IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 805
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Laserson, Maurice and Cohn-Wiener, Ernst : correspondence (1924-1938)
Date(s): 1924-1938
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Laserson | Maurice | fl 1924-1938
Wiener | Ernst | Cohn- | fl 1924-1938 | Professor | art historian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ernst Cohn-Wiener was a Jewish German born in Tilsit (East Prusia), 1882; education: Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz) Gymnasium-Abitur (A levels) 1902; art history, archaeology and philosophy at Berlin and Heidelberg Universities; PhD 1907; left Germany 1933 because of racial persecution; England, 1933; India, 1934; USA, 1939; published numerous works initially on medieval European art and later oriental and Indian art; died, New York, 1941.
For biographical information on Dr Maurice Laserson see Wiener Library Biographical news-cuttings section (G15).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence between Dr Maurice Laserson and Professor Ernst Cohn-Wiener, art historian, 25 Feb 1924-26 Dec 1938 on topics including Cohn-Wiener's travel experiences and the art treasures and traditions of various countries; Cohn-Wiener's experience in India including comments on the situation of the indigenous Jewish population there; Laserson's activities relating to his involvement with ORT (Organisation for Rehabilitation through Training) and efforts by Laserson, in Australia, to find suitable employment and an entry permit for Cohn-Wiener. Also Curriculum Vitae of Cohn-Wiener, written whilst in India, [1938] and a list of Cohn-Wiener's publications produced by Laserson.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German and English
System of arrangement:
In sections as follows: CV; list of publications; correspondence.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The collection was originally the property of Dr Maurice Laserson. It is not clear how it came to be deposited by Dr Bergmann. We have to assume that the two men knew each other in Australia, where both had made their home, possibly through their mutual interest in Jewish welfare.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Dr Bergmann, Nov 1973.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Dr Bergmann's diaries and personal papers (ref: WL 616).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008