[Personal Letters, 1912 & 1961-1969]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20190020] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF FRITZ LOEWEAccession[1988.0020] Consolidated Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-2019002000004Scope and ContentFolder containing assorted letters, many personal, written to Fritz Loewe and often Else Loewe, including postcards and handwritten drafts of replies and letters written by Fritz Loewe. Most letters are grouped together by correspondent name and letters have been left in this original order, which is not strictly chronological. Names of some correspondents are illegible and many letters and cards are signed with first names only. Frequent unidentified correspondents include "Dulli" (family or close friend), "Hugo und Irmgard" (who write from Vienna), and "M. Cadeu" (Bundle of letters in envelope labeled "Familie", name is difficult to decipher). A letter from "Dulli" at the front of the folder includes a postcard dated 24 June 1912, and an undated photograph of six boys, one possibly Fritz Loewe. Other letters date from 1961-1969. Also contains 3 black and white photographs of "André", "Peter" and "Netty" (Kahane?).
Topics include: Family photographs; News of friends; Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.
Senders / Recipients include: Fritz Loewe; Grete Roth; Raoul Despres; H. Kick [?]; Khan M. Shamshad, Weather Central, Karachi; Lotte Machol; [?] Behr; "Dulli"; Erna D. Ball; Kenji and Ikuko Kojima (card); "Hugo und Irmgard" [Gulg?]; Hederig Bermann [?]; Doris, Max and Netty Kahane (with photographs); Fritz Ball; Anna Stern; Val Phillips, Bureau of Meteorology; Ernst Blaschke; K.J. Ball-Kaduri; von [illegible] Barrus [?]; Hertha Crohn; H. Keidanz; Charlotte Weitze; Paul, Lotte und Brigitte Weitze (with birthday poem); Hermann Makower; Eli Hoesler [?] M. Cadeu [?].Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0001

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CreatorLoewe, Fritz P.RoleProvenance

Dates

Date1912-1969

Description Control

Previous System ID2019.0020.00004Finding Aid Reference1988.0020 Unit 54/1

Characteristics

Language of MaterialEnglish (eng)German (ger)French (fre)

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[Personal Letters, 1912 & 1961-1969]