Guide to the Papers of Kurt Selby (Silbiger)

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MS 10463

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Collection Summary

Creator
Selby, Kurt, Mr
Title
Papers of Kurt Selby (Silbiger)
Date Range
1926 - 2003
Collection Number
MS 10463
Extent
0.30 metres (2 MS boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Content Description

The collection comprises ca. 90 letters sent to Kurt Selby (Silbinger), who left Austria and settled in Melbourne in 1939. The letters were written by fellow Jewish Austrians seeking his assistance to escape Austria following German occupation. Translations of some of the letters by student volunteers at the University of Melbourne are also included, along with Silbinger family birth certificates, transit passes, job references and unused forms and a CD containing scans of the entire collection of letters. Included in the collection are also two bound Honours thesis from Monash University that discuss the collection of letters - 'Communication By Letter: Preliminary Observations of Emigrant Correspondence 1938-1939' by Caroline Grainger and ' Analysis of a series of letters written by Austrian Jewish refugees attempting to escape Vienna during 1939/1939 to Melbourne Australia' by Anna Hacker.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7865754).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], 7865754, National Library of Australia, MS 10463, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Original consignment, 1926 - 2003 - Box 1-2 (MS 10463)

0.30 metres

Series 1. Chart

Colour coding chart for correspondence (File) - Box 1

Series 2. Obsolete Carriers

Kurt Selby/Eleanor Hart Data CD - Removal notice (File) - Box 1

See listing in Box 2

Series 3. Correspondence

Letter to Kurt from his father, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N23

Letter to Kurt from his father, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N23

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N25

Letter to Kurt from his father, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N29

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N17

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N21

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Light green tab K1

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N8

Letter to Kurt from his father, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N111

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N133

Letter to Pepi (with translation), undated (File) - Box 1

Dark green tab P58

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab [no number]

Letter to Gusti (with translation), undated (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P50

Letter to Kurt from his father, 16.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N18

Letter to Kurt from D Steiner (with summary), 31.03.1939 (File) - Box 1

Photocopy

Letter in German, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N14

Letter to Kurt, 5.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

No tab N29

Letter to Kurt, 5010 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N113

Letter in German, 11.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N6

Letter in German, 11.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Orange tab K23

Letter in German, 9.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

Orange tab K37

Letter in German (Mother), undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N7

Letters to/from Perry, 17.11.1930/15.07.1931 (File) - Box 1

No tab P51

Birth Certificate of Karl Silbiger, 21.02.1936 (File) - Box 1

No tab K13

Deed Poll for Kurt & Pery Silbiger to Kurt and Pery Selby, 29.08.1939 (File) - Box 1

No tab K21

Household note from Bella, undated (File) - Box 1

No Tab O5

Portion of envelope, 26.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

No tab or code

Letter in German, 16.11.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N10

Letter to Peggy from L Blum (English), 20.02.1973 (File) - Box 1

Orange tab no code

Letter to pen-pal (French), 1.12.1930 (File) - Box 1

No tab O4

Letter in German (Pepi), undated (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P26

Letters from Pepi's mother (German), 5.09.1939 (File) - Box 1

Dark green tab P55

S.S. Ormonde passenger pass & postcard, 5.??1939 (File) - Box 1

No tab P28

Acquisition of British nationality by Pepi Selby, wife of Kurt Selby, 21.08.1946 (File) - Box 1

No tab P43

Letter to Kurt from his father, undated (File) - Box 1

No tab N15

Letter to Kurt, undated (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N3

Letter in German, 4.06.1939 (File) - Box 1

Light green tab K9

Letter in German, 29.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N20

Letter in German, 27.12.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab P49

Letter in German, 26.12.1938 (File) - Box 1

Orange tab K1

Letter in German, 10.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N15

Letter in English (fragment), 10.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P10

Letter in German (with summary), 5.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P9

Letter in German, 13.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P3

Letter in German, 11.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P2

Letter in German, 10.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P1

Letter in German (with summary), 16.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P4

Letter in German, 19.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P5

Letter in German (with summary), 21.09.1939 (File) - Box 1

Orange tab K5

Letter in German, 22.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N5

Letter in German (with summary), 22.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P6

Empty sleeve marked DIGITAL ONLY, undated (File) - Box 1

No tab

Letter in German (with summary), 28.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P7

Letter in German, 29.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N31

Letter in German (with summary), 30.09.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P8

Letter in German (with summary), 3.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P59

Empty sleeve marked DIGITAL ONLY, undated (File) - Box 1

No tab (26)

Letter in German (with summary), 20.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P11 [2 parts]

Letter in German [1 page digital], 9.11.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab No number (29)

Letter in German, 12.11.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N1

Letter in German (with summary), 16.11.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P13

Letter in German, 21.11.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N30

Letter in German (with summary), 26.11.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P14

Letter in German, 28.10.1938 (File) - Box 1

Blue tab N22

Letter in German (with summary), 14.12.1938 (File) - Box 1

Mauve tab P15

Empty sleeve marked DIGITAL ONLY, 18.12.1938 (File) - Box 1

No tab (39)

Letter in German, 17.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

No tab K29

Letter in German, 25.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

No tab N26

Letter in German, 28.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

No tab K no number

Letter in German (with summary), 7.04.1939 (File) - Box 2

Green tab P48

Letter in German (with summary), 18.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Green tab K6

Letter in German (with summary), 3.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Orange tab K26

Postcard in German (with summary), 14.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Orange tab P46

Letter in German, 12.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P24

Letter in German (with summary), 27.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P22

Letter in German (with summary), 20.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P21

Letter in German (with summary), 13.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P20

Letter in German (with summary), 6.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P19

Letter in German (with summary), 27.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P18

Letter in German (with summary), 20.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P17

Letter in German (with summary), 2.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P16

Letter in German (with summary), 20.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Green tab P56

Letter in German, 20.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Yellow tab no number

Letter in German, 6.04.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab K 03

Letter in German, 6.04.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N2

Letter in German, 31.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Orange tab no number

Letter in German, 31.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Orange tab no number

Letter in German, 28.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Yellow tab no number

Letter in German, 19.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Green tab no number

Letter in German, 19.04.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N17

Letter in German, 19.12.1938 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N13

Letter in German, 17.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N12

Letter in German, 7.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N12 bis

Letter in German, 6.12.1938 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N11

Letter in German, 25.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N4

Letter in German, 28.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N7

Letter in German, 13.04.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N11 bis

Letter in German, 30.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Light green K4

Letter in German, 14.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N8

Letter in German, 4.02.1939 (File) - Box 2

Light green K5

Letter in German (with summary), 20.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Red tab P60

Letter in German, 23.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N27

Letter in German, 11.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N29

Letter in German, 27.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N23

Letter in German, 28.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N28

Letter in German, 15.05.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N19

Letter in German (with summary), 5.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P23

Letter in German, 5.01.1939 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N16

Letters (3) in German, 16.06.1939; 10.07.1939; 22.07.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P47

Letters in German (photocopies), 2.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

No tab K34

No letter- summary in English, 19.09.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab P36

No letter- summary in English, 19.11.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab P12

No letter- summary in English, undated (File) - Box 2

No tab No number

Letter in German, 8.05.1939 (File) - Box 2

Red tab No number

Letter in German, 13.05.1939 (File) - Box 2

Red tab No number

Letter in German, 13.05.1939 (File) - Box 2

Red tab No number

Letter in German, 13.05.1939 (File) - Box 2

Red tab No number

Letter in German, 9.05.1939 (File) - Box 2

Mauve tab P27

Letter in German, 15.11.1938 (File) - Box 2

Orange tab K27

Letter in German, 19.09.1938 (File) - Box 2

Blue tab N12

Photocopies of letters and birth certificate, 21.02.1936 (File) - Box 2

No tab No number

Letters in German and landing permit, 15.07.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab No number

Letter in German (with translation), 21.11.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab No number

Australian Immigration Papers, 24.11.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab P42

School Reports and Certificate (8 documents), 28.02.1922 et al. (File) - Box 2

No tab P33

Weiser Language School reports (4 documents), 1926-1929 (File) - Box 2

No tab P34

Testimonial for Pepi Juvis, 1.06.1935 (File) - Box 2

No tab P35

Medical Certificate for Pepi Juvis, 11.03.1939 (File) - Box 2

No tab P37

Series 4. English translations of correspondence

Typed translations of 9 letters, 1938-39 (File) - Box 2

Series 5. Theses

Masters in Interpreting and Translation: Letters of Pepi Juris-Barth, undated (File) - Box 1

Sonya Pollard, Monash University

Honours Thesis in German Literature, undated (File) - Box 1

Anna Hacker, Monash University

Honours Thesis in German Studies, 2003 (File) - Box 1

Caroline Grainger, Monash University

Series 6. Documents

Testimonial for Kurt Silbiger (with summary), 15.08.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab K14

Letter in English to Pepi, 13.11.1938 (File) - Box 2

No tab K41

Declaration of British Nationality for Pepi (copy), 21.08.1946 (File) - Box 2

No tab K16

Series 7. Miscellaneous

Photocopies of official documents, 1938-1939 (File) - Box 2

Certificate of marriage; Application for permit to enter Australia; miscellaneous documents in Polish

Typed letters and translations of 10 letters from Pepi to Kurt, 1938-1939 (File) - Box 2
Typed letters and translations of 10 letters from Pepi to Kurt (File) - Box 2

Post-graduate work

Listing of Eleanor Hart letters, undated (File) - Box 2

Post-graduate work

Listing of letters from Pery's parents, 1939 (File) - Box 2

Post-graduate work


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