Leo Baeck Institute

United States New York  New York  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
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Address:


 * Leo Baeck Institute Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street (Between 5th & 6th Avenues) New York, NY 10011

Telephone: 212-744-6400 or 212-294-8340

Hours and holidays: Monday through Thursday 9:00am – 5:00pm and Friday 9:00am – 3:00pm.
 * The LBI is closed on national holidays and on Jewish holidays.

Directions, maps, and public transportation: Click here.

Website and databases:


 * Leo Baeck Institute—New York|Berlin about, research, collections, publications, news, exhibitions, and visit.
 * Search (Center for Jewish History) including the Leo Baeck Institute. Search by subject, author, title, or call number. An Advanced Search is available. The Leo Baeck Institutes' collection can also be accessed via the WorldCat.
 * DigiBaeck | German-Jewish History Online including personal documents, correspondence, family and community histories, genealogical materials, business records, diaries, memoirs, art, objects, non-copyrighted books, and photos.

Collection Description
The Leo Baeck Institute in New York has a collection of 50,000 German Jewish records, primarily from Baden, Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein, Westpreußen, and Württemberg. These include circumcision, marriage, death, and memorial records. Their holdings include 10,000 archival records, 2,000 memoirs, 25,000 photographs, 80,000 books and 1,600 periodicals. The Archives have papers, community histories, personal correspondence, genealogical materials, and business and public records. The Library collection deals with central European Jewry during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also includes material dating back as far as the 16th century.

Tips
The Guide to Research and Reference Services describes several ways to use their collection.

Guides

 * Fred Grubel, et al., Catalog of the Archival Collections [of the Leo Baeck Institute]. (Tübingen, Germany: J. C. B. Mohr, 1990). ;

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 * National Personnel Records Center
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Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
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 * County Recorder
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 * U.S. District Court
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