Neumann, Karl (1895-1971): Family papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1303
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Neumann, Karl (1895-1971): Family papers
Date(s)	: 1909-1971
Level of description	: Collection level (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Neumann | Karl | 1895-1971 | company director

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Karl Neumann was born into a Jewish family in Picin, Czechoslovakia, 1895. He trained at a business school and after initially working with his brother he went into business on his own in 1933. In 1939 on account of persecution by the Nazis on racial grounds he fled to London.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Neumann family, 1909-1971, including personal papers of Karl Neumann comprising school certificates, marriage certificate, job references and family correspondence and the personal papers of Irma Neumann (née Traub) including birth certificates and school certificates.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German, Czech and English

System of arrangement:

Chronological by individual

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

E. Wohlgemuth

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2008