Kolben Emil, Ing.

Collection description

Scope and content:: The fonds contains personal documents, an autobiography of Kolben, family, personal and business correspondence (fragmentary), studies in the areas of philosophy, business theory and technology, manuscripts and typescripts of technical works.

Archival history:: The records were incorporated into the archives of the Jewish Museum in Prague during the Second World War as part of shipments of material from Jewish religious communities that had been disbanded.

Administrative/biographical history:: Ing. Emil Kolben (born 1 November 1862 in Stránčice, died 3 August 1943 in Terezín). After graduating from the German Technical University in Prague, Kolben visited the major international industrial centres and worked for the Edison Machine Company in Schenectady, USA. He was active in the USA for four years, later settling with his family in Switzerland where he wrote treatises on asynchronous three-phase motors, for which he gained international renown. In 1896 he co-founded with Karel Bondy the company Kolben and Co.-Electro-Technical Factory in Prague-Vysočany. In 1921 this company merged with the Czech-Moravian Engineering Works to form the Czech-Moravian-Kolben joint stock company. In 1927 this industrial concern merged with the Daněk company to form Czech-Moravian-Kolben-Daněk (ČKD). Emil Kolben died in the Terezín ghetto during the Second World War.

Subject terms:: Correspondence; Manufacturing; Manuscripts; Memoirs; Personal records; Professions; Professions--Engineers; Trade and commerce

Finding aids:: Hanková M: Emil Kolben, Ing. (1862-1943), Inventář ,2013, 6 s., AP č. 332