Frank Back Papers, 1899-1983 (MSS 568)

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Extent: 6 Linear feet (5 archives boxes, 2 card file boxes and 20 oversize folders)

Papers of Frank Back, optical engineer and founder and president of Zoomar Inc., an optical engineering company specializing in lens design for television, motion picture and single-lens reflex cameras. Materials include biographical documents, reprints and typescript drafts of Back's professional writings, patent applications, correspondence, miscellaneous Zoomar records and memorabilia, and documents related to Back's brother-in-law, Herbert Lowen.

Frank Gerhard Back was born in Vienna, Austria, on August 25, 1902. Upon completion of his secondary schooling in 1920, Back matriculated at the Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Vienna, where he received his masters in engineering in 1925 and a doctorate in science in 1931. He worked as a self-employed consulting engineer in Vienna until September of 1938 when he moved to France. Back remained in France for less than a year and during the summer of 1939, he immigrated to the United States.

After working as an engineer for several companies in New York City, Back started his own company called Research and Development Laboratory in 1944. A year later, Back started a second company, Zoomar Inc., and served as its president and head engineer until his retirement in the late 1970s.

Throughout his life, Back invented several optical devices and improvements of existing optical technologies. He held numerous patents in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, France, Britain, and Italy. At Zoomar he developed and patented an optically-compensated zoom lens for television cameras in 1948 and one for single lens reflex (SLR) 35mm cameras in 1959. From the late 1940s to the 1970s, Back and Zoomar Inc. continually advanced optical technologies and introduced optical innovations for television and motion pictures, as well as astronomical, medical, commercial, and even military applications.

Back was also recognized for his expedition to the Philippines in 1955 to observe and photograph the solar eclipse on June 20th. He intended to provide conclusive evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity by calculating the optical distortation, if any, of starlight caused by the sun's gravity. Prior to his trip, Back conferred briefly with Albert Einstein on the type of data needed in order to prove the theory of relativity. He published a narrative report of his trip and his findings later that year in a book entitled Has the Earth A Ring Around It?

Over the course of his career, Dr. Back received numerous honors and awards from professional organizations in his field including the Royal Photographic Society, the Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the Society of American Military Engineers. In addition, Back lectured frequently at professional conferences and published regularly in professional journals in the United States and abroad.

Frank Back died in San Diego, California, on July 6, 1983.

The Frank Back Papers contain materials related to the professional career of the Austrian-born optical engineer and founder and president of Zoomar Inc. who contributed to the advancement of optical technologies in television, motion pictures, medicine, commerical, and military applications from 1945 to the late 1970s in the United States. While the collection contains little documentation of Back's development of optically-compensated zoom lenses, materials related to his professional career include reprints and typescript drafts of his published writings;patent applications; writings by others on optical engineering; miscellaneous Zoomar records; and memorabilia describing or advertising Zoomar products. Also included are biographical materials from Back's early life and education in Austria and his immigration to the United States via France in 1939; correspondence; biographical materials of Back's brother-in-law, Herbert Lowen; and photographs of Back, Zoomar facilities and products, and Back's meeting with Albert Einstein in 1955. The papers are arranged in nine series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) WRITINGS BY BACK, 3) WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 4) CORRESPONDENCE, 5) ZOOMAR MATERIALS, 6) PHOTOGRAPHS, 7) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 8) HERBERT LOWEN MATERIALS, and 9) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Container List

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: This series, arranged alphabetically, consists mainly of official records, governmental or institutional certificates, documenting significant moments in Back's life such as his birth, secondary and university education, membership to various professional societies, and his immigration to the United States from Austria in 1939.

Box 1 Folder 1
Awards, medals and pins
Box 2 Folder 1 Oversize FB-352-01
Awards - Voigtlander Medal letter and photograph, 1960
Box 2 Folder 2
Birth certificate, 1904

[Back was born in 1902, but his birth certificate was not issued until 1904.]

Certificates of membership

Box 2 Folder 3
Photographic Society of America and Optical Society of America, 1937 - 1967
Box 2 Folder 4 Oversize FB-352-02
Photographic Society of America, Society of Motion Picture Engineers, The Royal Photographic Society, Society of American Military Engineers, Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and Who's Who in California, 1944 - 1961
Box 2 Folder 5
Certificate of Legitimation, 1936

[Document indicates Back as cameraman for the Unifilm Company.]

Box 2 Folder 6
Curriculum vitae, 1980
Box 2 Folder 7 Oversize FB-352-03
Doctoral diploma from Technische Hochschule zu Wien, 1931

Education

Box 2 Folder 8
Realschule - Annual certificates, semester certificates and 1920 class photo with image of Back at age eighteen, 1912 - 1920
Box 2 Folder 9
Technische Hochschule zu Wien - Course certificates, semester certificates and other documents relating to his university degrees, 1920 - 1931
Box 2 Folder 10
Identity card for Commercial Travellers, Austria, 1933
Box 2 Folder 11
Letters of recommendation about Back, 1924 - 1943
Box 2 Folder 12
Newspaper clippings about Back, 1949 - 1979
Box 2 Folder 13
Passports - United States, 1950 - 1976
Box 2 Folder 14
Travel documents - Itemized lists, certificate of domicile, and travel certificates, 1938 - 1939

WRITINGS BY BACK

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) WRITINGS BY BACK: Arranged in two subseries: A) Articles and Papers and B) Patents.

A) The Articles and Papers subseries, arranged chronologically, contains mostly typescript drafts and reprints of articles that Back published in professional journals in the United States and abroad from 1930 to 1980. Also included are several undated documents Back wrote to describe or promote Zoomar products.

B) The Patents subseries, arranged chronologically, contains documents relating to four of Back's numerous patents. Materials include typescript drafts of patent applications and United States Patent Office certificate for Back's "Photographic Camera and Projection Device."

Articles and Papers

Box 2 Folder 15
Die Physikalisch-Technischen Grundlagen der Mageninnen Photographie - Reprint, 1930
Box 2 Folder 16
Back, Frank and Otto Ehrentheil. Ein Neuer Kehlkopf-Photographie-Apparat - Reprint, 1932
Box 2 Folder 17
Back, Frank et. al. Wiener Laryngo=Rhinologische Gesellschaft - Reprint, 1934
Box 2 Folder 18
Back, Frank and F. Ehrenhaft. Non-Intermittent Motion Picture Projector - Reprint, 1940
Box 2 Folder 19
Positive Vari-Focal View-Finder for Motion Picture Cameras - Reprint, 1945
Box 2 Folder 20
Nonintermittent Motion Picture Projector with Variable Magnification - Reprint, 1946
Box 2 Folder 21
Zoom Lens for Motion Picture Cameras with Single-Barrel Linear Movement - Reprint, 1946
Box 2 Folder 22
Zoomar Lens - Reprint, 1947
Box 2 Folder 23
Physical Properties and the Practical Application of the Zoomar Lens - Reprint, 1947
Box 2 Folder 24
Zoomar Lens for 35mm Film - Reprint, 1948
Box 2 Folder 25
Approach to Better Studio Lighting - Reprint, 1949
Box 2 Folder 26
TV Studio Illumination - Pamphlet, 1949

Date and authorship information found on curriculum vitae. See Box 2, Folder 5.

Box 2 Folder 27-28 Oversize FB-352-04
Optical Lens Development - Reprint and typescript, 1950
Box 2 Folder 29
Basic Optical Requirements for a Good TV Broadcast - Typescript drafts, 1950
Box 2 Folder 30
Lens Tester for Photographic Lenses - Reprint and typescript, 1950
Box 2 Folder 31
Modern Requirements of Photographic Lenses - Reprint, 1952
Box 2 Folder 32
How to Use the Video Analyzer - Reprint, 1953
Box 2 Folder 33
New Approach to the Evaluation of the Performance of Photographic Lenses - Reprint, 1953
Box 2 Folder 34
Large Range Variable Magnification Telescope - Reprint, 1953
Box 2 Folder 35
Basic Theory of Varifocal Lenses with Linear Movement and Optical Compensation - Reprint, 1954
Box 2 Folder 36
Varifocal Camera Lenses - Reprint, 1954
Box 2 Folder 37
Performance Testing of Photographic Lenses - Reprint, 1955
Box 2 Folder 38
Answer to N. J. Rumsey's "Note on a Suggested Method for Evaluating Image Sharpness" - Reprint, 1955
Box 2 Folder 39
Has the Earth a Ring Around It? , 1955

See also Solar Eclipse Expedition Scrapbook, Box 5, Folder 7.

Box 2 Folder 40
Developments in Catadioptric Telephoto Systems - Reprint, 1957
Box 2 Folder 41
Expert Previews Tomorrow's Lenses - Reprint, 1957
Box 2 Folder 42
Back, Frank and Herbert Lowen. Generalized Theory of Zoomar Systems - Reprint, 1958
Box 2 Folder 43
Zoom Lense for Closed-Circuit Television - Reprint, 1958
Box 2 Folder 44
New Concepts in the Evaluation of Television Lenses - Reprint and photocopy of a paper presented at two different conferences, 1962
Box 2 Folder 45
EinfluB eines zum Zwecke der Linienfrequenz-Anderung Eingebauten Zoom-Objektivs auf die MeBgenauigkeit im... - Reprint, 1969
Box 2 Folder 46
Off-Axis MTF Measurements on Wide-Angle Lenses - Reprint of a paper presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Seminar in Tokyo, Japan, 1970
Box 2 Folder 47
Optical Design for the Visible Versus Infrared - Reprint and typescript of a lecture given at the Summer Conference on Infrared Technology, University of Michigan, 1975
Box 2 Folder 48
Design and Testing for Germanium Optics - Photocopy, 1976
Box 2 Folder 49-50 Oversize FB-352-05
Zoom Lens, History and Present - Typescript with handwritten corrections, 1980
Box 2 Folder 51
Lensless Lens Developed for TV - Typescript
Box 2 Folder 52
Novel Measuring Method for Optical Transfer Functions - Zoomar pamphlet
Box 2 Folder 53
Tool Room Girl - Typescript poem
Box 2 Folder 54
Untitled typescript related to television camera optical systems

Patents

Box 2 Folder 55
Process for the Photographic Recording of Sound - Typescript of patent application, 1938
Box 2 Folder 56
Verfahren zur Photographischen Schallaufzeichnung, Insbesondere fur die Zwecke des Tonfilmes - Typescipt of patent application with figures, 1938
Box 3 Folder 1
Photographic Camera and Projection Device - Typescripts of patent application with figures and patent certificate from US Patent Office, 1965
Box 3 Folder 2
Varifocal Lens System and Actuating Mechanism - Reprint, 1971

WRITINGS BY OTHERS

Scope and Contents

Series 3) WRITINGS BY OTHERS: This series, arranged alphabetically, contains articles on optical engineering collected by Back. Materials include reprints from professional and scholarly journals, many with Back's annotations.

Box 3 Folder 3
Deutsch, Felix. Ein Registrier-Endes Druckmanometer zur Messung des PreBdrukes, 1933

Eggert, John

Box 3 Folder 4
Die Photographie als Wissenschaft und Technik, 1957
Box 3 Folder 5
Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer, 1958
Box 3 Folder 6
The Present Status of Photographic Development in Theory and Practice, 1958
Box 3 Folder 7
Radioaktive Konferenz in Zurich, 1958
Box 3 Folder 8
Zur Spektralen Empfindlichkeit Photgraphischer Schichten, 1959
Box 3 Folder 9
With A. Buchler. Wietere Versuche Uber Den Wiegert-Effekt. II, 1956
Box 3 Folder 10
With and Heinrich Hopft. Uber Den Angriff von Polystyrul Durch Insektenlarven, 1959
Box 3 Folder 11
Eriksen, Erling and Albert Braastad. Plural-Row Cinematographic Camera, 1929
Box 3 Folder 12
Fischer, Henning. Uber die Konvertierung Photographischer Schichten Inbesondere bei Anuesenheit Eines..., 1957
Box 3 Folder 13
James, D. and W. A. Peters. Photographic Camera - Reprint of United States patent, 1915
Box 3 Folder 14
Kingslake, Rudolf. Lense Design by Desk Calculator, 1976
Box 3 Folder 15
Lause, H. Zur Bestimmung des Falschlichtes bei Femrohren Durch Photoelectrisches Photometrieren, 1966
Box 3 Folder 16
Luchsinger, R. and K. Pfister. Ergebnisse von Kehlkopfaufnahmen mit Einer Zeitdehnerapparatur, 1959

Lyttleton, R. A

Box 3 Folder 17
The Neptune Story, 1959
Box 3 Folder 18
The End of the Iron-Core Age, 1973
Box 3 Folder 19
With S. Fred Singer. Dynamical Considerations Relating to the West Ford Experiment, 1964

Pavlopoulus, T. G

Box 3 Folder 20
Breakdown of Lorentz Invariance, 1967
Box 3 Folder 21
The Special Theory of Relativity and the Problem of Universal Constants, 1969
Box 3 Folder 22
Reichenbach, Heinz. The Mach-Zehnder Interference Refractor, undated
Box 3 Folder 23
Rixen, C. J. Photographic Camera, 1933

Wartburg, Rene von

Box 3 Folder 24
Die Verwendung von Elektronenblitzlampen als Neue Lichtquellen in der..., 1957
Box 3 Folder 25
Nuere Untersuchungen Uber Den Rezuprozitatsfehler (Schwarzschild-Effect), 1956

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) CORRESPONDENCE: This series, arranged alphabetically, contains a mixture of English and German personal and professional correspondence from the 1930s to the early 1980s. Notably, the series contains a photograph of a letter to Back from Albert Einstein.

Box 3 Folder 26
A-Z - Miscellaneous, 1945 - 1983
Box 3 Folder 27
Back, Irma (wife), 1939
Box 3 Folder 28
Bihlmaier, Oskar, 1973
Box 3 Folder 29
Einstein, Albert - Photograph of Einstein's letter to Back with English translation, 1955
Box 3 Folder 30
Helix Gage Works - Letter of resignation, 1943
Box 3 Folder 31
Shereff Brothers Counselors at Law (Louis H. and Harry Shereff), 1958 - 1979
Box 3 Folder 32
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers - Correspondents: Edward J. Blasko, Stephen C. Chamberlain, Jack F. Christensen, and Lynne Robinson, 1980 - 1981
Box 3 Folder 33
Whitaker, J. G., 1938 - 1940
Box 3 Folder 34
Wisdom: The Magazine of Knowledge for Lifetime Learning and Education (Leon Gutterman, President), 1966 - 1975
Box 3 Folder 35
Unidentified correspondents, 1929 - 1981

ZOOMAR MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) ZOOMAR MATERIALS: Organized into two subseries: A) Business Documents and B) Product Information.

A) The Business Documents subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains memorabilia and materials documenting important moments in the life of Zoomar Inc. Materials document both the inception and dissolution of Zoomar and include Back's Agreement of Partnership for the Television Zoomar Corporations with Jack Pegler and Westbrook Pegler II in 1959 and a certificate of Back's sale of his share of Zoomar stock to Optical Industries in 1979. Other materials include an award from the City of Glen Cove, New York, newspaper clippings related to Zoomar Inc., and administrative materials such as inter-office correspondence and employment agreements.

B) The Product Information subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains product pamphlets on individuals lenses, as well as some blueprints of product designs and graphs of data on product capabilities and specifications.

Business Documents

Box 3 Folder 36
Agreement of Partnership - Television Zoomar Corporation, signed by Frank Back, Jack Pegler, and Westbrook Pegler II, 1959
Box 3 Folder 37
Agreement of Sale of Zoomar Stock to Optical Industries, 1979
Box 3 Folder 38
Agreement - Stockholders of Zoomar Marketing Corp., 1958
Box 3 Folder 39
Award from City of Glen Cove, NY, 1962
Box 3 Folder 40
Capital stock certificates - Television Zoomar Export Corp., Zoomar Marketing Corp., and Television Zoomar Trading Ltd., 1957 - 1958
Box 3 Folder 41
Inter-office correspondence, 1974 - 1977
Box 3 Folder 42
Newspaper clippings, 1962
Box 3 Folder 43 Oversize FB-282-07
Posters of letters to Jack Pegler and of other documents relating to Zoomar products, 1949 - 1955
Box 3 Folder 44
Sterflinger, Ludwig - Employment agreements, 1954 - 1972

Product Information

Box 3 Folder 45 Oversize FB-353-02
Production information - Miscellaneous, 1971
Box 3 Folder 46-47 Oversize FB-282-08
Drawings and graphs - Blueprints and photoreproductions, 1966 - 1977
Box 3 Folder 48
Exklusiv! FM-Objektivtest "Normal" Weitwinkel 35mm, 1970
Box 3 Folder 49
InfraRed Lenses - Product pamphlet and IRAP 100 graphs, undated
Box 3 Folder 50
Logo plate for color TV system, undated
Box 3 Folder 51
Mark XB-2 - Product pamphlet, undated
Box 3 Folder 52
New Orbiter for Pyroelectric Cameras-Mark II - Product pamphlet, undated
Box 4 Folder 1
T-Meter and Opticometer - Product pamphlet, undated
Box 4 Folder 2
Television Zoomar manual - Product manual, 1951
Box 4 Folder 3
Zoomar Lenses for Vidicon TV Cameras - Product pamphlet, undated
Box 4 Folder 4
Zoomar MTF Meter - Product pamphlets, undated
Box 4 Folder 5
Zoomar Products and Capabilities - Product pamphlet for optical tracking systems, undated

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) PHOTOGRAPHS: Arranged in three subseries: A) Images of Back, B) Zoomar, and C) Miscellaneous.

A) The Images of Back subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains photographs which show Back either alone or with others. Included are photographs of Back at conferences and a biographical scrapbook created by Back. Notably, this subseries contains a large number of images of Back with Albert Einstein at Einstein's residence in Princeton, New Jersey.

B) The Zoomar subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains photographs of the interiors and exteriors of factories in Glen Cove, New York, and in Germany, as well as some photographs of Zoomar products.

C) The Miscellaneous subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains a mixture of photographs of presumed family members, unidentified individuals or places, and a scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings related to Back's expedition to the Philippines.

Images of Back

Box 4 Folder 6
Attending conferences, undated
Box 4 Folder 7-8 Oversize FB-352-08
Back with Albert Einstein - Includes some images of Einstein alone and Einstein with others, ca. 1955
Box 4 Folder 9
Lecturing, undated
Box 4 Folder 10 Oversize FB-353-01
Personal scrapbook with photographs, newspaper clippings, and an envelope of duplicate photographs, 1952 - 1970
Box 4 Folder 11-12 Oversize FB-352-07
Portraits, undated
Box 4 Folder 13-14 Oversize FB-352-09
With optical instruments or cameras, undated
Box 4 Folder 15-16 Oversize FB-352-10
With others, undated

Zoomar

Box 4 Folder 17 Oversize FB-354-01
Factory in Germany - Two scrapbooks with photographs of interior and exterior of factory plus duplicate photgraphs, undated
Box 4 Folder 18
Factory in Glen Cove, NY, undated
Oversize AB-28-D02
Photo poster - Large mounted collage of product photographs and images of Back
Box 4 Folder 20
Products, undated

Miscellaneous

Box 4 Folder 21
Back, Maritsch (aunt), 1899, undated
Box 5 Folder 1
Family members - Unidentified, undated
Box 5 Folder 2
Greece - Images of ruins, buildings, and radar/optical equipment, undated
Box 5 Folder 3
House - Unidentified, 1957, undated
Box 5 Folder 4
Lowen, Herbert, undated

Miscellaneous

Box 5 Folder 5
Images of buildings, landscapes, and astronomical phenomena, undated
Box 5 Folder 6 Oversize FB-352-11
Images of astronaut on the moon and aerial image of San Diego, CA
Box 5 Folder 7 Oversize FB-355-01
Solar eclipse expedition scrapbook - Materials related to Back's expedition to observe and photograph the solar eclipse of June 20, 1955. The scrapbook contains images of Back only and Back with Einstein, newspaper clippings, and typescript of Has the Earth a Ring Around It? , ca. 1955
Box 5 Folder 8
Unidentified people, undated
Box 5 Folder 9-10 Oversize FB-352-12
Work benches and tools, undated

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS: This series, arranged alphabetically, Includes research and employment materials not related to Zoomar, such as blueprints for an "episcop project" and "epiprojector" that Back developed after retiring from Zoomar, miscellaneous calculations and data, advertisements for products manufactured by Back while he was in Austria, and a box of microdot optic lenses. Also included are income tax returns for Back, newspaper clippings about Albert Einstein, unsent postcards, and two biographical documents related to Elizabeth Lowen, Back's sister.

Box 5 Folder 11
Advertisments for products manufactured by Back, ca. 1932 - 1938
Box 5 Folder 12 Oversize FB-352-06
Calculations and data, ca. 1975
Box 5 Folder 13
Employment Agreement with Bol Ltd., 1943

Epiprojector and Episcop Projector

Box 5 Folder 14
Typescript describing episcopic projectors and handwritten agreement of disclosure, 1980 - 1983
Oversize MC-154-03
Blueprints and drawings, 1980-1983
Box 5 Folder 16
Income tax returns, 1941 - 1942
Box 5 Folder 17
Inspection report from the Inspection Board of U. K. and Canada, 1942
Box 5 Folder 18
Letterhead and envelope
Box 5 Folder 19
List of passengers for a trip from Havre to New York, 1929
Box 6 Folder 1
Microdot Optics, undated

Box contains twenty-nine seemingly identical small microdot lenses or lens systems with "W. Germany" scratched into larger barrel of lens. There are six variants: two are not inscribed with "W. Germany" and instead have scored lines around the circumference of the larger lens barrel, three have either the numbers 3, 21, or 23 written in pencil on the larger lens barrel, and one has masking tape attached with illegible handwriting.

Box 7 Folder 1
Newspaper clippings about Albert Einstein, 1963
Box 7 Folder 2
New York Telephone Company - Bond certificate [photocopy], 1973
Box 7 Folder 3
Lowen, Elizabeth (sister) - Education document and letter of recommendation, 1923 - 1938
Box 7 Folder 4
Postcards unsent - Images of Vienna, astonomical phenomena, telescopes, paintings and the Middle East

HERBERT LOWEN MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) HERBERT LOWEN MATERIALS: This series is arranged alphabetically and contains biographical materials of Back's brother-in-law, Herbert Lowen, including documentation of birth, education, immigration to the United States, correspondence, and a copy of Lowen's death certificate.

Box 7 Folder 5
Award to H. Lowen from Zoomar Inc., 1973
Box 7 Folder 6
Birth certificate, 1902
Box 7 Folder 7
Certificate of baptism, 1902
Box 7 Folder 8
Certificate of confirmation, 1918
Box 7 Folder 9
Certificate of death and contract of purchase for cemetery plot, 1975
Box 7 Folder 10
Certificate of Literacy, 1945
Box 7 Folder 11
Certificate from Vienna police, 1937
Box 7 Folder 12
Correspondence - Typed letters to and from Herbert Lowen, 1942 - 1968

Education

Box 7 Folder 13
Heinrich Hertz-Realgymnasium - Transcript, 1913 - 1921
Box 7 Folder 14
Universitat zu Wien - Course certificates, test certificates and a copy of his law diploma, 1927 - 1937
Box 7 Folder 15
Employment documents, 1932 - 1943
Box 7 Folder 16
Goldschmidt, Hans - Last will and testament, certificate of death, and cemetery deed, 1943 - 1944
Box 7 Folder 17
Housing documents - Notice of maximum rent, mortgage documents, and deeds relating to various residence in New York State, 1943 - 1946
Box 7 Folder 18
Identity cards and passports, 1928 - 1961
Box 7 Folder 19
Letters of recommendation, 1926 - 1930
Box 7 Folder 20
Lowenstein, Ernst (Lowen's father) - Contract between Ernst and Herbert Lowenstein and certificate of death, 1923 - 1942
Box 7 Folder 21
Newspaper clipping from a German or Austrian newspaper, undated
Box 7 Folder 22
Notice of inheritence, 1955
Box 7 Folder 22
Receipts from notary publics, US Department of Justice, US Draft Board, and US District Court, 1942 - 1958
Box 7 Folder 24
Vaccination records, 1902 - 1961

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES: This series contains the originals of brittle or high acid content documents that have been photocopied.

Box 7 Folder 25
Originals of preservation photocopies