GB 0100 KCLCA Mond - MOND, Frida (c1847-1923)

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GB 0100 KCLCA Mond

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MOND, Frida (c1847-1923)

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  • 1794-1831 (Creación)

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c16 boxes

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Historia biográfica

Frida, daughter of Adolf Meyer Loewenthal of Cologne, born c1847; married in 1866 her cousin Ludwig Mond (born in Cassel, 1839; came to England, 1862; prominent manufacturing chemist and philanthropist; Managing Director of Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd); two sons (Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, 1867-1938, chemist, industrialist, and archaeologist; Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, 1868-1930, industrialist, financier and politician); homes at the Hollies, Farnworth, near Widnes, then Winnington Hall, near Northwich, and latterly the Poplars, Avenue Road, Regent's Park London, the Palazzo Zuccari, Rome, and Combe Bank, near Sevenoaks; widowed, 1909; member of the Council of the English Goethe Society; endowed a Goethe Scholarship Fund of the Goethe Society, 1911; friend of Sir Israel Gollancz; died 1923; a benefactor of King's College London; also endowed a British Academy lectureship and prize on Anglo-Saxon and English.

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Frida Mond bequeathed the collection to King's College, which received it in 1923. Some items appeared in a temporary travelling exhibition, 'The Life and Work of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, 1749-1832', organised by the Goethe Institute, London, in 1982.
GB 0100 KCLCA Mond 1794-1831 Collection (fonds) c16 boxes Mond , Frida , c1847-1923 , wife of Ludwig Mond , benefactor of King's College London
Goethe , Johann Wolfgang , Von , 1749-1832 , poet and playwright
Schiller , Johann Christoph Friedrich , Von , 1759-1805 , writer
Frida, daughter of Adolf Meyer Loewenthal of Cologne, born c1847; married in 1866 her cousin Ludwig Mond (born in Cassel, 1839; came to England, 1862; prominent manufacturing chemist and philanthropist; Managing Director of Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd); two sons (Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, 1867-1938, chemist, industrialist, and archaeologist; Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, 1868-1930, industrialist, financier and politician); homes at the Hollies, Farnworth, near Widnes, then Winnington Hall, near Northwich, and latterly the Poplars, Avenue Road, Regent's Park London, the Palazzo Zuccari, Rome, and Combe Bank, near Sevenoaks; widowed, 1909; member of the Council of the English Goethe Society; endowed a Goethe Scholarship Fund of the Goethe Society, 1911; friend of Sir Israel Gollancz; died 1923; a benefactor of King's College London; also endowed a British Academy lectureship and prize on Anglo-Saxon and English.

Frida Mond bequeathed the collection to King's College, which received it in 1923. Some items appeared in a temporary travelling exhibition, 'The Life and Work of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, 1749-1832', organised by the Goethe Institute, London, in 1982.

In 1981 the manuscripts, artefacts and portraits were transferred from the German Department, King's College London, to King's College Archives. A few items may be additions to Mrs Mond's original collection.

Collection of Frida Mond relating to German literature including poems and letters, 1794-1831, by and concerning Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and a manuscript page (undated) of Wilhelm Tell by Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller; portraits, busts and reliefs of Goethe and Schiller, some of which (including some photographs) are copies of original material held elsewhere; other relics and memorabilia relating to them, some postdating their deaths; and relics comprising jewellery, clothing, hair, possessions and portraits of Lotte Buff (Charlotte Buff, 1753-1828, friend of Goethe 1772).

Framed pictures; Unframed pictures, engravings, and photographs; Busts, reliefs, etc; Autograph letters and poems; Lotte Buff relics; Various; Miscellaneous Goethe ephemera.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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Besides manuscript material, there are oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, engravings, prints, photographs and artefacts.

Henry Gibson Atkins, The Frida Mond Collection at King's College: a Descriptive Catalogue [1923-1924].

Some transcripts and translations held at King's College.

Frida Mond bequeathed some 300 volumes relating to German literature, especially Schiller and Goethe, to King's College Library, received in 1923 and described in Henry Gibson Atkins, The Frida Mond Collection at King's College: a Descriptive Catalogue [1923-1924]. Marble statues of Sappho and Sophocles bequeathed by Mrs Mond stand in King's College old entrance hall.

Oxford University, Taylor Institution Library, holds letters of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: brief description in King's College London Manuscripts and Private Papers: A Select Guide (1982); Henry Gibson Atkins, The Frida Mond Collection at King's College: a Descriptive Catalogue [1923-1924]; King's College Calendar 1924-5, p 491; Who's Who and Dictionary of National Biography entries for Ludwig Mond (1839-1909), Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (1867-1938) and Alfred Moritz Mond, first Baron Melchett (1868-1930) (all of whom also appear in the National Register of Archives); J M Cohen, The Life of Ludwig Mond (Methuen, London, 1956), which includes information on Frida Mond; Derek Van Abbe, Goethe (1972); National Register of Archives. 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. Jan 2001 Buff , Charlotte , 1753-1828 , friend of Johann Wolfgang Friedrich Von Goethe Europe European literature German literature Germany Goethe , Johann Wolfgang , von , 1749-1832 , poet and playwright x von Goethe , Johann Wolfgang Literary forms and genres Literature Mond , Frida , c 1847-1923 , wife of Ludwig Mond , benefactor of King's College London National literatures Poetry Schiller , Johann Christoph Friedrich , Von , 1759-1805 , writer x Von Schiller , Johann Christoph Friedrich Western Europe

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

In 1981 the manuscripts, artefacts and portraits were transferred from the German Department, King's College London, to King's College Archives. A few items may be additions to Mrs Mond's original collection.

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Alcance y contenido

Collection of Frida Mond relating to German literature including poems and letters, 1794-1831, by and concerning Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and a manuscript page (undated) of Wilhelm Tell by Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller; portraits, busts and reliefs of Goethe and Schiller, some of which (including some photographs) are copies of original material held elsewhere; other relics and memorabilia relating to them, some postdating their deaths; and relics comprising jewellery, clothing, hair, possessions and portraits of Lotte Buff (Charlotte Buff, 1753-1828, friend of Goethe 1772).

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Sistema de arreglo

Framed pictures; Unframed pictures, engravings, and photographs; Busts, reliefs, etc; Autograph letters and poems; Lotte Buff relics; Various; Miscellaneous Goethe ephemera.

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Condiciones de acceso

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Condiciones

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

Idioma del material

  • inglés

Escritura del material

  • latín

Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras

German

Características físicas y requisitos técnicos

Frida Mond bequeathed some 300 volumes relating to German literature, especially Schiller and Goethe, to King's College Library, received in 1923 and described in Henry Gibson Atkins, The Frida Mond Collection at King's College: a Descriptive Catalogue [1923-1924]. Marble statues of Sappho and Sophocles bequeathed by Mrs Mond stand in King's College old entrance hall.

Instrumentos de descripción

Henry Gibson Atkins, The Frida Mond Collection at King's College: a Descriptive Catalogue [1923-1924].

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Some transcripts and translations held at King's College.

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Oxford University, Taylor Institution Library, holds letters of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.

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King's College London College Archives

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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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  • inglés

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