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Wertfein Correspondence

 File — Box: 0078.31, Folder: 11
Identifier: 0078.31.11

Scope and Contents

1939 April 13 from Ludwig Loewy to Mr. Reincke (William Beardmore & Co. Ltd., London) (typed letter in English re: arranging for Bohumil Wertfein to come to England) (two copies of letter) 1939 April 14 from Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd to Bohumil Wertfein (Rotterdam) (typed letter in English asking Wertfein to call at British Consulate in Scheveningen to see a Major Stevens) (two copies of letter 1939 April 17 (handwritten note in pencil re: Wertfein resume) 1939 April 18 (handwritten note in pencil re: payments in Pounds) 1939 May 6 (handwritten note in pencil re: Wertfein distribution of Pounds: £550. – UK, £50. Mrs. Minnie Orr (Brooklyn,N.Y.), £100. H. Reiner, £210 F.H. Linger) 1939 May 8 (Two receipts acknowledging received from Ludwig Loewy by Bohumil Wertfein the sums of £180 and £10) 1939 May 8 from Loewy Engineering Co. Lts. to Under-Secretary of State (London) (typed letter re: Bohumil Wertfein) 1939 May 9 from Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd. to Bohumil Wertfein (Moravska Ostrava) (typed letter referring to impending visit) 1939 (15 items paper clipped together relating to Bohumil Wertfein as follows) 1939 May 9 from Ludvik (sic) Loewy (London) to Mustafa Hashim (Prague) By way of Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft a Check London No. 170093 1939 June 9 from Ludvik Loewy (London) to Mustafa Hashim (Prague) by way of Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft a Check New York No. 273420 1939 June 9 from Ludvik Loewy (London) to Jaro Robitschek by way of Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft a Check London No. 237088 1939 June 16 (handwritten note in pencil in German re: Wertfein, Julius Herrmann, Richard Herrmann, Peter Kunstler c/o Mrs. Foster Young (Norwich) £100 as a Guarantie for school) 1939 June 16 (handwritten note in pencil in German re: Alfred Wertfein) 1939 June 16 (handwritten note in pencil in German re: William Singer, Jul. Herrmann, Max Baier, Jaro Roubicek, Hashim with amounts paid) 1939 June 16 from Lloyds Bank Ltd. (London) to L. Loewy (London) re: Captain V.C. Farrell 1939 June 17 (handwritten note in German re: Capt. Farrell and Wertfein accounts) 1939 June 17 Receipt from Bohumil Wertfein in amount of 50£ 1939 June 24 from Alice Spitzer (London) (handwritten letter in German requesting help for a Baier, wife and child) 1939 June 25 from Julius Herrmann to Loewy Engineering (handwritten letter Re: a deposit to be made on Thursday, pencil notation made re: Fritz Lichtenstein) 1939 June 29 & July 1 three “Received from Mr. Ludwig Loewy: 605£, $400, 2 Drainant-Ringe? 1939 July 20 from Mustafa Hashim (Egyptian Legation, Prague) to Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd. (London) (typed note in English and envelope with German stamps re: an enclosed Check No. CH 88886/240 1939 August 8 Certificate of the Issue of a British Money Order WG 22 556 to Bohumil Wertfein 1939 May 31 from Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd. to Passport Control (London) (typed letter re: Bohumil Wertfein) 1939 June 2 from Passport Control to Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd (re: No. 3/71111 re: Bohumil Wertfein) 1939 July 21 from Prager Industrie-und Handels-Aktiengesellschaft (Prague) to Ludwig Löwy (typed letter in German informing Ludwig of Mr. B. Wertfein’s business trip to London) [No date] from ? (Le Bristol, Paris) to Loewy (handwritten letter in German re: Bohumil Wertfein)

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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