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Personal-persons he helped. 1940s/1950s

 File — Box: 0078.01, Folder: 05
Identifier: 0078.01.05

Scope and Contents

1946 February 27 to Erwin Loewy from H. C. Hulme (Wales) (blue ink handwritten letter of thanks for stockings and parcel of food) 1946 April 23 to Erwin Loewy (New York) from E. C. Frater (Bournemouth) (typed letter requesting stockings for friends at English Steel and half dozen parcels of food) 1946 July 16 to Erwin Loewy from ? (Tara, Dorset) (handwritten letter of thanks for food parcels sent to Zagreb and Czechoslovakia) 1946 September 15 to Erwin Loewy (New York) from Karl Klapbeck (Siegburg, British Zone), (letter handwritten in German thanking for intervention to remain in dwelling on Waldstr., small envelope) 1946 November 28 to Loewy from Elisabeth Grothe (letter typed in German relates personal family situation) 1946 December 14 to Loewy from E.M.T. (Sheffield) (handwritten letter of thanks for parcel of Eats) 1946 December 30 to Loewy from Grete Haffner (Bournemouth) (handwritten letter in German thanking for parcel of food. 1947 September 14/15 to Erwin Loewy from Ilse Schloemann (with reference to a Capt. Gordon W. Gilkey requesting aid in finding family possessions) 1948 July 10 to Margret from Gerta typed letter in German with reference to Erwin in Paris. 1949 January 5 to Erwin Loewy (Hydropress) from Ernest Miller (Loma Machine Mfg. Co. New York) refers to Messrs. Slavicek, Vanek, Rosenauer, Zenkl, Furth and Slavik; four attachments: two typed letters in Czech, a carbon copy of a letter in English, and a Western Union telegraph. 1951 January 27 to Erwin from Louis Elkan (New York) typed letter in German. 1951 September 28 to Erwin Loewy from MVK (Mary V. Karkocka, secretary to Erwin Loewy) note paper “Avoid Verbal Orders” regarding Frank Dvorsky. 1953 August 3 The Congressional Record remarks of Herbert H. Lehman 1953 October 9 from Alice Vochoc handwritten letter of thanks 1954 January 23 to Lipman? hastily handwritten English letter difficult to read but possibly from Erwin Loewy, attachments are typed letters from The Cardwell Machine Company (Richmond, Va) dated 1954 January 20 from Eric M. Lipman (London, England), Curriculum vitae for Bohus Pissko 1954 November 28 New York Times article “Drugs for the Eye” 1954 December 27 to Erwin Loewy from Louis Elkan (New York) typed letter in German 1955 to Erwin Loewy from Alfred Busy-Fever No. 184 The Trundle Engineering Co. 1955 September 28 to Loewy from A. Vochoc ( Paris) handwritten letter in French [Vochoc was the Czech Consul to France at the time and a close friend of Erwin Loewy] 1956 March 22 to Loewy from Alice Vochoc 1956 Prosince 22 typed letter in Czech 1957 October 30 to American Consulate Southampton, England (attachment sheet of shorthand notes) 1957 November 9 to Erwin Loewy (New York) from William F. Ryan (The Foreign Service of the USA) 1958 July 23 to Hugo Lorant from Erwin Loewy (photocopy of handwritten (handwriting faded and enhanced with blue ink) letter extending 70th birthday greetings and past 40 years of friendship, 8” x 10” black and white photo (back of photo has name Hugo Lorant in ink, stamped in black ink is Ilse Hofman – 511 East 20th Street Apt. 13C New York 10, N.Y.); another photo by Ilse Hofman of three men seated at table (same occasion Lorant photo) (on back of photo in pencil is name Paul Ullmann – Center) 1959 March 30 Karel ? (Praze) typed letter in Czech No Date Application of a Certificate of Arrival and Preliminary Form for Petition for Naturalization

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1959

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 22 Linear Feet (34 boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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