1  

THE PAPERS

OF HEINRICH LOEWE

(1869–1951)

Heinrich Loewe on the roof of the Tel Aviv Municipal Library “Sha’ar Zion”, 1935 Photograph by Otto M. Lilien

Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library Ahad Ha’am Special Library

25 Shaul Hamelech Blvd Tel.: +972-3-6910141-5

Email: ahadhaamba@mail.tel-aviv.gov.il

(Arrangement & Description by Lina Barouch and Judith Siepmann, with the help of Maja Krueger, June 2014.)

  2  

FINDING AID 1. DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Creator: Heinrich Loewe (1869–1951) Title: The Papers of Heinrich Loewe Dates: ca. 1838–1951 Abstract: The materials reflect Heinrich Loewe’s Zionist activities in Berlin, Palestine and Israel, his involvement in Jewish and Zionist organizations, editorial work in several journals, including Israel-itische Rundschau (1901–1902) and Juedische Rundschau (1902–1908), as well as his travels to Pales-tine in the 1890s. A large number of documents relates to L.’s profession as a librarian in Berlin, his commitment to the development of the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem, and to a greater extent to his work as head of the Tel Aviv municipal library “Sha’ar Zion” (1934–1948). In addition, the collection displays L.’s extensive research on Jewish folklore. Subjects: Associations, Institutions, etc. ; Culture, Jewish ; Jewish Libraries ; Jewish Publishing ; Jews--Folklore ; Jews--Germany--History--20th Century ; National Socialism ; Palestine--Emigration and Immigration ; Private Libraries ; Zionism ; Zionism -- Germany Languages: German (bulk of material); Hebrew; English; Yiddish; Arabic; Aramaic; Danish; Dutch; French; Hungarian; Italian; Latin; Polish; Russian; Spanish; Swedish Quantity: 49 Boxes (638 Files) Repository: Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library, Achad Ha’am Reading Room 2. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Loewe was born in 1869, raised in an acculturated Jewish family in Wanzleben near Magdeburg, and received a classical education. In 1889 he began to study oriental languages, history, and philosophy at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-University, Berlin. He also studied at the Academy of the Science of Judaism (“Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums”). Influenced by Jewish national activities in East-ern Europe, he became a founder of the “Russisch-juedischer wissenschaftlicher Verein”, an early organization in Germany to promote Jewish national ideas. He was involved in founding “Hovevei Sfat ’Ever” (1891) and “Jung Israel” (1892). From “Jung Israel” the “Berliner Zionistische Ver-einigung” (1897) originated, which was headed by L. until 1898. L. held a leading position in the “Vereinigung juedischer Studierender” (est. 1895) and took part in establishing the gymnastics club “Bar Kochba”. Between 1893 and 1908 L. edited several Zionist journals including Juedische Volkszeitung (1893/94), Der Juedische Student, Israelitische Rundschau (1901/02) and Juedische Rundschau (1902–08). L. wrote numerous articles for these journals, partly under pseudonyms such as Heinrich Sachse, H. Rubendoerfer, Maarabi and Eljaquim. During the 1890s L. undertook three extended trips to Palestine, but returned to Germany to continue his Zionist activity. In 1899 L. started working for the University Library Berlin. He became a mem-ber of staff a few years later and worked for the institution until his dismissal in 1933. At the seventh Zionist Congress (1905) he presented a plan for a Jewish National Library and a library system in

  3  

Palestine. L. became head of the Berlin central book collecting point for the Jewish National and Uni-versity Library in 1914. In the following years, he was involved in the establishment of the Wolffsohn library building on Mount Scopus (opened in 1930). Other activities in Germany include his involve-ment in the “Soncino-Gesellschaft – Freunde des Juedischen Buches” (founded 1924), which L. head-ed for several years. As a consequence of the National Socialist “Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” of 1933, L. was given leave from his work at the University Library of Berlin. Appointed by Tel Aviv mayor Meir Dizengoff as director of the Tel Aviv Municipal Library “Sha’ar Zion”, L. fled Nazi-Germany that same year. He continued his Zionist activities within the circle of German-Jewish immi-grants in Palestine (active e. g. in the “Ichud – aguda leumit datit”, “Hit’ahdut Olei Germania”, “Kar-tell Juedischer Verbindungen”). In the 1930s he was actively involved in helping German-Jewish emi-grants and refugees to immigrate to British Mandate Palestine. L.’s main focus was his work for Tel Aviv’s municipal library “Sha’ar Zion”, which he headed until 1948. He modernized its system, en-riched its holdings, encouraged collectors abroad to donate books, and helped find a new home for the library. Under L.’s directorate the library started training librarians. Furthermore, L. was interested in Jewish anthropology and folklore and edited and contributed numerous papers and articles on various topics. L. died in Haifa in 1951. For further biographical information, see: Andreas Kilcher. Heinrich Loewe. In: Andreas B. Kilch-er, Otfried Fraisse, Yossef Schwartz (ed.): Metzler-Lexikon der juedischen Philosophen. Darmstadt 2003. pp. 312-315; Dov Schidorsky: Loewe, Heinrich. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987). pp. 75; Frank Schloeffel: Heinrich Eljaqim Loewe [1869–1951]. Netzwerke und Raeume. [Diss., submit-ted at the faculty of philosophy, Potsdam University, not yet publ.]. 3. SCOPE AND CONTENTS Wherever possible, the original order of L.’s papers was preserved. The papers of L. have probably been stored at the Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Library since L.’s death in 1951. Prior to current preserva-tion and cataloguing several volunteers attempted to create a partial order, which was not coherent. As a result it was not always possible to ascertain whether a specific order was intended by L. or created by others. The decision to create separate series of materials concerning the Tel Aviv Municipal Li-brary “Sha’ar Zion” or L.’s studies on Jewish folklore result both from the amount of materials on these topics and from their inner coherence. Series I: Correspondence of Heinrich Loewe (Boxes 1–7): The correspondence of L. (with approx-imately 1700 individuals and institutions) dates mainly from 1878 to 1948. It includes letters from and to Elias Auerbach, Willy Bambus, Nathan Birnbaum, Kurt Blumenfeld, Max Brod, Martin Buber, Meir Dizengoff, Maria Eichhorn [Dolorosa], Sammy Gronemann, Gustav Karpeles, Alfred Klee, Max Kollenscher, Kaethe Kollwitz, Shmarya Levin, Yehuda Magnes, Leo Motzkin, Shoshana Persitz, Bo-ris Schatz, Hermann Struck, Saul Tchernichovsky, Otto Warburg, Gotthold Weil, Alfred Wiener, Leo Winz, David Wolffsohn, Curt Wormann, Arnold Zweig, and others – as well as correspondence with various Jewish and Zionist organizations such as the Jewish Agency, the Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen (K.J.V.), Keren Hayesod, several B’nai B’rith lodges, various Jewish communities (e.g. Juedische Gemeinde Berlin, Ihud – Agudat le’umit datit (Tel Aviv), and libraries worldwide (e.g. Bib-liothek der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien, Koeniglich Preußische Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Li-brary of Congress, Universitaetsbibliothek Goettingen). Filed separately are the letters sent to and

  4  

from L. as editor of various newspapers, journals and scholarly series (e.g. Israelitische Rundschau, Juedische Rundschau, Scripta Universitatis atque Bibliothecae Hierosolymitanarum, Monumenta Hebraica et Judaica (including drafts and copies of letters). Among the correspondents are Ahad Ha’am, Max Bodenheimer, Umberto Cassuto, Ignaz Goldziher, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Max Nordau, and Boris Schatz.

In addition, there are correspondence files on subjects such as Emigration of Emanuel and Theodor Weiner, ‘Direktorenstreit’ (regarding the directorate of the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem, 1914–1925), Wolffsohn Foundation: Library Building (on the first building for the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem, 1921–1924), Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen (K.J.V.), Retirement from University Library Berlin, and Silver Wedding of Heinrich and Johanna Loewe (1926). Two carbon copy books contain copies of letters L. wrote between 1897 and 1900, documenting his travels in Palestine in 1897/98. The letters are addressed to Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, Martin Buber, David Wolffsohn, Theodor Zlocisti and others. For specific information regarding L.’s correspondence, please consult the Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Library (Ahad Ha’am Read-ing Room), which keeps a detailed list of names of all of L.’s correspondents (the list does not appear in the library’s online catalogue). Series II: Manuscripts of Heinrich Loewe (Boxes 8–13): The bulk of manuscripts is in German, while a small part are in Hebrew. The series includes a small number of poems, several short stories, fairy tales and a purimshpil (Max und Moritz in Persien). Drafts of articles, such as ‘Zionah’ – Eine Fahrt in’s Land Israel. Reisebilder (publ. in Die Welt, 4.11.1898), short travel descriptions, and other materials relate to L.’s travels to Palestine in the 1890s. Articles and essays by L. on the Jewish Na-tional and University Library, on library and book history in Palestine etc. constitute the biggest part of the series. They are arranged in subject files. Articles on the Jewish National Library in this part of the collection complement materials on the Tel Aviv municipal library “Sha’ar Zion” (series V), while L.’s articles on city names relate to his works on Jewish names, filed in the series Studies on Jewish Folklore (series IV). Series III: Documents / Manuscripts and Letters of Others (boxes 14–18): The series contains personal documents of L. (box 14) and of his wife Johanna, documents concerning his employment at the University Library of Berlin, identification papers, and letters of reference for L., among others by Gustav Karpeles. Manuscripts by people other than L. (boxes 15–18) include galleys of Jehuda Louis Weinberg’s (1876–1960) biography of L., the typescript of its Hebrew translation by Menahem Men-del Braunstein, other works by Weinberg, texts by family members of L. There are also memoranda, minutes, and notes from meetings (e.g. “Delegiertentage”). Single manuscripts are sorted alphabetical-ly according to author. There are also letters, which are neither addressed to L. nor written by him, e.g. letters from Ahad Ha’am to Yehoshua Hana Rawnitzki, correspondence concerning the Committee for the Jubilee-Volume in Honour of L., including letters to Cecil Roth, Elias and Israel Auerbach and others. There are letters by Manfred Sturmann and others to Herbert Loewenstein (hebr. Hanoch Av-enary). In addition there are single letters by Ahad Ha’am, Nathan Birnbaum, Gershom Scholem, Menachem Ussishkin, Gotthold Weil, and institutions such as the Jewish Agency. Series IV: Studies on Jewish Folklore (Boxes 19–22): The series consists of manuscripts (article drafts), lecture notes, and other drafts and notes on various topics in the field of Jewish folklore and anthropology, including Jewish names (e.g. Tiernamen bei den Juden, Der Name Mosche, Namen-saenderungen), “Jewish humor” and Jewish holidays, prayers, and customs. Letters to and from L. (the latter partly drafts or copies), which relate specifically to his work on Jewish names, are filed

  5  

within this series. Many printed materials in this series contain extensive handwritten notes, such as Aegyptische Namen bei den Hebraeern. Some letters, which mention Jewish folklore in passing, are filed as general correspondence (Series I). Series V: Sha’ar Zion Library (Boxes 23–27): The series contains materials regarding the admin-istration of the Tel Aviv municipal library “Sha’ar Zion”. Manuscripts include drafts of articles by L., and materials promoting the library as a Zionist institution. Correspondence to and from L. (the latter include mainly drafts and copies) reflects L.’s intensive work in public relations, fundraising, appeals for book donations from individuals as well as institutions in Europe, mainly Germany. The letters also refer to the new library building in Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv (1936), the development of li-brary departments (e. g. the music library, 1938/39), etc. Correspondents include Georg Herlitz (Cen-tral Zionist Archives), Meir Dizengoff, Leo Baeck (Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums), Hugo Bergmann, Gotthold Weil (Jewish National and University Library), Siegfried Mo-ses, Arnold Zweig, and institutions and bodies such as the Hit’ahdut ’Olei Germania, the Jewish Agency, Keren Kayemet, and the Tel Aviv Municipality. There are documents concerning Curt Wormann (1900–1991), including a CV, letters of reference etc. – The Tel Aviv Municipal Library “Sha’ar Zion” may be sporadically discussed in letters within the general correspondence files. Series VI: Collections and Subject Files (Boxes 28–29): This series includes L.’s Autograph-Collection. Correspondents in this collection include Joseph Chazanowicz, Georg Landauer, Leo Motzkin, Max Nordau, Martin Philippson, Israel Rokach, and Theodor Zlocisti. Subject files on topics such as Jewish Seafaring, the philanthropist and Hebrew teacher Israel Judah Adler (1870–1948), Al-bert Katz (1858–1923), and Nahum Sokolow (1859–1936) consist of mixed materials, but mainly correspondence and manuscripts. Series VII: Printed Matter (Boxes 30–43): Some printed materials have a direct connection to L. (i.e., published writings by and on L.). The series includes newspapers, clippings, and rare publica-tions of Zionist and Jewish organizations and bodies (filed alphabetically according to organization name), rare historical flyers from Germany and Palestine, Zionist posters, programs and invitations. Series VIII: Crypto Collections (Boxes 44–46): Within the Papers of L., the papers of Heinrich Meyer Cohn (1855–1905) and Richard Loewe (1863–1931) constitute separate entities. Meyer Cohn’s papers include letters written between 1892 and 1903 by and with regard to journalist and music es-sayist Josef Schrattenholz (1847–1909). Series IX: Images and Objects (Boxes 47–49): The Loewe Papers contain several files with photo-graphs (none of which were taken by L. himself), including portraits of L. and others (partly identi-fied), as well as landscape photographs of Palestine (original prints). Series X: Materials after 1951 (Box 49): These materials were found among L.s papers, but they do not seem to pertain to Heinrich Loewe. PREFERRED CITATION Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); The Papers of Heinrich Loewe; [Call Number]; box number; file number; Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library.  

  6  

4. CONTAINER LIST The Papers of Heinrich Loewe are arranged in 10 series. Each series consists of several subseries. The arrangement reflects the main topics of the archival materials and the main types of material. SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE OF HEINRICH LOEWE Subseries I: General Correspondence Subseries II: Letters to and by Heinrich Loewe as Editor of Newspapers and Journals Subseries III: Correspondence Files SERIES II: MANUSCRIPTS OF HEINRICH LOEWE Subseries I: Literary Works and Travel Writings Subseries II: Essays and Articles Subseries III: Notes, Fragments and Lecture Notes on Various Topics SERIES III: DOCUMENTS (incl. MANUSCRIPTS / LETTERS OF OTHERS) Subseries I: Documents of Heinrich Loewe Subseries II: Manuscripts of Others (not written by Heinrich Loewe) Subseries III: Letters of Others (neither written by Heinrich Loewe nor sent to Heinrich Loewe) SERIES IV: STUDIES ON JEWISH FOLKLORE Subseries I: Manuscripts Subseries II: Correspondence Subseries III: Manuscripts of Others Subseries IV: Subject Files Subseries V: Printed Matter SERIES V: SHA’AR ZION LIBRARY Subseries I: Manuscripts by Heinrich Loewe Subseries II: Correspondence Subseries III: Documents and Letters of Others Subseries IV: Subject Files Subseries V: Printed Matter SERIES VI: COLLECTIONS AND SUBJECT FILES Subseries I: Autograph Collection Subseries II: Various Subject Files SERIES VII: PRINTED MATTER Subseries I: Publications by Heinrich Loewe and Articles on Heinrich Loewe Subseries II: Printed Matter of Organizations Subseries III: Articles and Clippings (arranged by topic and source) Subseries IV: Various Periodicals (arranged by language and title of publication) SERIES VIII: CRYPTO COLLECTIONS Subseries I: Richard Loewe Crypto Collection Subseries II: Heinrich Meyer Cohn Crypto Collection SERIES IX: IMAGES AND OBJECTS Subseries I: Portraits, Personal Photos and Objects of Heinrich Loewe and Others Subseries II: Landscape and City Photographs from Palestine SERIES X: MATERIALS AFTER 1951

  7  

***

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE OF HEINRICH LOEWE

Subseries I: General Correspondence Letters to Heinrich Loewe Box/Folder Title Date 1/1 Letters, Aa-Ap 1901-1947 1/2 Letters, As-Bam 1893-1946 1/3 Letters, Bar-Bau 1900-1941 1/4 Letters, Bee-Ben 1899-1947 1/5 Letters, Ber-Bl 1893-1943 1/6 Letters, Bn-Br 1891-1944 1/7 Letters, Bu-C 1892-1936 1/8 Letters, Da-Do 1902-1947 1/9 Letters, Dr-E 1901-1946 1/10 Letters, Fa-Fra 1898-1939 1/11 Letters, Fre-Ge 1894-1944 1/12 Letters, Gi-Gu 1897-1948 1/13 Letters, Ha 1893-1945 1/14 Letters, He 1896-1946 1/15 Letters, Hi-Hu 1898-1945 1/16 Letters, I-Je 1904-1944 2/1 Letters, Jo 1903-1938 2/2 Letters, Ju 1895-1938 2/3 Letters, Ka-Kel 1902-1945 2/4 Letters, Ker-Ki 1903-1946 2/5 Letters, Kl-Kn 1889-1944 2/6 Letters, Ko-Ku 1889-1939 2/7 Letters, La-Le 1892-1949 2/8 Letters, Li-Loe 1890-1946 2/9 Letters, Log-Ma 1901-1948 2/10 Letters, Me-Mi 1894-1948 2/11 Letters, Mo-Mu 1894-1945 2/12 Letters, N-O 1893-1945 2/13 Letters, Pa-Pe 1899-1946 2/14 Letters, Pf-Pr 1904-1942 2/15 Letters, R 1894-1947 3/1 Letters, Sa 1893-1946 3/2 Letters, Scha-Sche 1896-1938 3/3 Letters, Schi-Schw 1891-1935 3/4 Letters, Se-Sol 1900-1947 3/5 Letters, Son-Ste 1894-1936 3/6 Letters, Str-Tch 1899-1935 3/7 Letters, Te-Ty 1895-1947

  8  

3/8 Letters, U-Wei 1901-1945 3/9 Letters, Wel-Wi 1892-1941 3/10 Letters, Wo-Wy 1894-1945 3/11 Letters, Ya-Zim 1903-1935 3/12 Letters, Zio 1902-1947 3/13 Letters, Zl-Zw 1897-1947 3/14 Letters, Unidentified 1897-1947 Letters by Heinrich Loewe (Copies, Drafts and Originals) Box/Folder Title Date 4/1 Letters, A-Ba 1902-1938 4/2 Letters, Be-E 1904-1940 4/3 Letters, Fe-Fr 1904-1946 4/4 Letters, Fu 1942-1948 4/5 Letters, G-He 1900-1936 4/6 Letters, Hi-Jo 1898-1938 4/7 Letters, Ju-K 1902-1938 4/8 Letters, L-Ma 1891-1946 4/9 Letters, Me-O 1902-1938 4/10 Letters, P 1902-1936 4/11 Letters, R-Sch 1891-1937 4/12 Letters, Se-V 1921-1941 4/13 Letters, W-Y 1902-1938 4/14 Letters, Z 1919-1946 4/15 Letters, Unidentified 1878-1935 Subseries II: Letters to and by Heinrich Loewe as Editor of Newspapers and Journals Box/Folder Title Date 5/1 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Israelitische Rundschau, A-Z; Unidentified 1902 5/2 Letters by Loewe Heinrich / Israelitische Rundschau, A-Z (Copies, Drafts and Originals) 1902 5/3 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Juedische Rundschau, A-I 1902-1908 5/4 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Juedische Rundschau, J 1902-1906 5/5 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Juedische Rundschau, K-R 1902-1906 5/6 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Juedische Rundschau, S-Z; Unidentified 1902-1906 5/7 Letters by Heinrich Loewe / Juedische Rundschau, A-Z; Unidentified (Copies, Drafts and Originals) 1902-1905 5/8 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Juedische Volkszeitung, A-Z ca. 1894/1895 5/9 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Monumenta Hebraica, A-Z; Unidentified 1924 5/10 Letters by Heinrich Loewe / Monumenta Hebraica, A-Z (Copies, Drafts and Originals) 1924 5/11 Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Scripta, A-Z; Unidentified 1921-1925 5/12 Letters by Heinrich Loewe / Scripta, A-Z 1922-1925 5/13 Letters to Heinrich Loewe as Editor of Unidentified Newspapers and Journals, A-Z; Unidentified 1892-1905

  9  

Subseries III: Correspondence Files Box/Folder Title Date “Direktorenstreit” (Conflict over the Directorship of the Jewish National Library) Box/Folder Title Date 6/1 Letters to Heinrich Loewe 1914-1925 6/2 Letters by Heinrich Loewe 1920-1925 6/3 Letter to the Editors by Heinrich Loewe ca. 1920-1924 6/4 Letters of Others ca. 1920-1924 The Emigration of Emanuel and Theodor Weiner Box/Folder Title Date 6/5 Letters to Heinrich Loewe 1933-1936 6/6 Letters by Heinrich Loewe 1934-1936 6/7 Letters by [Menachem] Weiner to Johanna Loewe (née Auerbach) 1935 The Emigration of the Friedmann [= Frydmann] Family Box/Folder Title Date 6/8 Letters to Heinrich Loewe 1934-1936 6/9 Letters by Heinrich Loewe 1934-1936 The Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen (K.J.V.) Box/Folder Title Date 6/10 Letters by Various to K.J.V. 1928-1929 6/11 Letters by K.J.V. to Various 1928-1929 6/12 Letters by K.J.V. to Heinrich Loewe 1928-1929 6/13 Related Documents and Manuscripts 1902-1935 Heinrich Loewe’s Retirement from University Library Berlin Box/Folder Title Date 6/14 Letters by Various to Heinrich Loewe, A-Z 1933/34 6/15 Letters by Heinrich Loewe to Various, A-Z 1933-1935 6/16–17 Related Documents (Includes: Empty Folder Labeled by Heinrich Loewe) 1912-1935 The Silver Wedding of Heinrich and Johanna Loewe (née Auerbach) Box/Folder Title Date 6/18 Book with Letters and Greeting Cards 1926 The Wolffsohn Foundation: Library Building Box/Folder Title Date 6/19 Letters by Various to Heinrich Loewe 1921-1922 6/20 Letters by Heinrich Loewe to Various 1921-1924 6/21 Related Manuscript and Notes ca. 1921-1924

  10  

Empty Envelopes Box/Folder Title Date 6/22-23 Empty Envelopes with Names and Addresses 1890-1950 Carbon Correspondence Copy Books Box/Folder Title Date 7/1 Letters by Heinrich Loewe, March 1897 – January 1898 1897-1898 7/2 Letters by Heinrich Loewe, January 1898 – August 1900 1898-1900 7/3 Letters by Heinrich Loewe, Loose Pages from Copy Book 1897-1900

***

SERIES II: MANUSCRIPTS BY HEINRICH LOEWE Subseries I: Literary Works and Travel Writings Box/Folder Title Date 8/1 Poems 1894-1901 8/2–3 “Juedische Klaenge” [Manuscript Title]. Original Songs and Translations of Songs 1890-1951 8/4 “Max und Moritz in Persien” [Manuscript Title]. Play (Fragment of a Dramatic Work) 1890-1951 8/5 “Aphorismen” [Manuscript Title]. Various Aphorisms 1890-1951 8/6 Short Fiction 1890-1951 8/7 “Zionah. Eine Fahrt in’s Land Israel” [Manuscript Title]. Travel Literature 1898 8/8 “Reiseplan” [Manuscript Title]. Travel Literature 1898 8/9 Various Writings on Visits in Palestine ca. 1897-1917 Subseries II: Essays and Articles Box/Folder Title Date 9/1 Essays and Articles on Book and Library History 1900-1951 9/2 “Ein freundliches Wort an die Christen von einem Juden. Ein Beitrag zur Vorgeschichte der Juedisch-Liberalen in Berlin, mitgeteilt und eingeleitet von Dr. Heinrich Loewe” [Manuscript Title] 1804, 1900-1933 9/3 Essays and Articles on Jewish History 1890-1951 9/4 Essays and Articles on Libraries in Palestine (Jewish National Library) 1904-1951 9/5 Essays and Articles on Names of Cities 1890-1951 9/6 Obituaries and Articles on Various People 1915-1951 9/7 Essays and Articles on Palestine 1890-1951 9/8 Essays and Articles on Zionism and Jewish Cultural Activity 1890-1951 9/9 Essays and Articles on Various Topics 1904-1951

  11  

Subseries III: Notes, Fragments and Lecture Notes on Various Topics Notes Box/Folder Title Date 10/1 Autobiographical Notes ca. 1895-1933 10/2 Copies and Summaries of Various Topics 1890-1951 10/3–4 Fragments of Articles on Zionism, Jewish History etc. 1890-1951 10/5 Fragments of Obituaries and Articles on Various People (e.g. Birnbaum, Nathan; Kastan, [Isidor]; Heinrich Meyer Cohn) ca. 1905-1937 Lecture Notes Box/Folder Title Date 10/6 On German Jews and Assimilation; German Immigrants in Palestine ca. 1929-1938 10/7 On History of Libraries and Books etc. ca. 1928-1948 10/8 On Jewish Culture; Jewish Education ca. 1928-1938 10/9 On Jewish History (e.g. Maccabees / Bar Kokhba) ca. 1924-1948 10/10 On Jews and Judaism in the USA 1925-1929 10/11 On Judeo-German; Yiddish; Jewish Languages ca. 1920-1951 10/12 On Palestine ca. 1922-1943 10/13 On Reformation and its Meaning for Jews and Judaism ca. 1920-1951 10/14 On Various Zionist Topics ca. 1928-1943 10/15 On History of Zionism (Inside: “Aus der Fruehzeit des Zionismus” [Title of Lecture]) ca. 1939-1943 Notes and Drafts Box/Folder Title Date 11/1 Anti-Semitism undated 11/2 Jewish History undated 11/3 Jewish Languages; (Jewish) Proverbs undated 11/4 Libraries and Books before 1934 11/5 Book Keeping: Revenue and Expenditure; Lists of Candidates undated 11/6 Names of Cities, Streets etc. undated 12/1 Notebooks with Bibliography of Bbooks (Mostly on Jewish Topics) after 1919 12/2 “Biographien” [Manuscript Title], Instructions on Library Cataloguing 1934 12/3 Notebook on Library Classification of Science Books undated 12/4 The Emigration of Others to Palestine after 1933 12/5 Tenancy Agreement between Heinrich Loewe and Zvi Fuks [= Zwi Fuchs] 1934 12/6 “Fuehrer durch den Lesesaal. B. Theologie” [Title] with Extensive Notes after 1914 12/7 “Hebraeische Unterrichtsbriefe” [Title] ca. 1912-1914 12/8 “Instruktionen fuer den Buchbinder” [Title] before 1934 12/9 List of Books Sent to Tel Aviv Containing Heinrich Loewe’s Private Library ca. 1933 12/10 Minutes 1895-1902 12/11 Notebook containing Mortality Statistics of Jews 1893-1898 after 1898

  12  

12/12 Notebook for German-Hebrew Vocabulary undated 12/13 Open Letter to the Chief Rabbis after 1933 12/14 Order and Categorization of Books on German Philology in the Library (Notebook) before 1934 12/15 Sale Contract between Ruben Silberstein und Jizchak Weininger with Notes by Heinrich Loewe 1934 12/16 “Verzeichnis der Lesesaal- und Handbibliothek in der Universitaets-Bibliothek zu Berlin” [Title], by Unidentified Author with Notes and Additions by Heinrich Loewe 1898 and after 1900 12/17 “Verzeichnis der von Bibliothekar Dr. Heinrich Loewe verfassten wissenschaftlichen Schriften” [Title] ca. 1914 12/18–19 Empty Files Labeled by Heinrich Loewe 1890-1951 13/1–9 Notes and Drafts – Various Topics undated 13/10 Notes and Drafts – Various Zionist Topics undated

***

SERIES III: DOCUMENTS OF HEINRICH LOEWE (incl. MANUSCRIPTS/LETTERS OF OTHERS)

Subseries I: Documents of Heinrich Loewe Box/Folder Title Date 14/1 Announcements, Invitations, and Programs for Lectures of Heinrich Loewe ca. 1890-1935 14/2 Bills and Receipts 1894-1950 14/3 Business Cards of Various undated 14/4 “Collectaneum” [Title]. Notebook with Glued Newspaper Clippings ca. 1890-1891 14/5 Contract Between Heinrich Loewe and the Publishing House “Welt-Verlag” 1919 14/6 Death Notice of Heinrich Loewe by the Tel Aviv Municipality 1951 14/7 Documents on Donations and Scholarships ca. 1890-1916 14/8 Documents on Heinrich Loewe’s Work at the Berlin University Library ca. 1899-1933 14/9 Identification Papers and Other Official Documents 1909-1936 14/10 Invitation Cards and Tickets ca. 1929-1947 14/11 Letters of Recommendation 1901 ; 1924 14/12 Life Insurance (Basler Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft) 1917 14/13 Notebook with Signatures ca. 1935-1936 14/14 Passports of Heinrich Loewe and Johanna Loewe (née Auerbach) 1917-1922 14/15 Questionnaires ca. 1907-1951 14/16 Stationery of Heinrich Loewe ca. 1897-1910 14/17 Various Documents ca. 1897-1951 14/18 Empty Notebook Covers 1911 14/19 Loewe Family Documents 1900-1935

  13  

14/20 First National Jewish Youth Day 1918. Documents 1918 Subseries II: Manuscripts of Others Manuscripts and Notes of Others (arranged alphabetically) Box/Folder Title Date 15/1-2 Ankori, Yehoshua [=Sperling, Joschua Eschil] and Watnik, Aba, Poems and Obituaries to and on Druyanow, Alter Includes Empty Folder Labeled by Heinrich Loewe c. 1938 15/3 Leopold Cohn, Notes from University Lectures on Greek History ca. 1873-1878 15/4 Leopold Cohn, Notes from University Lectures on Medieval and Early Modern History ca. 1873-1878 15/5 Leopold Goldstein, “Reise-Berichte” [Title] 1886 15/6 Leopold Goldstein, “Reise-Berichte” [Title] 1896-1908 15/7 Bisman [Kariv], “Soll Herzl sterben? Gedanken ueber die machtpolitischen, geo-ethnopolitischen und kulturellen Grundlagen des neuen Palaestina” [Title] undated 15/8 Judah Leib Benjamin Katzenelson, “Ha-dat ve-hamedinot” [Title] undated 15/9 Eduard Loewe, Poetry (Notebook) undated 15/10 Johanna Loewe (née Auerbach), Diary of Trip to the USA with Heinrich Loewe 1923-1924 15/11 Sussmann Montor, “Ktavav ha-refuyim shel ha-rambam” [Title] undated 15/12 Yaakov Sareyski, “Ha-tsratsar ‘al ha-tanur” [Title], Hebrew Theatre Version of Charles Dicken’s “The Cricket on the Hearth” undated 16/1 Shlomo Shenhod, “Der Ruf” [Title] 1942 16/2–5 Emil Simonson, “Ist jede Absoluttheorie durch die Relativitaetstheorie fuer

immer abgetan? Eine Untersuchung zum 200. Todesjahres Newtons" [Title] ca. 1927 16/6 Jehuda Louis Weinberg, “Aus der Fruehzeit des Zionismus” [Title] ca. 1946 16/7 Jehuda Louis Weinberg (Translator), “Erstlinge des Landes Israel. Neuhebraeische Lyrik. Eine Auswahl” [Title] undated 16/8 Jehuda Louis Weinberg (Translator), “Hebraeisch-Arabischer Diwan des Assaf Halevi” [Title] 1930 1930 16/9 “Nitsanei ha-tsionut” [Title], Biography of Heinrich Loewe by Jehuda Louis Weinberg, translated by Menahem Mendel Braunstein 1945/1946 16/10 Manuscripts of Protocols and Memoranda by Various Authors 1931-1934 16/11 Notes and Drafts on Zionist Organizations in Germany by Various Authors 1893-1936 17/1 Various Manuscripts by Others, A-J ca. 1895-1951 17/2 Various Manuscripts by Others, K-Z ca. 1900-1948 17/3–4 Various Notes by Others undated Manuscripts by Unidentified Authors Box/Folder Title Date 17/5 Bibliographic List undated 17/6 Biographical Notes on Heinrich Loewe undated 17/7 “Denkschrift betreffend Gruendung eines ‘Deutschen Komitees Pro Palaestina’” [Title] ca. 1926 17/8 “Grosses Originalsystem der Astrologie” [Title] undated 17/9 Writings on Jewish Holidays and Biblical Themes (Notebook) undated

  14  

17/10 Old Manuscripts undated 17/11 Notes and Hebrew Vocabulary Lists undated 17/12–13 Report of the Jewish Colonization Association. Typescript and Notes 1939 17/14 Hand-Drawn Maps (Palestine?) undated 17/15–16 Manuscripts of Unidentified Authors ca. 1838-1951 Subseries III: Letters of Others (neither written by Heinrich Loewe nor sent to Heinrich Loewe) Box/Folder Title Date 18/1 Letters of Others (arranged alphabetically by sender), A-F 1877-1937 18/2 Letters of Others, G-L 1909-1942 18/3 Letters of Others, M-S 1864-1944 18/4 Letters of Others, T-Z, Unidentified 1891-1957 18/5 Committee for the Jubilee-Volume in Honor of Heinrich Loewe, Letters of Others 1939 18/6 Letters by Ahad Ha’am [= Ginzberg, Asher] to Yehoshua Hana Rawnitzki 1897-1924 18/7 Letters to Herbert Loewenstein [= Avenary, Hanoch] 1933-1936 18/8 Letters to Eliezer Steinman 1930-1940 18/9 Unidentified Letters 1891-1935 Documents of Others Box/Folder Title Date 18/10 Certificates, CVs, Letters of Recommendation etc. 1889-1943 18/11 Death Notices ca. 1905-1935 18/12 Documents regarding Emigration to Palestine ca. 1933-1945 18/13 Documents regarding Max Shulman 1907-1921 18/14 Documents regarding Various Libraries ca. 1900-1950 18/15 Documents regarding Weddings and Anniversaries of the Heymann Family. Programs, Play, and Wedding Announcement 1873-1880 18/16 Documents, Notes, and Manuscripts regarding the Berger Family 1937-1947 18/17 Ketuba (Marriage Contract). Template in Aramaic undated 18/18–19 “Palestine Notes” [Title] 1922-1944 18/20 Receipts ca. 1906-1930 18/21 Registrations for Municipal Kindergartens of Tel Aviv 1939 18/22 Various ca. 1900-1933

***

SERIES IV: STUDIES ON JEWISH FOLKLORE Subseries I: Manuscripts by Heinrich Loewe Essays, Articles and Printed Works with Annotations

  15  

Box/Folder Title Date 19/1 “Aegyptische Namen bei den Hebraeern” [Manuscript Title] 1933 19/2 “Aschkenasim – Peruschim”, 2 Notebooks [Manuscript Title] undated 19/3 Writings on Jewish Holidays 1890-1951 19/4 Writings on Jewish Humor 1910-1951 19/5 Writings on Jewish Names 1890-1951 19/6 “Die Juden in der katholischen Legende” [Manuscript Title] 1912-1951 19/7 Writings on Kol Nidre 1900-1951 19/8 “Schelme und Narren in juedischen Kappen” [Manuscript Title] 1920 and after 19/9 Writings on Various Topics 1890-1951 Lecture Notes Box/Folder Title Date 19/10–11 On Jewish Humor ca. 1927-1944 19/12 On “Juden in exotischen Laendern” [Title of Lecture] 1929 19/13 On Kol Nidre 1900-1951 19/14 On Name Changes 1934 19/15 On “Namen der Juden” [Title of Lectures] 1927-1941 19/16 On Passover ca. 1920-1933 19/17–19 On Various Topics (including “Juedische Volkskunde”; “Juden in der Volksmeinung der Andern”; “Die Juedin” [Titles of Lectures]) ca. 1922-1944 Notes and Short Drafts Box/Folder Title Date 20/1 On Burial Rites ca. 1900-1951 20/2 On Dance and Music ca. 1900-1951 20/3 On The Eternal Jew ca. 1900-1951 20/4 On Jewish Holidays ca. 1900-1951 20/5–6 On Jewish Humor ca. 1900-1951 20/7 On Judaism and Christianity, Conversion ca. 1900-1951 20/8–9 “Juden im Urteil anderer Voelker” [Title] ca. 1900-1951 20/10 “Juden in der katholischen Legende” [Title] ca. 1912-1951 20/11 Kol Nidre ca. 1900-1951 20/12–13 Woman, Marriage, Wedding, and Children in Judaism ca. 1900-1951 20/14 On Superstition and Human Sacrifice ca. 1900-1951 20/15 On Various Topics (including Notes on “Marranos”, Ways of Dressing) ca. 1900-1951 20/16 On Jews in Different Countries ca. 1900-1951 Notes and Drafts on Jewish Names Box/Folder Title Date 21/1–8 Jewish Names (general) ca. 1900-1951 21/9 On Jewish Names based on Professions ca. 1900-1951 21/10–14 On Jewish Name Changes ca. 1900-1951 21/15 On Jewish Name Changes after Conversion to Christianity ca. 1900-1951 Subseries II: Correspondence

  16  

Box/Folder Title Date 22/1 Jewish Names. Letters by Various to Heinrich Loewe, A-Z 1927-1944 22/2 Jewish Names. Letters by Heinrich Loewe to Various, A-Z; Unidentified 1927-1944 Subseries III: Manuscripts of Others Box/Folder Title Date 22/3 “Prof. Heinrich Loewe on ‘The History of Languages among the Jews’” [Title], Review after 1933 Subseries IV: Subject Files Box/Folder Title Date 22/4 “Totenbestattung” [Title] (Burial Rites) ca. 1896-1932 22/5 “Totenbestattung” (Burial Rites). Notes and Transcripts by Heinrich Loewe; Printed Matter by Various Authors 1896-1932 22/6 Jewish Folksongs. Printed Matter and Transcripts ca. 1906 Subseries V: Printed Matter Box/Folder Title Date 22/7–8 Jewish Names (Articles) ca. 1890-1951 22/9 Kol Nidre (Mixed Printed Matter) 1918-1930 22/10 Passover (Mixed Printed Matter) ca. 1920-1933 22/11 Newspaper Clippings on Jewish Folklore. Partly with Notes by Heinrich Loewe 1894-1943

***

SERIES V: SHA’AR ZION LIBRARY Subseries I: Manuscripts Essays and Articles by Heinrich Loewe Box/Folder Title Date 23/1 Essays and Articles on the Sha’ar Zion Library, A-H ca. 1933-1948 23/2 Essays and Articles on the Sha’ar Zion Library, I-Z ca. 1933-1948 Administrative Writings by Heinrich Loewe Box/Folder Title Date 23/3 Administrative Work: Various Notes and Copies ca. 1933-1948 23/4 Catalog Cards ca. 1933-1948 23/5 Lists of Expenses (Notebook) 1939-1940 23/6 Lists and Notes on Book Donations, Book Collections etc. ca. 1933-1948

  17  

23/7 Newspaper Clippings with Notes 1933-1934 23/8–9 Reports and Memoranda on the Sha’ar Zion Library 1935/1937 23/10 Rules and Regulations ca. 1933-1948 23/11 Statistics and Book Inventory Lists (also for Beit Ahad Ha’am) 1935-1944 23/12–13 Statistics and Reports on the Sha’ar Zion Library 1936-1945 23/14 Library Statistics and Drafts of Yearly Report ca. 1934-1948 23/15 “Ueber den Stand der Stadtbibliothek von Tel Aviv. Nach dem Stand vom 1. Januar 1934” [Manuscript Title] 1934 Subseries II: Correspondence Letters to Heinrich Loewe / Sha’ar Zion Library Box/Folder Title Date 24/1 Letters by Various, A-D 1933-1946 24/2 Letters by Various, E-G 1934-1947 24/3 Letters by Various, H-I 1934-1943 24/4 Letters by Various, J-Ka 1934-1943 24/5 Letters by Various, Ke-L 1937-1945 24/6 Letters by Various, M-N 1935-1944 24/7 Letters by Various, O-R 1934-1939 24/8 Letters by Various, S-Ta 1934-1940 24/9 Letters by Various, Te-V 1934-1947 24/10 Letters by Various, W-Z; Unidentified 1934-1945 Letters (Copies) by Heinrich Loewe / Sha’ar Zion Library Box/Folder Title Date 25/1 Letters, A-D 1934-1939 25/2 Letters, E-F 1934-1938 25/3 Letters, G-Hi 1934-1945 25/4 Letters, Ho-Je 1934-1943 25/5 Letters, Jo-K 1934-1942 25/6 Letters, L-Ma 1933-1943 25/7 Letters, Me-P 1934-1939 25/8 Letters, R-Si 1934-1938 25/9 Letters, Sl-T 1934-1942 25/10 Letters, U-Z; Unidentified 1934-1943 Correspondence on the Papers of Davis Trietsch Box/Folder Title Date 25/11 Letters by Various to Heinrich Loewe / Sha’ar Zion Library 1935-1937 25/12 Letters by Heinrich Loewe / Sha’ar Zion Library 1935-1936 25/13 Letters of Others 1935-1936 25/14 Related Documents and Printed Matter ca. 1914-1937 Correspondence on the Founding of the Society of “Friends of the Municipal Library Tel Aviv” Box/Folder Title Date 25/15 Letters by Various to Heinrich Loewe / Sha’ar Zion Library, A-Z 1934-1935

  18  

25/16 Letters by Heinrich Loewe / Sha’ar Zion Library, A-Z 1934-1936 25/17 Related Notes by Heinrich Loewe and Others; Documents 1934-1936 Subseries III: Documents and Letters of Others Documents Box/Folder Title Date 26/1 Bills and Receipts 1938-1947 26/2 Draft of Contract Between Zeev Gluskin and Tel Aviv Municipality 1936 26/3 Library Cards and Circulation Documents ca. 1921-1948 26/4 Various Printed Material (Ex Libris, Stationery, Information Sheets, Annual Reports) ca. 1910-1948 26/5 Administrative Documents (Minutes, Statutes, Notes) ca. 1933-1948 26/6 Notes and Lists on Book Donations, Book Collections etc. ca. 1933-1948 26/7 Transcripts and Newspaper Clippings of Articles on Libraries in Palestine and Other Countries (with Handwritten Marks and Notes) 1938-1950 26/8 Documents regarding the Income Tax of the Sha’ar Zion Library Staff ca. 1944-1945 Letters of Others Box/Folder Title Date 26/9 Letters to Sha’ar Zion Library (not Heinrich Loewe), A-Z 1943-1944 26/10 Letters by Sha’ar Zion Library (not Heinrich Loewe), A-Z 1919-1942 26/11 Copybook Containing Letters by Sha’ar Zion Library (not Heinrich Loewe) to Various 1928-1929 26/12 Letters of Others regarding Sha’ar Zion Library 1934-1945 26/13 Documents, Letters and Architectural Plans on Library Building 1935; undated 26/14 Handwritten Catalogue of Hebrew Children and Youth Books. Probably of Sha’ar Zion Library undated Subseries IV: Subject Files Curt Wormann and his Work at Sha’ar Zion Library Box/Folder Title Date 27/1 Letters by Various to Heinrich Loewe 1936-1937 27/2 Letters by Heinrich Loewe to Various 1936-1938 27/3 Reference Letters, CV etc. 1923-1935 27/4–5 Receipts, Printed Articles etc. (Includes Empty Folder Labeled by Heinrich Loewe) ca. 1937-1941 The Founding of Sha’ar Zion Library Box/Folder Title Date 27/6 Correspondence (no Letters by or to Heinrich Loewe) 1937 27/7 Transcripts, Copies of Articles by Dov Frumkin, Menahem Shenkin, etc. 1936-1948 The Music Library (in Tel Aviv) Box/Folder Title Date

  19  

27/8 Letters by Various to Julius Sachs 1938 27/9 Letter by Julius Sachs to Bloch Publishing (New York) 1939 27/10 Related Notes, Lists and Printed Matter ca. 1938-1940 Benno and Elisabeth Mayer Box/Folder Title Date 27/11 Photographs of Benno Meyer and Elisabeth Meyer (née Neumann) with Dedication of Josef Meyer to Heinrich Loewe (Sha’ar Zion Library) 1939 “Tagmulim” Cooperative of Tel Aviv Municipality Employees Box/Folder Title Date 27/12 Letters to Heinrich Loewe 1943-1944 27/13 Related Printed Matter 1939-1940 Subseries V: Printed Matter Box/Folder Title Date 27/14 Newspaper Articles and Clippings on the Sha’ar Zion Library 1933-1937 27/15 Newspaper Articles and Clippings on the Sha’ar Zion Library 1934-1937 27/16 Newspaper Articles and Clippings on the Sha’ar Zion Library 1934-1937 27/17 Inventory Book - Bibliographic List (?) of Sha’ar Zion Library undated

***

SERIES VI: COLLECTIONS AND SUBJECT FILES Subseries I: Autograph Collection Box/Folder Title Date 28/1 Autograph Collection (A-Ka) 1898-1930 28/2 Autograph Collection (Kl-Ko) 1895-1930 28/3 Autograph Collection (L) 1895-1930 28/4 Autograph Collection (Ma-Ml) 1905-1939 28/5 Autograph Collection (Mo-N) 1894-1937 28/6 Autograph Collection (P) 1894-1935 28/7 Autograph Collection (R) 1894-1937 28/8 Autograph Collection (Sa-Sch) 1896-1935 28/9 Autograph Collection (Sh-Z) 1890-1937 Subseries II: Various Subject Files Box/Folder Title Date 29/1 B’nai B’rith Lodges (U.O.B.B.). Letters by B’nai B’rith Lodges to Heinrich Loewe, Printed Matter 1930-1947 29/2–3 Jews and Seafaring. Letters and Manuscripts by Heinrich Loewe

  20  

and Others, Printed Media 1930-1937 29/4 Bookplates undated 29/5–6 Printed Matter on Libraries Worldwide 1942-1943 29/7–10 Israel Judah Adler. Correspondence, Notebook and Mixed Materials 1902-1940 29/13–15 Albert Katz and Nahum Sokolow. Manuscripts, Correspondence 1888-1933

***

SERIES VII: PRINTED MATTER Subseries I: Publications by Heinrich Loewe and Articles on Heinrich Loewe Publications by Heinrich Loewe Box/Folder Title Date 30/1 Articles on Education and Higher Education 1890-1951 30/2 Articles on Various People 1890-1951 30/3 “Heilige und unheilige Gerueche” [Title] 1890-1951 30/4 Articles as Editor for Juedische Rundschau 1890-1951 30/5 Articles on Haluka 1890-1951 30/6–8 Articles on Book and Library History 1890-1951 30/9 Publications by Heinrich Loewe with his Handwritten Dedication 1890-1951 31/1 Offprints 1890-1951 31/2–3 Articles on Various Topics 1890-1951 Articles on Heinrich Loewe Box/Folder Title Date 31/4 Articles on Heinrich Loewe 1890-1951 Subseries II: Printed Matter of Organizations Printed Matter of Specific Organizations (arranged alphabetically by organization) Box/Folder Title Date 32/1 Adass Jisroel 1890-1951 32/2 Armen-Kommission 1890-1951 32/3 Bar Kochba 1890-1951 32/4 Hebrew University of Jerusalem (and Friends of Hebrew University) and Jewish National and University Library 1912-1934 32/5 Histadrut. Various Unions and Networks 1890-1951 32/6 Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums 1890-1951 32/7 Jewish Agency 1935-1941 32/8–10 Juedische Gemeinde Berlin 1900-1930 33/1 Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen (K.J.V.) 1900-1936

  21  

33/2 Keren Hayesod 1890-1951 33/3–6 Keren Kayemet 1890-1951 33/7 Mapai (mifleget poalei erets israel, poalei zion) 1890-1951 34/8 Makkabi 1890-1951 34/1 Mekize Nirdamim (Hebrew Literary Society) 1885-1914 34/2 Palestine Communist Party (ha-miflaga ha-komunistit ha-palestinait) 1933-1945 34/3 Philantropin (Girls School) 1930 34/4 United Nations and UNESCO 1951 34/5–6 U.O.B.B. (Unabhaengiger Orden Bne Briss [= B’nai B’rith]). 1890-1951 34/7 Va’ad Leumi 1926-1932 34/8 Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) 1939-1941 34/9 Zionistisch Akademische Gesellschaft 1936-1941 34/10 Zionist Congress Geneva (1939). “Congrezion” Bulletin 34/11 Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland 1908-1926 34/12 Zionistisches Zentralbuero ca. 1907 Printed Matter of Various Other Organizations Box/Folder Title Date 35/1 Printed Matter, Organizations A-Al 1890-1951 35/2 Printed Matter, Organizations An-B 1890-1951 35/3 Printed Matter, Organizations C-D 1890-1951 35/4 Printed Matter, Organizations E-F 1890-1951 35/5 Printed Matter, Organizations G 1890-1951 35/6 Printed Matter, Organizations Ha-Hil 1890-1951 35/7 Printed Matter, Organizations Hit 1890-1951 35/8 Printed Matter, Organizations Ho-I 1890-1951 35/9 Printed Matter, Organizations J 1890-1951 35/10 Printed Matter, Organizations K 1890-1951 36/1 Printed Matter, Organizations L-N 1890-1951 36/2 Printed Matter, Organizations O-R 1890-1951 36/3 Printed Matter, Organizations S 1890-1951 36/4 Printed Matter, Organizations T-U 1890-1951 36/5 Printed Matter, Organizations V 1890-1951 36/6 Printed Matter, Organizations W-Z 1890-1951 36/7 Circulars of Individuals 1902-1938 Subseries III: Articles and Clippings (arranged by topic and source) Newspaper Articles and Clippings on Specific Topics Box/Folder Title Date 37/1–2 Articles and Clippings on and by Avigdor Hameiri, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Morris Meyer and Jakob Nacht (Includes: Envelopes with Notes by Heinrich Loewe) 1930-1951 37/3 Book and Library History 1900-1930 37/4 Articles and Clippings from Hasavuja ha Palestini (Includes: Envelope Labeled by Heinrich Loewe) 1928

  22  

37/5 On Adolf Hitler (Hebrew and Yiddish; with Notes by Heinrich Loewe) 1935-1945 37/6 Jewish Gymnastics (Includes: List by Heinrich Loewe) 1920-1940 37/7 Jewish Publishers in Germany (with Notes by Heinrich Loewe) 1919 Newspaper Articles and Clippings from Specific Periodicals 37/8 Juedische Rundschau 1900-1940 37/9 Das Literaturblatt der Juedischen Rundschau 1900-1940 37/10 Nationaler Nachrichtendienst 1938-1939 37/11 Sammelblaetter Juedischen Wissens 1890-1951 37/12 Die Welt 1890-1905 Various Articles and Newspaper Clippings (Unsorted) Box/Folder Title Date 37/13–14 German Articles and Clippings (Partly with Notes) 1890-1951 37/15 Hebrew and Yiddish Articles and Clippings (Partly with Notes) 1890-1951 Offprints of Articles by Others Box/Folder Title Date 38/1–4 Offprints 1890-1951 Printed Matter Subject Files Box/Folder Title Date 38/5 Advertising Materials 1900-1951 38/6 Agricultural Tables (Vaporization, Sea Fish) 1890-1951 38/7 On and by Albert Einstein 1925-1931 38/8–9 Country and City Maps 1890-1951 38/10 On Dov Hoz (a Leader of the Labor Zionism Movement) 1940-1941 38/11 Election Materials 1890-1951 38/12 Historical Flyers. First World War and Aftermath (German) 1914-1922 38/13 Historical Flyers (German) 1848-1930 38/14 Historical Flyers (Hebrew, Yiddish, English) 1917-1945 38/15 Jewish Calendars 1893-1932 38/16 Jewish Holidays. Offprints undated 39/1 Loose Sheets from Books 1890-1951 39/2 Open Letters, Announcements of Organizations in Palestine 1930-1951 39/3 Pakeshvil and Religious Flyers 1890-1951 39/4 Programs of Theatre, Festivals, Study 1890-1951 39/5 Publishers and Journals. Advertising Materials 1890-1951 39/6–9 Tel Aviv Municipality. Brochures, Reports, Mixed Materials (Includes: Envelopes Labeled by Heinrich Loewe) 1933-1951 39/10 Tel Aviv Municipality. Newspaper Clippings on Mayor Israel Rokach’s Visit to the U.S.A. 1947-1948 1947-1948 39/11–12 Zionist and Jewish Congresses 1890-1951

  23  

Subseries IV: Periodicals (arranged by language and title, includes some clippings) Specific German Newspapers and Journals Box/Folder Title Date 40/1 Breslauer Juedisches Gemeindeblatt 1928-1932 40/2 Dr. Bloch’s Oesterreichische Wochenschrift 1910-1911 40/3 Gemeindeblatt der juedischen Gemeinde Berlin 1927-1936 40/4 Hoere Israel / Shema Israel 1928 40/5 Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt (Mannheim, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen) 1925-1936 40/6 Juedische Rundschau / Literaturblatt der Juedischen Rundschau 1903-1946 40/7 Juedische Zeitung 1927-1932 40/8 Mitteilungsblatt der Hitachdut Olej Germania / Hitachdut Olej Germania w’Olej Austria / des Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa [= Irgun ‘ole Merkaz Eropah] 1937-1958 40/9 Ost und West 1903/1910 40/10 Juedische Pressezentrale Zuerich 1929-1933 40/11 Zion 1895-1896 Various German Periodicals Box/Folder Title Date 40/12 Various German Newspapers and Journals, A-D 1925-1936 40/13 Various German Newspapers and Journals, E-H 1901-1935 40/14 Various German Newspapers and Journals, I 1920-1951 40/15 Various German Newspapers and Journals, J 1902-1937 41/1 Various German Newspapers and Journals, K-N 1884-1951 41/2 Various German Newspapers and Journals, O-P 1911-1937 41/3 Various German Newspapers and Journals, R-V 1906-1933 41/4 Various German Newspapers and Journals, W-Z 1896-1937 Various Hebrew Periodicals Box/Folder Title Date 41/5 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, אto 1920-1951 ב 41/6 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, 1920-1951 ד 41/7 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, הא to 1920-1951 הב 41/8 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, הד to 1920-1951 הל 41/9 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, 1920-1951 המ 41/10 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, 1920-1951 הע 42/1 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, י to 1920-1951 מ 42/2 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, מׁש to 1920-1951 נ 42/3 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, ס to 1920-1951 ע 42/4 Hebrew Newspapers and Journals, ק to 1920-1951 ת 42/5 Hebrew Literary Journals 1920-1951 Various Yiddish Periodicals Box/Folder Title Date 42/6 Yiddish Newspapers, א to 1890-1950 ג

  24  

42/7 Yiddish Newspapers, ד to 1890-1950 ק Offprints - Hebrew and Yiddish Box, Folder Title Date 42/8–9 Offprints in Hebrew and Yiddish 1890-1950 Various Newspapers in Other Languages Box/Folder Title Date 43/1 Arabic Newspapers 1931-1946 43/2 Danish Newspapers 1907-1908 43/3 Dutch Newspapers (Ha’ischa) 1934-1950 43/4 English Newspaper Clippings 1934-1951 43/5 English Newspapers (A-M) 1930-1951 43/6 English Newspapers (N-O) 1930-1951 43/7 English Newspapers (P-R) 1930-1951 43/8 English Newspapers (S-Z) 1930-1951 43/9 French Newspaper Clippings Undated 43/10 French Newspapers 1917-1943 43/11 Hungarian Newspapers 1937 43/12 Polish Newspapers 1931-1942 43/13 Russian Newspaper Clippings 1902-1951 43/14 Russian Newspapers 1916-1949 43/15 Spanish Newspapers (El Diario Israelita) 1914

***

SERIES VIII: CRYPTO COLLECTIONS Subseries I: Richard Loewe Crypto Collection Manuscripts Box/Folder Title Date 44/1 Notes and Drafts on Greek and Germanic Mythology undated 44/2 Notes and Drafts on Philology undated 44/3 Notes and Drafts on Various Topics undated Correspondence Box/Folder Title Date 44/4 Letters by Various to Richard Loewe, A-G 1905-1910 44/5 Letters by Various to Richard Loewe, H-O 1901-1910 44/6 Letters by Various to Richard Loewe, R-T 1906-1913 44/7 Letters by Various to Richard Loewe, U-Z, Unidentified 1904-1913 Documents

  25  

Box/Folder Title Date 44/8 Document regarding Richard Loewe’s Military Service 1882 44/9 School Certificates 1876-1883 44/10 University Diplomas 1884 ; 1888 44/11 Various Documents (Bills, Receipts, Tickets etc.) 1893-1908 Printed Matter Box/Folder Title Date 44/12 “Kritiken. Die Gliederung der Germanen” (Review of Works by Richard Loewe and Others) 1901 44/13 “Barkiden und Makkabaeer” [Title] 1903 44/14 Publications on Germanic Languages ca. 1890-1920 44/15 Newspaper Clippings with Marks and Notes by Richard Loewe ca. 1900-1911 44/16 Reviews on Works by Richard Loewe 1905-1913 44/17 Works on Swedish Linguistics by Others (with Dedications to Richard Loewe) 1898-1905 44/18 Circulars, Programs, Statutes ca. 1900-1913 Subseries II: Heinrich Meyer Cohn Crypto Collection Manuscripts Box/Folder Title Date 45/1 Notes, Drafts, Printed Matter with Notes undated General Correspondence Box/Folder Title Date 45/2 Letters by Various, A-D 1899-1903 45/3 Letters by Various, E-J 1899-1903 45/4 Letters by Various, K-Z, Unidentified 1891-1904 45/5 Letters by Heinrich Meyer Cohn to Various (A-Z, Unidentified) ca. 1901-1903 Correspondence with Josef Schrattenholz and on Josef Schrattenholz Box/Folder Title Date 45/6 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1892-1893 45/7 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1894-1896 45/8 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1898 45/9 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1899 45/10 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1900 45/11 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1901 45/12 Letters by Josef Schrattenholz to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1902-1904 45/13 Letters by Heinrich Meyer Cohn to Josef Schrattenholz 1894-1901 45/14 Letters on Josef Schrattenholz by Various to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1893-1902 45/15 Letters on Josef Schrattenholz by Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1898-1902 45/16 Letters of Others regarding Josef Schrattenholz 1893 45/17 Receipts and Documents of Heinrich Meyer Cohn (Partly from Josef Schrattenholz) ca. 1898-1903

  26  

Correspondence File: Opposing Russian Postal Service in Palestine Box/Folder Title Date 46/1 Letters from Elias Honig to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1901-1904 46/2 Letters by Heinrich Meyer Cohn to Various 1901-1902 46/3 Letters of Others undated Donation Requests (“Bettelbriefe”) Box/Folder Title Date 46/4 Letters by Various to Heinrich Meyer Cohn ca. 1900-1901 46/5 Letters by Heinrich Meyer Cohn to Unidentified Persons 1901 ; undated 46/6 Letters of Others 1897-1900 46/7 Notes ca. 1899-1901 46/8 Transcripts by Unidentified Author ca. 1899-1901 46/9 Newspaper Clippings and Flyers ca. 1899-1901 Documents Box/Folder Title Date 46/10 Bills and Receipts etc. 1893-1904 Donations to People and (Jewish) Institutions in Palestine Box/Folder Title Date 46/11 Typescript and Flyer ca. 1898 46/12 Letters by Various to Heinrich Meyer Cohn 1900-1901 46/13 Letter of Recommendation for Eliezer Stern undated 46/14 Flyers and Circulars 1902 ; undated Printed Matter Box/Folder Title Date 46/15 Printed Matter of Charity Organizations 1900-1905

***

SERIES IX: IMAGES AND OBJECTS Subseries I: Portraits and Personal Photos and Objects of Heinrich Loewe and Others Box/Folder Title Date 47/1 Photographs of Heinrich Loewe. (Enclosed: a Letter by Shlomo Kidron) 1937 ; 1949 ; 2007 47/2 Photographs Inscribed with Various Names and Location: Tombs of Ber. and Schoene; Taube Jolles and Rabbi Lev; The Hague (1908); Tolusch 1908 ; undated

  27  

47/3 Photographs - Heinrich Loewe, Rabbi Haim Brodi and Others 1933 ; 1937 47/4 Book with Dried Flowers - Dedication of Mrs Litton 1911 47/5 Photographs - Copies of Photos Inscribed with the Names H.D. Namberg and Kalman Shulman ben Yeruham Fischel ca. 1870 and after Subseries II: Landscape and City Photographs from Palestine (arranged by subject) Box/Folder Title Date 47/6 Archeology, Agriculture, Landscape undated 48/1–10 Landscape undated 49/1–2 Cities and Settlements undated 49/3 Gymnastic Lessons, Farm Workers undated 49/4–8 Landscape and City undated 49/9 City (Jerusalem) undated 49/10–11 Third Aliyah undated 49/12 Postcards from Various Places in Palestine (Haifa, Ramle, Degania, Kfar Gileadi, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tel Aviv) undated 49/13 Shop/Exhibition undated 49/14 Reproductions of Various Photos and Prints from Books undated

***

SERIES X: MATERIALS AFTER 1951

Box/Folder Title Date 49/15 Materials Created/Published after 1951 (not by Heinrich Loewe) 1951-2000 Access Rights: Access to the original materials in the Ahad Ha’am Reading Room of the Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library in Tel Aviv will be granted to researchers. Please submit requests to view original materials via email and include a description of your research project. *Final Notes: Heinrich Loewe’s Book Collection at Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library: The collection comprises around 600 books and seems to be only a fragment of his original collection. Even though more than half of the books bear either L.’s bookplate [ex libris] or one of his name-stamps, it was not possible to ascertain beyond doubt that all of

  28  

them were collected by L. himself and not added afterwards to his library. Most of the books are written in German. A considerable part of these books was either written or edited by L. (partly under his pseudonym “Heinrich Sachse”). Approximately 200 books deal with anti-Semitism and the so called “Jewish question”, i. e. they were either written by anti-Semites (e. g. books by Wilhelm Marr, Heinrich Treitschke, Theodor Fritsch, Edouard Drumont, Henry Ford and Houston Stewart Chamberlain) or they were written against anti-Semitism (e. g. books of August Bebel, Constantin Brunner, Binjamin Segel, Arnold Zweig, the “Central-Verein deutscher Staatsbuerger juedischen Glaubens“ and the “Verein zur Abwehr des Antisemitismus“. Despite the aforementioned uncertainties there is now a basic inventory of what might have been a part of L.’s book collection. It’s available on the Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library’s premises. L.’s books are accessible at the Achad Ha’am reading room in the library, upon request. Archival Collections in Other Institutions: The Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem hold materials on L.’s Zionist activity in Berlin, family correspondence, and his autobiographical text “Ba-derekh le-Tsion”, while the collection at the Sha’ar Zion Beit Ariela Public Library holds materials concerning L.’s employment at the Tel Aviv Municipal Library. Both collections include materials regarding L.’s work on Jewish folklore, and documents on the emigra-tion of L. and others from Nazi Germany. Some archival materials by/on L. can also be found in the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem.