Koppel S. Pinson Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists primarily of letters Pinson received from Hans Kohn, Emil Lederer, Thomas Mann, and Robert Weltsch, and several others.
The first folder contains several letters from Hans Kohn as well as a transcription of a letter from Martin Buber, a list of Pinson's publications, and a couple of other items. Additional correspondence from Hans Kohn is available in folder 4. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence in folders 2 and 4, most of it from notables in academia, culture and politics. Much of the correspondence deals with professional academic matters, but a number of the letters deal with Pinson's work personally and professionally to aid European Jewish refugees during the 1930s and 1940s.
Correspondents include: Martin Buber, Ludwig Feuchtwanger, Karl Jaspers, Hans Kohn, Emil Lederer, Thomas Mann, Werner Milch, G. (Gottfried) Salomon, Richard Samuel, P. Schuldenrein, Gerty Spies, Rudolf Treuenfels, Robert Weltsch, Ernst Karl Winter, and Franz Wolf.
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1962
Creator
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, Hebrew and Yiddish.
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
Born in Postawy, Lithuania on February 11, 1904, Koppel Pinson came to the United States with his parents in 1907. He received his doctorate in history at Columbia University in 1934 and taught from 1934 to 1961 at various branches of the City University of New York. Pinson's academic specialty was German history, and he was active in assisting refugee scholars during the 1930s. He died in New York City in 1961.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of letters Pinson received from Hans Kohn, Emil Lederer, Thomas Mann, and Robert Weltsch, and several others.
Other Finding Aid
The original inventory is available in folder 1.
Original Location
Series I, section a, correspondence with Hans Kohn, consists of photocopies of originals held by the New York Public Library Manuscript Division in the Koppel S. Pinson Papers (Accession number 75 M 63, call number MssCol 2429).
Separated Material
A portrait photograph of the philologist Richard Samuel has been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Note
Series I section a, correspondence with Hans Kohn, has not been digitized since it is the property of the New York Public Library.
Subject
- Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971 (Person)
- Pinson, Koppel S. (Koppel Shub), 1904-1961 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Koppel S. Pinson Collection, 1932-1962 AR 4310
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- January 23, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
