Collection GB 1556 WL 805 - Laserson, Maurice and Cohn-Wiener, Ernst : correspondence (1924-1938)

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The collection was originally the property of Dr Maurice Laserson. It is not clear how it came to be deposited by Dr Bergmann. We have to assume that the two men knew each other in Australia, where both had made their home, possibly through their mutual interest in Jewish welfare.

GB 1556 WL 805 1924-1938 collection 1 folder Laserson , Maurice , fl 1924-1938
Wiener , Ernst , Cohn- , fl 1924-1938 , Professor , art historian

Ernst Cohn-Wiener was a Jewish German born in Tilsit (East Prusia), 1882; education: Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz) Gymnasium-Abitur (A levels) 1902; art history, archaeology and philosophy at Berlin and Heidelberg Universities; PhD 1907; left Germany 1933 because of racial persecution; England, 1933; India, 1934; USA, 1939; published numerous works initially on medieval European art and later oriental and Indian art; died, New York, 1941.

For biographical information on Dr Maurice Laserson see Wiener Library Biographical news-cuttings section (G15).

The collection was originally the property of Dr Maurice Laserson. It is not clear how it came to be deposited by Dr Bergmann. We have to assume that the two men knew each other in Australia, where both had made their home, possibly through their mutual interest in Jewish welfare.

Dr Bergmann, Nov 1973.

Correspondence between Dr Maurice Laserson and Professor Ernst Cohn-Wiener, art historian, 25 Feb 1924-26 Dec 1938 on topics including Cohn-Wiener's travel experiences and the art treasures and traditions of various countries; Cohn-Wiener's experience in India including comments on the situation of the indigenous Jewish population there; Laserson's activities relating to his involvement with ORT (Organisation for Rehabilitation through Training) and efforts by Laserson, in Australia, to find suitable employment and an entry permit for Cohn-Wiener. Also Curriculum Vitae of Cohn-Wiener, written whilst in India, [1938] and a list of Cohn-Wiener's publications produced by Laserson.

In sections as follows: CV; list of publications; correspondence.

Open

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

German and English

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Dr Bergmann's diaries and personal papers (ref: WL 616).

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Mar 2008 Art history Arts Art theory Australia India Jews Laserson , Maurice , fl 1924-1938 Obshestvo Remeslenofo zemledelcheskofo Truda (The Society for Trades and Agricultural Labour) x ORT Oceania Religious groups South Asia Travel Wiener , Ernst , Cohn- , fl 1924-1938 , Professor , art historian Works of art Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage

Dr Bergmann, Nov 1973.

Correspondence between Dr Maurice Laserson and Professor Ernst Cohn-Wiener, art historian, 25 Feb 1924-26 Dec 1938 on topics including Cohn-Wiener's travel experiences and the art treasures and traditions of various countries; Cohn-Wiener's experience in India including comments on the situation of the indigenous Jewish population there; Laserson's activities relating to his involvement with ORT (Organisation for Rehabilitation through Training) and efforts by Laserson, in Australia, to find suitable employment and an entry permit for Cohn-Wiener. Also Curriculum Vitae of Cohn-Wiener, written whilst in India, [1938] and a list of Cohn-Wiener's publications produced by Laserson.

In sections as follows: CV; list of publications; correspondence.

Open

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

• anglais

• latin

German and English

Dr Bergmann's diaries and personal papers (ref: WL 616).

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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.

• anglais