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Michels, Richard (b 1873): Personal papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1580

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Michels, Richard (b 1873): Personal papers

Date(s): 1889-1969

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Michels | Richard | b 1873 | doctor

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Dr Richard Michels was born in 1873 in Essen and settled in Duesseldorf in 1899. He spent his first few years in Duesseldorf as a ship's doctor on a number of vessels, sailing all over the world. Thus the bulk of this collection contains letters sent to his mother and journals whilst travelling. He came to London in 1939 where he became a doctor specializing in mental disorders and nervous diseases. He made a name for himself by developing the anti-depressant Lubrokal, which was also used for epilepsy. He was married late in life to the famous pianist, Irma Pulvermann, also from Duesseldorf, with whom he visited her home city every year.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Dr Richard Michels, 1889-1969, comprise correspondence and journals of Richard Michels, mostly whilst on board a variety of ships in his capacity as ship's doctor c 1900; some photographs; and typescript accounts of Kempen, Posen by a relative on his wife's side of the family.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

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

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the family.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
Physicians | Medical personnel | Medical profession | Medical sciences
Shipping | Maritime transport | Transport
Personnel
Primary documents
Water transport

Personal names
Michels | Richard | b 1873 | doctor

Corporate names

Places
Kempen | Düsseldorf district | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Western Europe | Europe