Guide to the Gisela Stein Collection, 1938-1965
AR 25314 / MF 987
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| Creator: | Stein, Gisela |
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| Title: | Gisela Stein Collection |
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| Dates: | 1938-1965 |
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| Abstract: | Documents, correspondence and writings of Gisela Stein |
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| Languages: | This collection is in German, English, and Yiddish. |
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| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
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| Identification: | AR 25314 / MF 987 |
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| Repository: | Leo Baeck Institute Archives |
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Gisela Stein was born in Vienna, Austria on Jan. 27, 1924. She went to the Schwarzwald Realgymnasium in Vienna until 1938, when she and her mother
suffered from Nazi persecution. Stein left Vienna in May 1939 and arrived in the United States in June 1939. She finished her high school education
in Brooklyn, NY, winning a city-wide essay contest on ‘National Unity’ in 1941. She acquired a Ph.D. degree in German literature from New York
University and taught at Brooklyn College in New York. Gisela Stein died in 2005.
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Documents, correspondence and writings of Gisela Stein
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Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Collection is microfilmed; use MF 987.
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
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Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish
History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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See also: Austrian Heritage Collection, AHC 3099
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Some books have been removed to the LBI Library.
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Collection is available on 2 reels of microfilm (MF 987).
- Reel 1: 1/1-1/16
- Reel 2: 1/17-1/22
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Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Gisela Stein Collection; AR 25314; box number; folder number; Leo Baeck Institute.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Box 1, undated, 1941-1965 |
| 1 | 1 | AHC Questionnaire | undated |
| 1 | 2 | School records and note books from the Schwarzwald Realgymnasium, Vienna | undated |
| 1 | 3 | Photocopies of documents (German, 1939) pertaining to Stein’s father, Hirsch Stein, with handwritten translation. – ‘Saul Raphael
Landau in den U.S.’ in: Aufbau, 8/15/1941 (photocopy with Stein’s handwritten translation) | |
| 1 | 4 | Yearbook of the Blue and Gold Girls’ High School, Brooklyn, NY | 1941 |
| 1 | 5 | Stein’s letter to J. Donald Adams from the New York Times Book Review about Thomas Mann, and Adam’s article with a reference to Dr.
Stein in the New York Times Book Review, p.2 | Sept. 25, 1955 |
| 1 | 6 | Documents pertaining to Stein’s studies at Hofstra and New York University | undated |
| 1 | 7 | BOOK: Stein, Gisela : The inspiration motif in the works of Franz Grillparzer – with special consideration of Libussa ; Martinus
Nijhoff , The Hague | 1955 |
| 1 | 8 | Various reviews about Ms. Stein’s Grillparzer book in publications from the United States, England and Austria. Also: handwritten
letter by Ms. Stein about the writer Franz Grillparzer | undated |
| 1 | 9 | Brooklyn College | |
| | | Brooklyn College Staff Bibliography, Numbers 27/28, January, 1958-December, 1959, with a reference to her work on page 35,
abstract on Literature and Belief | Jan. 1958-Dec. 1959 |
| | | Stein, Gisela : ‘The Lure of the Lyre or How to increase the study of German’, typescript of an article published in : NYU
Germanic Quarterly, spring 1957, 3 pages | 1957 |
| | | Stein, Gisela : ‘The force of personality: The educational philosophy of Gottfried Keller’, in: Improving College and University
Teaching, Vol. 7, Autumn 1960, p. 132f with a typescript of the same article | 1960 |
| | | Stein, Gisela : ‘Honors projects in elementary German courses’, in: The Superior Student Newsletter of the ICSS, University of
Colorado, Vol. 2, 1/1960, p.11-13 with a typescript of the same article | 1960 |
| | | Stein, Gisela : ‘An evaluation of German honors projects at Brooklyn College their operation and effectiveness in required
courses’, typescript of an article published in: The German quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 1 (1/1961), 8 pages | 1961 |
| | | Typescripts: ‘The Scholars Program’, 1961; ‘Honors Program and Honors Office’, 1960-1963 | 1960-1963 |
| | | Stein, Gisela : ‘Advanced Placement Helps Brooklyn College Find Honor Student’, in: The Superior Student, Vol.5, No 4 (3-4/1963),
p. 12 & p.44 | 1963 |
| 1 | 10 | Brooklyn College correspondence | undated |
| 1 | 11 | Gisela Stein’s articles and contributions on Franz Grillparzer (reprints and typescripts) | undated |
| 1 | 12 | Stein, Gisela : ‘Oesterreichische Gelehrte im Ausland – Gisela Stein, USA’, in: Oesterreichische Hochschulzeitung, vol. 14, No. 12
(6/15/1962), p. 4 (short bipgraphy with portrait). - CV update [1965] of Gisela Stein, Modern language Department, Brooklyn
College. | 1962, 1965 |
| 1 | 13 | Clippings from NY newspapers (English, German, Yiddish), mentioning Gisela Stein | undated |
| 1 | 14 | Stein’s contributions to Sociological Abstracts | undated |
| 1 | 15 | BOOK: Stein, Gisela : Heinrich Boell , aus unseren Tagen, edited by Gisela Stein , Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1960. Book
removed to the library. | 1960 |
| 1 | 16 | Gisela Stein’s articles and contributions on Hermann Hesse (reprints and typescripts) | undated |
| 1 | 17 | Hermann Hesse autographs | undated |
| 1 | 18 | BOOK: Stein, Gisela : Hermann Hesse , Dichter und Weltbuerger , bearbeitet von Gisela Stein , Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York,
1961. Book removed to the library. | 1961 |
| 1 | 19 | Comments about Stein’s Hesse book | undated |
| 1 | 20 | Notes and research notes | undated |
| 1 | 21 | Published material not by Gisela Stein | undated |
| 1 | 22 | Correspondence pertaining to Gisela Stein’s donation to the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York | undated |
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