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- Creator
- Klimpt, Werner E. E., 1900-
- Call number
- MssCol 1656
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (1 box)
- Language
- Materials in German and English
- Preferred Citation
- Werner E.E. Klimpt papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Dr. Werner Egon Eugen Klimpt (1900- ), a German mathematician, emigrated to the United States in 1946. From 1933 to 1939 he studied the forestry, timber and paper industry at the Institute for Business Cycle Research in Berlin. Collection consists of diaries and notebooks Klimpt kept in Germany during World War II, 1939-1946, and in New York, Chicago and Galesburg, Ill., 1946-1958. Also, several manuscripts of technical and poetical writings in German; and personal papers, 1922-1960, including watercolor sketchbook and membership booklet in Organisation Todt, a Nazi labor group.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Klimpt, Werner Egon Eugen, 1968Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Immigrants -- United States
- National socialism
- Working class -- Germany -- Societies, etc
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Personal narratives
Places
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
- Galesburg (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328