Wikipedia:GLAM/Leo Baeck Institute

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Welcome

Leo Baeck Institute, New York is a library and archive devoted to the history of German-Speaking Jews. LBI is a partner of the Center for Jewish History in New York.

This page is a clearing house for information about LBI staff's efforts to improve Wikipedia articles related to the c. 10,000 digitized archival collections at the Institute.

Leo Baeck Institute Wikimedia Partnership

Article Candidates

• Julius Bab
• Kurt Hirschfeld
• Julius Hirsch (economist) [1]
• Edith Hirsch (economist) [2] [3]
• Council of Jews from Germany formally, the Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany [4]
• Max Grünewald de:Max_Grünewald [5]
• Bernhard Brilling de:Bernhard_Brilling
• Vicki Baum [6]
• Margarete Kollisch de:Margarete Kollisch [7]
• Fred W. Lessing [8]
• Melinda Guttmann Scholar of Bertha Pappenheim and creator of the one-woman piece Anna O's Private Theatre. LBI Collection
• Clementine Kraemer German writer of poetry, vignettes, short stories, and novellas. LBI Collection
• Selma Stern-Taeubler Historian and author. Jewish Women's Archive article and Papers at LBI.
• Kate Wallach German immigrant and law librarian Jewish Women's Archive article and Papers at LBI.
• Erna Weill Sculptor, student of August Rodin. Papers at LBI and Papers at Archives of American Art.
• Margarete Temmer Actress in Germany Papers and Microfilm at LBI
• Rosalie Westreich Worked for the JDC in Paris, the United States, Munich and Teheran Papers at LBI
• Elisabeth Freund She wored at the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia and became an authority on blind students. She also lectured and published on these topics. Papers and Microfilm at LBI
• Greta Loebl also known as Greta Schreyer Featured artist in the United States and worldwide. Papers at LBI
• Babette B. Buch German writer, who wrote for Aufbau. Papers at LBI
• Toni Stolper Austrian journalist, wife of Gustav Stolper. Papers and Microfilm at LBI.
• Edith Neumann Austrian Microbiologist. Papers and Microfilm at LBI.
• Kate Wallach Law librarian and among the first 150 women to practice law in Wisconsin.Papers and Microfilm at LBI
• Otto Mainzer Lawyer, poet, author of books on human sexuality including Die sexuelle Zwangswirtschaft. Ein erotisches Manifest. See de: Otto Mainzer German Wikipedia article, Papers at LBI, or Der Spiegel Article
• Hugo Steiner-Prag Austrian artist, illustrator, and set designer. Article in German, but not in English.
• Emery Gondor Hungarian artist and illustrator, active in Vienna, Berlin, and New York.
• Norbert Troller Austrian artist, interned in Theresienstadt, which he frequently portrayed in his artworks. English article, to be enhanced and translated into German.
• David Ludwig Bloch German painter and printmaker. German article to be enhanced and translated into English.
• Lene Schneider-Kainer Austrian-German artist. Article in English, not in German.
• Joseph Budko Polish-German artist. Enhance German article, translate to English.
• Peter Lipman-Wulf German artist, emigrated to New York.
• Fred Halbers Berlin-born artist and actor, born Fritz Joseph Halberstaedter.
• Max Busyn Polish-born German artist and philosopher, in the circle of Constantin Brunner.
• Julius Schuelein German artist, emigrated to New York. Married to Susanna Carvallo-Schuelein
• LBI Art collection -- enhance articles for Emil Orlik, Max Liebermann, Hermann Struck, Ernst Oppler
• Fritz Nathan -- Architect
• Rebekka Wolf -- Author of cookbooks [9]
• Jüdische Presse (Berlin, Germany) -- Orthodox German-Jewish newspaper Jüdische Presse digitized by the Leo Baeck Institute via Internet Archive
• Bertha Gumprich -- German-Jewish cookbook author
• General-Anzeiger für die gesamten Interessen des Judentums -- Jewish newspaper
• Gelbe Post : ostasiatische Halbmonatsschrift -- Exilzeitschrift, published in Shanghai by Jewish refugees.
• Zeitgeist (Milwaukee, Wis., Chicago, Ill., and Louisville, Ky.) -- German-Jewish newspaper published in the United States in the 19th century digitized by the Leo Baeck Institute via Internet Archive
• Deutsche israelitische Zeitung (Regensburg and Hamburg, Germany) -- German-Jewish newspaper digitized by the Leo Baeck Institute via Internet Archive
• Laubhütte (Regensburg, Germany) -- German-Jewish newspaper -- digitized by the Leo Baeck Institute via Internet Archive

Tools and Templates

Templates

LBI staff has created external link templates for use when improving Wikipedia articles related to LBI Collections.

• Template:LBI Collection Links (use this template to add links to LBI collections to the "External Links" section of English-language Wikipedia Articles)
• de:Vorlage: LBI Collection Links (use this template to add links to LBI collections to the "External Links" section of German-language Wikipedia Articles)

Using these templates creates a link to LBI collections that is presented in a standard format using redundant persistent identifiers (PID and Call Number), so that changes to the Institute's cataloging and digital asset management systems do not cause link decay.

Here is an example of the template in action:

• Julius Bab Collection, AR 196 Archival Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York

This is the wiki-markup that produces the above result:
*{{LBI Collection Links|pid=431122|title=Julius Bab Collection|partner=Leo Baeck Institute, New York |callNumber=AR 196 | type=Archival Collection}}

You can edit the code of the Template at Template:LBI Collection Links.

Categories

Add categories to article candidates as appropriate, such as:

• Category:German people of Jewish descent
• Category:Jews and Judaism in Germany
• Category:Jews and Judaism in Berlin
• Category:Jewish emigration from Nazi Germany

Stubs

Mark articles as stubs where where appropriate:

• {{Jewish-hist-stub}}
• {{German-speaking-jews-stub}}
• {{Holocaust-stub}}

Lists

Consider adding articles about people to appropriate lists, such as:

• List of German Jews

Resources

• Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia by the Jewish Women's Archive
• Bibliography of women's resources at the Center for Jewish History
• YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
• Encyclopedia Judaica The electronic version of the 2nd edition (2007) is available onsite at the Center for Jewish History
• Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook This journal, a key resource for secondary sources about German Jewry, is available onsite at the Center for Jewish History
• American Jewish Archives Journal, published by the AJA, is freely available and keyword searchable.

Project scope and purpose

This project will coordinate the Wikipedia projects of the Leo Baeck Institute in Manhattan, NY which include the assessment of the Wikipedia presence of about 500 archival collections, and the coordinated effort to update and/or add these articles. A second part of this process is incorporating Wikipedia into the workflow of archivists, interns, and others that work at Leo Baeck.

Best practices Guidelines

• Disclose your affiliation with Leo Baeck Institute, New York on your Wikipedia user page before editing. (The user page can be found in the top right corner of any Wikipedia page and can be edited like a regular article).
• If you edit articles about Leo Baeck Institute, New York as an institution, other Wikipedia users may perceive a Conflict of Interest. Simple factual changes (e.g.: personnel updates or outdated statistics) may likely be made without raising eyebrows, but more substantive changes should be proposed with a critical eye towards a potential Conflict of Interest. Such articles should be edited using appropriate discussion pages, and encouraging feedback from other Wikipedia editors.
• Additions to articles must be verifiable. This means that independent media or academic secondary sources should be cited whenever possible. Where Leo Baeck Institute, New York -published literature or web pages represent original scholarship, they may be cited, but they must go along with an additional verifiable source to back up this information.
• When editing articles, always maintain the impartial voice. You are writing an encyclopedia, not speaking for Leo Baeck Institute, New York.

Contacts

We are interested in contacts with individuals with interest in helping contribute to our Wikipedia projects. Please put your signature below if you are interested in getting involved.

1. OR drohowa (talk) 16:35, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
2. Kschlot1 (talk) 17:11, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
3. Lange.lea (talk) 17:19, 19 February 2014 (UTC)