GB 1556 WL 629 - Courts, Mrs Ben (b 1908): personal papers

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 1556 WL 629

Titel

Courts, Mrs Ben (b 1908): personal papers

Datum(s)

  • 1938-1946 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 file

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Ella Mayer was born in a village in the Rhine Palatinate in 1908, the daughter of a kosher butcher in a small Jewish community. In 1932 both Ella and her sister were brought to England to stay with an English uncle, who had lived in London since before the First World War. Having already met Ben Courts, on the threat of enforced return to Germany, due to the immanent expiry of her visa, they married and she made London her permanent home.

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Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 1556 WL 629 1938-1946 Collection level (fonds) 1 file Courts , Mrs Ben , b 1908 , née Ella Mayer

Ella Mayer was born in a village in the Rhine Palatinate in 1908, the daughter of a kosher butcher in a small Jewish community. In 1932 both Ella and her sister were brought to England to stay with an English uncle, who had lived in London since before the First World War. Having already met Ben Courts, on the threat of enforced return to Germany, due to the immanent expiry of her visa, they married and she made London her permanent home.

Ben Courts

Mrs Ben Courts personal papers, 1938-1946, comprise correspondence mostly from friends and family members in Germany to Mrs Ben Courts 1938-1946, (629/1), much of this material is immediately pre war and relates to requests by unidentifiable individuals for sponsorship to settle in England; Central Office for Refugees Domestic Bureau printed material including terms and conditions and registration information, 1939 (629/2) and biographical notes on Mrs Ben Courts by her son Hugh Courts, [1938-1946] (629/3).

Chronological by subject

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

German and English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

For a more detailed biography of Mrs Ben Courts see WL 629/3.

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

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.

November 2007 Central Office for Refugees Domestic Bureau Courts , Mrs Ben , b 1908 , née Ella Mayer Emigration Europe Germany Jews Migrants Migration Refugees Religious groups UK Western Europe London England

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Ben Courts

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Mrs Ben Courts personal papers, 1938-1946, comprise correspondence mostly from friends and family members in Germany to Mrs Ben Courts 1938-1946, (629/1), much of this material is immediately pre war and relates to requests by unidentifiable individuals for sponsorship to settle in England; Central Office for Refugees Domestic Bureau printed material including terms and conditions and registration information, 1939 (629/2) and biographical notes on Mrs Ben Courts by her son Hugh Courts, [1938-1946] (629/3).

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

Chronological by subject

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Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Open

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

German and English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Toegangen

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notitie Publicaties

For a more detailed biography of Mrs Ben Courts see WL 629/3.

Aantekeningen

Aantekening

For a more detailed biography of Mrs Ben Courts see WL 629/3.

Alternative identifier(s)

Trefwoorden

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

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Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

Wiener Library

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

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.

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik