Ofra D. Core Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains materials by and about Ofra Core, her husband David Uriel Core, and her father-in-law, the noted German-Jewish and Israeli philosopher Hugo Bergmann (1883-1975).
The collection contains over twenty letters, written in Hebrew, from Hugo Bergmann to his son Uri Bergmann, as well as some other correspondence. The collection also contains a few of Hugo Bergmann's writings, primarily undated typescripts in Hebrew, as well as clippings about him. Other materials about him and his family include an excerpt from his mother's diary and a handful of photographs. The collection also contains a handwritten poem by Nobel laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon, written for Uri Bergmann.
Materials by Ofra and David Core are also found in this collection, and include a photo album of David's, some of his material about the Japanese religious group Mayuka, as well as some of Ofra's professional materials from her career as a records manager and chief of the Registry Section at United Nations Headquarters, New York.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-2010
Creator
- Core, Ofra D. (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in Hebrew, German, and English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Biographical Note
Ofra D. Core (née Dushman) was a records manager for the United Nations and chief of its Registry Section. In 1951, she married David Uriel Core (born 1922 as Uri Bergmann), who was the son of noted German-Jewish and Israeli philosopher Hugo Bergmann and Else Fanta Bergmann, as well as the grandson of Prague salon hostess Berta Fanta.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains materials by and about Ofra Core, her husband David Uriel Core, and her father-in-law, the noted German-Jewish and Israeli philosopher Hugo Bergmann (1883-1975). The collection contains correspondence from Hugo Bergmann as well as other materials about him and his family. Materials by Ofra and David Core are also found in this collection, and include a photo album, material about the Japanese religious group Mayuka, and some of Ofra's professional materials from her career as a records manager for the United Nations.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into three series.
Processing Information
The materials were refoldered, duplicates removed, and photocopies made of the relevant articles from entire journals. Photographs were rehoused. Loose prints found in the photo album in Series II were housed in Mylar and placed in the album at the page where they were originally found. Photocopies of excerpts of related memoirs by Else Bergmann (ME 44) and Berta Fanta (ME 1006) were removed.
Subject
- Core, Ofra D. (Person)
- Bergman, Samuel Hugo, 1883-1975 (Person)
- Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Ofra D. Core Collection Undated, 1909-2010 AR 25421
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- January 24, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
