Papers of the Frank family, 1941-1947, comprising copies of Red Cross telegrams.

Papers of Valerie and Andrea Wolffenstein, 1948-1992, comprise correspondence from their friends and acquaintances and notably include congratulatory birthday letters from Bundespraesident von Weizsaecker and the Bayerische Ministerpraesident, 1991-1992; letter from Eberhard Frowein, film director, 1948 and correspondence and papers concerning Libertas Schulze-boysen, a German opponent of the Nazis and Die Rote Kapelle, two resistance rings, partially with Communist backgrounds, in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War Two.

Papers of H G Adler 1807-1997, including photocopies of Adler's correspondence, 1947-1987, including with Hermann Broch and Heinrich Böll. Notebooks containing manuscript poems, 1924 and nd; photograph of Adler in old age. File entitled 'Theresienstadt private erinnerungen' containing items from Theresienstadt including drafts of poems, sketches, and notes to his first wife. Unpublished typescript copy of Leo Baeck's Die Entwick lung der Rechtsstekkung der Juden in Europe, vornehmlich in Deutschland, vom Beginn der Neuzeit bis in das XIX. Jahrhundert, (c 1942-1943). Corrected original typescript copy of Adler's Theresienstadt [1948], (beleived to be the second or third carbon copy). Typescript copies of Adler's Schuldig und Unshuldig, 1954-1967, Die Anseidlung dargestellt als Roman,Die Prüfung and England: Eindrück Eines Ahnungslosen. Typescript copy of articles by Adler including 'Gerdenken an Prag', 1981, and 'Die Protokolle der weisen von zion.' Photocopies of typescript books and articles by Adler, notably Der Mechanische Materialismus, Raoul Feuerstein and Die Orthodoxie des Herzens. Typescript poems by Adler, 1927-1988. Manuscript sheet music by Viktor Ullmann 'Der Mensch und sein Tag', based on poems by Adler. Tapes, including of an obituary of Adler broadcast on the BBC Czech Service, 1988. Complete collection of the first editions of the 24 works of Adler, four of which have extended presentation inscriptions by the author; periodical offprints by Adler and contributions by Adler to anthologies and books edited and translated by Adler. Printed photocopies of the statements made in the trial of Adolf Eichmann, bound in 6 volumes, in German, (Israeli Police, 1961), and transcripts for the preliminary investigations for the trial.; catalogue of the literary estate of H G Adler by Jeremy Adler and Franz Hocheneder and PhD dissertation by Franz Hocheneder 'HG Adler: Werk und Nachlass - Eine Bibliographische Studie', 1997.

The papers comprise research material accumulated by Baruch Hirson and Riva Krut on Jews in South Africa, and include photocopy of a list of Jews resident in Johannesburg, c1915-1917; extract from memoir of Joseph Ratner (c1871-1960), a Jewish settler in South Africa, 1902; notes of interview with Izzy Rome (b 1892), who settled in South Africa in 1908; copy of memoirs of Morris (Maurice) Schmulian (b c 1903), who settled in Johannesburg, 1906; account by Mary Kropman of the life of Samuel Marks (1844-1920) who settled in South Africa in 1868; and articles about Jews in South Africa.

The Altmann collection, [1920-1997], comprises papers of Alexander Altmann; papers of his brothers, Manfred and Erwin Altmann, Altmann family papers and papers relating to the Institute of Jewish Studies. Includes memoirs, diaries, draft manuscripts, research papers, letters, photographs, audio-visual material, family research papers, financial and legal papers and papers relating to publications and conferences.

Minute books of meetings of donors to the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Spitalfields, London, 1854-1872, with minutes of Finance Committee meetings, 1858-1871; correspondence and papers, 1857-1888, including printed accounts, 1857-1858, 1869-1872, 1883-1884, letters, 1871, 1887, and printed notices of meetings, 1888.

Photocopy of a manuscript letterbook, 1890-1891, of Edith M Lucas, containing copies of circular letters to her friends describing missionary work, her experiences in China, her religious reflections, also including an account of Jews in China.

Papers, 1927-1986, of Gledhill Stanley Blatch, comprising correspondence, press cuttings, reports and political propaganda material collected by him. The material relates largely to the Ethiopian situation in the 1970s and 1980s and covers topics such as the famine and refugee situation, questions of religious discrimination and the Mengistu regime.