Adolph S. Oko Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of photocopies and transcriptions of correspondence between Oko, Ernst Altkirch and Richard Beer-Hoffman.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1944
Creator
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Oko was a librarian, scholar and philanthropist who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in Russia in 1883, educated in Germany, and emigrated to New York, before being appointed chief librarian at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1906. He was also an expert on Spinoza. Oko died in Cincinnati in 1944.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
This collection consists of photocopies and transcriptions of correspondence between Oko, Ernst Altkirch and Richard Beer-Hoffman.
Other Finding Aid
An inventory is availably in folder 1.
Subject
- Oko, Adolph S. (Adolph Sigmund), 1883-1944 (Person)
- Altkirch, Ernst, 1873-1926 (Person)
- Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Adolph S. Oko Collection, 1921-1944 AR 311
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- October 04, 2011 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
