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- Creator
- Brandeis, Fredericka Dembitz
- Call number
- MssCol 370
- Physical description
- .15 linear feet (1 v.)
- Language
- Recollections are in German
- Preferred Citation
- Fredericka Dembitz Brandeis papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Fredericka Dembitz Brandeis came to the U.S. in 1848 from Prague with her husband, Adolph Brandeis. He entered the grain and produce business in Louisville, Kentucky. Their second son, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, became a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Collection consists of typed transcript copy of the recollections of Fredericka Brandeis. Recollections were written for her son Louis between 1880 and 1886 and describe her early life.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Austin Book Shop, 1984Using 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