Metadata : Altmann Archive
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- University College London
- Holding institution (official language):
- University College London
- Postal address:
- POST:UCL Library Services, UCL (University College London), Gower StreetLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1E 6BT
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7679 7792
- Web address:
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections
- Email:
- Email: library@ucl.ac.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- University College London
- Holding institution (official language):
- University College London
- Postal address:
- POST:UCL Library Services, UCL (University College London), Gower StreetLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1E 6BT
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7679 7792
- Web address:
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections
- Email:
- Email: library@ucl.ac.uk
- Reference number:
- Altmann
- Title:
- Altmann Archive
- Title (official language):
- Altmann Archive
- Creator/accumulator:
- Altmann, Alexander, 1906-1987, rabbi
- Date(s):
- 1920/1997
- Language:
- English
- German
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 116 boxes
- Scope and content:
- The Altmann collection, [1920-1997], comprises papers of Alexander Altmann; papers of his brothers, Manfred and Erwin Altmann, Altmann family papers and papers relating to the Institute of Jewish Studies. Includes memoirs, diaries, draft manuscripts, research papers, letters, photographs, audio-visual material, family research papers, financial and legal papers and papers relating to publications and conferences.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Alexander Altmann was born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, 1906; educated, University of Berlin, -1931; rabbi in Berlin and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Seminary, 1931-1938; emigrated to England, 1938; communal rabbi in Manchester, 1938-1959; Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies, 1953-1958; Philip W Lown Professor of Jewish Philosophy and History of Ideas, Brandeis University in Waltham, USA, 1959-1976; Visiting Professor at Harvard and at Hebrew University, 1976-1978; associate at the Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, 1978-1987; died, 1987.Manfred Altmann was born, 1911; educated at Universities in Frankfurt, 1928, Berlin and Marburg; emigrated to Holland, 1934-1939; emigrated to England as a lawyer for a Dutch-Jewish company, 1939; worked for the Jewish National Fund, 1941; started his own import-export business, 1947; Honorary Secretary of the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London (UCL); Chairman of the Institute of Jewish Studies, 1988; Honorary Fellow of UCL, 1992, died, 1999.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Altmann
- Altmann, Alexander
- Altmann, Erwin
- Altmann, Manfred
- Subject terms:
- Financial records
- Historical research
- Legal records
- Personal records
- Access, restrictions:
- This collection has not been fully catalogued or checked for personal data but will be checked in response to any request to view material. We may require four weeks' notice in advance of making an appointment to allow sufficient time for data protection checking, please allow extra time for this. Some files may be restricted or closed if they are found to contain personal data of living individuals.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ALTMANN
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. Sources: biographical information was compiled from Google searching.
- University College London
- Reference number:
- Altmann
- Title:
- Altmann Archive
- Title (official language):
- Altmann Archive
- Creator/accumulator:
- Altmann, Alexander, 1906-1987, rabbi
- Date(s):
- 1920/1997
- Language:
- English
- German
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 116 boxes
- Scope and content:
- The Altmann collection, [1920-1997], comprises papers of Alexander Altmann; papers of his brothers, Manfred and Erwin Altmann, Altmann family papers and papers relating to the Institute of Jewish Studies. Includes memoirs, diaries, draft manuscripts, research papers, letters, photographs, audio-visual material, family research papers, financial and legal papers and papers relating to publications and conferences.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Alexander Altmann was born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, 1906; educated, University of Berlin, -1931; rabbi in Berlin and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Seminary, 1931-1938; emigrated to England, 1938; communal rabbi in Manchester, 1938-1959; Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies, 1953-1958; Philip W Lown Professor of Jewish Philosophy and History of Ideas, Brandeis University in Waltham, USA, 1959-1976; Visiting Professor at Harvard and at Hebrew University, 1976-1978; associate at the Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, 1978-1987; died, 1987.Manfred Altmann was born, 1911; educated at Universities in Frankfurt, 1928, Berlin and Marburg; emigrated to Holland, 1934-1939; emigrated to England as a lawyer for a Dutch-Jewish company, 1939; worked for the Jewish National Fund, 1941; started his own import-export business, 1947; Honorary Secretary of the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London (UCL); Chairman of the Institute of Jewish Studies, 1988; Honorary Fellow of UCL, 1992, died, 1999.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Altmann
- Altmann, Alexander
- Altmann, Erwin
- Altmann, Manfred
- Subject terms:
- Financial records
- Historical research
- Legal records
- Personal records
- Access, restrictions:
- This collection has not been fully catalogued or checked for personal data but will be checked in response to any request to view material. We may require four weeks' notice in advance of making an appointment to allow sufficient time for data protection checking, please allow extra time for this. Some files may be restricted or closed if they are found to contain personal data of living individuals.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ALTMANN
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. Sources: biographical information was compiled from Google searching.
- University College London
