Evelyn Pearl Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains photocopies of documents, photographs, and genealogical tables pertaining to the family of Evelyn Pearl (Perl) of Berlin and the related Wachsmann (Waxman) and Heimann families.
The documents in the first folder primarily related to the family's emigration in 1941 to over Portugal the United States on the ship Nyassa. There are a couple of photographs of the voyage and also a document pertaining to the expropriation of the family business in Berlin. The photographs show primarily domestic scenes of the Perl, Waxman, and Heimann families in Berlin and its environs, with some vacation photographs. The family trees and genealogical forms in folder three contain information from the late 19th century through the late 20th century. The final folders contain photocopies of articles, photographs and a few documents pertaining to Evelyn Pearl's relatives, the prominent film composer Franz Waxman and the athlete Martha Jacob. Also included in the collection is a short DVD recording from 1991 of Evelyn Pearl visiting her family's former residences, businesses, and other important sites in Berlin.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1917-1994
Creator
- Pearl, Evelyn (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
Permission of donor is required to quote or use this material in publication.
For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
5 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains photocopies of documents, photographs, and genealogical tables pertaining to the family of Evelyn Pearl (Perl) of Berlin and the related Wachsmann (Waxman) and Heimann families.
Separated Material
DVD has been removed to the LBI A/V Collection.
Note
Almost all items in this collection are photocopies. Legibility is therefore not optimal.
Subject
- Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967 (Person)
- Jacob, Martha, 1911-1976 (Person)
- Perl family (Family)
- Heimann family (Family)
- Wachsmann family (Family)
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Evelyn Pearl Family Collection, circa 1917-1994 AR 6292
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- August 27, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
