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Manes, Walter (b 1911): Personal papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1548

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Manes, Walter (b 1911): Personal papers

Date(s): 1918-1999

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Manes | Walter | b 1911 | musician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Walter Manes was born in Berlin in 1911, one of four children of Philipp and Gertrude Manes, a Jewish family. He managed to escape Nazi Germany through employment opportunities as a musician in Shanghai in 1938 and 1939. He remained with his wife in China until 1948 when he emigrated to USA. (See 1548/1 for an autobiographical account).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal papers of Walter Manes, 1918-1999, includes correspondence with parents; official documentation; papers relating to his time in Shanghai; correspondence regarding emigration to USA and photographs.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, German and French

System of arrangement:

Chronological by subject.

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

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Eva Manes.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

WL 1346

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: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Emigration | Migration
Jews | Religious groups

Personal names
Manes | Walter | b 1911 | musician

Corporate names

Places
Shanghai | Shanghai Shi | China | East Asia
USA | North America