Collection GB 1556 WL 1548 - Manes, Walter (b 1911): Personal papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 1548

Title

Manes, Walter (b 1911): Personal papers

Date(s)

  • 1918-1999 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1 file

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Walter Manes was born in Berlin in 1911, one of four children of Philipp and Gertrude Manes, a Jewish family. He managed to escape Nazi Germany through employment opportunities as a musician in Shanghai in 1938 and 1939. He remained with his wife in China until 1948 when he emigrated to USA. (See 1548/1 for an autobiographical account).

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Archival history

GB 1556 WL 1548 1918-1999 collection 1 file Manes , Walter , b 1911 , musician

Walter Manes was born in Berlin in 1911, one of four children of Philipp and Gertrude Manes, a Jewish family. He managed to escape Nazi Germany through employment opportunities as a musician in Shanghai in 1938 and 1939. He remained with his wife in China until 1948 when he emigrated to USA. (See 1548/1 for an autobiographical account).

Deposited by Eva Manes.

Personal papers of Walter Manes, 1918-1999, includes correspondence with parents; official documentation; papers relating to his time in Shanghai; correspondence regarding emigration to USA and photographs.

Chronological by subject.

Open

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

English, German and French

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

WL 1346

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.

March 2008 China East Asia Emigration Jews Manes , Walter , b 1911 , musician Migration North America Religious groups Shanghai Shanghai Shi USA

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by Eva Manes.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Personal papers of Walter Manes, 1918-1999, includes correspondence with parents; official documentation; papers relating to his time in Shanghai; correspondence regarding emigration to USA and photographs.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Chronological by subject.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English, German and French

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

WL 1346

Finding aids

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

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Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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