MS 10463
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Selby, Kurt, Mr
- Title
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Papers of Kurt Selby (Silbiger)
- Date Range
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1926 - 2003
- Collection Number
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MS 10463
- Extent
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0.30 metres (2 MS boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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