Albert Ladenburg Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains materials relating to the Ladenburg family of Mannheim, primarily chemist Albert Ladenburg. It includes clippings and articles, diaries, personal ephemera, and a collection of bills and Notgeld from the Weimar-era hyperinflation.
The Ladenburg family material includes short bios, clippings, and articles about various family members and activities, primarily the bank W. H. Ladenburg und Söhne; letters, birthday cards, poems, plays, and ephemera; a family tree; and Rudolph Ladenburg's copy of the constitution of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences (Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften).
Materials relating to Albert Ladenburg include a copy of a photo of his gravestone; articles by and about him (some photocopies); diplomas, appointments, and proclamations about his education and honorary positions in various societies; residence permits and a marriage license; and a last will and testament.
The collection also includes the June 1834 diary of Leopold Ladenburg, written while in England, and the diary of Eric Ladenburg, who tended to write one very long entry every few years. It also contains Weimar-era money and stamps, including Notgeld from various municipalities in Germany and Austria; postage stamps and ephemera; and German and Austrian bills and bonds, denominated from 5 marks to 20 billion marks.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1972
Creator
- Mayer, Eva, 1918- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
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Albert Ladenburg (1842-1911) was born into a prominent Jewish family in Mannheim. He was a noted professor of chemistry in Kiel (1873-1889) and later in Breslau (1889-1909). In 1905, he won the Royal Society's Davy Medal. He was married to Margarete née Pringsheim, and their children were Rudolph Ladenburg (1882-1952) and Eric Ladenburg (1878-1908).
Albert Ladenburg's father was jurist Leopold Ladenburg (1809-1899), and his grandfather was Wolf Hajum Ladenburg (1766-1851), who founded the private bank W.H. Ladenburg and Söhne in Mannheim in 1785.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to the Ladenburg family of Mannheim, primarily chemist Albert Ladenburg. It includes clippings and articles, diaries, personal ephemera, and a collection of bills and Notgeld from the Weimar-era hyperinflation.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized and made accessible in its entirety.
Processing Information
Materials were refoldered. Sticky notes were copied to acid-free paper.
Subject
- Ladenburg, Albert, 1842-1911 (Person)
- Ladenburg, Leopold (Person)
- Ladenburg, Margarete (Person)
- Ladenburg, Rudolf Walter, 1882-1952 (Person)
- Ladenburg, Wolf Haium, 1766-1851 (Person)
- Ladenburg family (Family)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Albert Ladenburg Family Collection undated, 1834-1972 AR 25373
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Described, encoded, and digitized as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
Revision Statements
- October 2015: dao links and digitization information added by Leanora Lange.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
