's Shaʻare Śimḥah, which he himself had helped print in 1877. Lewin helped financially, resulting in the 1911 edition. He also contributed a responsum of the author, appearing in the 1911 ed., as mentioned in one of Zilberberg's postcards. Lewin's help is acknowledged in the introduction to the 1911 ed.

ArchivalResource: ca. 90 leaves ; 2-23 cm. + 21 postcards (9 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155241279 View

Landsberger, Joseph. Papers and correspondence of Joseph Landsberger.

Title: Papers and correspondence of Joseph Landsberger. 1830-1918.

Letters, papers, and historical notes of Joseph Landsberger, and a work by M. Brann. Landsberger's writings include an essay on Solomon Maimon and a chronology of the Middle Ages. There is a lengthy history of the Jews in Silesia by M. Brann. The historical materials concern the years 1349 to 1918.

ArchivalResource: ca. 60 leaves, unbound ; 14-21 cm. + 5 postcards (7-9 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520523 View

Brann, M. (Marcus), 1849-1920. Notes of Professor Marcus Brann.

Title: Notes of Professor Marcus Brann. [between 1900 and 1932]

Historical and bibliographical notes by M. Brann, and some apparently by Louis Lewin, including notes on the history of the Jewish community of Glatz, Germany, now called Kłodzko, Poland. The two postcards, written in 1932, are from J. Ledermann of Glatz to Lewin, then in Breslau.

ArchivalResource: 36 leaves ; 3-25 cm. + 2 postcards (10 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122688298 View

Brann, M. (Marcus), 1849-1920. Jews in Schlesien.

Title: Jews in Schlesien. 1906.

Copy of a manuscript from K. Allgemeines Reichsarchiv of München, concerning the Jews of Schlesien, 1535. Copied for Marcus Brann.

ArchivalResource: 11, 1 leaves ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122537850 View

Brann, M. (Marcus), 1849-1920. Emendations of M. Brann to J.B. Levy's Das Vincenz Lied.

Title: Emendations of M. Brann to J.B. Levy's Das Vincenz Lied. 1916.

Emendations of M. Brann to J.B. Levy's [translation of] Das Vincenz Lied. Written in Breslau.

ArchivalResource: 10 leaves ; 14-23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488546 View

Alexander, Simḥah ha-Leṿi, mi-Greṭts. 880-01 Yahrtsaiṭsṭage.

Title: Yahrtsaiṭsṭage. 1883,1885.

Lists of dates of yahrzeits of the members of the Jewish community of Pless, arranged by month, written by Simḥah ha-Leṿi Alexander of Graetz, with additions by Rabbi Dr. Marcus Brann (rabbi of Pless from 1885-1891). There is also a death certificate issued in Pless, Oct. 1883, and a list of yahrzeits showing the corresponding Torah readings of the year.

ArchivalResource: 7 leaves, bound ; 23 cm.[2] leaves, unbound ; 5-7 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122870815 View

Lewin, Louis, 1868-1941. Correspondence concerning Lipschütz family.

Title: Correspondence concerning Lipschütz family. 1906-1915.

Notes and letters on the history of the Lipschütz family. Included in the family is Rabbi Israel Lipschütz who served for a time as rabbi of Cleves and was one of the principal players in the case of the "Cleve get" of 1766. He discussed it in his volume Or Yiśraʼel, published in Cleves in 1770. The notes and correspondence were collected by Louis Lewin. Some letters are addressed to Marcus Brann, and some are signed by Dr. Silberstein, another by David de Sola Pool writing from Berlin in 1906.

ArchivalResource: 19 leaves ; 9-22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122619348 View

Pinkus Family Collection, 1500s-1994, bulk 1725-1994

Title: Pinkus Family Collection 1500s-1994, bulk 1725-1994

The collection contains papers including vital documents, membership cards, awards, medals, diaries, memoirs, diaries,manuscripts, legal papers, correspondence, business records, wills, genealogies and family histories regarding the Pinkus family, notable textile manufacturers in Neustadt (nowPrudnik, Poland) in Upper Silesia, and their personal and business affairs. The family was also highly regarded for its support of civic and cultural affairs in the area, andcorresponded with several notable cultural figures.

ArchivalResource: 18.5

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=475762 View