- unitid
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{"value"=>"1712", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1712", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1834-1925", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1834/1925"}
{"value"=>"1835-1863", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1835/1863"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1834
- date_inclusive_end
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1925
- keydate
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1834
- date_start
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1834
- date_end
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1925
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lebzeltern family papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.8 linear feet (8 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Baron Edward de Lebzeltern-Collenbach was a member of the aristocratic Lebzeltern family of the Austrian Empire. His father, Francis, and uncle Louis were associates of Prince Metternich. Edward entered the diplomatic service in 1835 in London and then was transferred in 1844 to the Austrian legation in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was assigned to the Italian states of Parma and Modena in 1854 and then went to Lisbon in 1857. His daughter Marie married into the Portuguese aristocracy and his son Victor settled in the U.S. Collection contains correspondence, biographical essay, autograph album, and printed matter by and about members of the Lebzeltern family. Bulk of the correspondence consists of letters, 1834-1863, written by Edward to his father, providing an almost daily account of his activities while he was in London, St. Petersburg, Lisbon, and other European cities. Other correspondence, 1844-1925, includes letters written by various members of Edward's family. Also, essay on the life of Jacques Casanova, autograph album, death notices, and eulogies."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Correspondence is in German and French; letters, 1835-1849, translated into English by Victor Lebzeltern"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Lebzeltern family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lebzeltern family", "type"=>"famname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Baron Edward de Lebzeltern-Collenbach was a member of the prominent aristocratic Lebzeltern family of the Austrian Empire. His father, Francis and uncle, Louis were close associates of Prince Metternich, Austrian foreign minister and architect of the political reaction and restoration of European monarchs which followed the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. Edward entered the diplomatic service at the age of 23 and was assigned to a post in the Austrian embassy in London in 1835. He spent nine years there but found his path to advancement blocked by preferential treatment of the more powerful and wealthy Esterhazy family. In 1844 he was granted a promotion and transfer to the position of first secretary of the Austrian legation in St. Petersburg, Russia. By 1846 he had achieved the rank of charge d'affaires under Ambassador Colloredo. Lebzeltern married Marie Bierzynska (daughter of Katherine Dolgoruky) in 1849 and remained in St. Petersburg until 1854 when he was assigned to duties in tile Italian states of Parma and Modena, and finally in Lisbon, Portugal. His daughter, Marie, married into the Portugese aristocracy, becoming vicomtesse de Chancelleiros. His son, Victor, eventually settled in the United States.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lebzeltern Family Papers contain correspondence to and from Edward Lebzeltern, his wife, his daughter Marie, his son Victor, and Victor's daughter Marie, and a few items of memorabilia. The vast majority of the correspondence consists of letters sent by Edward to his father, 1834-1863. They provide an almost daily journal of his activities while in London, St. Petersburg, Lisbon, and other European cities. The letters from 1835-1849 have been translated from the German by Victor Lebzeltern. They provide abundant details of life at the Austrian embassy, social life among the British and Russian aristocracy, and glimpses of the courts of King William IV, Queen Victoria, and Tsar Nicholas I. The remaining letters in Edward's \"journal\" hare not been translated.</p> <p>Letters written by other members of the Lebzeltern family and their friends, 1844-1925, are predominantly in French. These include letters to Edward from his wife Marie, Marie's letters to her daughter the Vicomtesse de Ghancellelros, and the latter's correspondence with her brother Victor and his daughter Marie Lebzeltern Woods.</p> <p>In addition to the correspondence are an essay written by Victor Lebzeltern on the life of Jacques Casanova, an autograph album belonging to Edward's sister Wilhelmina (Mina), and death notices and eulogies for Alexandrine Lebzeltern, Vicomtesse de Cara, and Marie Lebzeltern, Vicomtesse de Chancelleiros.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>April 1941, Received from Mrs. Frederick Adams Woods (Marie Lebzeltern Woods)</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Publication rights to Victor Lebzeltern's translation of his father's letters (known as the \"Lebzeltern Letters\") remain with the donor</p>"}
- extent_statement
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3.8 linear feet (8 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1835
- date_bulk_end
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1863