Finding aid for the Albert Renger-Patzsch papers, 1890-1980 (bulk 1924-1966) 861187
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Title: Albert Renger-Patzsch papers
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Wunder, Franz
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Wulf, Friedrich, 1908-
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Wolf, Gustav
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Werkstätten J. Dickerhoff
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Wapnewski, Peter
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Walker, Audrey
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Wahl, Victor
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Wackernagel, Martin, 1881-1962
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Völckers, Otto, 1888-
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Trump, Georg, 1896-
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Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939
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Sydslesvigs danske kunstforening
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Thorn Prikker, Johan, 1868-1932
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Sternberger, Dolf, 1907-1989
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Strelow, Liselotte, 1908-1981
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Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
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Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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Steffann, Emil, 1899-1968
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Schütz-Wolff, Johanna, 1896-
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Schöppe, Wilhelm
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Schwarz, Heinrich, 1894-1974
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Schupp, F. (Fritz), 1896-1974
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Schott, Erich
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Schneider-Esleben, Paul
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Schumacher, Fritz, 1869-1947
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Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. A. (Josef Adolf), 1915-2010
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Schlensker, Ernst
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Schneider, P. F.
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Russell, Peter
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Schaeffer-Heyrothsberge, Paul
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Scheven, Ilsemarie von
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Riedel & Co. (Bielefeld, Germany)
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Riewerts, Theodor, 1907-1944
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Roh, Franz, 1890-1965
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Rothert, Liebetraut
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Redslob, Edwin, 1884-1973
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Renger-Patzsch, Albert, 1897-1966
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Richter, Max, 1900-
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Pieper, Paul, 1912-2000
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Presswerk AG
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Pécsi, Jósef
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Gross, Else R.
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Gosebruch, Ernst
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Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
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Greischel, Walther
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Freckmann, Karl, 1890-
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Fuhrmann, Ernst, 1886-1956
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Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970
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Hertwig, Hugo
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Goerttler, Kurt, 1898-
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Heise, Carl Georg, 1890-1979
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Gurlitt, Hildebrand
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Gruber, L. Fritz
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Jancke, Rudolf
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Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen
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Hans Peters Verlag
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Jacobi, Lotte, 1896-1990
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Holzmeister, Gunda
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Haber, Wolfgang
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Krauss, Friedrich Emil
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Klipstein, Editha, 1880-1953
Creator:
Gundermann, Leo
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Kerff, Gerhard, 1908-
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Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998
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Heyer, Gustav Richard, 1890-1967
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Arapoff, Cyril
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C.H. Boehringer Sohn
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Helfferich, Daan
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Henze, Helene
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Barth, Emil, 1900-1958
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
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Johannsen, Johann
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Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt
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Jaenisch, Hans, 1907-1989
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Brandt, Bill
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Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G
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Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913-1995
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Fürst, Viktor, 1919-
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Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972
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Erfurth, Hugo, 1874-1948
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Huch, Ricarda, 1864-1947
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Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner
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Kotthoff, August
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Kempe, Fritz
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Klingender, F. D. (Francis Donald)
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Lichnowsky, Mechtilde, 1879-1958
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Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
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Kreutter, Wolfgang
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Kreusch, Felix
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Kösters, Bernd
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Krupp Stahl AG. Werk (Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Germany)
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Mattaei, Leni
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Meyer, Peter, 1894-1984
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955
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Marcks, Gerhard
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Photo ciné club du Val de Bièvre
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Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien
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Molzahn, Johannes, 1892-1965
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Museum für Photographie (Dresden, Germany)
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Obpacher Kunstverlag
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Bartning, Otto, 1883-1959
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Boje, Walter
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Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940
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Bourdeau, Robert, 1931-
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Botzenhart, Prof. Dr.
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Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft
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Deutsche Bibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Sammlung Buchkunst
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Deutscher Kunstverlag
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Deutscher Werkbund Berlin
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Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH
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Ehmke, Rainer
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Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke
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Fagus-Werk (Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany)
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Focal Press
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Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
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Woytinsky, W. S. (Wladimir S.), 1885-1960
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Zglinicki, Friedrich Pruss von, 1895-1986
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Smith, Käthe
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Vogelsang, Marianne
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Tümpel, Wolfgang, 1903-1978
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Weinert, August
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Virl, Hermann, 1903-1958
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Hartlaub, Gustav Friedrich, 1884-1963
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Schwarz, Rudolf, 1897-1961
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Schwippert, Hans, 1899-1973
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Steinert, Otto, 1915-1978
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Steffen, Dieter
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Museum Folkwang Essen
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Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
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Padberg, Magdalena
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Oliveira, Jaap d'
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Mahlau, Alfred, 1894-1967
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Kozma, Lajos, 1884-1950
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Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977
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Masclet, Daniel, 1892-1969
Identifier/Call Number: 861187
Physical Description:
12 Linear Feet
(23 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Date (inclusive): 1890-1980 (bulk 1924-1966)
Date (bulk): 1924-1966
Abstract: German photographer associated with the art movement Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). The archive documents Renger-Patzsch's
professional life, especially his work on book projects and commissions for industrial firms. It also includes technical details
of his photographic workshop, and provides insight into his artistic views on photography as an independent art form, and
on the aesthetic trends in photography in economically prosperous postwar Germany.
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Language of Material:
German
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Scope and Content of Collection
The archive documents Albert Renger-Patzsch's professional life and provides detailed information about his business-related
activities, especially his work on book projects and private commissions for industrial firms. It also allows insight into
his artistic views on photography and the technical details of his photographic workshop. A small portion of the archive consists
of personal documents and family correspondence. Almost all items are in German; most are typescripts, or carbon copies of
typescripts, especially letters by Albert Renger-Patzsch. Relatively few are in old German handwriting.
The main portion of the archive consists of post-war correspondence between Renger-Patzsch and numerous institutions, industrial
firms, and individual correspondents. A relatively small part of the correspondence dates from the time before the war. Set
apart is the predominantly business-related correspondence of Renger-Patzsch's widow Agnes and his son Ernst, and the personal
correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch, mainly letters from his mother Frieda and other relatives. Two separate groups of
correspondence are organized by topic.
Another significant portion of the archive presents ca. 30 drafts of mostly unpublished lectures and articles about photography
by Albert Renger-Patzsch.
A large number of ephemeral publications, newspaper clippings and offprints related to Albert Renger-Patzsch provides information
about the scope and reception of his photographic work before and after the war, his book projects, exhibitions, and other
professional activities. Also included are a small number of personal documents related to Albert Renger-Patzsch and his family,
a few portrait photographs taken by his daughter Sabine, poems by unknown authors, and business-related bills and receipts.
The archive includes several drafts of book texts by other authors: both texts about Renger-Patzsch and texts written to
accompany Renger-Patzsch's books of photographs. Also in the archive are drafts of texts unrelated to Albert Renger-Patzsch,
including 9 unpublished texts by the German ecologist Hugo Hertwig.
Arrangement
The papers are organized in 9 series:
Series I. Correspondence, 1924-1966;
Series II. Family and personal correspondence, 1924-1977;
Series III. Correspondence by topic,1952-1967;
Series IV. Writings by Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1954-1958,undated;
Series V. Ephemera, 1927-1980;
Series VI. Personal papers, 1890-1974;
Series VII. Bills and receipts, 1930, 1962-1967;
Series VIII. Manuscripts related to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1927-1967, undated;
Series IX. Texts unrelated to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1922-1928, undated.
Unidentified items are filed at the end of each series. Oversize items from various series are filed in Box 24*.
Biographical / Historial Note
The German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897 -1966) was born in Würzburg, Bavaria, and died in Wamel near Soest, Westphalia.
Son of amateur photographer Robert Renger-Patzsch, he learned the techniques of photography early. Following primary education
in Sondeshausen in Thuringia, Albert Renger-Patzsch attended the renowned Kreuzgymnasium in Dresden. After service in the
German Army between 1916 and 1918, he studied chemistry at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden from 1919 to 1921.
His professional career as a photographer began in the early 1920s at the Folkwang Verlag in Essen, and at the Folkwang and
Auriga Archiv in Hagen, where he was the head of photographic services. In 1923, he served as head of a photographic service
agency in Berlin. In that same year, he married Agnes von Braunschweig and moved briefly to Kronstadt (Brasov) in Romania.
His daughter Sabine was born in 1924, his son Ernst Normann in 1926. In 1924 Renger-Patzsch returned briefly to Darmstadt
to work at the Auriga Verlag, the successor of the Folkwang Verlag. In 1925 he left the Auriga Verlag to become a freelance
photographer, joined the Deutscher Werkbund, and moved with his family to Bad Harzburg, near Braunschweig. His first exhibition
was mounted in his studio.
Between 1924 and 1937, Renger-Patzsch collaborated on several book projects, including the series
Die Welt der Pflanze, conceived by Ernst Fuhrmann (volumes
Crassula and
Orchideen, both 1924). Other project partners included Rudolf Schwarz (
Wegweisung der Technik, 1928), Carl Georg Heise (
Lübeck, 1928), and the Auriga Verlag (
Das Chorgestühl von Kappenberg, 1925). His influential book
Die Welt ist schön appeared in 1928, published by Kurt Wolff Verlag in Munich; the Einhorn Verlag edition followed in the same year. In 1927,
Carl Georg Heise organized an exhibition of Renger-Patzsch's photographic work at the Behnhaus in Lübeck. In 1928, Renger-Patzsch
participated in the exhibition
Kunst und Technik at the Museum Folkwang in Essen; he also held two individual exhibitions, one at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Zurich and another
at the Grafisches Kabinett in Munich.
In 1929 Renger-Patzsch moved with his family to Essen, where he had a studio and office at the Museum Folkwang. During this
time he worked intensively with the industrial architect Fritz Schupp, and made architectural photographs for the architect
and director of the Kunstgewerbeschule Aachen, Rudolf Schwarz. The first retrospective exhibition of his work took place in
1931 at the Museum Folkwang in Essen. His industrial photographs, published in the book
Eisen und Stahl (1931), won a silver medal at the Milan Triennale in 1933. During 1933, Renger-Patzsch lectured at the Folkwang School in
Essen, and took over the chair of photography from Max Burchartz.
Between 1938 and 1940, Renger-Patzsch received his first commissions from the chemical concern C. H. Boehringer Sohn in Ingelheim:
Hospitalbauten in Europa aus zehn Jahrhunderten (first issued in 1967), a book about hospital buildings in Europe with text by Dankwart Leistikow, and
Historische Apotheken Deutschlands (year of issue unknown), a book about historical pharmacies. During the years 1941 to 1944, Renger-Patzsch worked on the
book projects
Paderborn (first issued in 1949) and
Land am Oberrhein (appearing in 1944 in small edition). In 1943, he was commissioned by the Todt Organization to take pictures of the Western
defences of the German forces in Normandy and Brittany. A large part of Renger-Patzsch's archive in the Museum Folkwang was
destroyed during an air raid on Essen in 1944. Shortly afterwards Renger-Patzsch moved with his family to Wamel on the Möhnesee,
near Soest, where he lived for the remainder of his life.
Beständinge Welt, a small volume with landscape photographs with text by Helene Henze, initiated his post-war work in 1947. The year 1949
marked the start of long-term commission work for the firm Schubert & Salzer, a spinning machine manufacturer in Ingolstadt,
as well as the continuation of work begun in 1932 for the glass manufacturer Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., and the firm C.
H. Boehringer Sohn in Ingelheim. He also undertook commissions for the architects Fritz Schupp in Essen and Hans Schwippert
in Düsseldorf. The Siepman Werke in Belecke commissioned Renger-Patzsch to produce two publications:
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne (1957) and
Bauten zwischen Ruhr und Möhne (1959). During the 1950s and 1960s Renger-Patzsch collaborated with the publisher Mocker & Jahn in Soest on the book projects
Schloss Cappenberg (1953) and
Soest (1963); he received commissions from numerous industrial companies in Germany. He also traveled throughout Europe, with several
trips to Italy for the book project
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien (1961). This book, with text by Hanno Hahn, was commissioned by the firm C. H. Boehringer Sohn, which also commissioned the
books
Bäume (1962) and
Gestein (1966), both with text by Ernst Jünger. A professional relationship developed between Renger-Patzsch and the German dendrologist
Wolfgang Haber, who accompanied Renger-Patzsch on his trips to Italy and wrote texts for
Im Wald (1965) and
Bäume.
During the postwar years Renger-Patsch lectured on photography throughout Germany. His photographic work was recognized and
awarded. In 1957, the Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner honored Renger-Patzsch with the David Octavius Hill Medal. In 1960,
he received the prestigious culture prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. In 1961, he received a gold medal
from the Photographische Gesellschaft Wien for his life's work. In 1963, the television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk in
Cologne broadcast the documentary
Portrait of the Photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch. In 1965, the Minister of Culture awarded to Renger-Patzsch the North Rhine-Westphalia state prize for artistic achievement.
Also in 1965, the German photographer Lotte Jacobi showed Renger-Patzsch's photographs in her gallery in Deering, New Hampshire,
and the Art Institute of Chicago included his works in its annual photography exhibition.
Albert Renger-Patzsch died on September 27, 1966 in Wamel. In December of that year, a memorial exhibition was mounted in
the Ruhrland- und Heimatmuseum in Essen. In 1970 and 1971, commemorative exhibitions were held in Bremen and Hamburg.
Related Archival Materials
Albert Renger-Patzsch correspondence and poem, 1918-1948, Accession no. 2006.M.25.
Correspondence between Albert and Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Hugo Hertwig, and letters from Albert Renger-Patzsch to Martha
Buttmann and her son Walter.
Alternate Form Available
Pre-war press clippings filed within Series V.A. are available on microfiche.
Processing History
Isabella Zuralski processed the collection and wrote the finding aid.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the repository in 1986.
Preferred Citation
Albert Renger-Patzsch papers, 1924-1966, Accession no. 861187, Getty Research Institute, Research Library.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa861187
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Bibliography
List of books by Albert Renger-Patzsch, and other books illustrated with his photographs, discussed or mentioned in the archive.
Arranged chronologically. Fuhrmann, Ernst.
Reich der Inka, in: Kulturen der Erde. Bilderwerke. Hagen : Folkwang-Verlag, 1922.
Fuhrmann, Ernst.
Peru II, in: Kulturen der Erde. Bilderwerke. Hagen : Folkwang-Verlag, 1922.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Das Chorgestühl von Kappenberg. Berlin : Auriga-Verlag, 1925.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Die Halligen. Berlin : Albertus, 1927.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Lübeck. Berlin : E. Wasmuth, 1928.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Die Welt ist schön. München : K. Wolff, 1928.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Die Welt ist schön. München : Einhorn, 1928.
Schwarz, Rudolf.
Wegweisung der Technik. Potsdam : Müller & Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1928-
Günther, Hanns.
Technische Schönheit. Zürich : Orell Füssli, 1929.
Koelsch, Adolf.
Hände und was sie sagen. Zürich : Orell Füssli, 1929.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Hamburg. Hamburg : Gebrüder Enoch, 1930.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Norddeutsche Backsteindome. Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1930.
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
Jenaer Glas für Laboratorien. Jena : Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., 1937.
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
Jena laboratory glassware. Jena : Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., 1937.
Fuhrmann, Ernst.
Das Wunder der Pflanze. Starnberg am See : Oeser, 1938.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Paderborn. Paderborn : Ferdinand Schöningh, 1949.
Müller, Otto.
Der Dom zu Aachen. Königstein im Taunus : Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1950?
Henze, Helene.
Rund um den Möhnesee. Soest : Mocker & Jahn, 1951.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Lob des Rheingaus. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1953.
Botzenhart.
Schloss Cappenberg. Soest : Mocker & Jahn, 1953.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Bilder aus dem Erzgebirge: Berge, Wälder und Felder. Radebeul : Imago Strahlbild, 1953-1957.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Bilder aus dem Erzgebirge: Dörfer und Städte. Radebeul : Imago Strahlbild, 1953-1957.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Höxter und Corvey. Soest : Mocker & Jahn, 1954.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Villa Hügel. Essen : Krupp AG, 1954.
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. WAZ Ein Druk- und Verlagshaus im Ruhrgebiet. Essen : WAZ -Druck, 1954.
Westfalen, schaffendes Land. Oldenburg : G. Stalling AG, 1955.
Schnack, Friedrich.
Dresden wie es wurde und war. München : Knorr & Hirth, 1956.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Deutsche Wasserburgen. Königstein im Taunus : Langewiesche, 1957.
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne. Belecke (Möhne) : Siepmann-Werke AG,1957.
Schwartz, Hubertus.
Soest. Soest : Mocker & Jahn, 1957.
Fischer, Wend.
Bau, Raum, Gerät. München : R. Riper, 1957.
Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik A.-G., Ingolstadt.
75 Jahre Textilmaschinenbau, das Porträt eines Industriebetriebes. Ingolstadt : Schubert & Salzer Machinenfabrik A.-G., 1958.
Koch, Alexander.
Restaurants, cafés, bars. Stuttgart : A. Koch, 1959.
Meier, Michael.
Oberrhein: Elsass, Breisgau, Ortenau. München : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1961.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Bäume. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1962.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Im Wald, Aufnahmen aus dem Naturpark Arnsberger Wald. Wamel-Möhnesee : Druckwerkstatt Hermann Kätelhön, 1965.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Gestein. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1966.
Müller, Otto.
Der Dom zu Aachen. Königstein im Taunus : Karl Robert Langewiesche Nachfolger Hans Köster, 1966?
Leistikow, Dankwart.
Hospitalbauten in Europa aus zehn Jahrhunderten. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1967. List of photocopies of articles by or about Albert Renger-Patzsch available in the Getty Research Library's research files.
Arranged chronologically. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. "My philosophy on photography, in: Photorama, international review of photography." Morstel-Antwerp
: Geavert, 1958. October 1958, p. 626-632.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert. "Versuch einer Einordnung der Photographie," in:
Schrift 6 der Folkwangschule für Gestaltung Essen. München : Prestel Verlag, 1958. Lecture held on Jan. 27, 1956 at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Breisgau.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert. "Versuch einer Einordnung der Photographie," in:
Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie. Köln : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, 1960. 4. Heft, Dezember 1960, p. 3-8.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert. "Over de grenzen der fotografie," in:
Foto : universeel tijdschrift voor fotografie. Antwerp, Netherlands : C. Misset, 1961. August 1961, p. 396-401.
Kempe, Fritz. "Der Vater der modernen Fotografie: über Albert Renger-Patzsch," in:
Foto Prisma. Düsseldorf : K. Knapp, 1964. Heft 9, September 1964, p. 451-457.
Kleinstra, Hille. "Foto's van bossen en bomen van Albert Renger-Patzsch," in:
Foto : universeel tijdschrift voor fotografie. Antwerp, Netherlands : C. Misset, 1964. September 1964, p. 412-419.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Verbindungsstelle Landwirtschaft-Industrie (Essen, Germany)
Popular Photography (Milan, Italy)
Photographs, Original
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Photographic prints
Photoblätter
International Photo-and Cine Exhibition
Photography Year Book
Photo-Magazin (Munich, Germany)
Westfalenspiegel
Grubenlampe
Foto Prisma
Letters (correspondence)
Lectures
Zglinicki, Friedrich Pruss von, 1895-1986
Woytinsky, W. S. (Wladimir S.), 1885-1960
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
Weinert, August
Walther, Pan, 1921-
Vogelsang, Marianne
Verlag Herder
Virl, Hermann, 1903-1958
Tümpel, Wolfgang, 1903-1978
Treskow, Elisabeth, 1898-
Steinert, Otto, 1915-1978
Stenger, Erich, 1878-1957
Steffen, Dieter
Smith, Ronald Gregor
Smith, K. Gregor
Schwippert, Hans, 1899-1973
Schwarz, Rudolf, 1897-1961
Schoy, Frida
Schneider, Karl, 1892-1945
Sander, August
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, 1897-1966
Portman, Adolf
Greischel, Walther
Gosebruch, Ernst
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner
Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913-1995
Heise, Carl Georg, 1890-1979
Hallensleben, Ruth
Gurlitt, Hildebrand
Gruber, L. Fritz
Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870
Holzmeister, Gunda
Hesse, Ninon
Hertwig, Hugo
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen
Jancke, Rudolf
Jacobi, Lotte, 1896-1990
Klipstein, Editha, 1880-1953
Krauss, Friedrich Emil
Kozma, Lajos, 1884-1950
Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998
Kerff, Gerhard, 1908-
Kükelhaus, Hugo
Mahlau, Alfred, 1894-1967
Moegle, Willi
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977
Masclet, Daniel, 1892-1969
Oliveira, Jaap d'
Padberg, Magdalena
Museum Folkwang Essen
Arapoff, Cyril
Barth, Emil, 1900-1958
C.H. Boehringer Sohn
Brandt, Bill
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt
Erfurth, Hugo, 1874-1948
Fohn, Emanuel, 1881-1966
Freckmann, Karl, 1890-
Friedmann, Hermann, 1873-1957
Fuhrmann, Ernst, 1886-1956
Fürst, Viktor, 1919-
Correspondence, Series I.
1924-1966
Container Summary: ca. 7 lin. ft.
Scope and Contents note
This series is organized in two subseries: pre-war correspondence 1924-1936, and post-war correspondence 1943-1966.
Pre-war correspondence, Series IA.
1924-1936
Container Summary: ca. 250 letters
Scope and Contents note
Most of the letters are address to Renger-Patzsch, dating from 1924 to 1936, the time when Renger-Patzsch was working as a
freelance photographer in Bad Harzburg and Essen and as instructor at the Folkwangschule in Essen. Included are primarily
professional and business letters to Albert Renger-Patzsch from publishers, editors of photographic journals, literary authors,
art critics, artists and other photographers. A few unidentified items are filed at the end of Box 1. The letters offer insight
into the aesthetic appreciation of Renger-Patzsch's photographic work, and especially the reception of his book
Die Welt is schön. Included is the unedited version of Thomas Mann's review of
Die Welt is schön. The letters also provide information about Renger-Patzsch's participation in various photography exhibitions held in Germany
and abroad. Also present is correspondence with various art schools, including the Folkwangschule in Essen and the Staatliche
Bauhochschule Weimar, concerning offers of employment for Renger-Patzsch. Nearly half of the letters are typed.
box 1
Abendroth-Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki, and unidentified pre-war correspondence
box 1, folder 1
Abendroth-D'Oliveira en Spies
box 1, folder 1
Abendroth, Hermann,
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1
Agfa I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter inviting R.P. to write an article on photography; with a mention of an article on New Objectivity by Adolf
Eyermann.
box 1, folder 1
Ahrlé, René,
1932
Scope and Contents note
3 items: 2 typescript business letters from Ahrlé and 1 letter by R.P. discussing details of an advertisement for Ford.
box 1, folder 1
Arapoff, Cyril,
1933
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. concerning Arapoff's work as a photographer in Oxford, England.
box 1, folder 1
Arts et métiers graphiques (Paris, France),
1931
Scope and Contents note
2 items: a postcard and a business letter, both signed by Michel Girard.
box 1, folder 1
Bartning, Otto,
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. with the letterhead of the Bauatelier Weimar, Staatliche Hochschule für Handwerk und Baukunst, requesting
a photograph.
box 1, folder 1
Basse, Wilfried,
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard sent from Berlin to R.P., containing a satirical allusion to the current economic conditions and political climate,
also mentioning a well-known art dealer K. (Daniel Henry Kahnweiler?).
box 1, folder 1
Bedall, Carl,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by a pharmacist and amateur photographer.
box 1, folder 1
Behrens, Peter,
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the architect to R.P. discussing details of R.P.'s commission to photograph the smeltery Gutehoffnungshütte near
Oberhausen, Germany.
box 1, folder 1
Bondi, Felix,
1926
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard from the German lawyer, asking for photographs.
box 1, folder 1
The British Journal of Photography,
1929
Scope and Contents note
Carbon copy of a business letter by the editor George G. Brown, asking R.P. for reprints for the
British Journal Almanac. Annotated by R.P.
box 1, folder 1
Burmeister, Werner,
1929
Scope and Contents note
A letter to Werner Burmeister in which R.P. expresses his anger and frustration about the layout of the book
Norddeutsche Backsteindome [1930].
box 1, folder 1
Daimer, Josef,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.; Daimer was a photographic chemistry teacher at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna,
Austria. [Other letters by Daimer are filed with Post-war correspondence in Box 3].
box 1, folder 1
Deutscher Camera-Almanach,
1925
Scope and Contents note
1 letter rejecting an article offered by R.P. because it would offend the journal's readers.
box 1, folder 1
Deutscher Werkbund Berlin,
1926
Scope and Contents note
2 professional letters concerning R.P. membership.
box 1, folder 1
d'Oliveira, A. E.,
1930-1931
Scope and Contents note
2 letters to R.P. concerning the apprenticeship of d'Oliveira's son with R.P. and some technical details of photography.
box 1, folder 2
Feininger, Nona,
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by the photographer Nona Feininger.
box 1, folder 2
Fischer, Albert,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 letter with comments on R.P.'s photography, also mentioning Ernst Fuhrmann and an exhibition of Van Gogh in Stuttgart.
box 1, folder 2
Fischer, Otto,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 1, folder 2
Folkwangschule für Gestaltung,
1933-1934
Scope and Contents note
2 letters on official letterhead of Der Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Essen, regarding R.P. employment as a teacher at the Handwerker-
und Kunstgewerbeschule in Essen [Folkwangschule für Gestaltung]. The letter dated Nov. 23, 1933 is annotated by R.P. on verso.
box 1, folder 2
Fuhrmann, Ernst,
1923-1926
Scope and Contents note
4 letters to R.P.: an attestation to R.P.'s employment at Folkwang-Verlag in Hagen-Darmstadt (1923), and three professional
letters (1925, 1926 and 1 undated), two of them with drawings and notes in pencil by R.P. [Post-war correspondence between
R.P. and Ernst Fuhrmann is filed in Box 6, F. 8].
box 1, folder 2
Garthmann, Ilse,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter.
box 1, folder 2
Gorny, Hein,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. from the photographer Hein Gorny, with humorous content.
box 1, folder 2
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner,
1928-1930
Scope and Contents note
7 letters on 8 leaves: six typescript letters with G. L. D. letterhead, three signed by Franz Grainer, three by Hugo Erfurth,
and one carbon copy of a response by R.P. to Grainer; all letters are regarding R.P.'s membership in G. D. L. and his participation
in exhibitions, especially in 1929 in Eisenach which focused on "neues Sehen und Darstellen" (letter from July 1, 1929 by
Grainer). Of Grainer's letter from April 21, 1931 only page 2 exists in the archive.
box 1, folder 2
Gewerbeschule und Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zürich,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard regarding an upcoming exhibition in Zurich. With a mention of Carl Heise's text for the catalog.
box 1, folder 2
Gies, Ludwig,
1931-1935
Scope and Contents note
4 letters by the sculptor Ludwig Gies to R.P. concerning R.P.'s photographs of Gies's work in Bonn.
box 1, folder 2
Goldsmidt, Adolf,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard: business.
box 1, folder 2
Buergel Goodwin, H. (Heinrich),
1929
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from the Swedish photographer to R.P.; regarding Goodwin's book
Kamerabilden [1929].
box 1, folder 2
Guardini, Romano,
1937
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the theologian Romano Guardini, who mentions his recent book
Der Engel in Dante's Göttlicher Komödie [1937].
box 1, folder 2
Gurlitt, Cornelius ,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you note by Gurlitt [1850-1938] to R.P.
box 1, folder 3
Heise, Carl Georg,
1927-1934
Scope and Contents note
36 items (on 46 leaves): discussions of photographic work by R.P. , Moholy-Nagy, the Bauhaus and Emil Otto Hoppé. Heise mentions
Aby Warburg' s interest in the photographic work by R.P; book projects with Wasmuth-Verlag; exhibitions and other professional
activities. Included is a copy of Heise's letter to Kurt Tucholsky asking him to influence the Ullstein-Verlag on behalf of
R.P.'s
Die Welt ist schön, with a drawing on verso. Heise writes about difficulties encountered by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, Karl With, [Hanns?] Swarzenski
and Ernst Gosebruch in the context of the changing political climate in Germany. Also included is an undated poem by Heise
entitled
Wunderglaube, two undated letters to R.P. and one letter to Agnes Renger-Patzsch. [Post-war correspondence with Carl Georg Heise is filed
in Box 8, F. 1-4]
box 1, folder 4
Ernst Heimeran Verlag-Ricarda Octavia Huch
box 1, folder 4
Heimeran, Ernst,
1933
Scope and Contents note
1 item: business letter to R.P. by Ernst Heimeran. On Ernst Heimeran Verlag letterhead.
box 1, folder 4
Heyer, Gustav Richard,
1928, undated
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: a business letter from R.P. to the psychiatrist Gustav Richard Heyer , with Heyer's response
on verso, in which R.P. mentions an exhibition of his work at Graphisches Kabinett München. Heyer relates the artistic value
of R.P.'s photography to Adolf Portmann's concept of "Innerlichkeit des Organischen" [
Von der Idee des Humanen in der gegenwärtigen Biologie [1948]]. [See also post-war correspondence between R.P. and Heyer in Box 8, F. 7].
box 1, folder 4
Höhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin,
, 1933
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters to R.P., signed by the typographer Georg Trump, concerning the possibility of a teaching position. [See
also the school curriculum filed in Box 20, F. 3].
box 1, folder 4
Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto),
1928-1929
Scope and Contents note
6 items (8 leaves): professional letters from the photographer Hoppé to R.P. regarding an exhibition of work by R.P. at the
Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover and the newly published book
Die Welt ist schön. Included is a copy of Hoppé's review in English and a linocut Christmas and New Year's card by Hoppé.
box 1, folder 4
Huch, Justizrat,
1928-1929
Scope and Contents note
4 items: personal correspondence, including one letter to Agnes R.P.
box 1, folder 4
Huch, Ricarda Octavia
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 1, folder 5
G. de Jongh - Kunst und Künstler
box 1, folder 5
Jongh, Gaston de,
1931
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter to R.P. by the Swiss photographer Gaston de Jongh, commenting on
Die Welt ist schön.
box 1, folder 5
Klingender, L. H. W.,
1926 1929
Scope and Contents note
3 personal/professional letters to R.P.
box 1, folder 5
Kozma, Lajos,
undated [1925?]
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by the Hungarian architect and designer Lajos Kozma [1884-1948] complaining about the difficult
cultural climate in Hungary, recommending to R.P. the publisher E. F. Hübsch in Vienna, mentioning Ö. Gábor Pogány and the
publication
Ars una, also his books: one on ex-libris [
Szignetkönyve (1925)] and one with fairy tales.
box 1, folder 5
Krander,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. asking for zoo photos.
box 1, folder 5
Krauss, Friedrich Emil,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the photographer Krauss, with a letterhead design featuring the trademark of Krausswerke Schwarzenberg.
Krauss plans to visit R.P. in Essen.
box 1, folder 5
Kroner,
1925
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 1, folder 5
Kunstgewerbe-Museum der Stadt Köln,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 letter concerning an exhibition of photographs by R.P.
box 1, folder 5
Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 letter concerning an exhibition ofphotographs by R.P. , annotated.
box 1, folder 5
Kunst und Künstler,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P. signed by the Austrian photographer Alfred Steffen; with a mention of an article by Heise.
box 1, folder 6
Otto Lasius-László Moholy-Nagy
box 1, folder 6
Lasius, Otto,
1925
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard from the Swiss artist Otto Lasius reproducing his lithograph
Dolorida. Lasius provides information about the original art work.
box 1, folder 6
Lexer, Ehrich,
1937
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a thank-you letter from the German surgeon Ehrich Lexer from Solln near Munich.
box 1, folder 6
Lexer, Gunda,
1933
Scope and Contents note
1 item: letter from the daughter of Ehrich Lexer, accepting apprenticeship with R.P. Annotated, upper corner missing. [See
also Box 1, F.7 under: Petersen, Ernst and Box 9, F.1 under: Holzmeister, Gunda]
box 1, folder 6
Lichnowsky, Mechtilde,
1925
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you letter by the German literary author Mechtilde Lichnowsky, praising R.P.'s photographic work.
box 1, folder 6
Das Lichtbild,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 item: invitation to R.P. to participate in the exhibition
Das Lichtbild, planned in Stuttgart for the summer of 1930; signed by Renner [the Bauhaus typographer Paul Renner?].
box 1, folder 6
Lüppo-Cramer, Hinricus ,
1924
Scope and Contents note
1 item: letter concerning technical aspects of photography by the author of
Negativ-Entwicklung bei hellem Lichte Safraninverfahren [1922].
box 1, folder 6
Lissitzky, El,
undated (1930?)
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by El Lissitzky asking R.P. to photograph pavilions and objects of the Soviet Union at the Internationale Hygiene
Ausstellung in Dresden [1930] and the IPA [Internationale Photographische Ausstellung?] in Leipzig.
box 1, folder 6
Mahlau, Alfred,
1928-1935
Scope and Contents note
8 items: 6 letters and 2 post cards to R.P. from the painter Alfred Mahlau. Includes humorous sketches by Mahlau who also
comments on R.P.'s photographic work.
box 1, folder 6
Mann, Thomas,
1928
Scope and Contents note
2 items (4 leaves): included are a letter to R.P. by Mann who announces that his review of
Die Welt ist schön will soon be published in
Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, and the typescript of the review (3 leaves). The typescript presents the original version of Thomas Mann's text, i.e. before
editorial changes by the
Berlier Illustrierte Zeitung [see this archive Box 7, F. 7 under: Gritz, L. Gruber, letter by R.P. from July 1, 1960].
box 1, folder 6
Marcks, Gerhard,
1936
Scope and Contents note
1 letter asking R.P. for photographs of the Osthaus-Monument [i.e. : "Sitzender Knabe", 1931, in Folkwang-Museum, Essen; commemorating
the art historian and collector Karl Ernst Osthaus].
box 1, folder 6
Masclet, Daniel,
undated [1928?]
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the French photographer and author Daniel Masclet asking R.P. to send photographs to be included in Masclet's
Histoire de l'art photographique and expressing his artistic opinion on R.P.'s work, especially the photographs published in
Die Welt ist schön. Masclet lists his own professional affiliations, including the Groupe des XV.
box 1, folder 6
Mauritius-Verlag,
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from Ernst Meyer at the Mauritius-Verlag in Berlin, asking R.P. to take initiative against a fraud case.
box 1, folder 6
Merseburg,
1924-1925
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 1, folder 6
Meyer, Peter,
1928
Scope and Contents note
3 letters from the Swiss architect to R.P. asking for photographs and proposing to include R.P.'s photographic work in an
exhibition at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich and at the Technikum Winterthur Ingenieurschule.
box 1, folder 6
Moholy-Nagy, László,
1925-1926
Scope and Contents note
2 letters to R.P.; Moholy-Nagy describes the current financial problems experienced at the Bauhaus and by many publishers,
as well as his own difficult financial situation, and mentions his book
Film und Photographie [
Malerei, Photographie, Film, 1925].
box 1, folder 6
Molzahn, Johannes,
1927
Scope and Contents note
2 letters by the German painter and graphic artist regarding letterhead and other stationary designed by Molzahn for R.P.
The letetrs are typed on a sample copy of the letterhead. Molzahn also writes about his relocation to Breslau .
box 1, folder 7
Neue Kunst Fides-Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Handschriften-Abteilung
box 1, folder 7
Galerie Neue Kunst Fides,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from Rudolf Probst regarding photographs of the Hallig Islands, proposing an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic
work at Galerie Neue Kunst Fides in Dresden, with a mention of Emil and Ada Nolde.
box 1, folder 7
Die Neue Linie,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the editor Werner, asking R.P. to contribute photographs for the newly founded journal of the Beyer-Verlag. With
a reference to Hildebrandt Gurlitt.
box 1, folder 7
Niemann, Wilhelm,
1933
Language of Material:
English.
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. regarding R.P.'s participation in the exhibition
Die Kamera in Berlin. Pencil drawings and annotations by R.P. on verso. [See also announcement filed in Box. 20, F. 2. ]
box 1, folder 7
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Bund,
1928
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from Karl With, planning exhibitions of R.P.'s photographic work at the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Bund in Hagen, and mentioning
the possibility of a teaching position for R.P.
box 1, folder 7
Pécsi, Józef,
1927-1930
Scope and Contents note
4 items: 3 letters and 1 postcard from the Hungarian photographer and editor of the magazine
Magyar Fotografia; asking for permission to publish a Hungarian translation of R.P.'s text "Photographie und Kunst" in
Magyar Fotografia, also commenting on
Die Welt ist schön.
box 1, folder 7
Petersen, Ernst,
1933
Scope and Contents note
1 letter recommending Gunda Lexer for an apprenticeship with R.P.; with a mention of Prof. Wever. [See also under: Lexer,
Gunda]
box 1, folder 7
Petschow, Robert,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter from the editor of the magazine
Luftfahrt in Berlin.
box 1, folder 7
Photographische Korrespondenz, ,
1926 1927
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from the editors regarding R.P.'s text "Photographie und Kunst" in the March 1, [1930?] issue of
Photographische Korrespondenz.
box 1, folder 7
Porza, Landeszentrale für Deutschland e.V.,
1930
Scope and Contents note
2 items: a letter from the Porza Association asking R.P. to join as Germany's representative for photography. Also included
is a typescript list of the members of the committee. Signed by Wa. von Alvensleben.
box 1, folder 7
Preussische Staatsbibliothek,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter to R.P. from the Department of Manuscripts [Handschriften-Abteilung] of the Preussische Staatsbibliothek
in Berin.
box 1, folder 8
Erwin Quadenfeldt-Heinrich Schwarz
box 1, folder 8
Quadenfeldt, Erwin,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter from the portrait photographer in Vienna.
box 1, folder 8
Redslob, Edwin,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter to R.P. from the art historian on
Der Reichskunstwart letterhead.
box 1, folder 8
Riess, Th.,
1931
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter to R.P., with a mention of a photograph of the writer Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934).
box 1, folder 8
Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain,
1934
Scope and Contents note
2 letters inviting R.P. to a one man show at the society's gallery in London, planned for March 1935.
box 1, folder 8
Santeul, Claude de,
1930
Scope and Contents note
2 letters by the amateur photographer regarding an exhibition of R.P.'s work held Feb. 28-March 14, 1930 at Société française
de photographie in Paris. With a mention of an article by Heinrich Schwarz about R.P. issued in
Bulletin de la Société française de photographie; also thanking R.P. for a copy of
Hamburg [1930].
box 1, folder 8
Schmeil, Prof. Dr.
1924
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. regarding photographs of plants for a natural science textbook.
box 1, folder 8
Schellbach, Siegfried,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. concerning North German Gothic architecture.
box 1, folder 8
Schmitt, Cornel,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 letter; commenting on
Die Welt ist schön.
box 1, folder 8
Schmölz, Hugo,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter from the photographer.
box 1, folder 8
Schule Reimann (Berlin, Germany),
1932
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P.; regarding a teaching position.
box 1, folder 8
Schumacher, Fritz,
1928
Scope and Contents note
A letter by the architect and art historian to Aby Warburg suggesting architectural sites in Hamburg to be photographed by
R.P.
box 1, folder 8
Schulze-Thurn, Walter,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter.
box 1, folder 8
Schurer, Di U.,
1927-1931
Scope and Contents note
3 business letters.
box 1, folder 8
Schwarz, Heinrich,
1929-1930
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from the art historian proposing to present R.P.'s work in France and recommending that Claude de Santeul select
the photographs. Schwarz also comments on a review by Julius Meier-Graefe in
Frankfurter Zeitung of his book on the Scottish photographer Hill [
David Octavius Hill, der Meister der Photographie, 1931].
box 1, folder 9
Rudolf Schwarz-Franz Josef Steinen
box 1, folder 9
Schwarz, Rudolf, ,
1927-1933 undated
Scope and Contents note
13 items: business correspondence to R.P. from the architect and director of Kunstgewerbeschule Aachen concerning R.P.'s photographs
for Schwarz's book
Wegweisung der Technik [1928- ]. Schwarz also mentions articles about R.P. in
Die Form and in
Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung; and photographs by R.P. of the Corpus Christi [Fronleichnam] Church in Aachen. He also presents his plan to design a house
for R.P.
box 1, folder 9
Staatliche Hochschule für Handwerk und Baukunst in Weimar,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter from the Bauhaus architect Ernst Neufert regarding R.P.'s employment at the Staatliche Bauhochschule
Weimar. Typed in lower case only.
box 1, folder 9
Städtische Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule (Braunschweig, Germany),
1926
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P. concerning employment and salary.
box 1, folder 9
Städtische Kunstgewerbebibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany),
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from the director's office concerning an acquisition of photographs by R.P.
box 1, folder 9
Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the director of Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub asking R.P. to send photographs of Lübeck;
and seeking R.P.'s opinion regarding Burkhardt Meyer's plan to publish a book about R.P. with the title
Gesicht der Zeit and text by Hartlaub.
box 1, folder 9
Steinen, Franz Josef,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P by the winegrower concerning wine care.
box 1, folder 10
Jan Thorn-Prikker - Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki
box 1, folder 10
Thorn Prikker, Jan,
1931
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard sent from Köln-Bayenthal: professional correspondence regarding photographs of the windows of the Auferstehungskirche.
box 1, folder 10
Ons Eigen Tijdschrift, Oosterbeek,
1924
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the editor D. J. van der Ven concerning photographs of cactus plants and an article about R.P.
box 1, folder 10
Toller, Ernst,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 letter in which Toller agrees to write the introduction for a book by R.P.
box 1, folder 10
Urban, Paul, Hofrat,
1925
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 by R.P. Hofrat Paul Urban comments on R.P.'s article "Ketzergedanken über künstlerische Photographie",
published in
Photographie für Alle. R.P. responds by writing about photographic vision ("Sehenlernen und Sehenkönnen") and expresses his opinion about contemporary
photography and the relationship between photography and art.
box 1, folder 10
Wackernagel, Martin,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the art historian Martin Wackernagel, concerning photographs for Wackernagel's
Die Baukunst des 17. und 18. Jahrhunders, published within the series
Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft. [See also post-war correspondence with Martin Wackernagel filed in Box 14, F. 11].
box 1, folder 10
Weinert, August,
1926-1928
Scope and Contents note
9 items (on 23 leaves). Weinert, chief surgeon at the Chirurgische Klinik Sudenburg, discusses and partially illustrates with
pencil drawings an article for which R.P. took the photographs ["Das Problem der Fussleiden und seine Lösung", in:
Die Medizinische Welt, Heft 1; see also: offprint filed in Box 19, F. 3]. ]. Weinert mentions that he has shown R.P.'s photographs to Benscheidt
and [Ernst] Neufert from the new Bauhaus in Weimar; and discusses details of R.P.'s commission to photograph the vineyard
of [Franz Josef] Steinen. Weinert also mentions a photomontage by Adler [Samuel Adler?] and art work by Albert Frisch [printer
in Berlin?]. Annotated by R.P.
box 1, folder 10
Woytinsky, Wladimir S.,
1924
Scope and Contents note
1 letter. The exile Russian economist Woytinsky mentions the political upheaval in Georgia [Soviet Union] and his book on
statistics [
Zehn Jahre neues Deutschland, 1929].
box 1, folder 10
Verlag Ernst Wasmuth,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from the Verlag Ernst Wasmuth in Berlin, inviting R.P. to contribute photographs for the magazine
Atlantis.
box 1, folder 10
Wigman, Mary,
1931-1934
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 7 letters and one poem by Mary Wigman written on the occasion of R.P.'s 40th birthday. The letters concern
R.P.'s photographs for Mary Wigman's book [
Deutsche Tanzkunst, 1935].
box 1, folder 10
Kurt Wolff Verlag,
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter from the publishing house in Munich and a postcard to R.P. from Kurt Wolff, asking R.P. to publish a book
[
Die Welt ist schön]. With a mention of Carl Georg Heise.
box 1, folder 10
Zglinicki, Friedrich Pruss von ,
1930
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. Zglinicki asks for permission to use the title
Die Welt ist schön for an experimental movie without a plot. With a mention of the producer Arnold Fanck (1889-1974) and Joachim Gerstenberg,
the owner of Foto-Atelier Dührkoop in Berlin.
box 1, folder 11
Unidentified pre-war correspondence
box 1, folder 11
Collage,
1925?
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf with images pasted on both sides, and captions in green ink. One of the captions refers to April 1, 1925. The captions
include names: Ernst Fuhrmann and [Albert] Lange.
box 1, folder 11
Personal letter,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter, dated May 1st, signed; Vater [?], with a pencil drawing of a flower.
box 1, folder 11
Unidentified correspondent from London,
1929
Scope and Contents note
1 typed personal letter, dated June 8, 1929, sent from London, 23, Brunswich Square; signed by hand: "Drn." or "Dru." Experimental
typography. The author comments on recent elections in England.
Post-war correspondence, Series I.B.
1943-1966
Physical Description:
7 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
This portion of the archive dates from 1943 to 1966. During most of this time (from 1944 on), Renger-Patzsch lived with his
wife Agnes and daughter Sabine in Wamel, near Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia. The majority of items are typescripts, or carbon
copies of typescripts. Letters by Renger-Patzsch are predominantly carbon copies. The container list mentions substantial
annotations, editing, sketches and other marks.
Unidentified post-war correspondence is filed in Box 15, F. 6. The post-war correspondence details Renger-Patzsch's professional
life and provides insight into his views on photography as an art form, and on commercial photography in post-war Germany.
The letters give information on the industrial, architectural and landscape photographs taken by Renger-Patzsch after the
war and the reprinting and republishing of his salvaged pre-war work. They also offer insight into the production of his various
publications and exhibitions and his lecturing activities.
A major part of this section comprises business correspondence with numerous industrial firms, publishing houses and cultural
organizations. Over 530 items constitute correspondence with the chemical concern C. H. Boehringer Sohn in Ingelheim, which
between 1946 and 1966 commissioned and financed several of Renger-Patzsch's privately printed books. Other industrial firms
significantly represented in the archive are Schubert & Salzer in Ingolstadt; Deutsche Spinnereimaschinenbau AG in Ingolstadt;
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen. [later renamed Schott Glaswerke, filed under Schott, Erich]; Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke; Deutsche
Spiegelglas A.G.; Werkstätten J. Dickerhoff in Bochum; Th. Goldschmidt AG in Essen; Knoll International in Stuttgart; Presswerk
AG in Essen; and Riedel & Co. in Bielefeld.
Among the individual correspondents are editors, scholars, art historians, architects, and other photographers. Of particular
interest is the correspondence (ca. 74 items) with the German-born British photographer, collector and photographic historian
Helmut Gernsheim, with whom Renger-Patzsch exchanges opinions about current trends in photography, especially commercial photography,
and discusses the relationship between photography and art. Another significant portion represents the correspondence with
the German art historian Carl Georg Heise. Heise's letters detail his own editing and writing activities, and include critical
reviews of Renger-Patzsch's photographic work, book projects and writings. Also rich in intellectual discussions on photography,
art and other cultural topics is the correspondence with the architect Karl Freckmann, the photographer and writer Ernst Fuhrmann,
the Austrian art historian and photographer Viktor Fürst, the ecologist Hugo Hertwig, the German-American photographer and
art dealer Lotte Jacobi, Ilsemarie von Scheven (book dealer in Hamm and literary critic), the architect Rudolf Schwarz, Käthe
Smith (wife of Ronald Gregor Smith, a theology professor in Glasgow ), the photographer Dieter Steffen, and the German philologist
Peter Wapnewski.
One topic frequently addressed by Renger-Patzsch in these letters is his appreciation of Hugo Erfurth's portrait photography.
Renger-Patzsch frequently writes about his efforts to find a publisher for a book about Erfurth. His correspondence with editors
of publishing houses, especially the Insel-Verlag and the Hans Peters Verlag, shows the changing market for photography books
in Germany during the 1950s and 1960s.
The post-war correspondence also details Renger-Patzsch's involvement as a board member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie,
an association of professional photographers. Letters between Renger-Patzsch and Fritz L. Gruber, Helmut Gernsheim, Carl Georg
Heise, and the publisher of
Foto Prisma, Wilhelm Schöppe, provide insight into the process of nominating the candidate for the association's annual culture prize,
and reveal Renger-Patzsch's opinios about the work of other contemporary photographers, especially Bill Brandt, August Sander,
and Otto Steinert.
Part 1 AGFA - Knoll International
box 2, folder 1
AGFA Photofabrik (Leverkusen, Germany),
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to AGFA. R.P. complains about the quality of paper; the letter contains technical details of his working
process. Drawings on verso.
box 2, folder 1
Amerika-Haus (Heidelberg, Germany),
1956
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 4 by R.P., of correspondence between R.P. and directors David W. Smith and Alfred Motzgau, concerning a
lecture R.P. gave at Amerika-Haus Heidelberg on July 6, 1956. The letter from March 3 presents a short summary of the lecture,
provides insight into his concept of photography, also his opinion of the photographic work by Edward Steichen, Hugo Erfurth
and David Octavius Hill. The letter from April 17 contains autobiographical information.
box 2, folder 1
Axt, Carl,
1965
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 2, folder 1
Aly, Gretchen,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.; commenting on
Gestein [1966] and
Bäume [1962].
box 2, folder 2
Bad Pyrmont-Josef Bergenthal
box 2, folder 2
Bad Pyrmont (Germany),
1959
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. regarding photographs of the Kurpark, commissioned to R.P. by Böhringer.
box 2, folder 2
Badenheuer, Friedrich,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter: Badenheuer, board member of Rheinstahl Eisenwerke Gelsenkirchen A.G., congratulates R.P. for being awarded the culture
prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie.
box 2, folder 2
Dr. Baier & Co.,
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from the firm Dr. Baier & Co. Textilwerk in Emsdetten, signed by Rudolf Schmitz, one to R.P. and one to Karl-Heinz
von Saint-George in Münster. Both letters concern R.P.'s commission to photograph curtains made by Dr. Baier & Co.
box 2, folder 2
Barth, Emil,
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the poet. Barth mentions his book
Lemuria [1947] and writes about his views on photography.
box 2, folder 2
Bearth, Peter Paul,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the geologist, commenting on
Gestein [1966] and mentioning his work, still in manuscript [
Die Ophiolithe der Zone von Zermatt-Saas Fee [1967]].
box 2, folder 2
Belser Wissenschaftlicher Dienst,
1965
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 letter by R.P. to the publisher Chr. Belser in Stuttgart, regarding illustrations for the book
Kunst des frühen Mittelalters [1969].
box 2, folder 2
Benscheidt, Karl,
1960 and 1966
Scope and Contents note
2 items: a personal letter to R.P. asking for a copy of
Bäume [1962] and a personal letter addressed to Agnes R.P.
box 2, folder 2
Bergenthal, Josef,
1966
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P. Bergenthal asks for reprints of a photograph of a coal mine, published in
Die Ruhr, Bilder vom Lauf eines Flusses [1958]. R.P. comments on his photographs of coal mines.
box 2, folder 3
Boje, Walter,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from R.P. to Dr. Boje [Walter Boje]; R.P. stresses that both share the same opinion of photography.
box 2, folder 3
Bourdeau, Robert,
1966
Scope and Contents note
2 items: correspondence with the Canadian photographer, who asks for individual prints from the book
Die Welt ist schön and inquires about R.P.'s photographic process. R.P. provides technical details, also refers Bourdeau to Lotte Jacobi as
his representative in the United States.
box 2, folder 3
Brandt, Bill,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from Bill Brandt , giving R.P. permission to reproduce his photographs "Lambert Walk", "Edith Sitwell", "London suburb"
and "East End fight".
box 2, folder 3
Böll, Heinrich,
1963
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from Heinrich Böll, thanking R.P. for photographs, also mentioning Kiepenheuer Verlag.
box 2, folder 4
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1946-1949
Scope and Contents note
21 items: correpondence with Hanns Strobel and Hanns Kücklich. The letter from Oct. 28, 1946 from Hanns Strobel to the wife
of Walter Paatz, with Paatz's letter to Mrs. Heise and to R.P. on verso, are personal. The letter from July 30, 1949 has a
pencil drawing on verso. The books mentioned are
Das Mainzer Becken [i.e.
Lob des Rheingaues, 1953],
Paderborn [1949], and
Würzburger Chronik des denkwürdigen Jahres 1945 by Hans Oppelt [c1947].
box 2, folder 5
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1950-1951
Scope and Contents note
19 items, including 10 items by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst Boehringer. The letter from May 21, 1951 to R.P. has a caricature
drawing of a face and pencil notes on verso. The letters concern the process of selecting the photographs for
Das Mainzer Becken (i.e.
Lob des Rheingaues) together with Ernst Emmerling, and
Rund um den Möhnesee [1951]. R.P. recommends to Ernst Boehringer Helene Henze as a Spanish translator, and a book by Sedlmayr [
Verlust der Mitte (1951)]. In the letter from July 1, R.P. mentions his article on photography published in
Foto Prisma.
box 2, folder 6
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1952
Scope and Contents note
30 items (on 32 leaves), including 12 by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst Boehringer, Hanns Strobel, and Hanns Kücklich. The
letters concern image quality of the photographs for
Lob des Rheingaus, mainly Ernst Boehringer's choice of the printing technique "Tiefdruck", which was decisively rejected by R.P. as artistically
inadequate.
box 2, folder 7
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1953
Scope and Contents note
20 items, including 8 by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst Boehringer and Hanns Kücklich. The letters concern
Lob des Rheingaus (R.P. partially accepting the printing technique, see his letter from April 29, 1953), and reprints from the series
Historische Apotheken Deutschlands; also correspondence with H. G. Schwieger concerning reprints for a book project commissioned by the Paul Hartmann A.G. about
old pharmacies.
box 2, folder 8
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1954
Scope and Contents note
20 items, including 6 by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst Boehringer, 7 letters to R.P. from Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH. (Dr. Sänger),
the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Hanns Kücklich, Hanns Strobel, Elisabeth Boehm), and the obituary for Hanns Strobel. In the
letter from Feb. 26, R.P. mentions an invitation for an exhibition by the Hamburger Landeslichtbildstelle. The correspondence
concerns mainly photographs commissioned by the pharmaceutical firm Dr. Karl Thomae. Several letters are annotated by R.P.;
also reprints from
Lob des Rheingaus and photographs for the series
Historische Krankenhäuser Deutschlands.
box 2, folder 9
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1955
Scope and Contents note
12 items (on 13 leaves), including 4 by R.P.: correspondence with Ernst Boehringer, and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Hanns
Kücklich). The letters concern reprints for the series
Historische Krankenhäuser Italiens. In the letter to Hanns Kücklich from Aug. 22, R.P. expresses his opinion about contemporary photography. In his letter from
Dec. 18 R.P. outlines a lecture he was invited to give at the Boehringer firm in Ingelheim.
box 2, folder 10
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1956
Scope and Contents note
45 items (on 53 leaves), including 18 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried Bene,
Rominger), Ernst Boehringer, Heinrich M. Schwarz from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, Walter Paatz and his wife Elisabeth,
also by Walter Paatz to Ernst Boehringer, and Elisabeth Paatz to R.P. Several letters concern a lecture R.P. was invited to
give at the firm Boehringer in Ingelheim. The majority of letters concerns a book project about medieval architecture in Italy
[
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien, 1961], commissioned to R.P. by C.H. Boehringer Sohn, and preparations for the trip to Italy (Sept.-Oct. 1956), together
with the art historian Walter Paatz. Some of the letters by Walter Paatz mention the Swedish art historian Erik Lundberg.
The letters from R.P. to Mrs. Heide (Oct. 31) and Elisabeth Paatz (Nov.16) provide insight into difficult relationship between
R.P. and Walter Paatz during the trip to Italy. [See also Box 8, F. 4 under: Heise, Carl Georg and Hildegard Heise, 1956-1959].
In two letters to Walter Paatz, both dated Dec. 12, R.P. discusses his photographic work in the context of Hermann Friedmann's
philosopy of science, expresses his opinion about art history as a science, refers to Hermann Friedman's
Wissenschaft und Symbol [1948], and comments on Walter Paatz's text
Der Begriff der Realität.
box 2, folder 11
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1957
Scope and Contents note
46 items (on 49 leaves), including 21 by R.P.: correspondence between R. P. and Ernst Boehringer, Heinrich M. Schwarz and
Wolff Metternich from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried Bene, Rominger, Wetzel,
Mäding), Julie Boehringer, Elisabeth Brodrecht, Robert Boehringer, and Leo Bruhns. Several letters concern the itinerary,
fees and travel expenses for the second trip to Italy, planned together with the art historian Heinrich M. Schwarz. In his
letter from Sept. 8 to [Ernst?] Boehringer, R. P. makes suggestions regarding the choice of topics and the selection of photographs
for the book
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien [1961]. Several letters concern the medical treatment of R.P. and the resulting expenses following a car accident in Italy
(correpondence with the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn) . In his letters from July 31 and Aug. 8 to Julie Boehringer, R.P. provides
guidelines on how to achieve plasticity when taking photographs of small sculpture, and comments on the quality of the photographs
he took in Italy. In his letter from Aug. 26 to [Robert?] Boehringer, R.P. comments on a recently published Festschrift [
Robert Boehringer, eine Freundesgabe, 1957]. The letter from Dec. 6 to Julie Boehringer includes a mention of Erich Schott from Schott Glaswerke in Mainz.
box 2, folder 12
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1958
Scope and Contents note
53 items (on 62 leaves), including 22 by R.P.: correspondence between R. P. and Ernst Boehringer, Julie Boehringer, Marianne
Boehringer, the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (mainly Siegfried Bene), Hanno Hahn from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, the
physician W. Henneke, also a letter in Italian from Wolff Metternich from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome to Prof. Schettini
in Bari, and a letter from Robert Boehringer to Siegfried Bene. The letters concern mainly the follow-up trip to Italy, which
R.P. undertook in June 1958 accompanied by Julie Boehringer; the acceptance of Hanno Hahn as the text author, transfer of
reprints from the widow of Heinrich M. Schwarz, also the medical treatment of R.P. and the resulting expenses following the
car accident in 1957. Several letters concern the book project
Bäume [1962], especially the letter from Jan. 5 from Ernst Boehringer which is extensively annotated by R.P. In his letter from
Jan. 11 R.P. mentions an unpublished book about Arnsberger Wald [
Im Wald, 1965] as an example of his artistic efforts towards expressiveness in photography.
box 3, folder 1
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1959
Scope and Contents note
44 items (on 52 leaves), including 15 by R.P.: correspondence mainly between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried
Bene), also with Ernst Boehringer, Marianne Boehringer, Julie Boehringer, Hanno Hahn and Ernst Jünger. The correspondence
between Hanno Hahn, R.P. and Siegfried Bene concerns Hahn's text and the selection of photographs for the book
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien. The letters between R.P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn concern organizational details of field trips R.P. made to take
photographs of trees [for the book
Bäume]. In the letter from Aug. 21 to Ernst Boehringer R.P. comments on his meeting with Ernst Jünger regarding Jünger's text for
the book
Bäume. In his letter from Oct. 5 Ernst Boehringer asks R.P. to make portrait photographs of the Boehringer family.
box 3, folder 2
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1960
Scope and Contents note
54 items (on 63 leaves), including 19 by R.P. and 2 by his wife: correspondence mainly between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer
Sohn (mainly Siegfried Bene, also Rominger) concerning travel expenses and honorariums related to the 1958 trip to Italy and
to several field trips R.P. undertook to take photographs of trees for the book
Bäume, as well as the editing and printing of the books
Bäume and
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien (letter by R.P. to Rominger from April 23); letters to R.P. from Julie Boehringer and Hanno Hahn, R.P.'s correspondence with
the firm Bruckmann KG Graphische Kunstanstalt, a draft of a letter by R.P. to Wolff Metternich and a signed carbon copy of
a letter from Carl Georg Heise to Ernst Boehringer in which Heise comments on the selection of photographs for the book
Bäume and proposes that the book will be printed by Giovanni Mardersteig. Hanno Hahn's death in a car accident is the subject of
a letter from Siegfried Bene to R.P., dated Sept. 9. This folder includes also two obituaries for Albert Boeringer and drafts
of two letters of condolence by R.P. to Ernst Boehinger and wife.
box 3, folder 3
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1961
Scope and Contents note
46 items (on 54 leaves), including 19 by R.P.: correspondence mainly between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried
Bene, Rominger) and with Ernst Boehringer, also one letter by Giovanni Mardersteig to Siegfried Bene. The letters concern
travel expenses and honorariums related to the book projects
Bäume and
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien, also editorial matters, including the draft of the preface to
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien. Several letters regard editorial and technical aspects of the printing of
Bäume under supervision of Giovanni Mardersteig by the firm Brend' Amour, Simhart & Co. in Munich (some of the letters are annotated
by R.P.). In his letters from Oct. 21 and Oct. 25 to Ernst Boehringer R.P. expresses his opinion of Ernst Jünger's introduction
to
Bäume. Also mentioned are the book project
Gestein [1966] and R.P.'s portraits of the Boehringer family and Mr. and Mrs. Liebrecht.
box 3, folder 4
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1962
Scope and Contents note
43 items (on 47 leaves), including 19 by R.P.: correspondence mainly between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried
Bene, Rominger), Robert and Ernst Boehringer and Giovanni Mardersteig, a letter from the architect Klaus Hoffmann to R.P.,
also a handwritten letter to R.P. from Marianne Boehringer. Several letters discuss editing and printing details concerning
Bäume, also R.P.'s travel expenses and honorariums for this book project. In his letter from Jan. 22 to Siegfried Bene, R.P. explains
his artistic intention in
Bäume and the nature of his collaborative effort with Ernst Jünger. Several letters concern the trips to France (together with
Wolfgang Haber), Belgium, Germany and Switzerland for the book project
Gestein [1966], and a mention of Ernst Jünger's recent publication
Das spanische Mondhorn [1962]. Two letters from Robert Boehringer to R.P. concern the death of the art historian Clemens Sommer. Also included is
an engagement card for Ulrike Boehringer and Erich von Baumbach and gas station receipts which use caricature images of a
black African face and the face of a snowman as an advertisement for an all-season engine oil.
box 3, folder 5
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1963
Scope and Contents note
32 items (on 40 leaves), including 6 by R.P.: correspondence between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (mainly Siegfried
Bene), the firm Henraux in Querceta di Seravezza, near Lucca in Italy, two letters from Wolfgang Haber to Siegfried Bene and
one to R.P. The letters concern the book project
Gestein, particularly the texts by Max Richter and Ernst Jünger; also honorariums and travel expenses of R.P.'s trips to France and
Ireland, also of the trip R.P. undertook together with Wolfgang Haber to Southern Germany and Italy, including the visit to
the quarry in Carrara arranged for R.P. by the firm Henraux. Wolfgang Haber reports on the trip to Carrara in his letter from
Nov. 2 to Siegfried Bene.
box 4, folder 1
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1964
Scope and Contents note
36 items (on 38 leaves), including 11 by R.P.: correspondence between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (mainly Siegfried
Bene) concerning travel expenses and honorariums related to R.P.'s trip to Norway, together with Wolfgang Haber, and the book
project
Gestein. Also included are letters between the firms Basalt AG in Linz and C.H. Boehringer Sohn and a letter from Hille Kleinstra
to C.H. Boehringer Sohn mentioning an extensive article about R.P. that Kleinstra wrote for
Foto. In his letter to R.P. from Aug. 13 Robert Boehringer mentions R.P.'s portrait photographs of Clemens and Elisabeth Sommer.
box 4, folder 2
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1965
Scope and Contents note
32 items (on 46 leaves), including 9 by R.P.: correspondence between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (mainly Siegfried
Bene) and Robert Boehringer; also between the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried Bene) and Giovanni Mardersteig and Max
Richter, concerning the book project
Gestein: editorial matters, including typography, also travel expenses and honorarium. [See also: Box 4, F.-2 for correspondence
between R.P. and Max Richter concerning
Gestein.] Several letters concern R.P.'s photographs for the book
Hospitalbauten in Europa aus zehn Jahrhunderten by Dankwart Leistikow.
box 4, folder 3
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1966
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R. P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried Bene), Robert Boehringer
and the F. Bruckmann KG mainly concerning the book
Gestein, also reproductions of R.P.'s photographs for Weidenfeld & Nicolson in London. The letter dated April 4 from Siegfried Bene
to R.P. has a pen drawing on verso. R.P.'s invoice to C.H. Boehringer Sohn, dated Dec. 12 is annotated.
box 4, folder 4
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
undated items
Scope and Contents note
20 items (on 35 leaves): 6 letters, mostly drafts, from R.P. to Ernst Boehringer, a letter from R.P. to Elisabeth Paatz, R.P.'s
handwritten list of photographs he took in Italy, a note by Heinrich M. Schwarz acknowledging the receipt of a honorarium,
R.P.'s short notes referring by number to his photographs for Elisabeth Böhm, Heinrich M. Schwarz and Galavotti [?]. Also
5 items concerning
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien, including a 5 page editorial plan with the title "Arbeitsbericht (Vorschläge, Fragen, u.a.)" stamped by the Bibliotheca
Hertziana in Rome. Also included are 2 copies of R.P.'s application for financial aid caused by losses suffered during an
air raid [incomplete], and 3 personal letters to R.P. by Julie Boehringer.
box 4, folder 5
C.H. Boehringer Sohn,
1966
Scope and Contents note
19 items: thank-you letters to C.H. Boehringer Sohn (chiefly Siegfried Bene) for complimentary copies of the books
Bäume and
Gestein. From: Otto Ambros, Peter Bearth, Folkert Bellstedt, Bibliothek des Max-Planck-Institut, Hans Dyckerhoff, Ernst Emmerling,
Heinrich Fassian, Hans Harms, Kurt Hege, Carl Georg Heise, Klaus Hoffmann, S. Koechlin, Heribert Konzett, Klaus Otto Kühne,
Fritz Lendner, Alexander Rominger, O. Fr. Timmermann, Carl Wurster, and 1 unidentified.
box 4, folder 6
Brend' Amour, Simhart & Co.,
1961-1965
Scope and Contents note
27 items (on 28 leaves), including 13 by R.P. of professional correspondence with the firm Brend' Amour, Simhart & Co. Graphische
Kunstanstalt in Munich (mainly Director Holzmayer) concerning the printing of
Bäume.
box 5, folder 1
Donat de Chapeaurouge - J. Damschen + Co.
box 5, folder 1
Chapeaurouge, Donat de,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the art historian Donat de Chapeurouge to R.P. regarding an order of photographs. On letterpress of Universität
Tübingen, Kunsthistorisches Institut.
box 5, folder 1
Dahlhoff, Walter,
1958
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from R.P. to Dahlhoff, dated 1957 and 1958 and 1 letter from Dahlhoff to R.P.; professional correspondence following
the rejection of a text Dahlhoff wrote for a book by R.P. [
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne, 1957]
box 5, folder 1
Dambleff,
1951-1952
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. and 2 business letters by R.P. to Baurat Dambleff, Staatshochbauamt, Soest/Westf.
box 5, folder 1
Platten-Zentrale J. Damschen + Co.,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter following R.P.'s visit to the coal mine Hugo (Zeche Hugo).
box 5, folder 2
Definitiv Kontroll-Buchhaltung A.G.,
1955-1960
Scope and Contents note
51 items of business correspondence to R.P., including 13 letters by R.P., some are annotated; 2 letters are from Erwin O.
Haberfeld.
box 5, folder 3
Demag Aktiengesellschaft-Deutsche Bank A.G.
box 5, folder 3
Demag Aktiengesellschaft,
1955
Scope and Contents note
3 business letters, including 1 by R.P.
box 5, folder 3
Denz, Wolf-Herbert,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 5, folder 3
Deutsche Bibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Sammlung Buchkunst,
1962 and 1963
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence regarding
Bäume [1962] in the context of R.P.'s participation in the competition [Wettbewerb] "Die schönsten deutschen Bücher", organized
by Deutsche Bibliothek, Sammlung Buchkunst in Frankfurt am Main. Two letters are signed by Georg Kurt Schauer. With biographical
information about Giovanni Mardersteig and [Mr.] Leonhardt. Of the letter dated April 9, 1963 only the first page is present.
box 5, folder 3
Deutsche Bank,
1958-1959
Scope and Contents note
22 items of business correspondence, including 8 letters by R.P.
box 5, folder 4
Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft-Deutsche Linoleum Werke
box 5, folder 4
Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft,
1951 and 1957-1958
Scope and Contents note
13 items: correspondence with the publishing house Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft , including 3 lettters by R.P.; regarding the
inclusion of R.P.'s photographs in the publications
Das Bild der Heimat, Deutschland [1951],
Die deutsche Küste [1957?] and
Die Waterkant [1958].
box 5, folder 4
Deutsche Dendrologische Gesellschaft,
, 1958
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter, signed by F. Boerner, written in response to R.P. With a drawing and annotation.
box 5, folder 4
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie,
1955-1963
Scope and Contents note
19 items (22 leaves), including 9 items by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and D.G.Ph., mainly with L. Fritz Gruber, also
with Wolfgabg Eichler; also letters sent to D.G.Ph. from Helmut Gernsheim, Charles E. Fraser in London and Hans-Heinrich Berning
from the firm Robot-Foto Gmbh in Düsseldorf. The letters provide insight into the process of nominating the candidate for
the culture prize and reflect R.P.'s opinion of the work by photographers L. Fritz Gruber, Bill Brandt and August Sander.
Also included are carbon copies and ms. drafts of R.P.'s letters to the German Minister of Interior (Bundesminister des Inneren),
the President of D.G.Ph. Gerhard Schröder, and the Regierungspräsident, concerning the culture prize; and a congratulatory
letter from the Regierungspräsident to R.P.
box 5, folder 4
Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger,
1952 and 1957
Scope and Contents note
4 items: 2 donor cards, a receipt, and a thank-you letter to R.P.
box 5, folder 4
Deutsche Linoleum-Werke,
1953
Scope and Contents note
6 business letters, including 2 by R.P.
box 5, folder 5
Deutscher Kunstverlag,
, 1949-1959
Scope and Contents note
32 letters (on 33 leaves) between R.P. (9 letters) and the publishing house; regarding the inclusion of R.P.'s photographs
in several publications, mainly
Oberrhein: Elsass, Breisgau, Ortenau [1959].
box 5, folder 6
Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G.,
1956-1964
Scope and Contents note
26 items: 25 letters (on 26 leaves) between R. P. (10 carbon copies and 2 ms. ) and Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G. in Grünenplan
near Hannover. Includes a listing of 48 photographs commissioned from R.P. and 1 leaf with numbers of photographs and slides
titled "Grünenplan."
box 5, folder 7
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt - Werkstätten J. Dickerhoff
box 5, folder 7
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt,
1958-1966
Scope and Contents note
8 letters (on 9 leaves), including 4 letters by R.P. In the letter dated Nov. 16, 1959, R.P. refers to an article on his photographic
work by Beaumont Newhall and addresses the influence his work had on applied and commercial photography.
box 5, folder 7
Deutscher Werkbund West-Nord,
1953 and 1958
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters to R.P.
box 5, folder 7
Werkstätten J. Dickerhoff,
1948-1958
Scope and Contents note
25 items, including 10 by R.P.: business correspondence between the furniture manufacturer Josef Dickerhoff in Bochum and
R.P.
box 5, folder 8
Dinker (Kirchengemeinde : Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) - Du Selbst
box 5, folder 8
Dinker (Kirchengemeinde : Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany),
1953-1958
Scope and Contents note
8 items: business correspondence between Father Dietwald Wilms of the Kirchengemeinde Dinker in Hamm/Westfalen and R.P. (2
letters).
box 5, folder 8
Dittmann, Carl,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter from Carl Dittmann & Co. Spezialfabrik für Oberflächen und Galvanotechnik in Karlsruhe.
box 5, folder 8
Stadt Dortmund Verkehrs- und Presseamt,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters to R.P. and 1 order form.
box 5, folder 8
Dortmunder Union Brückenbau-Aktiengesellschaft Werk Dortmund,
1951-1952
Scope and Contents note
5 letters, including 3 by R.P.; concerning photographs of the coal mine Germania (Zeche Germania) in Dortmund-Marten.
box 5, folder 8
Dreydorff, Hans,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter.
box 5, folder 8
Du Selbst,
1965
Scope and Contents note
3 items: 2 business letters from the editor of the magazin
Du Selbst, eine Zeitschrift für Frauen, and 1 response by R.P.
box 6, folder 1
George Eastman House-Ch. Erich
box 6, folder 1
George Eastman House,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from Beaumont Newhall to R.P. ; asking for photographs for the exhibition "Photography at mid-century".
box 6, folder 1
Eckert, F.,
1948
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a personal letter from a professor at the university in Istanbul, former employer at Glaswerke Ruhr in Germany.
box 6, folder 1
Ehmcke, Rainer,
1964
Scope and Contents note
2 items (3 leaves) of correspondence between R.P. and the photographer Ehmcke; exchanging their views on contemporary photography.
box 6, folder 1
Eramo, E.,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Draft of a letter by R.P. to E[?] Eramo. In the context of Helmut Gernsheim's collection of photographs, R.P. writes about
the photograph of a pinecone [by Ansel Adams?], and mentions the draft of a book with the title
Oliven.
box 6, folder 1
Erfurth, Annemarie,
1964
Scope and Contents note
2 items: correspondence between Annemarie Erfurth, daughter of the photographer Hugo Erfurth, and R.P.; regarding a recently
opened exhibition of Hugo Erfurth's work in Siegen and the proposal of an individual exhibition of work by R.P.
box 6, folder 1
Erfurth, Helene,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 item (2 leaves): a personal letter by Helene Erfurth, wife of the photographer Hugo Erfurth, to R.P.
box 6, folder 1
Erfurth, Hugo,
1946-1947
Scope and Contents note
3 personal letters by Hugo Erfurth to R.P.; providing insight into H.E.'s life during the first two years after the war. [Letters
are fragile. Photocopies made on acid-free paper.]
box 6, folder 1
Erich, Ch. ,
1959
Scope and Contents note
2 items of private correspondence between R.P. and Father Ch. Erich from Hamburg; concerning
Deutsche Wasserburgen [1957].
box 6, folder 2
Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke,
1950-1961
Scope and Contents note
41 items: business correspondence, including 18 letters by R.P. (some annotated) and 2 leaves with ms. notes.
box 6, folder 3
Esso Petroleum Company- Evangelische Buchgemeinde, Stuttgart
box 6, folder 3
Esso Petroleum Company, ltd,
1958
Scope and Contents note
3 items. Business correspondence.
box 6, folder 3
Ettinger, Max,
1955-1958
Scope and Contents note
6 personal letters, including 1 by R.P. with Max Ettinger [not the German composer].
box 6, folder 3
Evangelische Aufbauschule Espelkamp-Mittwald,
1955
Scope and Contents note
6 business letters, including 3 by R.P.
box 6, folder 3
Evang.-Reformierte Gemeinde Elberfeld,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P.
box 6, folder 3
Evangelische Buchgemeinde (Stuttgart, Germany),
1964
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter by R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Fachstelle für Jugendphotographie e.V. , Frankfurt a. M., - Brunhilde Flothmann
box 6, folder 4
Fachstelle für Jugendphotographie (Frankfurt, Germany),
1964
Scope and Contents note
3 items: 2 letters to R.P. from Siegfried Remann and the list of participants of a conference held May 9-14, 1964 in Remscheid
(R.P. was one of the speakers). Remann mentions the photographers Dieter Steffen and Helmut Kiene.
box 6, folder 4
Fagus-Werk (Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany),
1952-1957
Scope and Contents note
6 business letters to R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Farbenfabriken Bayer,
1951
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Favelo N.V. Fotografische Apparatuur (Holland),
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Feische, J. (Werkstatt für Mosaikmöbel),
1961
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter by R.P. to J. Feische in Hellefeld/Sauerland.
box 6, folder 4
Fermata-Gesellschaft,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 order forms (on 3 leaves) with orders to R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Fischer, Wend,
1964-1965
Scope and Contents note
5 items: correspondence between R.P. (2 letters) and the editor of
Werk und Zeit, a monthly publication of Deutscher Werkbund; concerning reprinting a lecture by R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Fiswick, Sebald,
1947
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a receipt from the sculptor Sebald Fiswick.
box 6, folder 4
Flemming, Hans Walter,
1959
Scope and Contents note
2 items: professional correspondence, including 1 by R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Florin, Bernhard,
1953, 1965
Scope and Contents note
5 business letters, including 2 by R.P.
box 6, folder 4
Flothmann, Brunhilde,
1957
Scope and Contents note
4 items: a letter from the photographer and former employee asking R.P. to verify her past employment, and carbon copies of
a response letter and 2 formal statements by R.P.
box 6, folder 5
Focal Press Ltd.-Sofie Fohn
box 6, folder 5
Focal Press,
1950-1956
Scope and Contents note
8 items: professional correspondence between the editor of Focal Press A. Kraszna-Krausz and R.P.; concerning Bill Brandt's
book
Camera in London [1948]; including R.P.'s opinion of Brandt and the entry on R.P. in the
Encyclopedia of photography [1956]; with annotations.
box 6, folder 5
Förderanlagen u. Maschinenbau GmbH Wilhelmshaven,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
8 items: business correspondence, including 5 by R.P.
box 6, folder 5
Fohn, Sophie,
1960
Scope and Contents note
4 items: 3 letters by the art collector and wife of the artist Emanuel Fohn, and a response letter by R.P.; discussing R.P.'s
portrait photographs of Emanuel Fohn. R.P. also expresses his opinion about portrait photography and Emanuel Fohn's work.
box 6, folder 6
Museum Folkwang Essen -
Fotorama
box 6, folder 6
Museum Folkwang Essen,
1943-1956
Scope and Contents note
22 items of correspondence, including 12 carbon copies of items by R.P. The receipt dated Sept. 24, 1943 concerns salvaging
negatives of art work in the collection of the Folkwang Museum and in the collection Henke, and has a pencil drawing on verso.
Letters dated 1949 concern mainly ownership issues and the acquisition by the Museum Folkwang of negatives owned by R.P. Letters
dated 1952-1956 discuss exhibitions and lectures by R.P.
box 6, folder 6
Folkwangschulen Essen,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P., annotated on verso.
box 6, folder 6
Foto Prisma, Stuttgart,
1965-1966
Scope and Contents note
9 items (on 10 leaves) of correspondence between the editor Heinrich Freytag and R.P. (2 letters); providing insight into
R.P.'s opinion about the standardization of the size of photographic paper with DIN [Deutsche Industrienorm], and mentioning
the reprinting of R.P.'s text "Vom Sinn der Photographie und der Verantwortlichkeit des Photografen" in
Foto Prisma. Also an undated handwritten note by R.P. regarding negatives of his photographs which were published by
Foto Prisma.
box 6, folder 6
Fotorama, Antwerp,
1958
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 3 by R.P. ; asking R.P. to write an article about his philosophy of photography. The letter dated March
31, 1959 includes an autobiographical note by R.P.
box 6, folder 7
Charles E. Fraser - Karl Fütterer
box 6, folder 7
Fraser, Charles E.,
1960-1962
Scope and Contents note
4 items: 1 letter from the English photographer to R.P., 2 letters from R.P. to Fraser, and a photographic Christmas and New
Year's card from the Fraser family. Professional correspondence concerning portrait photographs Fraser took of R.P. at the
1961 Photokina [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition] in Cologne; with a mention of a lecture R.P. gave on Jan. 27, 1956
[
Versuch einer Einordnung der Photographie, in:
Schrift 6 der Folkwangschule Essen, (1958)].
box 6, folder 7
Freckmann, Karl,
1960
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect and author; discussing Freckmann's architectural theory and
his controversial book
Proportionen in der Architektur [1965]. The letters provide insight into the difficulties Freckmann encountered trying to publish his work. R.P. expresses
his view of contemporray architecture; also recommends to Freckmann Otto Schubert's
Gesetz der Baukunst [1954] and George Lesser's
Gothic cathedrals and sacred geometry [1957].
box 6, folder 7
Frieser, Hellmut,
1957
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Hellmut Frieser from AGFA Aktiengesellschaft für Photofabrikation. R.P.
seeks financial support for his book project about Hugo Erfurth. His letter provides insight into his appreciation of Erfurth's
portrait photography. Frieser mentions Erfurth's photographic work in the collection of the AGFA Museum in Leverkusen, also
a privately owned portrait of the artist G. Lührig.
box 6, folder 7
Freytag, Heinrich,
1956-1957, 1964
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence regarding R.P.'s participation in the first photography show at the Venice Biennial.
box 6, folder 7
Friedburg, Gertrud,
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. who writes on Herman Friedman's
Wissenschaft und Symbol [1948)]; mentions the photographer Bill Brandt and his
Camera in London [1948], asking to send him a copy; and mentions the book projects:
Lob des Rheingaus [1953],
Soest [1957] and
Rund um den Möhnesee [1951?].
box 6, folder 7
Friedmann, Hermann,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P.: confirming the date for a lecture on photography he gave on July 6, 1956.
box 6, folder 7
Fritz, Rolf,
1953
Scope and Contents note
1 letter signed by Rolf [Fritz?] typed on the letterhead of the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, Schloss Cappenberg
bei Lünen, regarding the distribution of R.P.'s book on the castle in Cappenberg [
Schloss Cappenberg, 1953].
box 6, folder 7
Fütterer, Karl,
1950-1952
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 4 by R.P. : correspondence, mainly invoices, with Karl Fütterer at the Ernährungsministerium [Department
of Nutrition] in Düsseldorf, concerning R.P.'s photographs of architectural sites in Reichswald and of furniture designed
by Hugo Kükelhaus.
box 6, folder 8
Ernst Fuhrmann - Fürstenberg Porzellanmanufaktur
box 6, folder 8
Fuhrmann, Ernst,
1945-1946, 1954, undated
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 3 by R.P. Ernst Fuhrmann's letters from 1945 and 1946, sent from New York, describe his life after emigrating
to the United States. His letters convey strong feelings of intellectual isolation and his disappointment in American society;
Fuhrmann also mentions mutual friends, including Albert Lange, Gertrud Osthaus-Stockforth, his wife and son Arend Fuhrmann,
the chemist Torolf, and Johannes Molzahn. Fuhrmann's letters from 1954 concern a book planned to be published privately in
Hamburg [
Neue Wege, 1954-1966], for which he is asking R.P. to find prospective buyers. R.P. mentions an exhibition of his photographs in Chapel
Hill (N.C.), and the artist Hugo Kükelhaus. [Pre-war correspondence between R.P. and Ernst Fuhrmann is filed in Box 1, F.
2].
box 6, folder 8
Fuhrmann, Arend,
1956-1966
Scope and Contents note
7 items (on 8 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the artist and son of Ernst Fuhrmann, Arend Fuhrmann in Carona,
near Lugano in Switzerland, regarding financial contributions for a privately printed book as a birthday present for Ernst
Fuhrmann. Arend Fuhrmann mentions several exhibitions of his work.
box 6, folder 8
Fürst, Viktor,
1956-1962
Scope and Contents note
11 items (on 13 leaves), including 6 by R.P.: correspondence with the Austrian art historian and photographer, in London and
Rome. They exchange their views on modern photography and on teaching art and art history as a science, and comment on each
other's photographic work. Fürst mentions the art historians Jacob Burckhardt and Josef Strzygowski; travel for book projects
to Italy and Bosnia and Hercegovina; and unsuccessful efforts to publish his books in England. R.P. complains about the difficult
relationship with Walter Paatz during their trip to Italy and criticizes Paatz's teaching methods; expresses his opinion about
modern photography, commenting adversely on its current development as charlatanism; presents his opinion of Fürst's photographs
of architecture published in his book on Versailles [
Versailles, 1950]; and mentions the photographer Emil Otto Hoppé and the architect Fritz Schupp. Of R.P.'s letter from Nov. 12, 1956
only one leaf is present.
box 6, folder 8
Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg,
1962-1963
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Hans-Joachim Beyer, the director of the porcelain manufacturing
firm in Fürstenberg an der Weser. The letters concern a commission for R.P. In his letter R.P. explains the artistic intention
in his photographs of porcelain.
box 7, folder 1
Gottfried Ganssauge-Hans Gebhart
box 7, folder 1
Ganssauge, Gottfried,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 items: personal letters between R.P. and his former fellow student at the Kreuzgymnasium in Dresden, the architect Gottfried
Ganssauge. R.P. mentions his previous work experience with architects Walter Gropius, Otto Haesler, Hans Schwippert, Paul
Schneider-Esleben, Fritz Schupp, and Gerhard Graubner.
box 7, folder 1
Gärtner, Robert,
1960, undated
Scope and Contents note
3 personal/professional letters (on 4 leaves). The letter by R.P. is dated Sept. 20, 1960. The 2 letters from Gärtner to R.P.
are undated; one provides R.P. with electrical details related to photography.
box 7, folder 1
Gaessler, Siglinde,
1966
Scope and Contents note
2 personal letters to R.P.
box 7, folder 1
Gebhart, Hans,
1957
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from R.P. to the numismatist Hans Gebhart, in which R.P. comments on two of his books:
Schloss Cappenberg (1950) and a recently published book to which R.P. refers as an "attempt at documentary landscape photography" (Versuch einer
dokumentarischen Landschaftsfotografie) [
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne?, 1957 or
Soest, 1957].
box 7, folder 2
Gernsheim, Helmut,
1956-1959
Scope and Contents note
44 items (on 47 leaves), including 22 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the German-born British photographer, collector,
and photographic historian. The letters convey their vivid exchange of views on photography and other photographers: Man Ray,
László Moholy-Nagy, Florence Henry, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Eugène Atget, Eduard
Steinert and Erich Salomon. They discuss their current projects and the relationship between photography and painting. In
his letter from Dec. 1, 1958, Gernsheim relates photographs by R.P. , Helmar Lerski and Erna Lendvai-Dircksen to New Objectivity,
and mentions in this context his own books
New photo vision,
Beautiful London and
Masterpieces of Victorian photography, and Karl Blossfeld's
Urformen der Kunst. Of particular interest is R.P.'s letter from Dec. 6, 1958, in which he describes his concept of atmosphere in photography
as a formal expression [" ... Stimmung eine Funktion der Form .."] and writes about his book
Im Wald [1945]. In his letter from Jan. 14, 1959, R.P. mentions the two 1928 editions of
Die Welt ist schön. In his letter from Jan. 29, 1959, Gernsheim comments on an article about his collection of photographs published in
Kunstwerk. Two letters from Gernsheim to his wife concern a daguerreotype attributed by R.P. to Carl Ferdinand Stelzner. Gernsheim
letter also mentions his professional contacts with Beaumont Newhall, Ansel Adams and Rube Goldberg.
box 7, folder 3
Gernsheim, Helmut,
1960-1966
Scope and Contents note
30 items (on 38 leaves), including 6 by R.P.: this folder continues correspondence between R.P. and Gernsheim contained in
folder 2. Both discuss their concepts of photography, comment on current trends in photography, especially in commercial photography
in Germany; and exchange their opinions about candidates for the annual culture prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie,
especially Otto Steinert, August Sander and L. Fritz Gruber. In his letter from Jan. 1, 1961, Gernsheim relates the work of
the American photographer Paul Strand to New Objectivity. Gernsheim's letters frequently concern his failed attempts to establish
a museum of photography in Cologne, and involvement with documentary television programs. In his letter from Jan. 20, 1960,
Gernsheim comments on the current political situation and on anti-Semitism in Germany. Several letters concern Gernsheim's
offer to acquire R.P.'s photographic estate, including all negatives, and to integrate it with the Gernsheim collection in
Austin, Texas. Of Gernsheim's letter from Dec. 14, 1965, only leaves 1 and 2 are present.
box 7, folder 4
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner-Glasbau Heinrich Hahn
box 7, folder 4
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner,
1949
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Erich Angenendt concerning R.P.'s participation as member of the jury and
in exhibitions organized by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner.
box 7, folder 4
Gesellschaft für Technik und Wirtschaft (Dortmund, Germany),
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. concerning a lecture R.P. was invited to give at the Gesellschaft für Technik und Wirtschaft in Dortmund
on the topic "Wirklichkeit und Idee der Fotographie" [Reality and the idea of photography]. With a mention of the architect
W. Schwarz.
box 7, folder 4
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Spektrochemie und angewandten Spektroskopie (Dortmund, Germany),
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. concerning photographs of the new building of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Spektrochemie und angewandten
Spektroskopie in Dortmund. Annotated by R.P.
box 7, folder 4
Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktien-Gesellschaft. Gruppe Bochum,
1951-1952
Scope and Contents note
3 letters to R.P., including 1 receipt, regarding photographs of coal mines, commissioned by the Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktien-Gesellschaft,
Gruppe Bochum. With a mention of the architect Fritz Schupp.
box 7, folder 4
Gesine,
1958
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. signed "Gesine" and dated Nov. 18, 1958.
box 7, folder 4
Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V.,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters to R.P. from Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. in Antwerp, including 1 copyright statement signed by R.P.
box 7, folder 4
Gewerkschaft Auguste Victoria,
1954-1955
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 expense report, regarding R.P.'s photos of industrial sites.
box 7, folder 4
Gieseking, Franz Klemens,
1953
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters, including 1 by R.P., from the editor of
Münstersche Zeitung.
box 7, folder 4
Gieselmann, Reinhard,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the architect in Ludwigshafen, regarding an enlargement of a photograph R.P. took of a desk designed
by Gieselmann.
box 7, folder 4
Glasbau Heinrich Hahn,
1952-1955
Scope and Contents note
10 items of business correspondence with the firm in Frankfurt am Main, including 3 by R.P., regarding photographs R.P. took
of a showcase at the hotel Kaiserhof in Essen.
box 7, folder 5
Glas Forum (Schorndorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany),
1956
Scope and Contents note
3 letters, including 1 by R.P., with the editor Robert Jeserich, regarding photographs by R.P. used to illustrate an article
by Dr. Völcker.
box 7, folder 5
Glaswerke Ruhr (Essen, Germany),
1951
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: letters concerning reproduction of R.P.'s photograph "Herstellung von Konservengläsern".
box 7, folder 5
Verlag Glückauf,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. concerning copyright payment for a photograph by R.P. included in the book
Kristall, ein Buch für den Bergman [1956].
box 7, folder 5
Gebr. Gockel,
1952
Scope and Contents note
1 estimate of a roof repair job for R.P.
box 7, folder 5
Goerler [?],
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P., written in Rome on Jan. 17, 1962.
box 7, folder 5
Goerttler, Kurt,
1954-1960
Scope and Contents note
14 items (on 15 leaves), including 5 by R.P.: personal/ professional correspondence between R.P. and professor of anatomy
Kurt Goerttler and [his daughter?] Elke. The letters concern a lecture on photography Kurt Goerttler asked R.P. to give in
Freiburg and plans for an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work. Included is a short outline of the lecture, R.P.'s description
of his concept of photography, a mention of Dr. [Wolfgang?] Gurlitt, and 2 lithographed cards, one from Fritz and Eva Körner.
Also included is 1 engagement announcement.
box 7, folder 5
Goerttler, Victor,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by the veterinarian in Jena. With a mention of Carola Abel.
box 7, folder 5
Th. Goldschmidt A.-G.,
1952-1956
Scope and Contents note
17 items (on 18 leaves), including 7 by R.P., of correspondence with Th. Goldschmidt A.G. in Essen, mainly Theo Goldschmidt
and Curt Edeling, regarding photographs R.P. took of Theo Goldschmidt's private residence and of the firm Th. Goldschmidt
AG. in Essen. In his letter from June 25, 1956, R.P. writes about his photographs of industrial sites.
box 7, folder 5
Goldberg, Rube,
1959-1960
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from the American cartoonist in Philadelphia to R.P. regarding an exchange of prints of their work. With a mention
of Helmut Gernsheim.
box 7, folder 6
Ernst Gosebruch - Ali Grünberg
box 7, folder 6
Gosebruch, Ernst,
1952-1960
Scope and Contents note
8 items (on 9 leaves), including 2 by R.P. of personal/professional correspondence: 3 letters from the art historian and former
director of the Museum Folkwang Essen Ernst Gosebruch to R.P., an obituary for Ernst Gosebruch, and letters between R.P. and
Ernst Gosebruch's widow Dora Gosebruch and son Rainer. The correspondence between R.P. and Dora and Rainer Gosebruch concern
Ernst Gosebruch's time at the Museum Folkwang Essen. Of the letter by R.P. from Nov. 9, 1960 to Rainer Gosebruch, only the
first leaf is present.
box 7, folder 6
Gräfe und Unzer Verlag,
1962
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the Gräfe und Unzer Verlag in Munich, regarding R.P.'s photographs of churches
in Breslau and in Silesia to be used in a book publication and in a calendar for the year 1963.
box 7, folder 6
Graphische Betriebe W. Girardet,
1948
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter and 1 telegram to R.P. from Graphische Betriebe W. Girardet in Essen.
box 7, folder 6
Graubner, Gerhard,
1953-1958
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the architect from the Technische Hochschule in Hannnover, concerning
R.P.'s commission to photograph a theater building in Bochum [Schauspielhaus Bochum] and a community center in Mühlheim [Stadthalle
Mühlheim].
box 7, folder 6
Greischel, Walther,
1953-1954
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the director of the Landesmuseum der Provinz Westfalen in Münster,
Walther Greischel, concerning R.P.'s assistance in the search for a professional photographer for the museum in Münster, also
sharing their philosophical views on photography. In his letter from Nov. 3, 1953 Greischel comments on R.P.'s text on photography
["
Versuch einer Einordung der Fotographie" issued in:
Schrift 6 der Folkwangschule Essen, Essen 1958].
box 7, folder 6
Gropius, Walter,
1961
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 by R.P. regarding reprints of R.P.'s photographs of the Fagus Werk in Alfeld/Leine [in:
Walter Gropius und das Faguswerk, 1961].
box 7, folder 6
Gross, Else R.,
1961-1962
Scope and Contents note
5 letters from Else R. Gross to R.P. concerning mainly her historical study of the German Diplomat Karl Friedrich Reinhard
[
Karl Friedrich Reinhard, 1761-1837, 1961]; also responding to R.P.'s inquiry about the German diplomat and author Alexander von Villers (1812-1880) in the context
of Viller's published correspondence
Briefe eines Unbekannten; with a mention of Jacob Burckhardt.
box 7, folder 6
Grünberg, Ali [?]
,1950 and undated
Scope and Contents note
2 lettters: one in black ink, dated Sept. 19, 1959 and signed: Ali Grünberg; the other in pencil (on 3 leaves), unsigned but
clearly by the same hand, includes a drawing of a cat and the neatly calligraphed title "Vom Catz, der einmal Löwe sein wollte,
oder die kleine Menschlichkeit."
box 7, folder 7
L. Fritz Gruber - Gutenberg Gesellschaft
box 7, folder 7
Gruber, L. Fritz,
1957-1963
Scope and Contents note
26 items (on 27 leaves), including 11 by R.P.: correspondence with the photography collector and director of the international
photography exhibition
Photokina; also 1 letter from Gruber to Agnes R.P. The letters concern Man Ray's and R.P.'s show at the
Photokina 1958, and Gruber's article about R.P. published by the Swiss magazine
Camera [1960]. There is also a mention of a gold medal awarded to R.P. at the Magnum exhibition, shown as part of theVenice Biennial.
R.P.'s letter from July 1, 1960 includes a list of his publications and exhibitions compiled for the
Photokina [the letter mentions a biographical note not present in the archive]. Several letters detail R.P.' s and Gruber's involvement
as board members of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. Both exchange their opinions about the selection process of
candidates for the annual culture prize. R.P. expresses his opinion about the photographic work by August Sander and mentions
an article about Sander published in the magazine
Du. Gruber mentions Dr. Eichler's recommendation of Edith Weyde as a candidate for the culture prize for her work on the copyrapid process, paving the way toward the polaroid process.
box 7, folder 7
Gundermann, Leo,
1954
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, one by the photographer Leo Gundermann and one by R.P., concerning their professional experience with the firm
Imago [in the east sector of Germany]. [The letter by R.P. fragile. Photocopy made on acid free paper].
box 7, folder 7
Gurlitt, Hildebrand,
1948
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by the art historian, typed on letterhead of the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in
Düsseldorf; describing the fate of Gurlitt's family after the end of the war.
box 7, folder 7
Gutehoffnungshütte,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding a photograph R.P. took in the 1930s at the Gutehoffnungshütte, Werk
Sterkrade in Oberhausen.
box 7, folder 7
Gutenberg-Gesellschaft,
1952-1961
Scope and Contents note
3 letters from the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz to R.P. soliciting his membership. Memership card for 1960-1961.
box 7, folder 8
Wolfgang Haber-Walter Hege
box 7, folder 8
Haber, Wolfgang,
1961
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the dendrologist Wolgang Haber regarding the text and the succession of photographs for the book
Bäume (1962).
box 7, folder 8
Hajek-Halke, Heinz,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke congratulating R.P. for receiving the culture prize of the Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Photographie.
box 8, folder 1
Heise, Carl Georg,
1944-1949
Scope and Contents note
[Pre-war correspondence with Carl Georg Heise is filed in Box 1, F. 3; correspondence between Carl Georg Heise and Agnes Renger-Patzsch
is filed in Box 15, F. 9]. 29 items (on 32 leaves), including 3 by R.P., 2 letters from Hildegard Heise to R.P., and a card
with a woodcut
Abteilung der Strahlenpflanzen by Paul Klee. Correspondence between R.P. and the German art historian and his wife and amateur photographer Hildegard Heise.
Most of the letters by Heise are written in Sütterlin script and need further analysis. Heise's letters from 1944 provide
insight into his writing and editing activities in Berlin during the war, and mention the artist Alfred Mahlau. Heise's letters
concern his activities as the director of the Kunsthalle in Hamburg and his art historical writings. Heise mentions his book
about Aby Warburg, his encounter with Oskar Kokoschka and Henry Moore in London, the German sculptor Robert Ittermann and
R.P.'s photographs of the cathedral in Aachen [
Der Dom zu Aachen]. Heise and R.P. exchange their views on photography in the context of R.P.'s work on the book projects
Lob des Rheingaus [1953] and
Paderborn [1949]. R.P. comments on Ernst Jünger's book
Strahlungen [1949] and mentions the art historian Francis Donald Klingender.
box 8, folder 2
Heise, Carl Georg,
1950-1955
Scope and Contents note
47 items (on 51 leaves), including 16 by R.P. to Carl Georg Heise and Hildegard Heise, as well as 7 letters from Hildegard
Heise to R.P., also 1 personal letter from Hildegard Heise to Agnes Renger-Patzsch. The letters concern articles by Heise
and R.P., including Heise's article for
Camera in Lucerne, R.P.'s article for
Prisma, R.P.'s books
Lob des Rheingaus and
Schloss Cappenberg, as well as a book about the Benedictine abbey Corvey in Höxter, and about the residence of the Krupp family in Essen [
Villa Hügel, 1954]. Heise asks R.P. to contribute photographs of industrial objects for a new edition of Karl Scheffler's
Lesebuch aus dem Handwerk. R.P. presents his opinion on Bernhard Berenson's
Aesthetik und Geschichte and on portrait photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Hugo Erfurth, and mentions commissions for industrial firms and
exhibitions of his photographic work in Marl, Freiburg and Essen. The letters between R.P. and Hildegard Heise concern technical
details of photography and guidelines on how to establish a darkroom at home. Hildegard Heise describes her impressions of
the exhibition
Photokina 1954 held at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg.
box 8, folder 3
Heise, Carl Georg,
1956-1959
Scope and Contents note
53 items (on 68 leaves), including 15 letters by R.P. to Carl Georg Heise and 1 letter from R.P. to Hildegard Heise, also
3 letters from Hildegard Heise to R.P. and 1 humorous poem by Hildegard and Carl Georg Heise. The letters discuss several
of R.P.'s book projects, including
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien, a landscape book for the firm Siepmann [
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne], a "Wald-Buch" [
Im Wald], books commissioned by Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen. and by Deutsche Bank in Mainz and Frankfurt, and
Bäume. Several letters concern a book project with photographs of industrial spare parts for a cotton manufacturing plant. R.P.
writes about the relationship between photography and architecture, and relates photography to philosophy and art. Heise reviews
R.P.'s text
Architektur und Photographie and comments on R.P.'s opinions on the architecture of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier. Several letters contain a discussion
of the psychological aspects of composition in R.P.'s photographic work. R.P. frequently mentions his efforts to find a publisher
for a book about Hugo Erfurth; and writes about his relationship to the art historian Walter Paatz. [Other letters on the
same topic are filed in Box 2, F. 10 under: C.H. Boehringer Sohn, 1956].
box 8, folder 4
Heise, Carl Georg,
1960-1966
Scope and Contents note
47 items (on 56 leaves), including 12 by R.P., 3 letters by Hildegard Heise to R.P., 1 letter from Hildegard Heise to Agnes
Renger-Patzsch, and a card from Carl Georg Heise to R.P. written on the verso of a photograph made by Hildegard Heise. The
letters concern R.P.'s book projects
Bäume,
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne,
Gestein, and a book about Hugo Erfurth. R.P. mentions his lecturing activities in Dortmund and Munich. Heise frequently expresses
his opinion about R.P.'s photographic work, especially the portraits of Ernst Boehringer. R.P. describes his aesthetic intentions
for the book
Gestein and his concept of landscape photography. R.P. comments critically on the proposal by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
to award the culture prize to August Sander.
box 8, folder 5
Daan Helfferich-Anton Henze
box 8, folder 5
Helfferich, Daan,
1960-1965
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 2 by R.P., of correspondence with the editor of the magazine
Foto; mentioning an article about R.P. and his photographs of trees, published in
Foto [by Hille Kleinstra, issued Sept. 1964; also see letter by Hille Kleinstra to C.H. Boehringer Sohn, Box 4, F. 1], an article
written by R.P. published in the August 1961 issue of
Foto; a camera R.P. bought in the Netherlands, and discussing Helfferich's plan to publish a book with photographs of the Ruhr
Region. In the context of the book project, R.P. recommends photographs by Heinrich Hauser. In his letter from Dec. 29, 1960
R.P. defines photography as documentation. In his letter from Jan. 14 1965 Helfferich emphasizes the influence of R.P. and
the magazine
Foto on young photographers in the Netherlands.
box 8, folder 5
Henneke, W.,
1957-1958
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the sister of Heinrich M. Schwarz, concerning Schwarz's death in a car accident
during the trip to Italy together with R.P. in 1957.
box 8, folder 5
Henraux Industria del marmo,
1963-1965
Scope and Contents note
4 letters to R.P. related to R.P.'s visit at the firm Henraux in Querceta, Italy and his photographs for the book
Gestein.
box 8, folder 5
Henze, Anton,
1953
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the art historian, asking for permission to include photos by R.P. in his book about ecclesiastical art
[
Neue kirchliche Kunst, 1958; photographs of ecclesiastical furniture designed by Hugo Kükelhaus].
box 8, folder 6
Helene Henze-Verlag Herder
box 8, folder 6
Henze, Helene,
1959-1967
Scope and Contents note
7 professional/personal letters (on 20 leaves), including 4 to Albert R.P. and 3 to Anges R.P. by the translator and text
author. Henze's letter from Feb. 14, 1959 includes her proofreading of a text on photography by R.P. The letter from Dec.
26, 1961 contains a crirtical review of
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien. Henze's letters mention the sculptor Hugo Kükelhaus, Peter Bamm's book
An den Küsten des Lichts [1961], an article in
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeiting about the artist Reinhold Köhler, also Thomas Bernhard and his book
Verstörung [1967].
box 8, folder 6
Herbermann, Clemens,
1951
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from R.P. to Clemens Herbermann in Soest regarding reprints, including one of a coal mine tower. [Correspondence
with Herbermann related to
Westfalenspiegel is filed in Box 15, F-2].
box 8, folder 6
Verlag Herder, ,
1952 1955
Scope and Contents note
11 items, including 4 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Verlag Herder (Christoph Kottrup) regarding the post-war reconstruction
of the destroyed photography archives (Lexikographisches Institut) at the publishing house. The letters also provide information
about R.P.'s negatives which survived the war.
box 8, folder 7
Hergeröder-Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia
box 8, folder 7
Hergeröder,
1952
Scope and Contents note
1 letter of recommendation from R.P. to Miss Hergeröder [in Bielefeld] regarding his former student Christa Gränitz.
box 8, folder 7
H. Herrmann Werkstätten für Möbel und Innenausbau,
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 by R.P. regarding photographs of furniture designed by H. Herrmann for Stadtsparkasse am Westfalendamm
[city bank] in Dortmund.
box 8, folder 7
Hertwig, Hugo,
1948 and 1951
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the author on therapeutics and medicinal plants and ecological activist.
Hertwig writes about several of his books and asks R.P. to provide illustrations for some of them; and describes the everyday
life and the intellectual climate in Berlin and in Hamburg in the late 1940s. Hertwig mentions several artists and writers,
including Johannes Molzahn, Carl, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, [Ilse?] Fehling, [Martin Andersen] Nexø, Arnold Zweig, Berthold Brecht,
and his own involvement with the Kulturbund; presents his "organic" vision of Germany as a "blooming garden" based on the
principle of the ecological balance between plants, animals and man; mentions his book project
Das Gleichgewicht der Welt (organischer Staatsaufbau) and an NDR [Nortdeutscher Rundfunk] television program presenting his ideas; and describes his professional contacts with
Ernst Fuhrmann in New York. [Typescripts of texts by Hertwig are filed in Box 21, F. 11].
box 8, folder 7
Heyer, Gustav Richard ,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the the internist and psychiatrist, in which Heyer comments on the artistic quality of R.P.'s photographic
work, especially in the book
Bäume. [See also pre-war correspondence between R.P. and Heyer in Box 1, F.4.]
box 8, folder 7
Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia,
1951-1952
Scope and Contents note
10 items, including 6 by R.P.: correspondence concerning photographs by R.P. acquired by the Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia.
In his letter from March 15, 1952, R.P. mentions gathering photographs for an exhibition in America.
box 8, folder 8
Paul Hilchenbach Kohlengrosshandlung - Hoesch-Westfalenhütte AG
box 8, folder 8
Paul Hilchenbach Kohlengrosshandlung, ,
1955 1956
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters from R.P. to the coal wholesaler Paul Hilchenbach.
box 8, folder 8
Hinkel, Wilhelm,
1949
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence concerning a character reference (Leumundszeugnis) for Wilhelm Hinkel; includes
a copy of the reference written by R.P.
box 8, folder 8
Katholische Kirchengemeinde Himmelpforten,
1949-1950
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by R.P.: business correspondence.
box 8, folder 8
Hoeltje, Georg,
1958
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the architect from the Institut für Bau- und Kunstgeschichte
at the Technische Hochschule Hannover, regarding photographs by R.P.; also discussing the possibility of a lecture by R.P.
box 8, folder 8
Hoesch-Westfalenhütte (Dortmund, Germany),
1957, 1962
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Miss Walter from the Hoesch-Westfalenhütte AG in Dortmund regarding
the lecture titled
Wesen und Aufgabe der Fotografie, given by R.P. at the Hoesch-Westfalenhütte AG in Dortmund on November 13, 1957. With a mention of Hermann Speer. Includes
the invitation leaflet for the lecture.
box 9, folder 1
Helmut Hölder - Hundt-Verlag
box 9, folder 1
Hölder, Helmut,
1964-1966
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the geologist, who comments on R.P.'s book
Gestein.
box 9, folder 1
Hollnagel, Adolf,
1959
Scope and Contents note
2 personal letters between BDA [Bund Deutscher Architekten] member Adolf Hollnagel in Greiswald and R.P.; Hollnagel mentions
the death of the folklorist Karl Theodor Weigel [1892-1953].
box 9, folder 1
Hölscher, Uvo,
1953
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the archeologist and architect Uvo Hölscher from the Technische Hochschule
Hannover, regarding photographs by R.P. published in the book
Norddeutsche Backsteindome.
box 9, folder 1
Höhle, Karl,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
4 items (on 5 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: personal correspondence with a friend who plans to move to East Germany.
box 9, folder 1
Honerlas [?],
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P., includes a mention of the photographer [Wilhelm] Castelli.
box 9, folder 1
Höver, Otto,
1957
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the [art historian Otto?] Höver, in which R.P. mentions his concept of atmosphere in photography as a
formal expression [see also Box 7, F.2, under Gernsheim, Helmut] and refers to Josef Pieper's book
Zucht und Mass as a source of inspiration.
box 9, folder 1
Holzmeister, Gunda, ,
1950 1957-1962
Scope and Contents note
6 items (on 9 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with R.P.'s former apprentice [see also Box 1, F.6 under Lexer,
Gunda] and a woodcut New Year's card by Gunda Holzmeister's husband Clemens Holzmeister. Gunda H. writes about her life as
a photographer in Turkey, her experience with color photography, mentions her photography book on Turkey [
Bilder aus Anatolien, 1955]; and describes her impressions of R.P.'s book
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien. R.P. mentions writing the text for a book about photography, a project suggested to him by Carl Georg Heise. In the context
of a commission in Darmstadt, R.P. recommends to Gunda H. the photographer [Werner?] Pfau from Mannheim.
box 9, folder 1
Hundhausen, Carl,
1954-1955
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with the director of the Fried. Krupp Widia-Fabrik in Essen. R.P.'s mentions
his photographs for a book about the residence of the Krupp family in Essen [
Villa Hügel, 1954], comments on the book
Die drei Ringe by Gert von Klass; also states that his book about the convent in Corvey was published shortly before Christmas in 1954 [
Höxter und Corvey, 1954].
box 9, folder 1
Hüffer, Ernst,
1961
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a thank-you letter to R.P. from Ernst Hüffer in Münster, for sending a book about "tragic events in December".
box 9, folder 1
Hundt Verlag,
1963
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the Hundt Verlag in Hattingen Ruhr, regarding the progress of a book project.
box 9, folder 2
Imago Strahlbild-Verlag,
1949-1955
Scope and Contents note
28 items (on 32 leaves), including 12 by R.P.: correspondence with the Imago Strahlbild-Verlag in Berlin (Marianne Lohse,
Hans Weitzmann) and in Radebeul (Kurt Heinrich); also 1 letter from R.P. to Wynand Stockmann, and two authorization statements
for Wynand Stockmann from R.P. The letters concern mainly honorariums for R.P. for contributing his photographs to books published
by Imago Strahlbild-Verlag within the series
Imago-Strahlbildreihen:
Bilder aus dem Erzgebirge - Berge, Wälder und Felder and
Bilder aus dem Erzgebirge - Dörfer und Städte [both published in 1952?, with texts by Dr. Siegfried? Sieber]. The letters provide information about the limitated business
relations between East and West Germany in the early 1950s.
box 9, folder 3
Zentralblatt für Industriebau, Hannover - Christian Adolf Isermeyer
box 9, folder 3
Zentralblatt für Industriebau (Hannover, Germany),
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of the magazines
Zentralblatt für Industriebau and
Bauamt und Gemeindebau, Heymann-Berg. R.P. mentions his business relations with the architects Fritz Schupp, Hans Schwippert, and Paul Schneider-Esleben;
and lists industrial sites he had recently photographed.
box 9, folder 3
Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Münster,
1954-1955
Scope and Contents note
7 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Industrie- und Handelskammer in Münster in Westfalen (Gieselmann,
Schlichter, Schweppe) regarding photographs R.P. took of the new building designed by Hans Schwippert.
box 9, folder 3
Innenarchitektur,
1953-
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the magazine
Die Innenarchitektur, Zeitschrift für Ausbau, Einrichtung, Form und Farbe, located in Essen and issued by Verlag Ernst Heyer, concerning photographs by R.P. to be used as illustrations for an article
on glass in architecture (
Glas in der baugeschichtlichen Entwicklung).
box 9, folder 3
Insel-Verlag,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
16 items (on 18 leaves), including 8 by R.P.: business correspondence between R. P. and the Insel-Verlag in Wiesbaden (Friedrich
Michael, Moritz Hauptmann, Hans Rösner). The letters concern a book project about Hugo Erfurt. R.P. writes about the significance
of Hugo Erfurth's portrait photography; lists several artists portrayed by Erfurth, also mentions the photographer David Octavius
Hill. Included is a listing (3 leaves) of portrait photographs by Hugo Erfurth received from Erfurth's widow Annemarie Erfurth
and sent to the Insel-Verlag. R.P. also writes about his work for the book project
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien.
box 9, folder 3
Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht,
1954-1956
Scope and Contents note
13 items (on 14 leaves), including 4 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and the Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft
und Unterricht in Munich (Lünenschloss, Lindemann) concerning photographs by R.P. for the book projects
Karolingische Kunst,
Niederrhein,
Niederrheinische Bucht and
Gotik III.
box 9, folder 3
Institut für Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie,
1962
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with H. Kaiser at the Institut für Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie
in Dortmund, concerning photographs R.P. took of the instruments and the facilities of the institute, and a portrait photograph
of H. Kaiser.
box 9, folder 3
Isermeyer, Christian-Adolf,
1963
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the German art historian in Hamburg, concerning the book
Bäume; with a mention of Carl Georg Heise.
box 9, folder 4
Lotte Jacobi - Ewald Jung
box 9, folder 4
Jacobi, Lotte,
1957-1965
Scope and Contents note
21 items, including 6 by R.P.: correspondence with the German-American photographer in New Hampshire. They exchange their
artistic opinions about photography and other photographers, including Hugo Erfurth, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Otto
Steinert, and the Canadian photographer Carsh [Karsh?]. R.P. writes about Thomas Mann; the book project
Bäume and mentions writing a theoretical work about photography. Jacobi writes about photographs by R.P. published in Ernst Fuhrmann's
book
Das Wunder der Pflanze [1938], exhibitions of her own photographic work in 1959 in Manchester, New Hampshire [Currier Gallery of Art] and in 1964
in New York [New Yorker Gallery 303], and recommends to R.P. an article about her, published in the New York Times [Sunday
issue, July? 1964]. The letters from 1965 discuss chiefly the prices of R.P.'s photographs exhibited at Lotte Jacobi's gallery
in Deering, New Hampshire ( included is a copy of the export licence), and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Jacobi's letter
from Dec. 5, 1963 is written on the verso of a large color reproduction of a photograph of her residence.
box 9, folder 4
Jacobs, Stefan,
1959-1960
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 3 by R.P. : business correspondence with the wine grower Stefan Jacobs in Graach an der Mosel.
box 9, folder 4
Jaenisch, Hans,
1957
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the German artist. Jaenisch asks for a photograph R.P. took of Hugo Kükelhaus, which also shows a drawing
of a Chinese sculpture by Jaenisch.
box 9, folder 4
Jagon,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. regarding purchasing photographs.
box 9, folder 4
Jahn, Walther,
1954
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the printer Walther Jahn, complaining about the technical quality of the reprints of photographs of Höxter
and Corvey [
Höxter und Corvey, 1954].
box 9, folder 4
Jancke, Rudolf,
1964
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: intellectual exchange between R.P. and the German philosopher Rudolf Jancke. Both comment on
each other's recent books: R.P.'s
Bäume [1962] and Jancke's
Glück; and refer to the writings by the German philosopher Rudolf Kassner:
Das physiognomische Weltbild [1930],
Zahl und Gesicht [1919],
Buch der Erinnerung [1938], and
Physiognomik [1932].
box 9, folder 4
Janssen & Cie.,
1964-1965
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: 2 letters and 1 invoice. Business correspondence with the firm Janssen & Cie., Photo-Grosshandlung
in Cologne.
box 9, folder 4
Jaques, Renate,
1950
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Renate Jaques at the Gewebesammlung Textilingenieurschule in Krefeld, concerning
R.P.'s photographs of medieval fabrics in the cathedral in Aachen. R.P. mentions his photographs of ancient Peruvian fabrics
at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin which he made for the Folkwang Verlag [published within the series
Schriften-Reihe Kulturen der Erde].
box 9, folder 4
Johannsen, Martin,
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Martin Johannsen in Essen, regarding photographs of paintings.
box 9, folder 4
Jung, Ewald,
1952
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: business correspondence with Ewald Jung at the Bayerische Creditbank in Munich. Jung is asking
R.P. to send photographs for a travel brochure about Germany.
box 9, folder 5
Jünger, Ernst,
1943-1967
Scope and Contents note
51 items, comprising 30 letters (on 32 leaves), 20 postcards, and 1 offprint: professional correspondence with the German
novelist and essayist. The letters, including 10 by R.P. written between 1960 and 1967, discuss Jünger's essays and R.P.'s
photographic work for the books
Bäume and
Gestein. Jünger's letter from Feb. 23, 1965 has a sketch plan of a location on verso. Included is a copy of the letter by Ernst Jünger
to Siegfried Bene concerning
Gestein. The postcards are addressed to R.P.; several include references to book projects for the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn. The
offprint
Ansprache von Ernst Jünger anlässlich des 3. Bayerischen Entomologentages in München, am 10. April 1965 , 12 p., is inscribed by Jünger. Also included are 1 obituary and 1 engagement announcement.
box 9, folder 6
Heinrich Junker - Hille Kleinstra
box 9, folder 6
Junker, Heinrich,
1949
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence concerning a commission for R.P. to take photographs of a church designed by
Baurat Dambleff in Soest. The letter by Junker has pencil notes and a drawing on verso.
box 9, folder 6
Hotel Kaiserhof (Essen, Germany),
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and hotel Der Kaiserhof in Essen, concerning payments to R.P.
box 9, folder 6
Kampmann, Theoderich,
1956-1962, undated
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the German educator and professor at the university in Munich; with a mention
of the books
Höxter und Corvey [1954] and
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien [1961].
box 9, folder 6
Gräfl. v. Kanitz'sche Weingutsverwaltung,
1953
Scope and Contents note
1 item: letter to R.P. from the Gräfl. v. Kanitz'sche Weingutsverwaltung in Lorch am Rhein, regarding shipment of wine.
box 9, folder 6
Kästner, Erhart,
1949
Scope and Contents note
2 letters to R. P. by Erhart Kästner, editor of the series
Merian published by the Verlag Hoffmann und Campe, asking R.P. to send photographs of Dresden. The letter from Jan. 16, 1949 has
annotations and a drawing by R.P.
box 9, folder 6
Katzmann-Verlag,
1959
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: letters regarding photographs by R.P. for the 1960 calendar
Meisterwerke christlicher Kunst, issued by the Katzmann-Verlag in Tübingen.
box 9, folder 6
Kaupp, Hans,
1954
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 1 by R.P.: business letters with Hans Kaupp Buchdruckerei in Tübingen, regarding photographs of churches,
listing the photographs.
box 9, folder 6
Kempe, Fritz,
1956-1964
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the director of the Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg, who
writes about the significance of R.P.'s photographic work and refers to articles about R.P. which he wrote under the pseudonym
Fried Maximilian for the magazines
Foto Rundschau and
Photomagazin (June issue).
box 9, folder 6
Kerff, Gerhard,
1961
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the photographer Gerhard Kerff, who writes extensively about his impressions of R.P.'s photographs included
in the book
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien.
box 9, folder 6
Franz Kerstin Eisen-und Eisenwaren-Grosshandlung,
1956
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: an invoice and a letter by R.P.; concerning the sale of an oven for R.P.'s home.
box 9, folder 6
Kessemeier, Carl,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Carl Kessemeier, from the Sauerländer Heimatbund; who asks R.P. for photographs
of the Möhne River Valley.
box 9, folder 6
Kettembeil, K.,
1950
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 letters and 1 postcard to R.P. : correspondence concerning reprints and copyright permission of photographs
of the entrance hall of the Bundeshaus in Bonn, designed by Hans Schwippert; to be used as illustration on game cards.
box 9, folder 6
Kleinstra, Hille and Kleinstra, Hanke,
1960-1961
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 2 by R.P.: professional/personal correspondence with the editor of the Dutch magazine
Foto and his wife Hanke Kleinstra. The letters from Hille Kleinstra mention R.P.'s participation at the Photokina in Cologne and
two articles Kleinstra wrote about R.P for
Foto [October and December 1960]. R.P. writes about Hugo Erfurth and the exhibition of Erfurth's photographic work in Essen.
box 9, folder 7
Ernst Klett Verlag - Knoll International GmbH
box 9, folder 7
Ernst Klett Verlag,
1962, 1966
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the Ernst Klett Verlag in Stuttgart, ordering reproductions of photographs
by R.P. for school books and discussing copyright issues. R.P. expresses his opinion of color photography.
box 9, folder 7
Aug. Klönne (Firm),
1953
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the firm Aug. Klönne in Dortmund (Dr. Lehman), regarding photographs by
R.P. of the Heinrich Robert coal mine tower.
box 9, folder 7
Klipstein, Editha,
1950
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: business correespondence between the journalist Marie Daub-Mohr, the German poet Editha Klipstein
and R.P., regarding reprints of R.P.'s portrait photograph of Klipstein; also 2 personal letters from Klipstein to R.P.
box 9, folder 7
Dipl. Ing. Karl Knapp Verlag,
1964
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: business correspondence with the publisher of
Foto Prisma (Meskemper), refering to an article about R.P. in the 9/64 issue, and asking R.P. for a list of his books currently in print.
box 9, folder 7
Knoll International (Stuttgart, Germany),
1952-1956
Scope and Contents note
14 items (on 16 leaves), including 7 by R.P.: business correspondence between the furniture manufacturer Knoll International
GmbH in Stuttgart (Robert S. Knoll, Helmut Schramme) and R.P. The letters concern a commission for R.P. to take photographs
of furniture at the Amerika-Haus in Essen, to be used in an article for
Architektur und Wohnen. With a mention of the architect Vetter.
Part 2 Knorr - Unidentified
box 10, folder 1
Knorr & Hirth Verlag - Körbecke/Möhnesee
box 10, folder 1
Knorr & Hirth Verlag,
1955-1960
Scope and Contents note
15 items, including 8 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the Knorr & Hirth Verlag in Munich (Fricke), concerning the
honorarium and the selection of photographs of Dresden from R.P.'s archive for a book project within the series
Das kleine Kunstbuch [
Dresden, wie es wurde und war, 1956], with text by Friedrich Schnack. Fricke mentions several contemporary photographers commissioned by the Knorr & Hirth
Verlag. R.P. expresses his opinion of the photographers Friedrich Hewicker, Gerhard Kerff, Walter Hege, Toni Schneiders, Karl
Hugo Schmölz, Willi Beutler, Hans Saebens, and Heinz Müller-Brunke, also the art critic Will Grohmann.
box 10, folder 1
Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch GmbH in Stuttgart (Alexander Koch), asking
R.P. for photographs of restaurants and bars for a book project [
Restaurants, cafés, bars, 1959]; with a mention of the architect Hans Schwippert.
box 10, folder 1
Kock, Erich,
1953-1962
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence concerning an article by Erich Kock about R.P.'s photographic work, especially
portraits, to be published by Velhagen. Also included is 1 letter from Erich Kock addressed to R.P.'s daughter Sabine in which
he describes another book project about portrait photography by R.P. and Pan Walther. R.P. recommends to Kock the portrait
photographer Liselotte Strelow.
box 10, folder 1
Alexander Köhler Buchhandlung,
1956, 1958
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: business correspondence with Alexander Köhler Buchhandlung in Dresden.
box 10, folder 1
Koehler & Volckmar,
1953
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the firm Koehler & Volckmar in Leipzig, concerning payments to R.P. from
Imago Strahlbild-Verlag.
box 10, folder 1
Köhn, H. (Heinz),
1949-1956, undated
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 6 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the Museumsrat Dr. Heinz Köhn at Museum Folkwang in Essen, concerning
the sale of negatives of R.P. photographs to the Museum Folkwang. R.P. reflects on the current cultural climate in Germany
; writes about his impression of Hermann Friedmann's philosophical work
Wissenschaft und Symbol [1948]; mentions his recently published books
Soest [1950] and
Rund um den Möhnesee [1951], his landscape photographs of winegrowing areas [for the book project
Lob des Rheingaus, 1953]; also recommends the firm Johann Schmidt in Essen for processing of his negatives.
box 10, folder 1
Köllmann, Erich,
1950, 1953
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Erich Köllmann at the Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, regarding R.P.
's photograph of a toy, and the sale of six Römer type wine glasses to R.P. With a mention of Hugo Kükelhaus.
box 10, folder 1
Kölsch-Fölzer-Werke,
1953
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the blast furnace manufacturer Kölsch-Fölzer-Werke in Siegen, asking R.P.
for reprints of a photograph. In his letter R.P. lists his photographs of smelteries, indicating which negatives were lost
during the war.
box 10, folder 1
König, Heinrich,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Heinrich König at the Deutscher Werkbund Württemberg-Baden; concerning R.P.'s
photograph of the Bundeshaus in Bonn to be used as illustration in König's article for
Neue Württembergische Zeitung.
box 10, folder 1
Amtsverwaltung Körbecke,
, 1950
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from the Amtsverwaltung Körbecke to R.P. regarding the maintenance of a water meter.
box 10, folder 1
Amstkasse Körbecke/Möhnesee,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from R.P. to the Amtskasse Körbecke/Möhnesee regarding the termination of his membership in the local artisans guild
[Handwerkskammer].
box 10, folder 2
Bernd Kösters - Hanns Krenz
box 10, folder 2
Kösters, Bernd,
1949-1950
Scope and Contents note
10 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect, asking R.P. to make photographs of churches he designed
in Borkenwirthe and in Mussum, also of portals in Münster.
box 10, folder 2
Kotthoff, August,
1950
Scope and Contents note
4 letters to R.P. from the ornamental iron-worker in Cologne, asking R.P. for reprints of photographs of architectural details
he designed for the parlament building (Bundeshaus) in Bonn. The letter from Dec. 5, 1950 has a pencil drawing on verso.
box 10, folder 2
Kranseder & Cie.,
1951
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P. from the manufacturer of photochemical products Trockenplattenfabrik Kranseder & Cie. in Munich.
box 10, folder 2
Kramer, Rudolf,
1953
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by R.P. : correspondence with the graphic artist Rudolf Kramer in Recklinghausen, concerning photographs
for an exhibition about recreational areas in the Ruhr Region, organized by the Ministerium für Wiederaufbau [Department of
Reconstruction]. R.P. mentions Karl Höhle and the photographer Friedrich Emil Krauss.
box 10, folder 2
Krauss, Friedrich Emil,
1950-1961, undated
Scope and Contents note
20 items, including 5 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the photographer Friedrich Emil Krauss, his wife Irmgard Krauss-Lynen,
Krauss's former employee Ursula Büchner, and 1 telegraph from Erwin O. Haberfeld to R.P. regarding Krauss's arrival in West
Germany (dated July 19, 1954). The letters concern several projects for R.P.: a letterhead design; reprints from Krauss's
album of objects lost during the war, especialy lace work [in:
Klöppelspitzenbuch, 1935] and a painting by [Bernardino] Luini (Madonna with Child); also an advertisement for the firm Definitiv Kontroll-Buchhaltung.
In the context of the advertisement Krauss mentions R.P.'s pre-war photographs of crystals.
box 10, folder 2
Weingut Kom.-Rat. Krayer Erben,
1950-1955
Scope and Contents note
10 items, including 5 by R.P.: correspondence with the winegrower Weingut Kom.-Rat. Krayer Erben in Johannisberg/Rheingau,
concerning purchase and delivery of wine.
box 10, folder 2
Krenz, Hanns,
1956-1959
Scope and Contents note
4 items: 3 letters, including 2 Christmas letters (Rundbrief) and one business announcement to R.P. from the art dealer and
antiquarian book dealer Hanns Krenz in Berlin-Dahlem. Krenz mentions renting an apartment in Berlin from the artist Florence
Jessie Hösel; the mutual friend [Wynand?] Stockmann; also selling R.P.'s photographs.
box 10, folder 3
Felix Kreusch - Fried. Krupp Maschinen- und Stahlbau Rheinhausen
box 10, folder 3
Kreusch, Felix,
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect Felix Kreusch, concerning reprints of R.P.'s photographs of
the cathedral in Aachen.
box 10, folder 3
Kreutter, Wolfgang,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1 letter and 1 postcard to R.P. from the German artist Wolfgang Kreutter concerning reprints of R.P.'s photographs
of Kreutter's work. The postcard has address of the wood turner and sculptor Ludwig Florin in Dödesberg.
box 10, folder 3
Der Kriegsblinde,
1957
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of the magazine
Der Kriegsblinde in Bielefeld, Friedrich W. Hymmen, concerning the photograph of a beech forest (appeared in the magazine
Westfalenspiegel, October 1956, p. 23) and other photographs by R.P. Hymmen asks R.P. to photograph people blinded in the war.
box 10, folder 3
Alfred Kröner Verlag,
1954
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the Alfred Kröner Verlag in Stuttgart, regarding shipment of books.
box 10, folder 3
Krupp Stahl AG. Werk (Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Germany),
1953-1958
Scope and Contents note
21 items (on 22 leaves), including 6 by R.P. Correspondence, including copyright issues, with the firm Fried. Krupp Maschinen-
und Stahlbau Rheinhausen, concerning commissions to photograph several industrial sites, including the coal mine Grimberg,
and reprints of photographs of the coal mine Katharina commissioned by the firm Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke.
box 10, folder 4
Fritz Kühn - Kunstring Soest
box 10, folder 4
Kühn, Fritz,
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Fritz Kuhn at the Atelier für Kunstschmiedearbeiten, Stahl- und Metallgestaltung
in Berlin; concerning honorarium for R.P.
box 10, folder 4
Kühn,
1953
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter from R.P. to Ministerialrat Kühn in Düsseldorf. Annotated by R.P. and by Kühn.
box 10, folder 4
Kühne, Margret,
1959
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 10, folder 4
O. Küllenberg K. G.,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the firm O. Küllenberg KG. in Essen; regarding payment.
box 10, folder 4
North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). Kultusministerium,
1964-1965
Scope and Contents note
10 items, including 5 by R.P.: correspondence with the Ministry of Culture of the state Nordrhein-Westfalen (Richter, Otto)
regarding financial support for R.P. in exchange for photographs. R.P. mentions his artistic goal of objectivity.
box 10, folder 4
Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,
1957
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with H. Schmidt at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; regarding the lecture
titled
Über Wesen und Aufgabe der Fotografie: Versuch einer Einordnung, which R.P. was invited to give at the academy on Dec. 17, 1957.
box 10, folder 4
Kunst-Dienst der Evangelischen Kirche (Berlin, Germany),
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P., asking for reprints of photographs of landscapes in the Ruhr Region for the annual publication
Kirchenbote.
box 10, folder 4
Kunstring Soest,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding R.P.'s participation as a juror in an art exhibition organized by Kunstring
in Soest.
box 10, folder 5
Albert Lange - Landgericht Oldenburg
box 10, folder 5
Lange, Albert,
1946?
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. from Albert Lange in Bieberstein. With a mention of Ernst Fuhrmann. Written shortly after the war,
dated 18/1 i.e. Jan. 18th. [1946?]
box 10, folder 5
Lange, Rudolf,
1965
Scope and Contents note
3 items (on 13 leaves), including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Rudolf Lange in Australia, touching on several topics, including
the German colony Lobethal in Australia, the severe drought in Australia in 1965, books by Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad and
Cesare Pavese,also a mention of R.P.'s book projects
Gestein and
Im Wald.
box 10, folder 5
Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag in Königstein/Taunus (Köster); presenting arguments in favor of a
new edition of his book
Deutsche Wasserburgen [1957].
box 10, folder 5
Landgericht Oldenburg,
1954
Scope and Contents note
23 items (on 30 leaves), including 11 by R.P.: professional correspondence between R.P. and several legal institutions related
to the lawsuit Foto-Selliers versus Förderanlagen Wilhelmshaven, in which R.P. was involved as an expert witness. Included
are letters from the offices of the notaries and attorneys; also written testimony by R.P. (8 pages) and handritten notes
by R.P. regarding his expenses.
box 10, folder 6
Mardersteig, Giovanni,
1962-1966
Scope and Contents note
29 items (on 36 leaves), including 11 by R.P.: correspondence with the German printer and typographer Giovanni Mardersteig
in Verona, mainly regarding details of the book
Gestein. R.P. stresses the correlation between his photographs and the text by Ernst Jünger. Included is a list of plates (Tafelverzeichnis)
from
Gestein (2 leaves), four leaves of typescript proofs with corrections, and the layout of the title page. [Correspondence of Giovanni
Mardersteig is also filed under C. H. Boeringer Sohn in Box 3 and Box 4].
box 10, folder 7
Leni Matthaei - Museum für Photographie Dresden
box 10, folder 7
Mattaei, Leni,
1964
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you letter to R.P. from the bobbin lace artist Leni Matthaei. Matthaei mentions that her recent work is inspired by
wood grain. The letterhead has Bauhaus style typography.
box 10, folder 7
Metternich, Alix,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you letter to R.P. from Alix Metternich in Rome [related to Wolff Metternich from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome?].
box 10, folder 7
Uitgeversmaatschappij "C. Misset",
1960, 1966
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 2 invoices and 1 personal letter to R.P. from the firm C. Misset in Doetincham, Netherlands.
box 10, folder 7
Molnar,
1965
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from R.P. to Dr. Molnar at the Werbeagentur Dr. Hegemann GmbH in Düsseldorf, in which he presents his opinion about
contemporary photography.
box 10, folder 7
Muck, O.,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a business card of Dr. med. O. Muck in Essen, annotated to R.P. A small geometrical pencil drawing on verso.
box 10, folder 7
Museum für Photographie (Dresden, Germany),
1966
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 3 by R.P. : correspondence with W. Hahn at the Museum für Photographie in Dresden; concerning the acquisition
of photographs by R.P. for the museum's collection. R.P. mentions his interest in industrial landscapes.
box 10, folder 8
Oberkreisdirektor, Soest - Jaap d'Oliveira
box 10, folder 8
Soest (Germany : Kreis). Oberkreisdirektor,
1963
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter by R.P. to the Oberkreisdirektor in Soest; concerning a commission.
box 10, folder 8
Oeser, Hans Ludwig,
1952
Scope and Contents note
7 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of the Obpacher Kunstverlag in Munich, concerning copyright issues
of photographs by R.P. intended for the 1953 issue of the calendar
Schönheit der Natur, ein Bildkalender für den Naturfreund. R.P. mentions his difficulty with the changing technology in photography.
box 10, folder 8
Oliveira, Jaap d',
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from the photographer and former student of R.P., in which he mentions the influence of R.P.'s photography on his
work. [Letters from Jaap d'Oliveira's father A. E. d'Oliveira are filed in Box 1, F. 1].
box 11, folder 1
Magdalena Padberg - Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien,
box 11, folder 1
Padberg, Magdalena,
1965
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. from Magdalena Padberg at the Handwerkerschule Eslohe. Padberg mentions Walter Gropius and Josef
Albers.
box 11, folder 1
Pater + Platten (Firm),
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 invoice to R.P. for an office product, from the firm Pater + Platten in Neheim-Hüsten.
box 11, folder 1
Pawlik, Johannes,
1961
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 by R.P.; regarding photographs by R.P. for a book project about architecture [
Grosse Baukunst, 1963].
box 11, folder 1
Unna (Germany : Landkreis). Amt Pelkum,
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the director of Amt Pelkum; regarding R.P.'s photographs of a church building designed by Baurat Dambleff
(Geistschule in Wiescherhöfen).
box 11, folder 1
Penguin (Firm),
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 business letters, including 1 by R.P.: asking for photographs for a forthcoming volume of
An outline of European architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner.
box 11, folder 1
Hans Peters Verlag,
1956-1959
Scope and Contents note
27 items (on 28 leaves), including 12 by R.P. and 1 letter to R.P. from Dr. Deus from the Stadtarchiv Soest: correspondence
with the publisher Hans Peters in Honnef/Rhein, who is mainly requesting photographs for several of his book projects, including
Bilder aus Westfalen,
Essen - Impressionen und Profile, two other books about Cologne [Köln] and about Düsseldorf; also
Dome und Kathedralen [1958] and
Meisterwerke der oberrheinischen Kunst des Mittelalters [1959]. R.P. frequently refers to copyright issues. Several letters describe R.P.'s unsuccessful attempts to find a publisher
for a book about Hugo Erfurth.
box 11, folder 1
Photoblätter,
1960
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the editors of
Photoblätter (Eberle, Reuter); asking R.P. to contribute photographs for a forthcoming issue devoted to the theme landscape. Annotated
by R.P.
box 11, folder 1
Photo ciné club du Val de Bièvre,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: the letter to R.P., signed by the president of the Photo ciné club du Val de Bièvre, Jean Fage;
lists photographs by R.P. reserved for the Bibliothèque nationale.
box 11, folder 1
Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien,
1961
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding the goldn medal awarded to R.P. by the Photographische Gesellschaft
in Wien. With a mention of L. Fritz Gruber.
box 11, folder 2
Photography Year Book, London,
1952-1961
Scope and Contents note
41 items (on 42 leaves), including 14 by R.P.: correspondence with Normann Hall (editor of
Photography Year Book) and R. C. de Morgan (editor of
Photograms of the Year); concerning the inclusion of photographs by R.P. in the 1952-1962 issues of
Photography Year Book. With a mention of R.P.'s portrait of Editha Klipstein. R.P. expresses his appreciation of the work of Bill Brand and Henri
Cartier Bresson and of Edward Steichen's exhibition
The family of man. R.P. also expresses his opinion about abstract photography. Several letters are annotated by R.P. with titles and numbers
of photographs he sent to Normann Hall.
box 11, folder 3
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition] - Photo-Presse, Hannoversch-Münden
box 11, folder 3
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition],
1960
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Gabriele Dolega at the
Photokina 1960 in Cologne; discussing details of signage and display of photographs at the
Photokina 1960 exhibition.
box 11, folder 3
Popular Photography,
1961
Scope and Contents note
2 items (on 4 leaves), including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Pietro Donzelli, the editor of
Popular Photography, la più grande rivista fotografica del mondo; regarding a biographical article about R.P. and an article about the 1929 Deutsche Werkbund exhibition
Film und Foto, both articles planned for a forthcoming issue of the magazine. Donzelli mentions several articles about photographers, including
Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Eugène Atget, the firm Photo-Secession, and Jacob Riis; published by the magazine.
box 11, folder 3
Publications Photo-Cinéma Paul Montel,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correpondence with Paul Montel, editor of
Photo cinéma magazine; regarding reproduction of R.P.'s photograph
Baumschlag.
box 11, folder 3
Photo-Magazin,
1953-1957
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correpondence with Dr. Croy, editor of the
Photo-Magazin in Munich. Croy's letter to R.P. regards a series of articles about the darkroom experience of several well-known photographers.
R.P. refers to an extensive article about his photographic work published in 1957 in the
Photo-Magazin. The letter by R.P. is annotated.
box 11, folder 3
Photo-Presse,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P.; cancelling a subscription.
box 11, folder 4
Otto G. Pickhan - Paul Hubert Prausnitz
box 11, folder 4
Pickhan, Otto G.,
1962 and 1963
Scope and Contents note
2 letters to R.P. from the firm Sauerländer Kunsthandwerk Otto G. Pickhan in Mollseifen/Westfalen; requesting reprints.
box 11, folder 4
Pieper, Paul,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Paul Pieper at the Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
in Münster/Westfalen; discussing plans for a book project about Soes. R.P. lists photographs in his private collection of
work by Hugo Erfurth, including portraits of Otto Dix, Max Pechstein, Carl Hofer, Hans Thoma, Oskar Kokoschka, Dorsch, Käthe
Kollwitz, Renée Sintenis, Max Planck, Herbert Eulenberg, Theodor Däubler, Martin Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wilhems Kreis.
box 11, folder 4
Piotti, Achille,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to a physician in Lugano, Italy; regarding medical fees.
box 11, folder 4
Pölzig, Peter,
1959
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the office of the architect Peter Pölzig in Duisburg, between R.P. and Dipl.
Ing. Sifrin; concerning R.P.'s photographs of a hospital building in Bensberg. Sifrin mentions Eric Samuel de Maré's book
on architectural and industrial photography.
box 11, folder 4
Pollack, Peter,
1958 and undated
Scope and Contents note
2 letters to R.P., one on letterhead of the publishing house Harry N. Abrams Inc. in New York. In the undated letter Pollack
asks R.P. for reprints of photographs from
Die Welt ist schön for the forthcoming book
Masterpieces of photography.
box 11, folder 4
Pollak, Kurt,
1962
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding copyright of photographs included in the book
Von der antiken Heilkunst im Gebiet des Mittelrheines by J. Como, a C.H. Boehringer Sohn publication.
box 11, folder 4
Portmann, Adolf,
1959
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the biologist Adolf Portmann at Zoologische Anstalt der Universität Basel.
R.P. writes about his photographs of forest (Wald-Bilder).
box 11, folder 4
Postamt Soest,
1953
Scope and Contents note
3 letters by R.P.: two letters to the post office in Soest and one letter addressed to the Oberpostdirektion in Dortmund;
concerning a malfunctioning phone connection.
box 11, folder 4
Prausnitz, Paul Hubert,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by the chemist.
box 11, folder 5
Presswerk A. G.,
1952-1956
Scope and Contents note
40 items, including 21 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and Presswerk AG in Essen; discussing projects commissioned to
R.P. (wooden boards called "Pagholzplatten") for the firm's trade catalogs and exhibitions. R.P. includes technical details
of the photographic process, expresses his aesthetic concerns and mentions his work for the Eisenbahn-Ausbesserungswerk in
Opladen.
box 11, folder 6
Prestel Verlag - Quick Verlagsleitung
box 11, folder 6
Prestel Verlag,
1958
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the editor of the Prestel Verlag in Munich, Walter Romstoek; regarding photographs by R.P. published
in Nikolaus Pevsner's
Europäische Architektur.
box 11, folder 6
Preuss, F. G.,
1951
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to F.G. Preuss, in which R.P. mentions taking photographs at the hotel Kaiserhof in Essen.
box 11, folder 6
Quick,
1964
Scope and Contents note
2 items (on 3 leaves), including 1 by R.P.: professional correspondence between R.P. and B. Naegele from the editorial office
of
Quick; regarding R.P.'s membership in the foundation Stiftung zur Förderung der Photographie. With a mention of L. Fritz Gruber.
box 11, folder 7
[Helene] Rahms - Rheinischer Merkur
box 11, folder 7
Rahms, Helene,
1949
Scope and Contents note
2 personal letters to R.P. possibly by the German journalist Helene Rahms; signed "Ihre Rahms".
box 11, folder 7
Rahm,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 letter signed "Rahm", without formal address, in verse.
box 11, folder 7
Ray, Man,
1961
Scope and Contents note
1 business card of an Italian restaurant in Paris; with greetings to R.P., signed by several people, including Man Ray.
box 11, folder 7
Reygers, Leonie,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 telegram to R.P. from Dr. Leonie Reygers at the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund; congratulating R.P. on the culture prize.
Annotated by R.P.
box 11, folder 7
Rheinische Post,
1959
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor Hermann Blech regarding photographs by R.P. published in
Rheinische Post. Blech mentions his book on working class authors
Deutsche Arbeiterdichter [1950].
box 11, folder 7
Rheinischer Merkur,
1958
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of
Rheinischer Merkur, Dr. Roegele; regarding reprints of R.P.'s photographs of the castle in Bruchsal (Bruchsaler Schloss)
box 11, folder 8
Richter, Max,
1962-1965
Scope and Contents note
34 items (on 36 leaves), including 18 by R.P.: correspondence related to
Gestein. The majority of letters are between R.P. and Maria Madjera, the secretary of Max Richter, director of the Geologisch- Paläontologisches
Institut at the Freie Universität Berlin; also between Max Richter and R.P., and R.P. and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Siegfried
Bene). The correspondence with Maria Madjera concerns primarily the scheduling of meetings. The letters between Max Richter
and R.P. discuss the selection of photographs and Richter's text and provide insight into their cooperation. R.P. describes
his concept of photography in his letter from Nov. 24, 1964. One of the letters by Maria Madjera is annotated by R.P. on verso.
Also included is a letter from the firm C.H. Boeriger Sohn to Max Richter regarding the typography and the layout of Richter's
text recommended by Giovanni Mardersteig. [See also Box 4, F.-2 for correspondence between C.H. Boehringer Sohn, Giovanni
Mardersteig and Max Richter concerning
Gestein].
box 11, folder 9
Riedel & Co.,
1953-1957
Scope and Contents note
39 items, including 18 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the chemical plant Riedel & Co. Spezialfabrik für Galvanotechnik
in Bielefeld (Mr. Bachmann); concerning several commissions to R.P. to photograph industrial objects produced by Riedel &
Co. at the following locations: the National Registrar Kassen GmbH in Augsburg, the Olympia-Schreibmaschinenwerke in Wilhelmshaven,
the Vereinigten Deutschen Nickelwerke AG in Schwerte/Ruhr, Siemens & Halske AG and AEG in Berlin, and a Riedel & Co. facility
near Bielefeld.
box 12, folder 1
Ilse Roenneke - Liebetraut Rothert
box 12, folder 1
Roenneke, Ilse,
1955-1961
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect Ilse Roenneke from Arnsberg/Westfalen.
box 12, folder 1
Roenneke, Hartmut,
1961, undated
Scope and Contents note
4 letters to R.P. Roenneke comments extensively on R.P.'s lecture about photography and art [
Versuch einer Einordnung der Photographie?].
box 12, folder 1
Roh, Franz,
1958
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the art historian, who is requesting reprints of R.P.'s photograph of the
processing plant Germania in Marten.
box 12, folder 1
Roques, K. R. von,
1954
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the physician in Berlin, who tries to win R.P.'s interest in an illustrated
edition of Auguste Rodin's
Die Kathedralen Frankreichs.
box 12, folder 1
Rothert, Liebetraut,
1955-1959
Scope and Contents note
23 items (on 24 leaves), including 8 by R.P. and 1 letter from Agnes Renger-Patzsch to Rothert: correspondence with the editor
of the magazine
Die Grubenlampe. Rothert asks for permission to use R.P.'s photographs in
Die Grubenlampe; she also comments on exhibitions of Edvard Munch and Pablo Picasso, and the exhibition of work by R.P. held at the Volkshochschule
in Marl. R.P. lists his current commissions for industrial firms.
box 12, folder 2
Max Ruhfus - Peter Russell
box 12, folder 2
Ruhfus, Max,
1957
Scope and Contents note
3 items by Max Ruhfus: a note to R.P., a letter to the real estate agent H. Junghölter and a letter to the Bergassessor Florin;
regarding real estate development in Wamel. The letters are carbon copies for R.P.
box 12, folder 2
Ruhrchemie Aktiengesellschaft,
1949
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 letter from Aloys Sommer from the Fachverband Kohlechemie in Essen to R.P., and 1 letter from R.P. to
the Ruhrchemie Aktiengesellschaft in Oberhausen-Holten (Dr. Rohe): correspondence regarding reprints of photographs by R.P.
box 12, folder 2
Ruhrtalsperrenverein,
1955
Scope and Contents note
7 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with the Ruhrtalsperrenverein in Delecke, regarding a permit for R.P. to take
photographs near the dam. R.P. writes about his landscape photographs.
box 12, folder 2
Ruppel, Aloys,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from Aloys Ruppel at the Gutenberg-Museum in Mainz; thanking R.P. for a Plantin Press print.
box 12, folder 2
Russell, Peter,
1958
Scope and Contents note
6 items (on 10 leaves): six personal letters to R.P. from Peter Russell (a student of mathematics); and an obituary for Dieter
Russell. Russell mentions R.P.'s portrait photographs of him and his brother Pierre.; writes about his studies in Kiel; discusses
literature (Robert Musil), and comments on an article by Adolf Portmann. One of his letters was sent from Berkeley, California.
Annotated by R.P.
box 12, folder 3
Victor H. Scales - Johannes Scharfenstein
box 12, folder 3
Scales, Victor H.,
1958-1959
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 by R.P.: intellectual exchange about photography with an amateur photographer from New York. Scales
mentions photographs by R.P. issued by
Photorama [Oct. 1958] and in
Pictorial history of photography; also Edward Steichen and his exhibitions of modern photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
box 12, folder 3
Schabicki, Irmgard,
1962
Scope and Contents note
3 letters, including 1 by R.P.: personal correspondence. Schabicki frequently mentions Hermann Hesse in Montagnola.
box 12, folder 3
Schaeffer-Heyrothsberge, Paul,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
9 items (on 11 leaves), including 4 by R.P.: correspondence with the office of the architect Paul Schaeffer-Heyrothsberge
in Wiesbaden; concerning a commission for R.P. to photograph residential architecture built by the Krupp family in Essen-Bredeney.
The letters to R.P. include detailed guidelines for the photographs. Several letters are annotated by R.P.
box 12, folder 3
Scharfenstein, Johannes,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P. from a furniture designer in Meschede/Ruhr.
box 12, folder 4
Scheven, Ilsemarie von,
1959-1961
Scope and Contents note
15 items (on 21 leaves), including 6 by R.P.: intellectual exchange between R.P. and the book dealer in Hamm. The letters
refer to an article on the photographic work of R.P. by von Scheven, and include discussions about photography, R.P.'s photographs
of trees and his book
Bäume, abstract art, literary topics and the current cultural climate in Germany. R.P. mentions the
Documenta in Kassel, and comments on Heinrich Böll's novel
Billard um halb zehn [1961] and Ernst Jünger's
An der Zeitmauer [1959] and
Sgrafitti [1960]. Scheven frequently mentions contemporary literary authors and their recent publications. Included is a typescript
Drei Monate Wüste, of von Scheven's review of L. A. Tregenza's
Egyptian years [1958], published in German translation under the title
Einsame Berge zwischen Nil und Rotem Meer, by F.A. Brockhaus in Wiesbaden.
box 12, folder 5
Auskunftei W. Schimmelpfeng - P. F. Schneider
box 12, folder 5
Schimmelpfeng, W.,
1954
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P. from the firm Auskunftei W. Schimmelpfeng, Deutsche Auskunftei GmbH. in Dortmund.
box 12, folder 5
Schirdewan, Ruth,
1959
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P. : correspondence, regarding reprints of R.P.'s portrait photograph of Ruth Schirdewan's late
brother Ulrich. R.P. mentions working as a photographer for the firm Deutsche Spinnerei-Maschinenbau AG in Ingolstadt.
box 12, folder 5
Schmitt, Carl,
1956
Scope and Contents note
2 items: a postcard to R.P. from Carl Schmitt and a letter to Schmitt from R.P. R.P. writes about photography as a profession.
box 12, folder 5
Johann Schmidt Photo- und Kinotechnik,
1955, 1960-1961
Scope and Contents note
7 letters by R.P. to the firm; regarding enlargements of photographs by R.P. (1955) and reprints for the architect Fritz Schupp
(1960-1961).
box 12, folder 5
Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. Adolf,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 letters by the art historian; one addressed to the director of the Art Institute of Chicago, Hugh Edwards (in French) and
one to R.P. Both letters concern the acquisition of R.P.'s photographs by the Art Institute of Chicago.
box 12, folder 5
Karl Schneider - Architeckt B.D.A (Firm),
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the firm in Wuppertal-Elberfeld; concerning photographs of architecture
designed by Karl Schneider. Annotated by R.P.
box 12, folder 5
Schneider, P. F.,
1953-1956
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect in Cologne regarding photographs of Schneiders
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung building in Essen, published in the book
WAZ ein Druck- und Verlagshaus im Ruhrgebiet [1954].
box 12, folder 6
Schneider-Esleben, Paul,
1953-1962
Scope and Contents note
34 items (on 36 leaves), including 9 by R.P.: predominantly business correspondence with the architect Paul Schneider-Esleben
in Düsseldorf; concerning commissions to photograph buildings in Meschede, Bracht, Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Altenhundem and
Saalhausen; mainly public buildings. Several items are annotated by R.P.; some include exchange related to the commissioned
photographs, especially Schneider-Esleben's letter from Oct. 14, 1958, in which he suggests to R.P. specific compositions
and perspectives, and includes sketched drawings of specific sites.
box 12, folder 7
Ferdinand Schöningh Verlagsbuchhandlung,
1941-1964
Scope and Contents note
33 items, including 2 by R.P. and 1 personal letter from Schöningh's wife Annie. Mainly honorariums for R.P. from the publisher
and bookseller Ferdinand Schöningh in Paderborn, for sold copies of
Paderborn [1949].
box 12, folder 8
Schöppe, Wilhelm,
1957-1962
Scope and Contents note
ca. 23 items, including 10 by R.P.: correspondence with the publisher of
Foto Prisma and chairman of G.D.L (Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner); discussing plans for a book about Hugo Erfurth; the David Octavius
Hill medal awarded to R.P. by the G.D.L.; R.P.'s article about photography and architecture in the Oct. 1960 issue of
Photokina; and Erich Stenger's purchase of R.P.'s photographs for his collection. R.P. comments on the nomination of August Sander
for the 1961 culture prize of G.D.L., and praises the photographers Will Moegle, Otto Steinert, Ruth Hallensleben, and Walter
Wissenbach. Schöppe mentions a 1951 portrait photograph of R.P. by Pan Walther, and the plan for R.P. 's participation at
the Biennale di Venezia in 1961. Included are 2 pages from
Foto Prisma, and two typescripts of letters (one with ms. corrections) from R.P. to the editor of
Foto Prisma, including one on landscape photography with the title
Zur Ihrer Landschaftsumfrage.
box 12, folder 9
Schott, Erich [ Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.],
1947-1953
Scope and Contents note
29 items, including 13 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Erich Schott, the managing director of the firm Jenaer Glaswerk
Schott & Gen., after the firm's relocation from Jena to Landshut and later to Mainz; also between R.P. and Prof. Dr. W. Hahland
and 1 letter from Mrs. Schott to R.P. The letters concern several commissioned works, mainly photographs of the firm's facilities
in Mainz and a trade catalog which included photographs previously published in the firm's pre-war trade catalogs [
Jena laboratory glassware, 1937 and
Jenaer Glas für Laboratorien, 1937]. With a mention of a portrait photograph of Erich Schott, a cityscape of Mainz, and articles illustrated with photographs
by R.P. published in in-house magazines (
Zeiss Werkzeitschrift). R.P. writes about the conflict with Ernst Boerhinger regarding the printing quality in
Lob des Rheingaus.
box 12, folder 10
Schott, Erich, [ Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.],
1954-1956
Scope and Contents note
27 items, including 7 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the firm Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen. ( W. Hahland ); concerning
commissioned works, mainly photographs of the firm's facilities in Mainz, including enlargements for an exhibition space in
Berlin; and products. With a mention of a photograph by R.P. published in 1954 by
Die Schaulade in Bamberg, and a portrait photograph of W. Hahland.
box 13, folder 1
Schott, Erich, [ Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.],
1957-1958
Scope and Contents note
23 items, including 7 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the firm Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen. ( W. Hahland ); concerning
photographs for an advertising brochure. Hahland mentions a similar project R.P. worked on for the firm DESAG [Deutsche Spiegelglas
A.G.].
box 13, folder 2
Schott, Erich, [ Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.],
1959-1966 and undated
Scope and Contents note
29 items (on 34 leaves), including 10 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the firm Jenaer Glaswerk & Gen. (Erich Schott
and W. Hahland) concerning orders of reprints and enlargements. The 1965 portion concerns the purchase of negatives R.P. made
for the firm in the 1930s and includes a list of 598 negatives. Included is a letter by R.P. regarding the artist and photographer
Fritz Brill, and an unsigned typescript refering to the honorary doctorate awarded to Erich Schott by the University of Mainz.
Schott's letter from Feb. 8, 1962 has drawings in R.P.'s hand on verso.
box 13, folder 3
Gerhard Schröder - Standard Verlag, Hamburg
box 13, folder 3
Schröder, Gerhard,
1962
Scope and Contents note
2 thank-you letters from the Foreign Minister (Bundesminister des Auswärtigen) Gerhard Schröder to R.P.
box 13, folder 3
Schubert und Salzer (Firm),
1952
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter by Agnes Renger-Patzsch to the firm Schubert und Salzer in Stuttgart.
box 13, folder 3
Staatshochbauamt Soest,
1957
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to R.P. Annotated.
box 13, folder 3
Stadt Darmstadt,
1951
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P. : correspondence regarding reprints for an exhibition (Ausstellung 51). [
Mensch + Raum?].
box 13, folder 3
Stahl-Armaturen Siepmann,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. regarding reprints of photographs R.P. took of the firm's facilities.
box 13, folder 3
Stahlbau Rheinhausen,
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence regarding reprints of photographs by R.P.
box 13, folder 3
Stahlberg, Ingeborg,
1956-1957
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the publisher Ingeborg Stahlberg at the Stahlberg-Verlag in Karlsruhe. R.P.
writes in general terms about his experience with commisioned works and mentions his participation in an exhibition held at
the Kunsthalle Mannheim in June 1957.
box 13, folder 3
Verlag Gerhard Stalling,
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correpondence with the publishing house Gerhard Stalling AG Druck- und Verlagshaus in Oldenburg,
regarding photographs for
Westfalen, schaffendes Land [1955]. With a list of the selected photographs.
box 13, folder 3
Standard-Verlag,
1957
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the publishing house Standard-Verlag in Hamburg; regarding reprints of R.P.'s
photographs for
Bau, Raum, Gerät [1957] (vol. 2 of the series
Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts).
box 13, folder 4
Schupp, F. (Fritz),
1951-1959
Scope and Contents note
57 items, including 16 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the architect Fritz Schupp; also 1 letter from R.P. to Dr.
Wulf, director of the firm Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke, and 1 letter from Schupp to the firm Vereinigte Kaliwerke Saltzdetfurth,
Werk Hattorf in Röhrigshof, near Hersfeld. The letters concern reprints of R.P.'s photographs of a coal mine. R.P. mentions
his photographs of the residenz of Dr. Mommertz.
box 13, folder 5
Georg Schützenhofer - W. Schwarz
box 13, folder 5
Schützenhofer, Georg,
1955
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the photographer, whose photograph of a bird R.P. intended to use in a lecture
as an example of capturing movement in photography.
box 13, folder 5
Schütz-Wolff, Johanna,
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. by the artist Johanna Schütz-Wolff. Includes a small drawing by the artist.
box 13, folder 5
Schwarz, Paula, Sister,
1957, undated
Scope and Contents note
3 items: a letter (with envelope) to R.P. by Sister Paula Schwarz from the Benedictine Abby Mariendonk in Kempen, and an undated
draft of R.P.'s response letter. [Only the first page is present in the archive].
box 13, folder 5
Schwarz, Rudolf,
1957-1960
Scope and Contents note
7 items (on 12 leaves), including 4 by R.P. Correspondence with the architect, discussing the artistic relationship between
an architect and a photographer, and the aesthetics of the photography of architecture. Schwarz comments on R.P.'s unpublished
text about architecture and photography, writes about his recent book [
Kirchenbau?, 1960], and comments on Martin Hürlimann's work on cathedrals in England [
English cathedrals, 1950]. The letter by Schwarz from Dec. 17, 1960 has annotations by R.P. on verso, including a reference to Dr. Böhm. The
typescripts include carbon copies.
box 13, folder 5
Schwarz, W.,
1954
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect W. Schwarz regarding reprints of photographs by R.P. intended
to illustrate an article by Dr. Barth in
Baukunst und Werkform. Schwarz lists several architectural firms ordering reprints of photographs by R.P.
box 13, folder 6
Schwippert, Hans,
1953-1961
Scope and Contents note
30 items, including 13 by R.P.: l correspondence with the architect; concerning photographs of a highrise building of an insurance
agency in Düsseldorf (Provincialversicherung); reprints for
Bauen + Wohnen and
Baukunst und Werkform; photographs of the power plant Anna, the interior of the Industrie- und Handelskammer (Chamber of Commerce) in Münster;
and a commissioned work for the firm Deutsche Linoleumwerke. Included is 1 letter from R.P. to the Industrie- und Handelskammer
in Münster. Schwippert and R.P. exchange their views on contemporary trends in architecture and in photography. R.P. mentions
Schwippert's publication on Otto Pankok. Several letters to R.P. are signed by Schwippert's secretary S. Hille.
box 13, folder 7
Seiler,
1961
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from R.P. to Mr. Seiler, owner of a spinning mill; regarding photographs by R.P. With a mention of the firm Deutsche
Spinnereimaschinenbau.
box 13, folder 7
Siepmann, Ernst,
1953-1966
Scope and Contents note
12 items, including 7 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and Ernst Siepmann of the Siepmann-Werke AG in Beleke/Möhne, concerning
photographs of the firm's office space and products. With a mention of Hugo Kükelhaus. Siepman invites R.P. to several privately
organized musical events. R.P. mentions a publication for the firm Schubert und Salzer by the graphic artist and typographer
Hermann Virl, for which he contributed photographs [
Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft Ingolstadt, 75 Jahre Textilmaschinenbau, 1958]. Several letters are annotated by R.P.
box 13, folder 8
Smith, Käthe,
1955-1969 undated
Scope and Contents note
37 items (on 41 leaves), including 12 by R.P. and 1 letter from Käthe Smith to Agnes Renger-Patzsch (dated March 13, 1969).
Two letters by Smith are undated, including one of which only page 2 is present in the archive. [Of R.P.'s letter from April
7, 1956 only the first page is present in the archive]. The letters between R.P. and Käthe Smith, wife of a theology professor
Ronald Gregor Smith at the university in Glasgow, Scotland, are rich in discussions about contemporary literature, history
and philosophy, also current cultural and political changes in Europe; both strongly criticize the economic prosperity (Wirtschaftswunder)
in Germany. R.P. writes about his trips to Italy and Sicily and the book project
Bäume, referring in this context to Felix Hornstein's
Wald und Mensch and George Lesser's
Gothic cathedrals and sacred geometry [1957-1964]. Smith asks R.P. for an expert opinion regarding a painting by Emil Nolde; mentions a mutual friend Audrey Walker
(Sheriff Principal of Lanarkshire); and a lecture by Ronald Gregor Smith, written in collaboration with R.P., published in
a Festschrift for Rudolf Bultmann [
Zeit und Geschichte, Dankesgabe an Rudolf Bultmann zum 80. Geburtstag, 1964]. In her letters from Chicago, Smith describes her impressions of the United States and offers observations on the
cultural differences between the United States and Europe.
box 13, folder 9
Gerda Soergel - H. B. Spitmann
box 13, folder 9
Panofsky-Soergel, Gerda,
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. by Gerda Soergel [wife of the art historian Erwin Panofsky]; regarding
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien .
box 13, folder 9
Städt. Verkehrs- und Kulturpflegeamt Soest,
1956-1958
Scope and Contents note
3 letters to R.P.; regarding reprints of photographs of Soest for a tourist brochure.
box 13, folder 9
So Einrichtungshaus Winter,
1963
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the furniture store in Essen.
box 13, folder 9
Spiegelglas Verkaufs-Agentur (Cologne, Germany),
1953
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding photographs of the building of the insurance agency Provinzialversicherung
in Düsseldorf. With a mention of the architect Hans Schwippert.
box 13, folder 9
Spitman, H. B.,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P. by the daughter of the architect H. B. Spitman.
box 14, folder 1
Stauffacher-Verlag AG, Zürich - Emil Steffann
box 14, folder 1
Stauffacher-Verlag,
1958
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Stauffacher-Verlag in Zurich, concerning reprints of photographs of churches
in Ottmarsheim and Schlettstadt for
Illustrierte Weltgeschichte [4th ed. 1958].
box 14, folder 1
Sophie Stecker Strickwarenfabrik,
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P. Correspondence concerning reprints of photographs of industrial buildings. Stecker mentions the
Münster in Westfalen publisher Karl Heinz von Saint-George.
box 14, folder 1
Steffen, Dieter,
1964
Scope and Contents note
6 items (on 9 leaves), including 3 by R.P. : an intellectual exchange with the photographer Dieter Steffen about the current
state of teaching photography in German art schools; also about photography in advertising (Werbegraphik). Steffen mentions
his professional contacts with Siegfried Remann and Dr. [Walter] Boje [a commission work for Agfa-Werke], comments on a photography
exhibition held in Kiel in August 1964, and refers to an article about teaching photography in the anniversary issue of
Foto-Information. He also mentions the photographers Thomas Höpker and Horst H. Baumann. R.P.' s comments about Steffen's photographs of Holland
provide insight into his own artistic sensitivity (".. die Welt mit dem Staunen des Kindes zu sehen ...").
box 14, folder 1
Steffann, Emil,
1954-1955 and undated
Scope and Contents note
11 items (on 12 leaves), including 5 by R.P. : correspondence with the architect; concerning a commission for R.P. to photograph
the church St. Bonifatius in Dortmund, designed by Steffann. Both discuss aesthetic details of the photographs. Steffann mentions
an upcoming exhibition of ecclesiatical art in Düsseldorf, in May 1955, organized by the architect Paul Schneider-Esleben,
in which Steffann's work will be represented in photographs by R.P. With a mention of Hugo Kückelhaus. Two letters by R.P.
are addressed to Pfarrer März of the St. Bonifatius parrish in Dortmund.
box 14, folder 2
Edward Steichen - Otto Steinert
box 14, folder 2
Steichen, Edward,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 3 by R.P. Correspondence with Steichen as the director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York. Steichen's letters are on MOMA letterhead. R.P. asks for permission to show Steichen's photographic work in his lectures
about photography as art "sui generis"; lists the photographs he would like to show; and comments on Steichen's acclaimed
exhibition
Family of man.
box 14, folder 2
Steinert, Otto,
1957-1960
Scope and Contents note
12 items, including 5 by R.P. Steinert's letters to R.P. are on the letterhead of Staatliche Schule für Kunst und Handwerk
Saarbrücken. Correspondence concerningthe acquisition of reprints from
Die Welt ist schön for the Saarland-Museum, the city of Essen [the Folkwang Werkkunstschule in Essen], and for the "deutsches Bildarchiv", a
project commissioned to Steinert by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. Also discussed is the possibility of publishing
a book about Hugo Erfurth with the support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. R.P. mentions an unpublished photograph
"Dornbusch an der Landstrasse".
box 14, folder 3
Karl Heinz von Saint-George - Sydslesvigs danske kunstforening
box 14, folder 3
Saint-George, Karl Heinz von,
1955
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P. Correspondence with the publisher in Münster; concerning reprints and copyrights of photographs
by R.P. for a publication to which Saint-George refers as "Foto-Mappe". With a mention of Hook, Kroll and the firm H. Biederlack
& Co. in Greven.
box 14, folder 3
Stockmann, Wynand,
1960 and 1962
Scope and Contents note
5 items (on 7 leaves): letters to R.P. from W[ynand?] Stockmann from Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Several letters include text by Stockmann's
wife, Josefa. The letter from Nov. 23, 1962 includes an invoice for photographs by R.P.
box 14, folder 3
Strabel, E.,
1956
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the manager of Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G.; concerning the reprint
of a photograph by R.P. showing a technician (Hafenmacher) in Jena [at the Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen]. The letter by R.P.
is annotated.
box 14, folder 3
Strauf, Hubert,
1955, 1960, undated
Scope and Contents note
4 items (on 5 leaves): R.P.'s correspondence with Hubert Strauf from the firm Strauf und Weiss in Essen. Included is an annotated
travel expense report, and a two-page carbon copy of R.P.' s confidential report analysing management issues in the photo
reproduction section (Reproabteilung) of an undisclosed firm.
box 14, folder 3
Strelow, Liselotte,
1965
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the photographer in Düsseldorf, in which she comments on a WDR [West Deutscher Rundfunk] television program
about R.P.
box 14, folder 3
Stuttgarter Gardinen (Firm),
1954-1956
Scope and Contents note
6 items: correspondence to R.P. from the manufacturer of curtains in Stuttgart. With a mention of Leonie Reygers at the Museum
am Ostwall in Dortmund, and Eva Noack in Munich.
box 14, folder 3
Stüber,
1949
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard to R.P. from family Stüber in Mannbach am Rhein.
box 14, folder 3
Stübing, Rudolf,
1953-1954
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with a book dealer specializing in books on photography in Bielefeld.
box 14, folder 3
Süddeutsche Bank,
1954-1957, undated
Scope and Contents note
11 items, including 6 by R.P. (incl. 1 handwritten note): correspondence with director Köper in Franfurt am Main, and Mr.
Jäckle and director Polfers in Munich, concerning a commission for R.P. to photograph the bank's branches in Frankfurt am
Main, Mannhein, Munich, Heilbronn and Offenbach. With a mention of the graphic artist [Hermann] Virl. R.P.'s letter from March
29, 1954 is annotated on verso.
box 14, folder 3
Sydslesvigs danske kunstforening,
1962
Scope and Contents note
4 items (on 5 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Gynther Hansen at Südschleswigs Dänischer Kunstverein [Sydslesvigs
danske kunstforening] in Flensburg, concerning a joint exhibition of work by R.P. and by the Danish photographer Keld Helmer-Petersen.
The exhibition was planned to open at Südschleswigs Dänischer Kunstverein in Flensburg in May 1962.
box 14, folder 4
Verlag "Sanitäre Technik" - Georg Trump
box 14, folder 4
Verlag "Sanitäre Technik",
1954
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. concerning the copyright for one of his photographs.
box 14, folder 4
Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH,
1954-1955
Scope and Contents note
16 items, including 5 by R.P.: correspondence with the pharmaceutical firm Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH in Biberach an der Riss (Dr.
Carl Ernst Sänger), concerning a commission to photograph the firm's facilities; also discussing reprints and retouching.
Included is a letter to R.P. from C. H. Boehringer Sohn regarding the commission. The letter to R.P. dated Nov. 4, 1955 has
a drawing on verso.
box 14, folder 4
F. Tigges Buch- und Kunsthandlung,
1966
Scope and Contents note
3 letters, including 1 by R.P. concerning photographs for a calender [
Westfalen-Kalender 1967]. Annotated by R.P. [Also see correspondence with Agnes R.P. filed in Box 15, F. 11].
box 14, folder 4
Verband des Deutschen Tischlerhandwerks,
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the firm Das Tischlergewerk in Essen (Organ des Verbandes des Deutschen Tischlerhandwerks); concerning
reprints of photographs of furniture R.P. took at the workshop of Werkstätten J. Dickerhoff in Bochum.
box 14, folder 4
Töpfer, Alfred,
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the firm Alfred C. Töpfer in Hamburg, in which R.P. accepts an invitation. Annotated by R.P.
box 14, folder 4
Trump, Georg,
1959
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the graphic artist and typographer in Munich. Trump mentions the possibility of a joint project with Ingolstadt
[Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt?], Mrs. Virl [Hermann Virl's wife?], and comments on a lecture by R.P.
box 14, folder 5
Tümpel, Wolfgang,
1949-1958, undated
Scope and Contents note
24 items, including 9 by R.P. : mainly business correspondence, including invoices, between R.P. and the jewelry designer
and silversmith and teacher at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg. Tümpel's letter from Aug. 11, 1949 provides insight into
his workshop. Several letters are annotated by R.P. or include sketches of lamps, jewelry and other objects in Tümpel's or
R.P.'s hand. With a mention of the furniture manufacturer Josef Dickerhoff. R.P. mentions a joint exhibition with Frida Schoy
and the jewelry designer and goldsmith Elisabeth Treskow at the Kunstverein Münster in 1955 (opened Oct. 16th). Tümpel mentions
exhibitions of his work in Osnabrück, Schwäbisch-Gmünd and in Hagen in 1958.
box 14, folder 6
Uhl, Bruno,
1955
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Bruno Uhl from Agfa Aktiengesellschaft für Photofabrikation
in Leverkusen. Uhl invites R.P. to accept the position of guest lecturer at the recently established Staatliche Höhere Fachschule
für Photographie Köln; suggests the theme of landscape photography; and also writes about the students and the faculty of
the school.
box 14, folder 6
Ullstein GmbH.,
1957
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the editor Danz at Ullstein Aktiengesellschaft Propyläen-Verlag
in Berlin-Tempelhof, asking for a reprint of R.P.'s photograph of the Erbdrostenhof in Münster, which was included in Theodor
Rensing's books about the architect Johann Conrad Schlaun.
box 14, folder 6
Umschau Verlag,
1958-1962
Scope and Contents note
11 items, including 3 by R.P. : correspondence with the editors of the Umschau Verlag in Frankfurt am Main, Harald Busch and
Bernd Lohse, mainly concerning reprints. R.P. comments on the image quality in one of his privately published books (... die
Sache ins Malerische umgebogen, sehr zu meinem Kummer). Two letters are addressed to Sabine Renger-Patzsch.
box 14, folder 6
Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft (Stuttgart, Germany),
1957
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Herbert Beck. R.P. proposes
publishing a book about portrait photography by Hugo Erfurth, lists names of people portrayed by Erfurth, and provides technical
details about Erfuth's photographic process.
box 14, folder 6
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
1954
Scope and Contents note
2 invoices sent to R.P.; related to the exhibition at the Person Hall Art Gallery in December 1953.
box 14, folder 6
Urban-Verlag,
1949
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to the Urban-Verlag in Freiburg in Breisgau, concerning copyright for his photograph included in
Der romanische Kirchenbau im Elsass [1944] by Rudolf Kautzsch.
box 14, folder 6
U.S. Camera (Firm),
undated [1957?]
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by the editor Mary P. R. Thomas, asking R.P. to participate in the 1958 edition of the
U.S. Camera.
box 14, folder 7
Verbindungsstelle Landwirtschaft/Industrie e.V., Essen - Vignold Klischéeanstalt
box 14, folder 7
Verbindungsstelle Landwirtschaft-Industrie,
1956
Scope and Contents note
8 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Dr. Schröder-Etzdorf in Essen. Discussed is a commission for R.P. to photograph
"Milchabgabestellen" (places selling milk) for a publication intended to raise milk consumption. Some letters include sketches
by R.P. With a mention of an article about the project in
Das Fenster (July issue, 1956).
box 14, folder 7
Verein der Unternehmer der Textilindustrie im Industrie- und Handelskammerbezirk Mönchen-Gladbach e.V.,
1951
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. asking for photographs related to the theme of cotton production.
box 14, folder 7
Vignold Klischéeanstalt,
1957
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter by R.P. to Vignold Klischéeanstalt in Essen.
box 14, folder 8
Virl, Herman,
1951-1958
Scope and Contents note
25 items (on 26 leaves), including 10 by R.P. Correspondence between R.P. and the graphic artist and typographer, the farmer
Karl Stich and the pharmaceutical firm Medopharm in Munich. Discussed are several commissioned works, mainly for R.P. , some
also for Virl: a printing project at the Bruckmann KG in Munich; a commission for the firm Deutsche Spinnereimaschinenbau
AG in Ingolstadt [a trade catalog], including reprints and enlargements; an advertising brochure for a milk farm in Bavaria;
a commission for the Süddeutsche Bank; and a travel brochure and advertisement for Grünwald near Munich. R.P. mentions taking
photographs of a highrise building in Düsseldorf. In a letter from 1954, Virl mentions a newly published catalog of Schubert
und Salzer in Ingolstadt, and two calenders issued by a bank. Some letters are annotated.
box 14, folder 9
Virl-Gath, Friedel,
1958-1959, undated
Scope and Contents note
19 items (on 21 leaves), including 4 by R.P. Correspondence between R.P. and the widow of the graphic artist and typographer
Herman Virl. Also included is an obituary for Herman Virl and a carbon copy of a text by R.P. in which he commemorates the
late Herman Virl. The letters concern photographs R.P. took of Virl's death mask, Virl's graphic work and house. Friedel Virl-Gath
mentions an article about her late husband in
Münchner Leben ( [Oct.?] 1958) and a book designed by Virl [
Geburtstagsgeschichten]. R.P. describes his intentions for the book
Bäume; and also advises Friedel Virl-Gath in business affairs involving the firm Atelier Professor Virl. Some letters are annotated.
box 14, folder 10
Marianne Vogelsang - Walter Voswinkel
box 14, folder 10
Vogelsang, Marianne,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 letters to R.P. by the dancer, choreographer and co-director of Mary Wigman Studio in Berlin. Vogelsang asks for reprints
of photographs of her taken before the war, which she would like to include in an exhibition. Vogelsang describes details
of one of the images and mentions her collaboration with Mary Wigman.
box 14, folder 10
Voigtländer & Sohn,
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 invoice from the firm in Braunschweig to the firm O. Küllenberg in Essen, for an item sold to R.P.
box 14, folder 10
Völckers, Otto,
1950, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
11 items, including 4 by R.P. Correspondence with the architect. Letters from 1950 concern reprints for the archive of the
firm Fachverband der Fensterglasindustrie, formerly known as Verein deutscher Tafelglashütten, in Frankfurt am Main. R.P.
lists several of his photographs with the theme "glass". The letter from 1955-1956 concerns reprints of photographs of industrial
structures designed by Fritz Schupp for an article in
Glasforum. Völckers describes his plans for articles about glass and architectural forms. With a mention of the architects Hans Schwippert
and Günter Marschall in Marl-Hüls.
box 14, folder 10
Voswinkel, Walter,
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Walter Voswinkel from the firm Graphische Kunstanstalten F. Bruckmann in
Munich, regarding the printing of
Lob des Rheingaus [1953].
box 14, folder 11
Martin Wackernagel - Peter Wapnewski
box 14, folder 11
Wackernagel, Martin,
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the art historian in Münster. R.P. expresses his attitude towards individuality
as an aesthetic element in photography ( "... da mich, wie auch beim Porträt das Individuelle wenig interessiert hat."). Two
letters by Wackernagel are on Westfälischer Kunstverein letterhead and concern reprints of photographs for a book about trees
by Giacomo Jucker from Milan [
Alberi ornamentali in Italia, 1958]. [Pre-war correspondence with Martin Wackernagel in filed in Box 1, F.10].
box 14, folder 11
Wagner, Anne,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. The artist from Rumbeck [Arnsberg-Rumbeck] asks R.P. to photograph her sculptures and vases.
box 14, folder 11
Wahl, Victor,
1959
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by R.P. : focusing on aesthetics in photography in context of Wahl's plan to publish a book exploring
the theme of human hands in photography. R.P. expresses his opinion about current trends in photography, lists and describes
several of his photographs of human hands, and refers to a book published by Orell Füssli Verlag which includes his work [
Hände und was sie sagen, 1929]. He also mentions recent travel to Ingolstadt, Munich, Augsburg, Breisbach, Reydt and Goch to photograph machines
and comments: "... eine rein sachliche Aufgabe, weitab von Kunst, aber eben wegen der Sachlichkeit sehr angenehm ... Die Mittel
sind dem Gegenstand adaequat". [Of his letter from 1959, April 26, only the first page is present in the archive].
box 14, folder 11
Wien, Waldemar,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the sculptor; concerning R.P.'s photographs of his work.
box 14, folder 11
Waldthausen, R. von,
1955-1957
Scope and Contents note
6 items, including 2 by R.P. and 1 invoice: correspondence with the Bergwerkassesor R. von Waldthausen in Essen. R.P. mentions
the book
Sehen und Erkennen by Paul Brandt and an exhibition of his photographic work at the Folkwang Museum in March 1956. In the context of a commission,
Waldthausen recommends to R.P. Kurt [Curt] Edeling from the chemical firm Theo Goldschmidt AG in Essen. The invoice is from
the Rheinelbe Bergbau Aktiengesellschaft to R.P. and concerns a photograph of the coal mine Zeche Bonifacius.
box 14, folder 11
Walker, Audrey,
1963
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the Scottish photographer in Glasgow. Walker mentions a book of portraits by Hugo Erfurth [
Hugo Erfurth, Bildnisse, 1961] and their mutual friends Ronald and Käthe Smith.
box 14, folder 11
Wapnewski, Peter,
1954-1962
Scope and Contents note
17 items (on 21 leaves), including 8 by R.P., and 1 letter by Caroline Wapnewski to R.P.: intense intellectual exchange between
R.P. and the philologist in Heidelberg. In the context of R.P.'s text
Versuch einer Einordnung der Photographie both discuss the artistic and philosophical aspects of photography. R.P. expresses his opinion about modern art, especially
Willy Baumeister, and the impact of advertising [Werbung] on photography as an art form and as a profession. R.P. also relates
his photographic work to Ernst Jünger's
Das Sanduhrbuch and to Hermann Friedmann's books
Die Welt der Formen and
Wissenschaft und Symbol. Both discuss the plan of a lecture by R.P. at the Amerika-Haus in Heildeberg, and comment on each other's recent books,
R.P.'s
Bäume and Wapnewski's
Hartman von Aue.
box 15, folder 1
Ludwig Weber -"Werdendes Abendland an Rhein und Ruhr"
box 15, folder 1
Weber, Ludwig,
1950
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of the magazine
Das Haus and director of the Öffentliche Bausparkasse Württemberg; concerning a reprint. With a mention of a photograph by R.P. published
in
Fundamente.
box 15, folder 1
Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm),
1966
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the publishing house in London (Michael Raeburn); concerning reprints for
an upcoming book about Holy Roman Empire by Friedrich Heer [
The intellectual history of Europe, 1966]. Annotated by R.P.
box 15, folder 1
Weimann, Robert,
1952-1963
Scope and Contents note
13 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Robert Weimann in Ingolstadt and Lübbecke. Weimann writes about personnel
changes at the firm Despag [Deutsche Spinnereimaschinen AG in Ingolstadt] and mentions editing three catalogs of spare parts
[Ersatzteilkataloge] produced by Despag which include photographs by R.P. In the context of the culture prize awarded to R.P.,
Weimann mentions an article about R.P. which appeared in the
Essener Allgemeine Zeitung on 14 Sept., 1960. Weimann reviews extensively the books
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien and
Bäume; mentions an exhibition of R.P.'s work in Dortmund in 1962 and a biography of R.P. issued in the catalog
Werkstatt Porträt 10. Both mention mutual friends Herman Virl, [Henner?] Kätelhön and Otto Schmidt.
box 15, folder 1
Wenzel, W.,
1953
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you letter to R.P. for sending a copy of
Schloss Cappenberg. On the letterhead of Stadt Dortmund, Städtisches Kulturamt.
box 15, folder 1
Werbe GmbH,
1954
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P. : correspondence with Mr. Figlarek from the firm Die Werbe GmbH; concerning reprints of photographic
images of winter for a greeting card or advertisement [Glückwunschanzeige].
box 15, folder 1
Werdendes Abendland an Rhein und Ruhr [exhibition],
1956
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and Dr. Elbern of Villa Hügel in Essen, concerning reprints of
R.P.'s photographs of the cathedral in Aachen, for the exhibition "Werdendes Abendland an Rhein und Ruhr", organized by the
Museum Folkwang and held at the Villa Hügel.
box 15, folder 2
Wilhelm Wessel -
Westfalenspiegel
box 15, folder 2
Wessel, Wilhelm,
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the artist, who mentions that his work is part of a collective exhibition held at the museum in Elberfeld
in April and May 1950. Wessel also comments on Norman Mailer's
Naked and the dead [
Die Nackten und die Toten], and mentions [Hugo] Kükelhaus.
box 15, folder 2
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung,
1953-1954
Scope and Contents note
7 items (on 8 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Jakob Funke at the
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in Essen, regarding photographs commisioned for a book project with text by Karl von Sabel. Funke mentions R.P.'s photograph
of an administrative building of the firm Krupp and a double-portrait.
box 15, folder 2
Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse,
1956
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Ludwig Nieman; concerning reprints of photographs of architecture in the
Ruhr Region for the publications
Kristall and
Der runde Bogen [by Adolf Heckel]. With a mention of Josef Dickerhoff.
box 15, folder 2
Westfälischer Kunstverein,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. from the Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster/Westfalen (Carl Bäufer?) notifying R.P. that his work will
be shown in an exhibition of the former Essener Werkgemeinschaft, 16 September -20 November 1955, at the Westfälischer Kunstverein.
With a mention of the artists [Frida] Schoy, [Elisabeth] Treskow and Lessmann.
box 15, folder 2
Westfälische Landes-Bausparkasse (Münster in Westfalen, Germany),
1964
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: financial business correspondence.
box 15, folder 2
Westfälische Verlagsbuchhandlung Mocker und Jahn,
1950
Scope and Contents note
1 item: agreement between R.P. and the publisher in Soest; regarding the book project
Soest.
box 15, folder 2
Westfalenspiegel, Münster/Westfalen,
1960-1961
Scope and Contents note
7 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Clemens Herbermann regarding the inclusion of photographs by R.P. in various
issues of
Westfalenspiegel. R.P. describes his photographs of cabbage [Grünkohl] and sends hitherto unpublished photographs of Höxter and Corvey. [Other
correspondence with Herbermann is filed in Box 8, F.6].
box 15, folder 3
Theodor Arthur Winde - Karl Woltze
box 15, folder 3
Winde, Arthur Theodor,
1956
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the sculptor in Münster/Westfalen. R.P. comments on Winde's art work called
"Baukasten". Winde mentions a commission to photograph his wooden sculptures in Essen. Both mention Paul Pieper and Carl Heise.
box 15, folder 3
Winkhaus, Gerd Paul,
1956
Scope and Contents note
2 letters, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence concerning reprints of portrait photographs by R.P. found in the estate of
Winkhaus's mother.
box 15, folder 3
Wochatz, Oskar,
1958
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by a war-time comrade, who inquires about reprints of photographs R.P. took during the war in an air-raid
shelter.
box 15, folder 3
Wolf, Gustav,
1953-1958
Scope and Contents note
7 items (on 10 leaves), including 1 by R.P. : correspondence with the architect and the "Landesbaupfleger für Westfalen".
Wolf's letters provide insight into his preservation of historic sites in Westphalia. Wolf asks R.P. for reprints of photographs
of Haus Byink by Davensberg. Included is a copy of Wolf's letter to the president of Arnsberg [Regierungspräsident]. Wolf
mentions R.P.'s portrait photograph of Romano Guardini. Discussed also is the plan of a lecture by R.P. [See also correspondence
with Wolf filed in Box 16, F.5-7 under topic
Landscape].
box 15, folder 3
Woltze, Karl,
1950-1958
Scope and Contents note
5 items: 3 letters by Karl Woltze in Essen-Bredney to R.P., 1 letter to R.P. by Woltze's daughter Doris, and an invitation
to a lecture by the art historian Walter Paatz. Woltze compares photographs by R.P. with music and comments on the lecture
"Das Stadtbild von Florenz" held by Paatz on July 23, 1958 at the Kunstring Folkwang in Essen.
box 15, folder 4
Wulf, Friedrich,
1956-1962, undated
Scope and Contents note
13 items (on 18 leaves), including 4 by R.P.: correspondence with the theologist. R.P. writes about his plans to publish a
theoretical treatise about photography, and comments on a privately printed book commissioned by Siepmann Werke [
Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Möhne, 1957]. R.P. also mentions holding a lecture at the Gesellschaft für Technik und Wirtschaft in Bochum in April 1956, and
an article about his work in
Image, an Eastman House publication [vol. 8, no. 3, 1959)
box 15, folder 5
Wunsch - Zweckverband "Naturpark Arnsberger Wald"
box 15, folder 5
Wunsch,
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. regarding rent increase.
box 15, folder 5
Fachverband Ziegelindustrie Nordrhein-Westfalen,
1961
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence concerning reprints of the photographs of the coal mines Germania and Katharina,
and several reprints of photographs of Lübeck. With a mention of the architect Fritz Schupp.
box 15, folder 5
Zink,
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by R.P. to Dr. Zink, in which R.P. responds to criticism concerning his lecture at the Hochschule Hannover.
box 15, folder 5
Zwanck, Ernst,
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
4 letters by R.P. : correspondence with the firm Ernst Zwanck in Hamburg, concerning an unsatisfactory batch of tea.
box 15, folder 5
Zweckverband "Naturpark Arnsberger Wald",
1962-1966
Scope and Contents note
10 items, including 6 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the association "Naturpark Arnsberger Wald" (von Wintzingerode),
related to the book project
Im Wald. Also included are 2 letters to the Chamber of Commerce in Arnsberg.
box 15, folder 6
Unidentified post-war correspondence,
1947 - 1966 and undated
box 15, folder 6
Bi,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to addressed to "Lieber Bi", dated Jan. 6, 1966. With a mention of an [R.P.'s?] photographic archive (Plattenarchiv).
box 15, folder 6
Blaue [?], Lotte,
1955
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. by the sister of Florence Klingender; notifying R.P. about the death of the art historian Francis Donald
Klingender.
box 15, folder 6
E. S.
1960
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. signed E. S.; congratulating R.P. for being awarded the culture prize. With a newspaper clipping attached.
box 15, folder 6
Gräfin [von Cappenberg?],
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you letter by R.P. addressed to "Hochverehrte Gräfin". R.P. thanks for her for supporting his book project on the
castle of Cappenberg [
Schloss Cappenberg, 1953], and mentions Prof. Botzenhart.
box 15, folder 6
Höfer, Josef (?),
1958
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. sent from Capri on Jan. 3, 1958.
box 15, folder 6
Ingolstadt [letter from],
Aug. 17, 1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P., signature illegible, dated "Ingolstadt, den 17.8.66"; regarding reprints of R.P.'s photographs of cotton
machines. [Possibly an employee of Deutsche Spinnerei-Maschinenbau AG in Ingolstadt].
box 15, folder 6
Lenchen,
1956-1961
Scope and Contents note
4 letters by R.P. to "Lenchen" in Freiburg: R.P. writes about his book projects
Gestein and
Bäume (calling the latter "... eine vollkommene Negierung unserer Zeit ...") and a commission to photograph machines in Ingolstadt
[Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt?]; expresses his opinion about current trends in art and literature (especially
abstract art and Heinrich Böll); and mentions his professional contacts with Ernst Jünger and Carl Georg Heise.
box 15, folder 6
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 items: incomplete copy of a handwritten letter by R.P. to an unknown person [fhe first page is not present in the archive],
in which R.P. mentions Martin Hürlimann; the last page of a letter in which R.P. describes his experience of taking photographs
of a medieval castle in Italy [during his trip for the book project
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien?]; and a handwritten draft of a letter by R.P. to Dr. Thoma, in which R.P. mentions his work for Ingolstadt [Deutsche Spinnereimaschinenbau
AG?] and [Max?] Ettinger.
box 15, folder 6
"Verehrteste",
1959 1962
Scope and Contents note
2 letters by R.P. to an unidentified woman, whom R.P. addresses as "Verehrteste" [most honored lady]. R.P. writes about his
passion for skiing and mentions in this context the photographer Stefan Kruckenhauser; also writes extensively about his book
Hohenstaufenburgen in Süditalien.
box 15, folder 6
W., G.
1956
Scope and Contents note
1 post card to R.P. sent from Stockholm; signed "Holi" [?] and "G.W. c/o Dr. med. Kurt [?] in Hamburg".
box 15, folder 6
Miscellaneous,
1947-1958
Scope and Contents note
12 items: a birthday poem for R.P. dated "Zum 22. Juni 1947", 1 caricature drawing annotated by R.P., 5 obituaries (Annie
Schöningh and Hanno Hahn), an empty postal envelope addressed to R.P. in Wamel, and 3 decorative telegrams to R.P. congratulating
him on the culture prize: from Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, Erich Schott, and Adolf and Aenne Schulte-Guenne; also a letter
to R.P. dated April 14, 1951.
Family and other personal correspondence, Series II.
1924-1977
Container Summary: ca. 224 items
Scope and Contents note
This portion of the archive is organized into two subseries: Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Renger-Patzsch (from 1966 to 1977),
and Personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch (from 1924 to 1966).
Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Renger-Patzsch, Series II.A.
1966-1977
Physical Description:
134 items
Scope and Contents note
The first subseries comprises the business correspondence of Renger-Patzsch's widow Agnes Renger-Patzsch and his son Ernst
Renger-Patzsch with various organizations, industrial firms, editors, and friends. The letters provide information about the
range of professional activities relating to Albert Renger-Patzsch which took place after his death, mainly the reprinting
of his photographs, several exhibitions of his work, lectures, and press articles. Correspondence filed under Carl Georg Heise
(ca. 35 items) , which also includes letters by Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, Otto Steinert, Fritz Kempe and the Sigbert Mohn Verlag,
focuses on the reissue of
Die Welt ist schön and the plan for a book commemorating the late Albert Renger-Patzsch.
box 15, folder 7-12
Harry Abrams - Unidentified
1947-1977
box 15, folder 7
Harry N. Abrams - Harder,
1966 - 1967
box 15, folder 7
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,
1967
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence with the publishing house (Henriette Goppel) regarding reprints of R.P.'s
photograph of a staircase in the castle in Bruchsal.
box 15, folder 7
Aken, Roberto van,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to Agnes R.P. from an estate administrator in Lugano regarding the death of Ninon Hesse.
box 15, folder 7
Arli [?],
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 postcard addressed to Agnes R.P., sent from Denmark.
box 15, folder 7
Benscheidt, Karl,
1967
Scope and Contents note
4 business letters to Agnes R.P. regarding reprints.
box 15, folder 7
College Art Association of America,
1972
Scope and Contents note
2 items (3 leaves): a letter from CAA in New York (S.A. Callisen) addressed to Albert R.P. asking him to contribute photographs
for the Educational Lantern Slide Project, and a description of the project. In German. Annotated by Agnes R.P.
box 15, folder 7
Colsman, Adalbert,
1967, 1976
Scope and Contents note
7 items (8 leaves): 5 letters to Agnes R.P. from the industrialist and art collector, who mentions a book project about R.P.
and a recently opened exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work. Also 1 personal letter to Ernst R.P. [with envelope] regarding
the death of Agnes R.P.
box 15, folder 7
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by Agnes R.P. regarding a payment.
box 15, folder 7
Dierks,
1966
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence concerning the estate of the late R.P. Included are 2 letters from Dr.
Dierks ["Wirtschaftsprüfer"] from the Westfälische Landesbausparkasse in Münster.
box 15, folder 7
Evangelische Luisen-Kirchengemeinde (Berlin, Germany),
1967
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P. Concerning the grave of Frieda Renger-Patzsch in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
box 15, folder 7
Foto Prisma,
1967
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence with the editor Heinrich Freytag concerning a lecture by Adolf J. Schmoll
gen. Eisenwerth published by
Foto Prisma in March 1967, which was illustrated with photographs by R.P. Agnes R.P. comments on an article about R.P. by Gerhard Kerff.
With a mention of Otto Steinert.
box 15, folder 7
Friends of Photography,
1973
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter from the Friends of Photography in Carmel, California to Agnes R.P. Annotated by Agnes R.P.
box 15, folder 7
Fuhrmann, Ilse,
1969
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to Agnes R.P. by the widow of Ernst Fuhrmann, sent from Flushing, New York. With a mention of the photographer Lotte
Jacobi and Ernst Fuhrmann's son Arend.
box 15, folder 7
Gebrüder-Busch-Kreis,
1972
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the organization Gebrüder-Busch-Kreis in Hilchenbach-Dahlbruch [ written
by Wolfgang Burbach] regarding the exhibition
Westfälische Wasserburgen. [Also see checklist filed in Box 20, F. 11].
box 15, folder 7
Harder,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by Agnes R.P., refering to a list of photographs by Albert R.P. and an exhibition of his work.
box 15, folder 8
Heise, Carl Georg,
1967 and 1977
Scope and Contents note
ca. 35 items (on 38 leaves): professional and personal correspondence between Carl Georg Heise and Agnes R.P., also with Schmoll
gen. Eisenwerth, Otto Steinert, the Sigbert Mohn Verlag in Gütersloh [Dieter Struss], and Fritz Kempe at the Staatliche Landesbildstelle
Hamburg; mainly concerning the reissue of
Die Welt ist schön and Heise's plan to publish a book commemorating the late Albert Renger-Patzsch. Also included is a letter from Heise to
Renger-Patzsch's son Ernst, and a letter from Ernst R.P. to Heise [from 1977]. Ernst R.P. mentions correspondence between
Albert R.P. and Mies van der Rohe about reissuing
Die Welt ist schön.
box 15, folder 9
Daan Helfferich - Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
box 15, folder 9
Helfferich, Daan,
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from Agnes R.P. to the editor of
Foto. Agnes R.P. writes about the opening ceremony of an exhibition of R.P.'s work; asks if Helfferich would buy back her late
husband's camera; and responds to Helfferich's question regarding copyrights of R.P.'s photographs of trees.
box 15, folder 9
Henze, Helene,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. Henze mentions Rudolf Grossmann.
box 15, folder 9
Hesse-Frielinghaus, Herta,
1966-1967
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the director of Städtisches Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum in Hagen; regarding
the inclusion of R.P.'s photographic work in the exhibition
Kunsthandwerk.
box 15, folder 9
Hierl, Hubertus,
1967
Scope and Contents note
4 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the photographer Hubertus Hierl concerning Hierl's portrait photographs
of Pablo Picasso. Hierl comments on R.P.'s photographic work, and mentions his own plans for a documentary film and a televison
program.
box 15, folder 9
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.,
1967
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the art editor Roberta Guerette, regarding the copyright for R.P.'s
photograph of the Zwinger in Dresden, for the book by Thomas Patrick Neill
Story of mankind. Included is an illustration of the Zwinger in Dresden.
box 15, folder 10
Lotte Jacobi - Hugo Kückelhaus
box 15, folder 10
Jacobi, Lotte,
1966-1969
Scope and Contents note
5 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. The American-based photographer Jacobi mentions that an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic
work, curated Hugh L. Edwards, will be held in 1967 at the Art Institute in Chicago. Jacobi also asks for a copy of a lecture
R.P. gave in Dortmund, and offers to return to Agnes R.P. letters she recieved from Albert R.P. Included is an invitation
to the opening of The New Community Church Art Gallery in New York, featuring an exhibition of Lotte Jacobi's photographic
work.
box 15, folder 10
Jünger, Ernst,
1974
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to Agnes R.P. Jünger responds to the news about the death of R.P.'s daughter Sabine. Annotated by Agnes R.P. : a
mention of Frau v. Hügel.
box 15, folder 10
Kätelhön, Henner,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to Agnes R.P. Kätelhön mentions his letter to the Sauerland Verlag.
box 15, folder 10
Kempe, Fritz,
1967, 1977
Scope and Contents note
2 letters from the director of Staatliche Landesbildstelle in Hamburg, one to Agnes R.P. and one to Ernst R.P. In his letter
to Agnes R.P. [1967], Kempe mentions his article about Albert R.P. issued in the magazine
Kamera und Schule. In his letter to Ernst R.P. [1977], Kempe expresses his interest in acquiring recordings of lectures by Albert R.P., and
photographs ["Gummidrucke"] by Albert's father Robert Renger-Patzsch.
box 15, folder 10
Kerff, Gerhard,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to Agnes R.P. from the photographer, writing about his article on R.P. published in the September issue of
Foto Prisma, stating that it is based on his own student notes taken during lectures R.P. held at the Folkwang School in Essen in 1934.
Kerff provides some details about R.P.'s lectures.
box 15, folder 10
Klugmann, Hedwig,
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1 legal document of Das Amtsgericht Bad Salzuflen concerning mortgages of Hedwig Klugmann, and an envelope.
box 15, folder 10
Knaup, Adelheid,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. from Adelheid Knaup (?).
box 15, folder 10
Knupp, Karl H.,
1967
Scope and Contents note
7 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the architect and his firm (Hermann Enders) regarding reprints of a
photograph of a winter landscape by R.P.
box 15, folder 10
Kreutter, Wolfgang,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by Agnes R.P. to the German artist. Agnes R.P. mentions the exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work in Essen, and
plans for another exhibition in Arnsberg.
box 15, folder 10
Kückelhaus, Hugo,
1967, 1976
Scope and Contents note
3 letters: 2 to Agnes R.P. [1967] and 1 to Ernst R.P. [1976). In his letter to Agnes R.P. Kückelhaus writes about photography,
mentions a portrait photograph of Pablo Picasso and Ansel Adams' photograph of a pinecone. With a caricature drawing.
box 15, folder 11
Magdalena Padberg -
Die Zeit
box 15, folder 11
Padberg, Magdalena,
1968
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. in which Padberg writes about the popularity of her latest book, a biography of Elsa Brändström
[
Das Leben der Elsa Brändström, 1968].
box 15, folder 11
Rittersche Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Soest, Germany),
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 thank-you letter to Agnes R.P. with letterhead of Rittersche Buch- und Kunsthandlung in Soest, regarding an invitation to
the opening of the exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work in Arnsberg. Signature illegible.
box 15, folder 11
Schlensker, Ernst,
1968
Scope and Contents note
1 professional letter by Agnes R.P. to the Regierungspräsident Ernst Schlensker in Arnsberg concerning Schlensker's draft
of a text about Albert R.P. for a calender [Heimatkalender].
box 15, folder 11
Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. Adolf,
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 items: envelope and letter to Agnes R.P. from the art historian. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth thanks her for a copy of
Gestein, mentions his lecture about R.P. published by
Foto Prisma [in March 1967] and the editor Heinrich Freytag.
box 15, folder 11
Schupp, F. (Fritz),
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. from the architect.
box 15, folder 11
Kulturgemeinde Siegen,
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. ; concerning a future exhibition.
box 15, folder 11
Steinert, Otto,
1967
Scope and Contents note
4 items: correspondence with Otto Steinert; regarding the sale of several of R.P.'s photographs for Steinert's personal collection.
Included is a letter from Sigbert Mohn Verlag in Gütersloh to Otto Steinert, declining to publish a book about R.P. because
of the negative impact of color television on sales of black and white photography books.
box 15, folder 11
F. Tigges Buch- und Kunsthandlung,
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the editor Goldstein; regarding photographs by R.P. published in a
calendar [
Westfalen-Kalender 1967]. [Also see correspondence with Albert R.P. filed in Box 14, F. 4].
box 15, folder 11
Georg Westermann Schulverlag,
1967
Scope and Contents note
3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. ; regarding reprints of a photograph by R.P. for a new edition of a school book. The photograph
was previously published in the magazine
Camera, no. 4, 1967.
box 15, folder 11
Westfälische Landes-Bausparkasse (Münster in Westfalen, Germany),
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter to Agnes R.P.
box 15, folder 11
Woltze, Karl,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P.
box 15, folder 11
Die Zeit,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter by Agnes R.P. to the publishers of
Die Zeit in Hamburg regarding copyright permission for the architect Karl H. Knupp.
box 15, folder 12
Unidentified correspondence with Agnes Renger-Patzsch,
1967
box 15, folder 12
K[?],
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P., sent from a hospital [Städtisches Krankenhaus] in Soest. K. writes about the significance
of R.P.'s photographic work and mentions that Carl Georg Heise is writing a book about R.P.
box 15, folder 12
V[?],
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to Agnes A.P. dated July 4, 1967. The author writes about the light in the exhibition space in the castle in Arnsberg
where R.P. s photographs were shown; and mentions sending to Agnes R.P. a list of 88 "Sujets" for a publication about R.P.
With a mention of Korkmann and Krenz.
Personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch, Series II.B.
1924-1966
Container Summary: ca. 90 items
Scope and Contents note
The second subseries, dating from 1924 to 1966, comprises personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch with his mother
Frieda [Johanna Frederike], other relatives and friends.
box 16
Frieda Renger-Patzsch - Paul Wöller,
1924-1966
box 16, folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Frieda,
1924-1931
Scope and Contents note
48 personal letters (on 49 leaves), including 6 postcards, all in Sütterlin script, by the mother of R.P. Johanna Fredericke
to Albert (28 letters) and his wife Agnes (20 letters). [Needs further analysis. ]
box 16, folder 2
Römer, Carl,
1954-1966
Scope and Contents note
12 personal letters, including 1 by R.P. to his brother-in-law Carl Römer, specialist in internal medicine, and 1 letter from
Carl Römer to Agnes Renger-Patzsch. [Needs further analysis. ]
box 16, folder 3
Nina Sackett - Paul Wöller
box 16, folder 3
Nina Sackett,
1962
Scope and Contents note
1 letter to R.P. written in English. Sackett writes about her relationship to R.P.'s son Ernst Norman.
box 16, folder 3
Werner, Elisabeth,
1949-1959
Scope and Contents note
10 items (on 13 leaves): personal letters to R.P. by Elisabeth Werner, a former Zeiss employee in Jena; mainly concerning
her family.
box 16, folder 3
Wielfing, Alfred,
1946-1950
Scope and Contents note
3 letters to R.P.
box 16, folder 3
Wittke, Elisabeth,
1949
Scope and Contents note
1 personal letter to R.P.
box 16, folder 3
Wöller, Paul,
1946-1954
Scope and Contents note
7 items (on 9 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: personal correspondence with the carpenter Paul Wöller from Gützkow near Greiswald.
Wöller signs his letters as "Opa". One of the letters by R.P.'s includes an ink drawing.
Correspondence by topic, Series III.
1952-1967
Container Summary: ca. 100 items
Scope and Contents note
This series contains two groups of correspondence organized by topic.
The first group consists of ca. 22 items of correspondence of Agnes and Ernst Renger-Patzsch related to the sale of Albert
Renger-Patzsch's photographic estate. Letters between Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Helmut Gernsheim concern Gernsheim's efforts
to sell the estate to the University of Texas.
The second group comprises ca. 80 items of correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch related to protection and preservation
of the natural environment in Soest and the Möhnesee region.
box 16, folder 4
Photographic estate of Albert Renger-Patzsch,
1966-1967
box 16, folder 4
Bene, Siegfried,
1967
Scope and Contents note
1 business letter (on 3 leaves) to Agnes R.P. from the director of the firm C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Siegfried Bene, concerning
the estate of Renger-Patzsch, including copyright issues.
box 16, folder 4
Ford-Werke,
1967
Scope and Contents note
2 items: a letter to Agnes R.P. signed "Bi", and an envelope. On letterhead of Ford-Werke AG. in Köln-Niehl. With a mention
of Helmut Gernsheim, Hoya, Walter Boje, and Henner.
box 16, folder 4
Gernsheim, Helmut,
1966-1967
Scope and Contents note
10 items (ca 20 leaves). The letters provide insight into the conflict between Agnes R.P. and Helmut Gernsheim caused by Agnes
R.P.'s refusal to sell R.P.'s photographs to the University of Texas. Included are 5 copies of a letter by Gernsheim and 2
copies of a letter by Agnes R.P.
box 16, folder 4
Renger-Patzsch, Ernst,
1967
Scope and Contents note
9 items (20 leaves): professional correspondence between Ernst Renger-Patzsch and Walter Boje. With a mention of Helmut Gernsheim.
Included is a copy of a letter from Albert R.P. to Walter Boje from March 30, 1966, 3 lists of negatives, and one list of
photographs.
box 16, folder 5-7
Landscape [
Landschaft],
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
Ca. 80 items (or 111 leaves). R.P. expresses his protest against cutting trees and replacing them with commercial advertisements,
such as Cola Cola ads. He corresponds with several city and regional officials and institutions, mainly Gustav Wolf and F.
Runge, the association Ruhrtalsperrenverein, and several mainly local newspapers. Also included are typescripts and offprints
containing articles by R.P. and Hugo Kükelhaus, one letter by Wilhelm Lienenkämper, and letters by the industrialist and art
collector Adalbert Colsman and by Herbert Kayser from Wuragrohr GmbH. Arranged chronologically by date. [Other correspondence
with Gustav Wolf is also filed in Box 15, F.3.]
Writings by Albert Renger-Patzsch, Series IV.
1954-1958, undated
Container Summary: circa 30 manuscripts
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts of mostly unpublished lectures and articles by Albert Renger-Patzsch. Most have proofreading corrections; some
are annotated; several are present in more then one version. The writings are listed in alphabetical order. If the title is
not stated by the author, the text is quoted with its first words. Unidentified texts by Albert Renger-Patzsch are filed in
Box 18, F. 12.
box 17, folder 1
"Als ich der freudlichen Aufforderung Professor Steinerts, zu Ihnen von meiner Auffassung der Photographie zu sprechen, zusagte
..."
Scope and Contents note
4 leaves. R.P.'s views on photography.
box 17, folder 2
"Architekt und Fotograf"
Scope and Contents note
14 leaves: 8 leaves of a lecture on architecture and photography. Also included are 6 leaves marked by R.P. as unedited part
1.
box 17, folder 3
"Ausweg aus dem Chaos, einige Gedanken zur heutigen Situation der Fotografie"
Scope and Contents note
9 leaves and 1 small typed clipping with a quote from Hippolyte Taine. 2 complete versions, and 2 additional versions of page
3 only. All versions signed. R.P. writes about subjectivity in photography and mentions Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Otto
Steinert.
box 17, folder 4
"Autobiographisches ..."
Scope and Contents note
11 leaves: 2 versions. An autobiographical text detailing R.P.'s development as a photographer.
box 17, folder 5
"Der Mensch - dem Technischen hörig - zerstört seine eigene Wohnung"
Scope and Contents note
4 leaves. An article protesting against the tree removal on local streets. R.P. refers to Ernst Jünger's essay
Das abenteuerliche Herz.
box 17, folder 6
"Die Vergewaltigung der Landschaft zu kunstfotografischen Zwecken ist hier verboten"
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf. Annotated. An article protesting the artificial beautification of landscape in photography.
box 17, folder 7
"Einiges über Portraitfotografie, über Hände und Händeportraits"
Scope and Contents note
3 leaves. Annotated: "Photographie für Alle". An article about the photography of hands.
box 17, folder 8
"Ersatzteilaufnahmen"
Scope and Contents note
12 leaves: 3 versions, each on 4 leaves. One version is titled by hand "Ersatzteilkatalog" and includes numerous editing corrections.
R.P. reflects on the difficulties of rendering industrial spare parts of cotton machinery. [Also see correspondence related
to R.P.'s commission for Deutsche Spinnerei-Maschinenbau AG in Ingolstadt.]
box 17, folder 9
"Fotografie und Kunst"
Scope and Contents note
8 leaves: 2 copies, each on 4 leaves. An article about photography as an independent visual art form.
box 17, folder 10
"Fotografischer Mord", also titled: "Verantwortungsbewusstsein",
Scope and Contents note
6 leaves: 2 versions, 2 copies of each version. One is extensively annotated by R.P.; another has the title
"Verantwortungsbewusstsein" written by hand, and the title
"Fotographischer Mord" crossed out. A critical text accusing contemporary photography of sensationalism, indiscretion and inhumanity. R.P. refers
to Ernst Jünger, praises the photographic work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt and Hilmar Pabel, and mentions Edward
Steichen's exhibition
The family of man.
box 17, folder 11
"Hochkonjunktur"
Scope and Contents note
2 leaves. Leaf 2 has a drawing in red crayon on verso. A biting critical review of a photography exhibition held in Stuttgart:
"... eine Blütenlese fotografischer Eintagsfliegen in anspruchsvoller Aufmachung."
box 17, folder 12
"Landschaft"
Scope and Contents note
18 leaves, including 1 ms.: 3 versions. An article on landscape photography.
box 17, folder 13
"Pflanzenaufnahmen"
Scope and Contents note
10 leaves. An article about photography of plants; with detailed technical suggestions.
box 17, folder 14
"Photogen"
Scope and Contents note
3 leaves. An attempt to define the word "photogenic".
box 17, folder 15
"Ueber Architekturaufnahmen"
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves, including 3 ms. An article on photography of architecture.
box 17, folder 16
"Über bestimmte Dinge wird man sich erst klar, wenn man in Lagen gerät, durch die man gezwungen wird, darüber nachzudenken"
Scope and Contents note
14 leaves: 4 copies. A speech given by R.P. to an organisation of artisans [Handwerskammer] on the occasion of the departure
of its manager. R.P. describes the impact of mass society, electric power and motorization on the artisan's profession.
box 17, folder 17
"Ueber die Grenzen der Photographie. Kann die Photographie den Typus wiedergeben?"
Scope and Contents note
8 leaves: 2 copies. R.P. rejects the idea that (portrait) photography can depict a certain type of person, representative
of his times, race or profession. He argues that "type' is an abstract idea.
box 17, folder 18-20
"Versuch einer Einordnung der Fotografie",
1958 and undated
Scope and Contents note
3 versions: 19 leaves, ca. 23 leaves, and 19 leaves. All versions are substantially annotated. One is dated 1958. R.P. defines
photography as an art form in its own right.
box 18, folder 1
"Vom Sinn der Photographie und der Verantwortlichkeit des Photographen"
Scope and Contents note
20 leaves: 10 leaves of a lecture on the meaning of photography and the responsibility of the photographer; and 2 copies (4
leaves each) of an earlier version, both incomplete: leaves 7-10 only. Also included are 2 leaves with a fragment of the lecture.
(2 copies)
box 18, folder 2
"Vortrag München"
Scope and Contents note
17 leaves. Annotated. Leaf 17 has a technical drawing in pen in verso. A lecture on aesthetics of photography, including landscape
photography.
box 18, folder 3-4
"Vortrag Münster"
Scope and Contents note
44 leaves: 2 copies (16 and 28 leaves), partially annotated. R.P. reflects on the evolution of modern photography and the
problematic relationship between photography and art, discusses landscape photography and gives his own definition of photography.
box 24* , folder 1
Oversize items from Box 18, f.3
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1 leaf from
Zeitbilder with illustrations of photographs of flowers by R.P.; and 1 leaf with text by R.P. "Der geistige Standort der Fotografie":
an undated offprint from
Der Westfalenspiegel, issued on the occasion of an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work at the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund.
box 18, folder 5
"Weltausstellung der Photographie"
undated [1964?]
Scope and Contents note
2 leaves: 2 copies (each on 1 leaf). A critical review of an exhibition organized by Karl Pawek [
Weltausstellung der Photographie, held in 1964 in Hamburg].
box 18, folder 6
"Wenig bekannt ist, dass mit fotografischen Mitteln ein restlos ähnliches Porträt ganz selten zu erzielen ist ..."
Scope and Contents note
3 leaves. R.P. writes about the limits of professional portrait photography which he feels will slowly die out.
box 18, folder 7
"Wo steht die Fotografie heute? Lichtbildvortrag von Albert Renger-Patzsch gehalten am 12. März 1956,
1956
Scope and Contents note
20 leaves: 17 leaves of a lecture in which R.P. tries to define aesthetics of photography as a graphic medium "sui generis"
in its relation to technology and art. Among others, R.P. mentions David Octavius Hill, Hugo Erfurth and Edward Steichen's
exhibition
The family of man. Also included are 3 annotated leaves of an earlier version. The lecture was held at the Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg.
[See also poster filed in Box 20, F. 4. ]
box 18, folder 8
Ziele, von Albert Renger-Patzsch. D.W.B., Bad Harzburg,
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf. A text about the future goals of photography as an art form.
box 18, folder 9
Obergutachten,
1954
Scope and Contents note
2 leaves. An expert opinion of R.P. written in connection with a lawsuit between Photo-Selliers and Förderanlagen Wilhelmshaven.
box 18, folder 10
"Am Rande des Industriegebietes, nahe der alten Stadt Soest, wird in einer kleinen Werkstadt ein altes Handwerk geübt ..."
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf. Annotated. An article about the printing workshop of Hermann Kätelhön. Typed on verso of the letterhead of Haus Kätelhön.
box 18, folder 11
"Vortrag Münster A"
Scope and Contents note
4 leaves: 2 copies (2 leaves each); annotated. A text about photography as a profession.
box 18, folder 12
Unidentified texts,
Scope and Contents note
8 leaves: 5 unidentified texts , including one about Walter Gropius's student dormitory at Harvard University, as an example
of the illusion of movement in architecture. Includes a quote from Kant.
Ephemera, Series V.
1927-1980
Container Summary: circa 345 items
Scope and Contents note
This series contains ephemeral publications predominantly related to Albert Renger-Patzsch. It is organized in three subseries:
Press clippings, Offprints and other printed ephemera, and Lists of photographs and books.
Press clippings, Series V.A.
1927-1980
Container Summary: ca. 274 items
Scope and Contents note
Press Clippings includes ca. 270 loose press clippings, and 4 notebooks. The notebooks were compiled by Renger-Patzsch before
the war, possibly during the early 1930s. Each notebook contains a large number of pasted-in press clippings of reviews and
illustrations dating from ca. 1927 to 1931. A large part of Renger-Patzsch's archive at the Museum Folkwang in Essen was destroyed
during an air raid in 1944, so many of the press illustrations in the note books are the only remaining reproductions of Renger-Patzsch's
pre-war photographs. The reviews provide information about the reception of his pre-war work, book projects, exhibitions,
and other professional activities. The loose press clippings date from 1960 to 1966 and are arranged by topic: the
Photokina 1960, the 1960 Culture Prize awarded to Renger-Patzsch, his obituaries, and commemorative exhibitions. The majority was sent to
Renger-Patzsch from the clipping service "Der Ausschnitt" in Berlin-Lichterfelde. Miscellaneous press clippings, some unrelated
to Renger-Patzsch, are filed in Box 19, F. 8 and 9.
box 18, folder 13
Notebook with press clippings,
1929-1932
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a ledger with pasted-in press clippings of photographs by R.P.; ink captions.
box 18, folder 14
Notebook with press clippings,
1930-1936
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a notebook with pasted-in press clippings of articles about R.P. and of his photographs.
box 19, folder 1
Notebook:
Ringel-Renger-Rosen Patzsch, pt. 1,
1927-1931
Scope and Contents note
1 item: part 1 of a ledger with pasted-in press clippings about R.P. and illustrations of his photographs. Ms. label: "Ringel-Renger-Rosen
Patzsch I", several ink captions; one ms. copy.
box 19, folder 2
Notebook: "Ringel-Renger-Rosen Patzsch," pt. 2,
1929-1931
Scope and Contents note
1 item: part 2 of a ledger with pasted-in press clippings about R.P. and illustrations of his photographs. Ms. label: "Ringel-Renger-Rosen
Patzsch II"; several ink captions; one article in English with ms. German translation; two typescripts; ink captions.
box 19, folder 3
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition]
Scope and Contents note
24 items, including 6 filed in Box 24*, F.2: press clippings and 1 offprint with articles about the
Photokina 1960 exhibition in Cologne. The offprint includes Iris Baum's article "Photokina 1960 - neue Impulse?" (in:
Das Drogisten-Fachblatt, Darmstadt, undated). [See also ephemera filed in Box 20, F. 5.]
box 24* , folder 2
Oversize from Box 19, f. 3
Scope and Contents note
6 items from Box 19, F. 3: press clippings about the
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition] exhibition in Cologne.
box 19, folder 4
Culture Prize
1960
Scope and Contents note
Ca. 184 press clippings, including 3 filed in Box 24*, F.2: articles about the culture prize awarded to R.P. and Fritz Brill
by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. R.P. is referred to as "Photograph der Neuen Sachlichkeit" (photographer of New
Objectivity). [See also ephemera filed in Box 20, F. 6.]
box 24* , folder 2
Oversize from Box 19, f. 4
Scope and Contents note
3 items: press clippings about the 1960 Culture Prize awarded to R.P. and Fritz Brill by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie.
box 19, folder 5
Obituaries for Albert Renger-Patzsch,
1966
Scope and Contents note
19 items: press clippings with R.P.'s obituaries, and an incomplete offprint with text by Ernst Renger-Patzsch
Mein Vater Albert Renger-Patzsch. [Filed in Box 24*, F.3.]
box 24* , folder 3
Oversize from Box 19, F. 5
Scope and Contents note
1 item: incomplete offprint with text by Ernst Renger-Patzsch,
Mein Vater Albert Renger-Patzsch.
box 19, folder 6
Ruhrlandmuseum Essen,
1966
Scope and Contents note
9 items (17 leaves, including 2 filed in Box 24*, F.3): press clippings about the commemorative exhibition of photographs
by R.P. held in 1966 at the Ruhrland- und Heimatmuseum in Essen. [Also see typescript of opening speech by Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth,
filed in Box 20, F. 8 and correspondence.]
box 24* , folder 3
Oversize from Box 19, F.6
Scope and Contents note
2 items: press clippings with articles about the commemorative exhibition of photographs by R.P. held in 1966 at the Ruhrland-
und Heimatmuseum in Essen.
box 19, folder 7
Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg,
1971
Scope and Contents note
8 items (11 leaves): press clippings with articles about the commemorative exhibition of photographs by R.P. held in 1971
at Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg; and 4 pages of a typescript text about R.P. by Fritz Kempe, titled
Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schüler, Beginn der modernen Fotografie.
box 19, folder 8
Miscellaneous press clippings related to Albert Renger-Patzsch,
1962- 1977, undated
Scope and Contents note
8 items (9 leaves), including 2 filed in Box 24*, F.4: articles on R.P. by Albert Dalhoff and Ernst Hopmann, and Wolfgang
J. Müller (on
Norddeutsche Backsteindome); an abridged version of Georg Reinhardt's lecture
Die Fotografie und die Wirklichkeit held at the opening of an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work at the AGFA-GEVAERT AG in Leverkusen; also articles by Werner
Langer and Fritz Kempe. [The articles by Ernst Hopmann and Fritz Kempe are filed in Box 24*, F.4.]
box 24* , folder 4
Oversize from Box 19, F. 8
Scope and Contents note
2 items: press clippings with articles about R.P., one by Ernst Hopmann, one by Fritz Kempe.
box 19, folder 9
Other miscellaneous press clippings, ,
1927-1980 undated
Scope and Contents note
16 items, including 6 filed in Box 24*, F.4: mainly articles about photography by various authors, incuding Alex Binder, Eva
Fehsenbecker, Hugo Loetscher, and J. R. Washington; an article by Siegried Unseld about Ninon Hesse; an obituary for Rudolf
Schwarz; an article about Kurt Goerttler's lecture
Die Welt der Werte im Denken unserer Zeit , and press clippings about George Grosz [in: Box 24*, F.4]. Also included is a press clipping in English about an engineering
project called "Wind Tunnel" [related to Ernst Renger-Patzsch?, filed in: Box 24*, F.4 ].
box 24* , folder 4
Oversize from Box 19, F. 9
Scope and Contents note
6 items: miscellaneous press clippings, including 4 related to George Grosz, one article from 1973 by Hugo Loetscher about
photography in the United States, and a press clipping in English about an engineering project called "Wind Tunnel" [related
to Ernst Renger-Patzsch?].
Offprints and other printed ephemera, Series V.B.
1927-1972
Container Summary: circa 50 items
Scope and Contents note
The subseries includes 9 offprints with texts by Renger-Patzsch, containing illustrations of his photographs, or texts by
other authors. Other printed ephemera in this subseries are arranged chronologically. Two groups are arranged by topic: the
Photokina 1960, and the 1960 Culture Prize awarded to Renger-Patzsch.
box 20, folder 1
Offprints, ,
1927-1972 undated
box 20, folder 1
Bey, Paul,
1928-1929
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf: "Neue Wege in der Lichtbildkunst" by Paul Bey; in:
Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte (43. Jahrg., 1928/29, 2. Bd). Includes a photograph of the coal mine Zeche Königsborn by R.P.
box 20, folder 1
Klingender, F. D. (Francis Donald),
1928
Scope and Contents note
1 offprint (3 leaves): "Grotesque ornament in Mediaeval art" by Francis Donald Klingender; in:
The Connoisseur (Nov. 1928). Includes R.P.'s photographs of the choir-stall in the monastery of Kappenberg, Westphalia.
box 20, folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
[pre-war]
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf depicting photographs of plants by R.P.; in:
Zeitbilder. Filed in: Box 24*, F. 1.
box 20, folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
[pre-war]
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf: "Photographie und Kunst". An article by R.P. issued on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Behnhaus in Bad Harzburg.
Source and date unknown.
box 20, folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 offprint: "Photographie und Kunst" by R.P.; in:
Photographische Korrespondenz ("Sonderabdruck", 63. Bd. Nr. 3 (752), 1 März 1927, pp. 80-82). Includes 2 photographs by R.P.
box 20, folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf: "Der Amateur und der Gegenstand" by R.P.; in:
Photoblätter (Heft 1, 1966).
box 20, folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
1972?
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf: "Der geistige Standort der Fotografie" by R.P.; in:
Der Westfalenspiegel, undated Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work at the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund. Filed
in Box 24*, F. 1.
box 20, folder 1
Weinert, August,
1928?
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1 offprint and 1 collage. Offprint: "Das Problem der Fussleiden und seine Lösung" by August Weinert; in:
Die Medizinische Welt; illustrated by R.P. The collage possibly by Samuel Adler. [See also correspondence between Weinert and R.P. filed in Box
1, F. 10.]
box 20, folder 1
Wunder, Franz,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 offprint: "Photographie und Kunst" by Franz Wunder; in:
Das Bild ? (undated [pre-war], May 30, No. 5, pp. 192-198). With a label of [Adolf Schustermann clipping service. [Fragile. Photocopy
made on acid free paper.]
box 20, folder 2
Pre-war publications,
1927-1940, undated
Scope and Contents note
11 items: a wine list of the Club von Berlin; Kestner-Gesellschaft's
Winterprogramm for 1927-1928; announcement (3 copies) of the exhibition
Neue Möglichkeiten photographischer Bildkunst: A. Renger-Patzsch Bad Harburg, held at Graphisches Kabinett München; a list of exhibitions held at the Museum Zwickau; 1932 New Year's greetings from Schloemann
Aktiengesellschaft in Düsseldorf [filed in Box 24*, F.5]; a flyer regarding the exhibition
Die Kamera held in 1933 at Ausstellungshallen am Funkturm in Berlin; curriculum of Höhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin [filed
on Box 24*, F.5]; a legal document concerning insurance for artisans, and a postcard with R.P.'s photograph "Lübeck Heiligengeistspital."
box 24* , folder 5
Oversize from Box 20, F. 2
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1932 New Year's greetings from Schloemann Aktiengesellschaft in Düsseldorf; and curriculum of the Höhere Graphische
Fachschule der Stadt Berlin.
box 20, folder 3
Publications,
1953-1961
Scope and Contents note
5 items: an engagement announcement; a poster for R.P.'s lecture
Wo steht die Fotografie heute? (held on March 12, 1956 at Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg, filed in Box 24, F. 5); an unidentified fragment of statutes
of an association,and 2 items related to Rudolf Schwarz: prospectus for
Kirchenbau, Welt vor der Schwelle, and Rudolf Schwarz's obituary.
box 24* , folder 5
Oversize from Box 20, F. 3
Scope and Contents note
1 item: a poster for R.P's lecture
Wo steht die Fotografie heute?, held on March 12, 1956 at the Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg.
box 20, folder 4
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition]
Scope and Contents note
7 items related to the
Photokina 1960 exhibition in Cologne.
box 20, folder 5
Culture Prize 1960 and Culture Prize 1966
Scope and Contents note
9 items: programs of the 1960 and 1966 award ceremonies, and reply cards.
box 20, folder 6
Publications,
1962
Scope and Contents note
4 items: an offprint from
Collection de Photo-cinéma, published by Photo-Club du Val-de-Bièvre: includes articles on photography by Jean Adhemar, Jean Fage, Lucien Lorelle, Daniel
Masclet, Marcel Bovis, Charles Perussaux, Jean Leroy (about Eugène Atget), and Lucienne Contreras. 3 items related to the
31st international exhibition organized by Photo Ciné Club du Val-de-Bièvre
Les grands photographes de notre temps, held at Hôtel de ville de Versailles, June 8 - July 1, 1962, including a text about the exhibition [author unknown, incomplete,
only the first two pages are present in the archive]. Also: 1 issue of
L'officiel de la photographie et du cinéma, (no. 96, June 62) published by F.I.A.P. (Fédération internationale de l'art photographique).
box 20, folder 7
Publications,
1965
Scope and Contents note
2 items: typescript catalog of the exhibition
Albert Renger-Patzsch photographer, thirty-nine prints, held at Lotte Jacobi Place in Deering, New Hampshire. Also: prospectus for the book
Im Wald [filed in Box 24*, F.5].
box 24* , folder 5
Oversize from Box 20, F. 7
Scope and Contents note
1 item: prospectus for the book
Im Wald.
box 20, folder 8
Publications,
1966
Scope and Contents note
2 items: typescript (8 leaves) of a speech by Adolf J. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth; and a privately printed book by Siegried Unseld
Ninon Hesse zum Gedächtnis.
box 20, folder 9
Publications,
1970- 1971
Scope and Contents note
10 items: 3 items related to the exhibition
Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schüler held at Staatliche Landesbildstelle Bremen in 1970 [filed in Box 24*, F.5], and at Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg in
1971, including a typescript by Fritz Kempe; and 6 items related to the exhibition
Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schüler, Beginn der modernen Fotografie held in 1971 at Landesbildstelle Berlin, Zentrum für audio-visuelle Medien, including 5 copies of a printed text about R.P.
by Fritz Kempe, and a poster [poster filed in Box 24*, F. 5].
box 24* , folder 5
Oversize from Box 20, F. 9
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1 announcement of the exhibition
Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schüler, organized by the Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg and held June 21-July 31, 1970 at the Landesbildstelle Bremen, with
text by Fritz Kempe; and 1 poster for the exhibition
Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schüler, held Nov. 8-Dec 19, 1971 at the Landesbildstelle Berlin.
box 20, folder 10
Publications,
1972
Scope and Contents note
2 items: checklist of the exhibition
Westfälische Wasserburgen, held Feb. 6-27, 1972 at Sauerland-Museum Arnsberg, with photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch and Sabine Renger-Patzsch;
and an award certificate for R.P. for his participation at
Kalenderschau 1972.
Lists of photographs and books, Series V.C.
1928?-1967, undated
Physical Description:
17 items
Scope and Contents note
The third subseries contains typescript and manuscript lists of R.P.'s books and photographs.
box 20, folder 11
Lists of photographs and books,
1928?-1967, undated
Scope and Contents note
17 items (27 leaves): ms. and typescript lists of photographs loaned for exhibitions or for book projects, also in private
collections. Included are: a list of photographs sent to Kurt Wolff Verlag [for
Die Welt ist schön] and to Lotte Jacobi, photographs and books for exhibitions in Arnsberg and Mannheim, photographs in the private collections
of Gertrud Basse and Wienand Stockmann, and unidentified items, two of which mention Helmut Gernsheim.
Personal papers, Series VI.
1890-1974
Container Summary: circa 86 items
Scope and Contents note
This series contains documents related to the personal life of Albert Renger-Patzsch, his wife and children, parents, grandparents
and great-grandparents; portrait photographs of Albert Renger-Patzsch, and poetry by two unidentified authors.
box 20, folder 12
Renger-Patzsch, Albert,
1901-1966, undated
Scope and Contents note
25 items (30 leaves): baptismal, marriage and death certificates, high school diploma, certificates of employment, a document
regarding military draft, a family tree, a lease of property, and 4 typescripts with biographical texts about R.P., including
one autobiographical text.
box 20, folder 13
Renger-Patzsch, Agnes,
1897-1976
Scope and Contents note
8 items: baptismal, confirmation, vaccination and death certificates, a school diploma, and an employment certificate.
box 20, folder 14
Other family members,
1853-1974
Scope and Contents note
18 items: baptismal, marriage and death certificates of R.P.'s parents Ernst Karl Robert Renger and Johanna Frederike Dose
(Frieda), his grandparents Christian Gotthelf and Rosalie Hermine Renger, great-grandparents Joachim Jacob August Dose and
Friederike Auguste Cäcilie Grünberg, and his children Sonja Sabine and Ernst Norman. Also a telegraph from 1853 regarding
"Herr von Braunschweig" (Agnes R.P.'s grandfather?).
box 20, folder 15
Photographs,
1951-1966
Scope and Contents note
4 black and white photographs of R.P., including 1 post-mortem. Three have Sabine Renger's firm stamp on verso.
box 20, folder 16
Poems,
1909-1919, 1962
Scope and Contents note
31 items: 22 poems from 1909-1919, and 9 poems from 1962. Many are undated, all are unsigned.
Bills and receipts, Series VII.
1930, 1962-1967
Container Summary: circa 58 items
Scope and Contents note
Business and personal bills and receipts from 1960s, and 1 from 1930; one unidentified letter to the Amtssparkasse Körbecke,
and one unidentified list with numbers [possibly of photographs or negatives].
box 21, folder 1
Bills and receipts of Albert and Agnes Renger-Patzsch,
1930, 1962-1967
Manuscripts related to Albert Renger-Patzsch, Series VIII.
1927-1967, undated
Container Summary: ca. 12 items
Scope and Contents note
This series includes 5 typescripts of texts about Albert Renger-Patzsch and 4 typescripts of texts by others for books of
Albert Renger-Patzsch's photographs. The container list indicates annotations or proofreading corrections.
Manuscripts about Albert Renger-Patzsch, Series VIII.A.
1927-1967, undated
Container Summary: circa 7 typescripts
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts of writings about Renger-Patzsch.
box 21, folder 2
Padberg, Magdalena,
1967?
Scope and Contents note
2 items: typescript (5 leaves) of an unsigned text about R.P., possibly by Magdalena Padberg. The envelope has a stamped address
of Helene Henze, is addressed in Henze's hand to Agnes Renger-Patzsch, and annotated in Agnes' hand: "Manuskript Padberg".
box 21, folder 3
Riewerts, Theodor,
1934?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (34 leaves) of an [unpublished?] book by Theodor Riewerts
Ein Maler und ein Fotograf about the friendship between Albert Renger-Patzsch and Alfred Mahlau. With a list of 50 illustrations of works by R.P. and
Mahlau, general bibliographical references and a bibliography of texts and books by R.P. from 1927-1934. Some proofreading
corrections.
box 21, folder 4
Schlensker, Ernst,
1966 or after
Scope and Contents note
2 copies (14 and 7 leaves) of a typescript by the Regierungspräsident Ernst Schlensker titled
Albert Renger-Patzsch. The longer version is annotated.
box 21, folder 5
Unidentified text about Albert Renger-Patzsch,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript (5 leaves) of a text with the title: "Albert Renger-Patzsch, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Erich Salomon." Unsigned. Draft
with proofreading corrections.
box 21, folder 6
Anonymous text about Albert Renger-Patzsch,
1927
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf: a review of R.P.'s entries at the 22nd
Salon international d'art photographique de Paris, held in 1927; especially about his photography of hands. Unsigned.
Texts for books by Albert Renger-Patzsch, Series VIII.B.
1927-1966
Physical Description:
5 items
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts of texts, by others, that appeared in Renger-Patzsch photography books.
box 21, folder 7
Botzenhart.
Schloss Cappenberg,
1953?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (13 leaves) of the text by Prof. Dr. Botzenhart for
Schloss Cappenberg. [Published in 1953 by Mocker und Jahn in Soest.].Unsigned draft with proofreading corrections.
box 21, folder 8
Johannsen, Johann.
Die Halligen,
1927?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript draft (10 leaves, including 2 ms) of Johann Johannsen's text for
Die Halligen. [Published in 1927 by Albertus in Berlin.]Unsigned draft with proofreading corrections.
box 21, folder 9
Richer, Max.
Gestein,
1966
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript draft (10 leaves) of Max Richter's text for
Gestein. Unsigned.
box 21, folder 10
R. Unidentified text,
1934?
Scope and Contents note
2 items: 1 leaf of a typescript about the city of Essen by "R", annotated by hand: "Gaul"; and an envelope addressed to Agnes
R.P., postmarked Nov. 15, 1934.
Texts unrelated to Albert Renger-Patzsch, Series IX.
1922-1928, undated
Physical Description:
17 items
Scope and Contents note
This series contains typescripts of texts unrelated to Albert Renger-Patzsch which are part of his archive, inluding 9 unpublished
texts by the ecologist Hugo Hertwig. Several of the texts by Hugo Hertwig include proofreading corrections. [Correspondence
between Renger-Patzsch and Hertwig is filed in Box 8, F. 7.] Also included is a text by the architect Rudolf Schwarz, a text
possibly by Ernst Fuhrmann, and 6 miscellaneous typescripts, mostly by unidentified authors.
Hugo Hertwig, Series IX.A.
1922-1926, undated
Physical Description:
9 typescripts
Scope and Contents note
Writings by Hugo Hertwig.
box 21, folder 11
Hertwig, Hugo.
Berlin,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (16 leaves); with proofreading corrections.
box 21, folder 12
Hertwig, Hugo.
Der Drang nach unten, 2. Teil,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript ([1], 75 p.); with proofreading corrections. Bound in plain paper boards and tied up with blue string. Title
in ink on front cover. Architectural plans or sketches are drawn in pencil on both covers.
box 22, folder 1
Hertwig, Hugo.
Mein Pariser Tagebuch,
1926?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript ([1], 60 leaves). Bound in plain paper boards with a geometrical gouache in black and red.
box 22, folder 2
Hertwig, Hugo.
Habby III.,
1922
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript ([4], 121 leaves). Bound in green paper boards with color gouche of "Pre-Columbian" figures and motifs on front
cover.
box 22, folder 3
Hertwig, Hugo.
22. August 1924 ,
1924?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (132 leaves); tied with red string. Typescript with caption title: "22. August 1924." Laid into paper boards
decorated with handwriting in black, red, yellow and blue gouache. Some of the sentences on the front cover are: "Technik
die vierte Dimension!", "Das Zeitproblem gelöst!", "Das Ei der Hydra!", "Raum und Zeit existieren nicht mehr!" The back cover
lists works by the author. Boards fragile. [Filed separately in Box 24*, F.6.]
box 24* , folder 6
Oversize from Box 22, F. 3
Scope and Contents note
1 item: paper boards of Hugo Hertwig's typescript "22. August 1924." Fragile.
box 22, folder 4
Hertwig, Hugo.
Der lebendige Weg, 6.Teil,
1925?
Scope and Contents note
1 leaf. Includes a typed poem "Wohin meine Hand nicht gehet ..." and ms. dedication from Hertwig to R.P. dated Jan. 31, 1925.
box 22, folder 5
Hertwig, Hugo.
Der lebendinge Weg,
1926
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript ([8], 14 leaves); bound. Pencil drawing on leaf [1]. On t.p.:
Der lebendinge Weg, Organ einer Siedlungsgesellschaft an der Ostseeküste, also: "Februar 1926. Vierte Nummer. Erscheint monatl. Kindespreis M. 1. [price information crossed out]. Prerow a.d. Darss
Ostsee. Herausgegeben von: H. Hertwig". This issue contains Hertwig's text
Der Geist der kommenden 4. Dimensionalen.
box 22, folder 6
Hertwig, Hugo.
Von Prerow nach Palermo,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (35 leaves); unbound.
box 22, folder 7
Hertwig, Hugo.
Das Meer,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (41 leaves); unbound. A drama.
Texts by others, Series IX.B.
ca. 1923-1960
Physical Description:
8 manuscript(s)
Scope and Contents note
Writings by others, including one unidentified author, on various topics. One inscribed to Renger-Patzsch. Most are typescripts.
box 22, folder 8
Schwarz, Rudolf.
Das neue Werk Wegweisung der Technik,
1928?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript ([1], 33, 28 leaves; also numbered continuously 1-59). Leaves 34-59 have title:
Das Gesetz der Serie, and are partly written by hand (leaves 6-8). Laid into folded cardboard with pencil notes, drawings and mathematical calculations
relating to the photographic process. [Boards are filed separately in Box 24*, F.7.]
box 24* , folder 7
Oversize from Box 22, f. 8
Scope and Contents note
1 item: boards enclosing a typescript by Rudolf Schwarz,
Das neue Werk Wegweisung der Technik: a folded piece of cardboard with pencil notes, drawings and mathematical calculations related to the photographic process.
box 23, folder 1
E. F. [ Fuhrmann, Ernst]
Dem Gott und dem Meschen,
1936?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript ([4], 89 leaves); bound in plain brown wrappers. On t.p.:
Dem Gott und dem Menschen [by] E.F.; a motto from Hölderlin; ms. dedication to R.P.: "Herrn Albert Renger Patzsch mit herzl. Gruss 31. August 36".
On half t.p.: "Immer der = oder dieselbe". Contains 89 poems, possibly by Ernst Fuhrmann.
box 23, folder 2
Author unknown.
Die rote Marie, oder, die heilige Jungfrau der Bauern und Proleten,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (3 leaves). Treatment for a historical movie set during the time of the Peasants' War [1525].
box 23, folder 3
Author unknown.
Der Geist der Zimmerleute,
1923?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (6 leaves). A review of Eugen Weiss's book
Die Entdeckung des Volks der Zimmerleute [Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1923]. The author states that his father and grandfather were carpenters.
box 23, folder 4
Miscellaneous texts,
1960?, undated
box 23, folder 4
Buber, Martin.
Begegnung : autobiographische Fragmente,
1960?
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (1 leaf). An excerpt from
Begegnung : autobiographische Fragmente by Martin Buber. Published: Stuttgart : W. Kohlhammer, 1960.
box 23, folder 4
Sternberger, Dolf.
Bassa Selim,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (2 leaves). A text about Bassa Selim, one of the main figures in Mozart's opera
Abduction from the Seraglio. Ms. signature at end: Dolf Sternberger.
box 23, folder 4
Ortega y Gasset, José .
Der Aufstand der Massen,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (1 leaf). An excerpt from a 1928 edition of
La rebelión de las masas [
The revolt of the mases] by José Ortega y Gasset.
box 23, folder 4
Früstuck bei Daguerre (Auszug),
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 typescript (1 leaf). A excerpt from an unkown text describing a meeting with Daguerre at his house in the Swiss Alps.
box 24*
Oversize items from boxes 18-22