Correspondence with Epstein, Klaus

Identifier
3000/9/1/392
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

6 letters

Biographical History

Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Epstein (1927-1967) was a historian of Jewish-German-American descent. He taught at Harvard and at Brown University in Providence. Epstein died at the age of 40 in a car accident.

Scope and Content

Containing letters by Walter Laqueur, Alfred Wiener’s successor as director of The Wiener Library, exclusively the correspondence centres on writings Epstein contributed to the institution’s publications. Furthermore, Laqueur outlines the idea of transforming the Library into a research institute and to establish a serious partnership with a (US-American) university.

Conditions Governing Access

open

People

  • Epstein, Klaus

Corporate Bodies

  • The Wiener Library

Subjects

  • Libraries and Archives

Places

  • London
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