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Wellisch, Gertrude (b 1925): Correspondence regarding emigration


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1302

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Wellisch, Gertrude (b 1925): Correspondence regarding emigration

Date(s): 1939

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Wellisch | Gertude | b 1925

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The only biographical information is provided by a letter (1302/7) from her uncle, Norbert Wellisch, in which he describes her as 13 and a half years of age, tall and thin, 'prettier than the enclosed picture' (1302/11), intelligent and with a fervent desire to come to Great Britain.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence relating to the establishment of a guarantor for Gertrude Wellisch, an Austrian Jewish refugee, including letters between various agencies and the prospective guarantor, 1939.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material:

Mostly English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Rita Rosenblum

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Emigration | Migration
Jews | Religious groups
Refugees | Migrants

Personal names
Wellisch | Gertude | b 1925

Corporate names

Places