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INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH PAPERS, 1890-1980 (bulk

1924-1966)
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INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

RENGER-PATZSCH PAPERS,
1890-1980 (bulk 1924-1966)
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INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH PAPERS, 1890-1980 (bulk 1924-1966)

Accession no. 861187
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Albert Renger-Patzsch papers
Date (inclusive): 1890-1980
Date (bulk): 1924-1966
Collection number: 861187
Creator: Renger-Patzsch, Albert
Extent: ca. 12 linear ft. (23 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Repository: Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
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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Albert Renger-Patzsch papers, 1924-1966, Accession no. 861187, Getty Research Institute, Research Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the repository in 1986.
Processing History
Isabella Zuralski processed the collection and wrote the finding aid.
Alternate Form Available
Pre-war press clippings filed within Series V.A. are available on microfiche.
Related Material
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.
Biographical Historial Note
The German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897 -1966) was born in Wrzburg, 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 ( Lbeck, 1928), and the Auriga Verlag ( Das Chorgesthl von
Kappenberg, 1925). His influential book Die Welt ist schn 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 Lbeck. 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 Mhnesee, near Soest, where he lived for the remainder of his life.
Bestndinge 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 Dsseldorf. The Siepman Werke in Belecke commissioned Renger-Patzsch to
produce two publications: Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Mhne (1957) and Bauten zwischen Ruhr und
Mhne (1959). During the 1950s and 1960s Renger-Patzsch collaborated with the publisher Mocker & Jahn in Soest on the

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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
Sditalien (1961). This book, with text by Hanno Hahn, was commissioned by the firm C. H. Boehringer Sohn, which also
commissioned the books Bume (1962) and Gestein (1966), both with text by Ernst Jnger. 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 Bume.
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 fr 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.
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 and
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*.
Subjects: personal names
Arapoff, Cyril
Barth, Emil, 1890-1958
Brandt, Bill
Erfurth, Hugo, 1874-1948
Fohn, Emanuel, 1881-1966
Freckmann, Karl, b. 1890

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Friedmann, Hermann, 1873-1957

Fuhrmann, Ernst, 1886-1956
Frst, Viktor, 1919Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913Gosebruch, Ernst
Greischel, Walther
Gruber, L. Fritz
Gurlitt, Hildebrand, b. 1895
Hallensleben, Ruth
Heise, Carl Georg, 1890Hertwig, Hugo
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962
Hesse, Ninon
Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870
Holzmeister, Gunda
Jacobi, Lotte, 1896Jancke, Rudolf
Jnger, Ernst, 1895Kerff, Gerhard, 1908Klipstein, Editha, 1880-1953
Kozma, Lajos, 1884-1950
Krauss, Friedrich Emil
Kkelhaus, Hugo
Mahlau, Alfred, 1894-1967
Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977
Masclet, Daniel, 1892-1969
Moegle, Willi
Moholy-Nagy, Lszl, 1895-1946
Oliveira, Jaap d', 1908-1978
Padberg, Magdalena
Portman, Adolf, 1897Renger-Patzsch, Albert
Sander, August
Schneider, Karl, 1892-1945
Schoy, Frida
Schwarz, Rudolf, 1897-1961
Schwippert, Hans, 1899-1973
Smith, Ronald Gregor
Steffen, Dieter
Steinert, Otto, 1915Stenger, Erich, 1878Treskow, Elisabeth, 1898Tmpel, Wolfgang
Virl, Hermann, 1903-1958
Vogelsang, Marianne
Walther, Pan, 1921Weinert, August
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973

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Woytinsky, Wladimir S., 1885-1960

Zglinicki, Friedrich Pruss von, b. 1895
Subjects: corporate bodies
C. H. Boehringer Sohn
Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Photographie
Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G.
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
Museum Folkwang Essen
Verlag Herder
Genres and Forms of Material
Lectures
Letters (correspondence)
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Contributors: personal names
Arapoff, Cyril
Barth, Emil, 1890-1958
Bartning, Otto, 1883-1959
Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940
Boje, Walter
Botzenhart, Prof. Dr.
Bourdeau, Robert, 1931Brandt, Bill
Ehmke, Rainer
Freckmann, Karl, b. 1890
Frst, Viktor, 1919Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913Goerttler, Kurt, 1898Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970
Gosebruch, Ernst
Greischel, Walther
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Gross, Else R.
Gruber, L. Fritz
Gundermann, Leo
Gurlitt, Hildebrand, b. 1895
Haber, Wolfgang
Hartlaub, Gustav Friedrich, 1884-1963
Heise, Carl Georg, 1890Helfferich, Daan
Henze, Helene
Hertwig, Hugo
Heyer, Gustav Richard, 1890Holzmeister, Gunda

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Hopp, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972

Huch, Ricarda Octavia, 1864-1947
Jabobi, Lotte, 1896Jaenisch, Hans, 1907-1989
Jancke, Rudolf
Johannsen, Johann
Jnger, Ernst, 1895Kempe, Fritz
Kerff, Gerhard, 1908Klingender, F. D. (Francis Donald)
Klipstein, Editha, 1880-1953
Ksters, Bernd
Kotthoff, August
Kozma, Lajos, 1884-1950
Krauss, Friedrich Emil
Kreusch, Felix
Kreutter, Wolfgang
Lichnowsky, Mechtilde, 1879-1958
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955
Marcks, Gerhard
Masclet, Daniel, 1892-1969
Mattaei, Leni
Meyer, Peter, 1894-1984
Molzahn, Johannes, 1892-1965
Oliveira, Jaap d', 1908-1978
Padberg, Magdalena
Pcsi, Jzef, 1889-1956
Pieper, Paul, 1912Redslob, Edwin, 1884Renger-Patzsch, Albert
Richter, Max, 1900Riewerts, Theodor, 1907-1944
Roh, Franz, 1890-1965
Rothert, Liebetraut
Russell, Peter
Schaeffer-Heyrothsberge, Paul
Scheven, Ilsemarie von
Schlensker, Ernst, 1908Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. Adolf, 1915Schneider, P. F.
Schneider-Esleben, Paul
Schppe, Wilhelm
Schott, Erich
Schumacher, Fritz, 1869-1947

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Schupp, F. (Fritz), 1896-1974

Schtz-Wolff, Johanna, 1896Schwarz, Heinrich, 1894-1974
Smith, Kthe
Steffann, Emil, 1899Steffen, Dieter
Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
Steinert, Otto, 1915Sternberger, Dolf, 1907Strelow, Liselotte, 1908-1981
Thorn Prikker, Johan, 1868-1932
Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939.
Trump, Georg, 1896Tmpel, Wolfgang
Virl, Hermann, 1903-1958
Vogelsang, Marianne
Vlckers, Otto, b. 1888
Wackernagel, Martin, 1881Wahl, Victor
Walker, Audrey
Wapnewski, Peter
Weinert, August
Wackernagel, Martin, 1881Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
Wolf, Gustav
Woytinsky, Wladimir S., 1885-1960
Wulf, Friedrich, 1908Wunder, Franz
Zglinicki, Friedrich Pruss von, 1895Contributors: corporate bodies
C. H. Boehringer Sohn
Deutsche Bibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Sammlung Buchkunst
Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft
Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Photographie
Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G.
Deutscher Kunstverlag
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt
Deutscher Werkbund Berlin
Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH
Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke
Fagus-Werk (Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Focal Press
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner
Hans Peters Verlag
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
Krupp Stahl AG. Werk (Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Germany)

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Museum Folkwang Essen

Museum fr Photographie (Dresden, Germany)
Obpacher Kunstverlag
Photo cin club du Val de Bivre
Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien
Presswerk AG
Riedel & Co. (Bielefeld, Germany)
Staatliche Kunstakademie Dsseldorf
Sydslesvigs danske kunstforening
Werksttten J. Dickerhoff
Titles
Foto Prisma Grubenlampe International Photo-and Cine Exhibition Photobltter Photo-Magazin (Munich, Germany)
Photography Year Book Popular Photography (Milan, Italy) Verbindungsstelle Landwirtschaft-Industrie (Essen, Germany)
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Westfalenspiegel
Administrative Information
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 Chorgesthl von
Kappenberg. Berlin : Auriga-Verlag, 1925. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Die Halligen. Berlin : Albertus, 1927. Renger-Patzsch,
Albert. Lbeck. Berlin : E. Wasmuth, 1928. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Die Welt ist schn. Mnchen : K. Wolff, 1928.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Die Welt ist schn. Mnchen : Einhorn, 1928. Schwarz, Rudolf. Wegweisung der Technik. Potsdam :
Mller & Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1928- Gnther, Hanns. Technische Schnheit. Zrich : Orell Fssli, 1929. Koelsch, Adolf.
Hnde und was sie sagen. Zrich : Orell Fssli, 1929. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Hamburg. Hamburg : Gebrder Enoch, 1930.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Norddeutsche Backsteindome. Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1930. Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
Jenaer Glas fr 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 Schningh, 1949. Mller, Otto. Der Dom zu Aachen.
Knigstein im Taunus : Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1950? Henze, Helene. Rund um den Mhnesee. 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, Wlder und Felder.
Radebeul : Imago Strahlbild, 1953-1957. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Bilder aus dem Erzgebirge: Drfer und Stdte. Radebeul :
Imago Strahlbild, 1953-1957. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Hxter und Corvey. Soest : Mocker & Jahn, 1954. Renger-Patzsch,
Albert. Villa Hgel. 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. Mnchen : Knorr & Hirth, 1956. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Deutsche Wasserburgen. Knigstein
im Taunus : Langewiesche, 1957. Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Mhne. Belecke (Mhne) : Siepmann-Werke
AG,1957. Schwartz, Hubertus. Soest. Soest : Mocker & Jahn, 1957. Fischer, Wend. Bau, Raum, Gert. Mnchen : R. Riper,
1957. Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik A.-G., Ingolstadt. 75 Jahre Textilmaschinenbau, das Portrt eines
Industriebetriebes. Ingolstadt : Schubert & Salzer Machinenfabrik A.-G., 1958. Koch, Alexander. Restaurants, cafs, bars.
Stuttgart : A. Koch, 1959. Meier, Michael. Oberrhein: Elsass, Breisgau, Ortenau. Mnchen : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1961. Renger-Patzsch,
Albert. Bume. Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1962. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Im Wald, Aufnahmen aus dem
Naturpark Arnsberger Wald. Wamel-Mhnesee : Druckwerkstatt Hermann Ktelhn, 1965. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. Gestein.
Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H. Boehringer, 1966. Mller, Otto. Der Dom zu Aachen. Knigstein im Taunus : Karl Robert
Langewiesche Nachfolger Hans Kster, 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 fr Gestaltung Essen . Mnchen : Prestel Verlag, 1958. Lecture held on Jan.

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27, 1956 at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universitt in Freiburg, Breisgau. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. "Versuch einer Einordnung der
Photographie," in: Verffentlichungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fr Photographie. Kln : Deutsche Gesellschaft fr
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: ber Albert Renger-Patzsch," in: Foto Prisma. Dsseldorf : 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.
SeriesI. Correspondence, 1924-1966

Physical Description: ca. 7 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
This series is organized in two subseries: pre-war correspondence 1924-1936, and post-war
correspondence 1943-1966.
SeriesIA. Pre-war correspondence, 1924-1936

Physical Description: ca. 250 letters
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 schn. Included is the unedited version of Thomas Mann's review of Die
Welt is schn. 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
Box 1 , Folder 1
Box 1 , Folder 1
Abendroth-Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki, and unidentified pre-war correspondence

Abendroth-D'Oliveira en Spies
Abendroth, Hermann, 1932
1 postcard.
Box 1 , Folder 1
Agfa I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, 1929

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
Ahrl, Ren, 1932

3 items: 2 typescript business letters from Ahrl and 1 letter by R.P. discussing
details of an advertisement for Ford.
Box 1 , Folder 1
Arapoff, Cyril, 1933

1 letter to R.P. concerning Arapoff's work as a photographer in Oxford, England.

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SeriesIA.Pre-war correspondence, 1924-1936
Box 1 , Folder 1
Arts et mtiers graphiques (Paris, France), 1931

2 items: a postcard and a business letter, both signed by Michel Girard.
Box 1 , Folder 1
Bartning, Otto, 1932

1 postcard to R.P. with the letterhead of the Bauatelier Weimar, Staatliche
Hochschule fr Handwerk und Baukunst, requesting a photograph.
Box 1 , Folder 1
Basse, Wilfried, 1932

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

1 personal letter to R.P. by a pharmacist and amateur photographer.
Box 1 , Folder 1
Behrens, Peter, 1932

1 letter by the architect to R.P. discussing details of R.P.'s commission to
photograph the smeltery Gutehoffnungshtte near Oberhausen, Germany.
Box 1 , Folder 1
Bondi, Felix, 1926

1 postcard from the German lawyer, asking for photographs.
Box 1 , Folder 1
The British Journal of Photography, 1929

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
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

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

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

2 professional letters concerning R.P. membership.

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d'Oliveira, A. E., 1930-1931

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
Box 1 , Folder 2
Feininger-Gurlitt
Feininger, Nona, 1932
1 personal letter to R.P. by the photographer Nona Feininger.
Box 1 , Folder 2
Fischer, Albert, 1930

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

1 personal letter to R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 2
Folkwangschule fr Gestaltung, 1933-1934

2 letters on official letterhead of Der Oberbrgermeister der Stadt Essen,
regarding R.P. employment as a teacher at the Handwerker- und
Kunstgewerbeschule in Essen [Folkwangschule fr Gestaltung]. The letter dated
Nov. 23, 1933 is annotated by R.P. on verso.
Box 1 , Folder 2

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

1 personal letter.
Box 1 , Folder 2
Gorny, Hein, 1930

1 personal letter to R.P. from the photographer Hein Gorny, with humorous
content.
Box 1 , Folder 2
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner, 1928-1930

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.

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Box 1 , Folder 2
Gewerbeschule und Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zrich, 1928

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

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

1 postcard: business.
Box 1 , Folder 2
Buergel Goodwin, H. (Heinrich), 1929

2 letters from the Swedish photographer to R.P.; regarding Goodwin's book
Kamerabilden [1929].
Box 1 , Folder 2
Guardini, Romano, 1937

1 letter by the theologian Romano Guardini, who mentions his recent book Der
Engel in Dante's Gttlicher Komdie [1937].
Box 1 , Folder 2
Gurlitt, Cornelius , 1927

1 thank-you note by Gurlitt [1850-1938] to R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 3
Heise, Carl Georg, 1927-1934

36 items (on 46 leaves): discussions of photographic work by R.P. , Moholy-Nagy,
the Bauhaus and Emil Otto Hopp. 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 schn,
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
Box 1 , Folder 4
Ernst Heimeran Verlag-Ricarda Octavia Huch

Heimeran, Ernst, 1933
1 item: business letter to R.P. by Ernst Heimeran. On Ernst Heimeran Verlag
letterhead.

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Box 1 , Folder 4
Heyer, Gustav Richard, 1928, undated

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 Mnchen. 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 gegenwrtigen Biologie
[1948]]. [See also post-war correspondence between R.P. and Heyer in Box 8, F.
7].
Box 1 , Folder 4
Hhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin, , 1933

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
Hopp, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1928-1929

6 items (8 leaves): professional letters from the photographer Hopp 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 schn. Included is a copy of Hopp's
review in English and a linocut Christmas and New Year's card by Hopp.
Box 1 , Folder 4
Huch, Justizrat, 1928-1929

4 items: personal correspondence, including one letter to Agnes R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 4
Huch, Ricarda Octavia1929

Box 1 , Folder 5
Box 1 , Folder 5
G. de Jongh - Kunst und Knstler

Jongh, Gaston de, 1931
1 professional letter to R.P. by the Swiss photographer Gaston de Jongh,
commenting on Die Welt ist schn.
Box 1 , Folder 5
Klingender, L. H. W., 1926 1929

3 personal/professional letters to R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 5
Kozma, Lajos, undated [1925?]

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. Hbsch in Vienna, mentioning .
Gbor Pogny and the publication Ars una, also his books: one on ex-libris [
Szignetknyve (1925)] and one with fairy tales.
Box 1 , Folder 5
Krander, 1927
1 postcard to R.P. asking for zoo photos.

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Krauss, Friedrich Emil, undated

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
Box 1 , Folder 5
Kunstgewerbe-Museum der Stadt Kln, 1928

1 letter concerning an exhibition of photographs by R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 5
Kunstgewerbemuseum Zrich, 1928

1 letter concerning an exhibition ofphotographs by R.P. , annotated.
Box 1 , Folder 5
Kunst und Knstler, 1928

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
Box 1 , Folder 6
Otto Lasius-Lszl Moholy-Nagy

Lasius, Otto, 1925
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

1 item: a thank-you letter from the German surgeon Ehrich Lexer from Solln
near Munich.
Box 1 , Folder 6
Lexer, Gunda, 1933

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

1 thank-you letter by the German literary author Mechtilde Lichnowsky, praising
R.P.'s photographic work.
Box 1 , Folder 6
Das Lichtbild, 1930

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?].

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Box 1 , Folder 6
Lppo-Cramer, Hinricus , 1924

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?)

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

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

2 items (4 leaves): included are a letter to R.P. by Mann who announces that his
review of Die Welt ist schn 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

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?]

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 schn. Masclet lists his own professional affiliations,
including the Groupe des XV.
Box 1 , Folder 6
Mauritius-Verlag, 1932
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

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Meyer, Peter, 1928

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 Zrich and at the Technikum Winterthur
Ingenieurschule.
Box 1 , Folder 6

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

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
Box 1 , Folder 7
Neue Kunst Fides-Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Handschriften-Abteilung

Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, 1928
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

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

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. 3. ]
Box 1 , Folder 7
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Bund, 1928

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
Pcsi, Jzef, 1927-1930

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 schn.

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Box 1 , Folder 7
Petersen, Ernst, 1933

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

1 business letter from the editor of the magazine Luftfahrt in Berlin.
Box 1 , Folder 7
Photographische Korrespondenz, 1926, 1927

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 fr Deutschland e.V., 1930

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

1 professional letter to R.P. from the Department of Manuscripts
[Handschriften-Abteilung] of the Preussische Staatsbibliothek in Berin.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Box 1 , Folder 8
Erwin Quadenfeldt-Heinrich Schwarz

Quadenfeldt, Erwin, 1927
1 professional letter from the portrait photographer in Vienna.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Redslob, Edwin, 1927

1 professional letter to R.P. from the art historian on Der Reichskunstwart
letterhead.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Riess, Th., 1931

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

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

2 letters by the amateur photographer regarding an exhibition of R.P.'s work
held Feb. 28-March 14, 1930 at Socit franaise de photographie in Paris. With
a mention of an article by Heinrich Schwarz about R.P. issued in Bulletin de la
Socit franaise de photographie ; also thanking R.P. for a copy of Hamburg
[1930].

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Box 1 , Folder 8
Schmeil, Prof. Dr.1924

1 letter to R.P. regarding photographs of plants for a natural science textbook.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schellbach, Siegfried, 1930

1 postcard to R.P. concerning North German Gothic architecture.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schmitt, Cornel, 1929

1 letter; commenting on Die Welt ist schn.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schmlz, Hugo, 1929

1 professional letter from the photographer.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schule Reimann (Berlin, Germany), 1932

1 letter to R.P.; regarding a teaching position.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schumacher, Fritz, 1928

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

1 personal letter.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schurer, Di U., 1927-1931

3 business letters.
Box 1 , Folder 8
Schwarz, Heinrich, 1929-1930

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
Box 1 , Folder 9
Rudolf Schwarz-Franz Josef Steinen

Schwarz, Rudolf, 1927-1933, undated
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.

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Box 1 , Folder 9
Staatliche Hochschule fr Handwerk und Baukunst in Weimar, 1927

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
Stdtische Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule (Braunschweig, Germany),

1926
1 business letter to R.P. concerning employment and salary.
Box 1 , Folder 9
Stdtische Kunstgewerbebibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1928

1 letter from the director's office concerning an acquisition of photographs by
R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 9
Stdtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1928

1 letter by the director of Stdtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Gustav Friedrich
Hartlaub asking R.P. to send photographs of Lbeck; 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

1 letter to R.P by the winegrower concerning wine care.
Box 1 , Folder 10
Box 1 , Folder 10
Jan Thorn-Prikker - Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki

Thorn Prikker, Jan, 1931
1 postcard sent from Kln-Bayenthal: professional correspondence regarding
photographs of the windows of the Auferstehungskirche.
Box 1 , Folder 10
Ons Eigen Tijdschrift, Oosterbeek, 1924

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

1 letter in which Toller agrees to write the introduction for a book by R.P.
Box 1 , Folder 10
Urban, Paul, Hofrat, 1925

2 letters, including 1 by R.P. Hofrat Paul Urban comments on R.P.'s article
"Ketzergedanken ber knstlerische Photographie", published in Photographie
fr Alle. R.P. responds by writing about photographic vision ("Sehenlernen und
Sehenknnen") and expresses his opinion about contemporary photography and
the relationship between photography and art.

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Box 1 , Folder 10
Wackernagel, Martin, 1930

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

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
Lsung", 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

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

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

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

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 schn]. With a
mention of Carl Georg Heise.
Box 1 , Folder 10
Zglinicki, Friedrich Pruss von , 1930

1 letter to R.P. Zglinicki asks for permission to use the title Die Welt ist schn 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
Dhrkoop in Berlin.
Box 1 , Folder 11
Box 1 , Folder 11
Unidentified pre-war correspondence

Collage, 1925?
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.

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Box 1 , Folder 11
Personal letter, undated

1 personal letter, dated May 1st, signed; Vater [?], with a pencil drawing of a
flower.
Box 1 , Folder 11
Unidentified correspondent from London, 1929

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.

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SeriesI.B.Post-war correspondence, 1943-1966
SeriesI.B. Post-war correspondence, 1943-1966

Physical Description: 7 lin. ft.
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.; Werksttten 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 Frst, 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, Kthe 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 fr 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 Schppe, 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.
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Box 2, Folder 1
AGFA Photofabrik (Leverkusen, Germany), 1962

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

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

Box 2, Folder 1
Aly, Gretchen, 1966

1 personal letter to R.P.; commenting on Gestein [1966] and Bume [1962].
Box 2, Folder 2
Box 2, Folder 2
Bad Pyrmont-Josef Bergenthal

Bad Pyrmont (Germany), 1959
1 letter to R.P. regarding photographs of the Kurpark, commissioned to R.P. by
Bhringer.
Box 2, Folder 2
Badenheuer, Friedrich, 1960

1 letter: Badenheuer, board member of Rheinstahl Eisenwerke Gelsenkirchen
A.G., congratulates R.P. for being awarded the culture prize of the Deutsche
Gesellschaft fr Photographie.
Box 2, Folder 2
Dr. Baier & Co., 1955

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 Mnster. Both
letters concern R.P.'s commission to photograph curtains made by Dr. Baier &
Co.
Box 2, Folder 2
Barth, Emil, 1950

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

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]].

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Box 2, Folder 2
Belser Wissenschaftlicher Dienst, 1965

2 items, including 1 letter by R.P. to the publisher Chr. Belser in Stuttgart,
regarding illustrations for the book Kunst des frhen Mittelalters [1969].
Box 2, Folder 2
Benscheidt, Karl, 1960 and 1966

2 items: a personal letter to R.P. asking for a copy of Bume [1962] and a
personal letter addressed to Agnes R.P.
Box 2, Folder 2
Bergenthal, Josef, 1966

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
Box 2, Folder 3
Walter Boje-Fritz Brill

Boje, Walter,1966
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

2 items: correspondence with the Canadian photographer, who asks for
individual prints from the book Die Welt ist schn 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

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
Bll, Heinrich, 1963

1 letter from Heinrich Bll, thanking R.P. for photographs, also mentioning
Kiepenheuer Verlag.
Box 2, Folder 4
C.H. Boehringer Sohn, 1946-1949

21 items: correpondence with Hanns Strobel and Hanns Kcklich. 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 Wrzburger Chronik des
denkwrdigen Jahres 1945 by Hans Oppelt [c1947].

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Box 2, Folder 5
C.H. Boehringer Sohn, 1950-1951

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 Mhnesee [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

30 items (on 32 leaves), including 12 by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst
Boehringer, Hanns Strobel, and Hanns Kcklich. 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

20 items, including 8 by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst Boehringer and Hanns
Kcklich. 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

20 items, including 6 by R.P.: correpondence with Ernst Boehringer, 7 letters to R.P.
from Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH. (Dr. Snger), the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Hanns
Kcklich, 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 Krankenhuser Deutschlands.
Box 2, Folder 9

12 items (on 13 leaves), including 4 by R.P.: correspondence with Ernst Boehringer,
and the firm C.H. Boehringer Sohn (Hanns Kcklich). The letters concern reprints
for the series Historische Krankenhuser Italiens. In the letter to Hanns Kcklich
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.

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Box 2, Folder 10

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 Sditalien, 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 Realitt.
Box 2, Folder 11

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, Mding), 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 Sditalien [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

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 Bume [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.

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Box 3, Folder 1

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 Jnger. The
correspondence between Hanno Hahn, R.P. and Siegfried Bene concerns Hahn's
text and the selection of photographs for the book Hohenstaufenburgen in
Sditalien. 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 Bume]. In the letter from Aug. 21 to Ernst Boehringer R.P. comments on his
meeting with Ernst Jnger regarding Jnger's text for the book Bume. In his letter
from Oct. 5 Ernst Boehringer asks R.P. to make portrait photographs of the
Boehringer family.
Box 3, Folder 2

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 Bume, as well as the editing and printing of the books Bume and
Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien (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
Bume 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

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 Bume and
Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien, also editorial matters, including the draft of the
preface to Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien. Several letters regard editorial and
technical aspects of the printing of Bume 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 Jnger's introduction to Bume. Also mentioned
are the book project Gestein [1966] and R.P.'s portraits of the Boehringer family
and Mr. and Mrs. Liebrecht.

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Box 3 , Folder 4

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 Bume, 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 Bume and the nature of his collaborative
effort with Ernst Jnger. 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 Jnger'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

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 Jnger; 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

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

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.

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Box 4, Folder 3

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

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 Bhm,
Heinrich M. Schwarz and Galavotti [?]. Also 5 items concerning
Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien, including a 5 page editorial plan with the title
"Arbeitsbericht (Vorschlge, 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

19 items: thank-you letters to C.H. Boehringer Sohn (chiefly Siegfried Bene) for
complimentary copies of the books Bume 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 Khne, Fritz Lendner,
Alexander Rominger, O. Fr. Timmermann, Carl Wurster, and 1 unidentified.
Box 4, Folder 6
Brend' Amour, Simhart & Co., 1961-1965

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 Bume.
Box 5, Folder 1
Box 5, Folder 1
Donat de Chapeaurouge - J. Damschen + Co.

Chapeaurouge, Donat de, 1956
1 letter by the art historian Donat de Chapeurouge to R.P. regarding an order of
photographs. On letterpress of Universitt Tbingen, Kunsthistorisches Institut.
Box 5, Folder 1
Dahlhoff, Walter, 1958

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 Mhne,
1957]
Box 5, Folder 1
Dambleff, 1951-1952
1 postcard to R.P. and 2 business letters by R.P. to Baurat Dambleff,
Staatshochbauamt, Soest/Westf.

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Box 5, Folder 1
Platten-Zentrale J. Damschen + Co., 1956

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

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
Box 5, Folder 3
Demag Aktiengesellschaft-Deutsche Bank A.G.

Demag Aktiengesellschaft, 1955
3 business letters, including 1 by R.P.
Box 5, Folder 3
Denz, Wolf-Herbert, 1960

Box 5, Folder 3
Deutsche Bibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Sammlung Buchkunst,

1962 and 1963
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence regarding Bume [1962] in the
context of R.P.'s participation in the competition [Wettbewerb] "Die schnsten
deutschen Bcher", 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

22 items of business correspondence, including 8 letters by R.P.
Box 5, Folder 4
Box 5, Folder 4
Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft-Deutsche Linoleum Werke

Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, 1951 and 1957-1958
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 Kste [1957?] and Die Waterkant [1958].
Box 5, Folder 4
Deutsche Dendrologische Gesellschaft, , 1958

1 business letter, signed by F. Boerner, written in response to R.P. With a
drawing and annotation.

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Box 5, Folder 4
Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Photographie, 1955-1963

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 Dsseldorf. 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 Schrder, and the Regierungsprsident,
concerning the culture prize; and a congratulatory letter from the
Regierungsprsident to R.P.
Box 5, Folder 4
Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrchiger, 1952 and 1957

4 items: 2 donor cards, a receipt, and a thank-you letter to R.P.
Box 5, Folder 4
Deutsche Linoleum-Werke, 1953

Box 5, Folder 5
Deutscher Kunstverlag, , 1949-1959

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

26 items: 25 letters (on 26 leaves) between R. P. (10 carbon copies and 2 ms. ) and
Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G. in Grnenplan near Hannover. Includes a listing of 48
photographs commissioned from R.P. and 1 leaf with numbers of photographs and
slides titled "Grnenplan."
Box 5, Folder 7
Box 5, Folder 7
Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt - Werksttten J. Dickerhoff

Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt, 1958-1966
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

2 business letters to R.P.
Box 5, Folder 7
Werksttten J. Dickerhoff, 1948-1958

25 items, including 10 by R.P.: business correspondence between the furniture
manufacturer Josef Dickerhoff in Bochum and R.P.
Box 5, Folder 8

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Dinker (Kirchengemeinde : Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany),
1953-1958
Box 5, Folder 8

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

1 business letter from Carl Dittmann & Co. Spezialfabrik fr Oberflchen und
Galvanotechnik in Karlsruhe.
Box 5, Folder 8
Stadt Dortmund Verkehrs- und Presseamt, 1955-1956

2 business letters to R.P. and 1 order form.
Box 5, Folder 8
Dortmunder Union Brckenbau-Aktiengesellschaft Werk Dortmund,

1951-1952
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

1 business letter.
Box 5, Folder 8
Du Selbst, 1965
3 items: 2 business letters from the editor of the magazin Du Selbst, eine
Zeitschrift fr Frauen, and 1 response by R.P.
Box 6, Folder 1
Box 6, Folder 1
George Eastman House-Ch. Erich

George Eastman House, 1960
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

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

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

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.

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Box 6, Folder 1
Erfurth, Annemarie, 1964

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

1 item (2 leaves): a personal letter by Helene Erfurth, wife of the photographer
Hugo Erfurth, to R.P.
Box 6, Folder 1

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

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

41 items: business correspondence, including 18 letters by R.P. (some annotated)
and 2 leaves with ms. notes.
Box 6, Folder 3
Box 6, Folder 3
Esso Petroleum Company- Evangelische Buchgemeinde, Stuttgart

Esso Petroleum Company, ltd, 1958
3 items. Business correspondence.
Box 6, Folder 3
Ettinger, Max, 1955-1958

6 personal letters, including 1 by R.P. with Max Ettinger [not the German
composer].
Box 6, Folder 3
Evangelische Aufbauschule Espelkamp-Mittwald, 1955

Box 6, Folder 3
Evang.-Reformierte Gemeinde Elberfeld, 1960

1 business letter to R.P.
Box 6, Folder 3
Evangelische Buchgemeinde (Stuttgart, Germany), 1964

1 business letter by R.P.
Box 6, Folder 4

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Box 6, Folder 4
Fachstelle fr Jugendphotographie (Frankfurt, Germany), 1964

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

6 business letters to R.P.
Box 6, Folder 4
Farbenfabriken Bayer, 1951

Box 6, Folder 4
Favelo N.V. Fotografische Apparatuur (Holland), 1962

Box 6, Folder 4
Feische, J. (Werkstatt fr Mosaikmbel), 1961

1 business letter by R.P. to J. Feische in Hellefeld/Sauerland.
Box 6, Folder 4
Fermata-Gesellschaft, 1962
2 order forms (on 3 leaves) with orders to R.P.
Box 6, Folder 4
Fischer, Wend, 1964-1965

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

1 item: a receipt from the sculptor Sebald Fiswick.
Box 6, Folder 4
Flemming, Hans Walter, 1959

2 items: professional correspondence, including 1 by R.P.
Box 6, Folder 4
Florin, Bernhard, 1953, 1965

Box 6, Folder 4
Flothmann, Brunhilde, 1957

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

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Focal Press, 1950-1956

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
Frderanlagen u. Maschinenbau GmbH Wilhelmshaven, 1955-1956

8 items: business correspondence, including 5 by R.P.
Box 6, Folder 5
Fohn, Sophie, 1960

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
Box 6, Folder 6
Museum Folkwang Essen - Fotorama

Museum Folkwang Essen, 1943-1956
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
1 business letter to R.P., annotated on verso.
Box 6, Folder 6
Foto Prisma, Stuttgart, 1965-1966

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

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

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Fraser, Charles E., 1960-1962

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

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

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Hellmut Frieser from AGFA
Aktiengesellschaft fr 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. Lhrig.
Box 6, Folder 7
Freytag, Heinrich, 1956-1957, 1964

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

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 Mhnesee [1951?].
Box 6, Folder 7
Friedmann, Hermann, 1956

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

1 letter signed by Rolf [Fritz?] typed on the letterhead of the Museum fr Kunst
und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, Schloss Cappenberg bei Lnen, regarding the
distribution of R.P.'s book on the castle in Cappenberg [ Schloss Cappenberg,
1953].

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Ftterer, Karl, 1950-1952

5 items, including 4 by R.P. : correspondence, mainly invoices, with Karl Ftterer
at the Ernhrungsministerium [Department of Nutrition] in Dsseldorf,
concerning R.P.'s photographs of architectural sites in Reichswald and of
furniture designed by Hugo Kkelhaus.
Box 6, Folder 8
Box 6, Folder 8
Ernst Fuhrmann - Frstenberg Porzellanmanufaktur

Fuhrmann, Ernst, 1945-1946, 1954, undated
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
Kkelhaus. [Pre-war correspondence between R.P. and Ernst Fuhrmann is filed
in Box 1, F. 2].
Box 6, Folder 8
Fuhrmann, Arend, 1956-1966

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
Frst, Viktor, 1956-1962

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. Frst 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 Frst's photographs of
architecture published in his book on Versailles [ Versailles, 1950]; and
mentions the photographer Emil Otto Hopp and the architect Fritz Schupp. Of
R.P.'s letter from Nov. 12, 1956 only one leaf is present.
Box 6, Folder 8
Porzellanmanufaktur Frstenberg, 1962-1963

4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Hans-Joachim
Beyer, the director of the porcelain manufacturing firm in Frstenberg 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

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Box 7, Folder 1
Ganssauge, Gottfried, 1962

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
Grtner, Robert, 1960, undated

3 personal/professional letters (on 4 leaves). The letter by R.P. is dated Sept.
20, 1960. The 2 letters from Grtner to R.P. are undated; one provides R.P. with
electrical details related to photography.
Box 7, Folder 1
Gaessler, Siglinde, 1966

2 personal letters to R.P.
Box 7, Folder 1
Gebhart, Hans, 1957

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 Mhne ?, 1957 or Soest, 1957].
Box 7, Folder 2
Gernsheim, Helmut, 1956-1959

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, Lszl Moholy-Nagy, Florence Henry, Henri
Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Eugne 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 schn. 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.

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Box 7, Folder 3

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 fr 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
Box 7, Folder 4
Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner-Glasbau Heinrich Hahn

Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner, 1949
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 fr Technik und Wirtschaft (Dortmund, Germany), 1956

1 letter to R.P. concerning a lecture R.P. was invited to give at the Gesellschaft
fr 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 Frderung der Spektrochemie und angewandten

Spektroskopie (Dortmund, Germany), 1962
1 letter to R.P. concerning photographs of the new building of the Gesellschaft
zur Frderung der Spektrochemie und angewandten Spektroskopie in
Dortmund. Annotated by R.P.
Box 7, Folder 4
Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktien-Gesellschaft. Gruppe Bochum, 1951-1952

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
1 letter to R.P. signed "Gesine" and dated Nov. 18, 1958.
Box 7, Folder 4
Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V.,1962

2 business letters to R.P. from Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. in Antwerp,
including 1 copyright statement signed by R.P.

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Gewerkschaft Auguste Victoria, 1954-1955

2 letters, including 1 expense report, regarding R.P.'s photos of industrial sites.
Box 7, Folder 4
Gieseking, Franz Klemens, 1953

2 business letters, including 1 by R.P., from the editor of Mnstersche Zeitung.
Box 7, Folder 4
Gieselmann, Reinhard, 1955

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

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
Box 7, Folder 5
Glas Forum-Rube Goldberg

Glas Forum (Schorndorf, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany), 1956
3 letters, including 1 by R.P., with the editor Robert Jeserich, regarding
photographs by R.P. used to illustrate an article by Dr. Vlcker.
Box 7, Folder 5
Glaswerke Ruhr (Essen, Germany), 1951

4 items, including 2 by R.P.: letters concerning reproduction of R.P.'s
photograph "Herstellung von Konservenglsern".
Box 7, Folder 5
Verlag Glckauf, 1956

1 letter to R.P. concerning copyright payment for a photograph by R.P. included
in the book Kristall, ein Buch fr den Bergman [1956].
Box 7, Folder 5
Gebr. Gockel, 1952

1 estimate of a roof repair job for R.P.
Box 7, Folder 5
Goerler [?], 1962

1 letter to R.P., written in Rome on Jan. 17, 1962.
Box 7, Folder 5
Goerttler, Kurt, 1954-1960

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 Krner. Also included is 1 engagement announcement.

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Goerttler, Victor, 1966

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

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

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
Box 7, Folder 6
Ernst Gosebruch - Ali Grnberg

Gosebruch, Ernst, 1952-1960
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
Grfe und Unzer Verlag, 1962

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the Grfe 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

1 business letter and 1 telegram to R.P. from Graphische Betriebe W. Girardet in
Essen.
Box 7, Folder 6
Graubner, Gerhard, 1953-1958

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 Mhlheim [Stadthalle Mhlheim].

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Greischel, Walther, 1953-1954

5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the director of
the Landesmuseum der Provinz Westfalen in Mnster, Walther Greischel,
concerning R.P.'s assistance in the search for a professional photographer for
the museum in Mnster, 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

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

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
Grnberg, Ali [?] ,1950 and undated

2 lettters: one in black ink, dated Sept. 19, 1959 and signed: Ali Grnberg; 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 Lwe
sein wollte, oder die kleine Menschlichkeit."
Box 7, Folder 7
Box 7, Folder 7
L. Fritz Gruber - Gutenberg Gesellschaft

Gruber, L. Fritz, 1957-1963
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 fr
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

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].

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Gurlitt, Hildebrand, 1948

1 personal letter to R.P. by the art historian, typed on letterhead of the
Kunstverein fr die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Dsseldorf; describing the fate
of Gurlitt's family after the end of the war.
Box 7, Folder 7
Gutehoffnungshtte, 1950
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding a photograph R.P. took
in the 1930s at the Gutehoffnungshtte, Werk Sterkrade in Oberhausen.
Box 7, Folder 7
Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1952-1961
3 letters from the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz to R.P. soliciting his
membership. Memership card for 1960-1961.
Box 7, Folder 8
Box 7, Folder 8
Wolfgang Haber-Walter Hege

Haber, Wolfgang, 1961
1 letter to R.P. by the dendrologist Wolgang Haber regarding the text and the
succession of photographs for the book Bume (1962).
Box 7, Folder 8
Hajek-Halke, Heinz, 1960

1 letter to R.P. by the photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke congratulating R.P. for
receiving the culture prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Photographie.
Box 8, Folder 1

[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
Stterlin 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 Jnger's book Strahlungen
[1949] and mentions the art historian Francis Donald Klingender.

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Box 8, Folder 2

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 Hxter, and about the residence of the Krupp family
in Essen [ Villa Hgel, 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

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 Sditalien, a landscape book
for the firm Siepmann [ Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen Ruhr und Mhne] , a
"Wald-Buch" [ Im Wald], books commissioned by Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
and by Deutsche Bank in Mainz and Frankfurt, and Bume. 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

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 Bume, Bilder aus der Landschaft zwischen
Ruhr und Mhne , 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 fr Photographie to award the culture prize to August Sander.
Box 8, Folder 5

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Helfferich, Daan, 1960-1965

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

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

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
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 Kkelhaus].
Box 8, Folder 6
Box 8, Folder 6
Helene Henze-Verlag Herder

Henze, Helene, 1959-1967
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 Sditalien.
Henze's letters mention the sculptor Hugo Kkelhaus, Peter Bamm's book An
den Ksten des Lichts [1961], an article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeiting about
the artist Reinhold Khler, also Thomas Bernhard and his book Verstrung
[1967].
Box 8, Folder 6
Herbermann, Clemens, 1951

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

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.

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Box 8, Folder 7
Hergerder-Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia
Hergerder, 1952
1 letter of recommendation from R.P. to Miss Hergerder [in Bielefeld] regarding
his former student Christa Grnitz.
Box 8, Folder 7
H. Herrmann Werksttten fr Mbel und Innenausbau, 1955

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

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] Nex,
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

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 Bume.
[See also pre-war correspondence between R.P. and Heyer in Box 1, F.4.]
Box 8, Folder 7
Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia, 1951-1952

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
Box 8, Folder 8
Paul Hilchenbach Kohlengrosshandlung - Hoesch-Westfalenhtte AG

Paul Hilchenbach Kohlengrosshandlung, 1955, 1956
2 business letters from R.P. to the coal wholesaler Paul Hilchenbach.
Box 8, Folder 8
Hinkel, Wilhelm, 1949

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

3 items, including 2 by R.P.: business correspondence.

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Hoeltje, Georg, 1958

6 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the architect
from the Institut fr 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-Westfalenhtte (Dortmund, Germany), 1957, 1962

8 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Miss Walter from
the Hoesch-Westfalenhtte AG in Dortmund regarding the lecture titled Wesen
und Aufgabe der Fotografie, given by R.P. at the Hoesch-Westfalenhtte AG in
Dortmund on November 13, 1957. With a mention of Hermann Speer. Includes
the invitation leaflet for the lecture.
Box 9, Folder 1
Box 9, Folder 1
Helmut Hlder - Hundt-Verlag

Hlder, Helmut, 1964-1966
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

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
Hlscher, Uvo, 1953

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the archeologist and architect
Uvo Hlscher from the Technische Hochschule Hannover, regarding
photographs by R.P. published in the book Norddeutsche Backsteindome.
Box 9, Folder 1
Hhle, Karl, 1955-1956

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

1 personal letter to R.P., includes a mention of the photographer [Wilhelm]
Castelli.
Box 9, Folder 1
Hver, Otto, 1957

1 letter by R.P. to the [art historian Otto?] Hver, 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.

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Holzmeister, Gunda, 1950, 1957-1962

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
Sditalien. 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

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 Hgel, 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 [ Hxter und
Corvey, 1954].
Box 9, Folder 1
Hffer, Ernst, 1961

1 item: a thank-you letter to R.P. from Ernst Hffer in Mnster, for sending a
book about "tragic events in December".
Box 9, Folder 1
Hundt Verlag, 1963

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

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, Wlder und Felder and Bilder aus dem Erzgebirge - Drfer und
Stdte [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
Box 9, Folder 3
Zentralblatt fr Industriebau, Hannover - Christian Adolf Isermeyer

Zentralblatt fr Industriebau (Hannover, Germany), 1955
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of the magazines
Zentralblatt fr 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.

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Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Mnster, 1954-1955

7 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Industrie- und
Handelskammer in Mnster in Westfalen (Gieselmann, Schlichter, Schweppe)
regarding photographs R.P. took of the new building designed by Hans
Schwippert.
Box 9, Folder 3
Innenarchitektur, 1953Scope and Content Note

4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the magazine
Die Innenarchitektur, Zeitschrift fr 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
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 Rsner). 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
Sditalien.
Box 9, Folder 3
Institut fr Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht, 1954-1956

13 items (on 14 leaves), including 4 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and
the Institut fr Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht in Munich
(Lnenschloss, Lindemann) concerning photographs by R.P. for the book
projects Karolingische Kunst, Niederrhein, Niederrheinische Bucht and Gotik III.
Box 9, Folder 3
Institut fr Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie, 1962

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with H. Kaiser at the Institut fr
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

1 letter to R.P. from the German art historian in Hamburg, concerning the book
Bume; with a mention of Carl Georg Heise.
Box 9, Folder 4

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Jacobi, Lotte, 1957-1965

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 Bume 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

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

1 letter to R.P. by the German artist. Jaenisch asks for a photograph R.P. took of
Hugo Kkelhaus, which also shows a drawing of a Chinese sculpture by
Jaenisch.
Box 9, Folder 4
Jagon, 1955
1 letter to R.P. regarding purchasing photographs.
Box 9, Folder 4
Jahn, Walther, 1954

1 letter by R.P. to the printer Walther Jahn, complaining about the technical
quality of the reprints of photographs of Hxter and Corvey [ Hxter und
Corvey, 1954].
Box 9, Folder 4
Jancke, Rudolf, 1964

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
Bume [1962] and Jancke's Glck; 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

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: 2 letters and 1 invoice. Business correspondence
with the firm Janssen & Cie., Photo-Grosshandlung in Cologne.

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Jaques, Renate, 1950

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 fr Vlkerkunde 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

4 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Martin Johannsen in Essen,
regarding photographs of paintings.
Box 9, Folder 4
Jung, Ewald, 1952

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
Jnger, Ernst, 1943-1967

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 Jnger's essays and
R.P.'s photographic work for the books Bume and Gestein. Jnger's letter from
Feb. 23, 1965 has a sketch plan of a location on verso. Included is a copy of the
letter by Ernst Jnger 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 Jnger anlsslich des 3.
Bayerischen Entomologentages in Mnchen, am 10. April 1965 , 12 p., is inscribed
by Jnger. Also included are 1 obituary and 1 engagement announcement.
Box 9, Folder 6
Box 9, Folder 6
Heinrich Junker - Hille Kleinstra

Junker, Heinrich, 1949
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

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

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 Hxter und
Corvey [1954] and Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien [1961].
Box 9, Folder 6
Grfl. v. Kanitz'sche Weingutsverwaltung, 1953

1 item: letter to R.P. from the Grfl. v. Kanitz'sche Weingutsverwaltung in Lorch
am Rhein, regarding shipment of wine.

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Kstner, Erhart, 1949

2 letters to R. P. by Erhart Kstner, 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
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
Tbingen.
Box 9, Folder 6
Kaupp, Hans, 1954

5 items, including 1 by R.P.: business letters with Hans Kaupp Buchdruckerei in
Tbingen, regarding photographs of churches, listing the photographs.
Box 9, Folder 6
Kempe, Fritz, 1956-1964

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

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 Sditalien.
Box 9, Folder 6
Franz Kerstin Eisen-und Eisenwaren-Grosshandlung, 1956

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

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Carl Kessemeier, from the
Sauerlnder Heimatbund; who asks R.P. for photographs of the Mhne River
Valley.
Box 9, Folder 6
Kettembeil, K., 1950

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.

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Box 9, Folder 6
Kleinstra, Hille and Kleinstra, Hanke, 1960-1961

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
Box 9, Folder 7
Ernst Klett Verlag - Knoll International GmbH

Ernst Klett Verlag, 1962, 1966
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. Klnne (Firm), 1953

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the firm Aug. Klnne in
Dortmund (Dr. Lehman), regarding photographs by R.P. of the Heinrich Robert
coal mine tower.
Box 9, Folder 7
Klipstein, Editha, 1950

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

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

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.
Box 10, Folder 1

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Knorr & Hirth Verlag, 1955-1960

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 Schmlz, Willi Beutler, Hans Saebens, and Heinz Mller-Brunke, also
the art critic Will Grohmann.
Box 10, Folder 1
Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch, 1950

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, cafs, bars, 1959]; with a
mention of the architect Hans Schwippert.
Box 10, Folder 1
Kock, Erich, 1953-1962

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 Khler Buchhandlung, 1956, 1958

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: business correspondence with Alexander Khler
Buchhandlung in Dresden.
Box 10, Folder 1
Koehler & Volckmar, 1953

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
Khn, H. (Heinz), 1949-1956, undated

8 items, including 6 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the Museumsrat
Dr. Heinz Khn 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 Mhnesee [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.

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Box 10, Folder 1
Kllmann, Erich, 1950, 1953

3 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Erich Kllmann at the
Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Kln, regarding R.P. 's photograph of a toy,
and the sale of six Rmer type wine glasses to R.P. With a mention of Hugo
Kkelhaus.
Box 10, Folder 1
Klsch-Flzer-Werke, 1953
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the blast furnace
manufacturer Klsch-Flzer-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
Knig, Heinrich, 1950

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Heinrich Knig at the
Deutscher Werkbund Wrttemberg-Baden; concerning R.P.'s photograph of the
Bundeshaus in Bonn to be used as illustration in Knig's article for Neue
Wrttembergische Zeitung.
Box 10, Folder 1
Amtsverwaltung Krbecke, , 1950

1 letter from the Amtsverwaltung Krbecke to R.P. regarding the maintenance
of a water meter.
Box 10, Folder 1
Amstkasse Krbecke/Mhnesee, 1955

1 letter from R.P. to the Amtskasse Krbecke/Mhnesee regarding the
termination of his membership in the local artisans guild [Handwerkskammer].
Box 10, Folder 2

Box 10, Folder 2
Bernd Ksters - Hanns Krenz

Ksters, Bernd, 1949-1950
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 Mnster.
Box 10, Folder 2
Kotthoff, August, 1950

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

1 business letter to R.P. from the manufacturer of photochemical products
Trockenplattenfabrik Kranseder & Cie. in Munich.

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Kramer, Rudolf, 1953

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 fr
Wiederaufbau [Department of Reconstruction]. R.P. mentions Karl Hhle and the
photographer Friedrich Emil Krauss.
Box 10, Folder 2
Krauss, Friedrich Emil, 1950-1961, undated

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 Bchner, 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:
Klppelspitzenbuch, 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

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

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 Hsel; the mutual friend [Wynand?] Stockmann; also
selling R.P.'s photographs.
Box 10, Folder 3

Box 10, Folder 3
Felix Kreusch - Fried. Krupp Maschinen- und Stahlbau Rheinhausen

Kreusch, Felix, 1955
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

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
Ddesberg.
Box 10, Folder 3
Der Kriegsblinde, 1957

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.

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Box 10, Folder 3
Alfred Krner Verlag, 1954

1 letter to R.P. from the Alfred Krner Verlag in Stuttgart, regarding shipment of
books.
Box 10, Folder 3
Krupp Stahl AG. Werk (Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Germany), 1953-1958

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

Box 10, Folder 4
Fritz Khn - Kunstring Soest

Khn, Fritz, 1952-1953
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Fritz Kuhn at the Atelier fr
Kunstschmiedearbeiten, Stahl- und Metallgestaltung in Berlin; concerning
honorarium for R.P.
Box 10, Folder 4
Khn, 1953
1 business letter from R.P. to Ministerialrat Khn in Dsseldorf. Annotated by
R.P. and by Khn.
Box 10, Folder 4
Khne, Margret, 1959

Box 10, Folder 4
O. Kllenberg K. G., 1960

1 letter by R.P. to the firm O. Kllenberg KG. in Essen; regarding payment.
Box 10, Folder 4
North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). Kultusministerium, 1964-1965

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 Dsseldorf, 1957

5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with H. Schmidt at the Staatliche
Kunstakademie Dsseldorf; regarding the lecture titled ber 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

1 letter to R.P., asking for reprints of photographs of landscapes in the Ruhr
Region for the annual publication Kirchenbote.

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Box 10, Folder 4
Kunstring Soest, 1950

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

Box 10, Folder 5
Albert Lange - Landgericht Oldenburg

Lange, Albert, 1946?
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

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

1 letter by R.P. to the Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag in Knigstein/Taunus
(Kster); presenting arguments in favor of a new edition of his book Deutsche
Wasserburgen [1957].
Box 10, Folder 5
Landgericht Oldenburg, 1954

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 Frderanlagen 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

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 Jnger. 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

Box 10, Folder 7
Leni Matthaei - Museum fr Photographie Dresden

Mattaei, Leni, 1964
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

1 thank-you letter to R.P. from Alix Metternich in Rome [related to Wolff
Metternich from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome?].

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Uitgeversmaatschappij "C. Misset", 1960, 1966

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
1 letter from R.P. to Dr. Molnar at the Werbeagentur Dr. Hegemann GmbH in
Dsseldorf, in which he presents his opinion about contemporary photography.
Box 10, Folder 7
Muck, O., undated

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 fr Photographie (Dresden, Germany), 1966

4 items, including 3 by R.P. : correspondence with W. Hahn at the Museum fr
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

Box 10, Folder 8
Oberkreisdirektor, Soest - Jaap d'Oliveira

Soest (Germany : Kreis). Oberkreisdirektor, 1963
1 business letter by R.P. to the Oberkreisdirektor in Soest; concerning a
commission.
Box 10, Folder 8
Oeser, Hans Ludwig, 1952

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 Schnheit der Natur, ein
Bildkalender fr den Naturfreund . R.P. mentions his difficulty with the changing
technology in photography.
Box 10, Folder 8
Oliveira, Jaap d', undated

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

Box 11, Folder 1
Magdalena Padberg - Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien,

Padberg, Magdalena, 1965
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

1 invoice to R.P. for an office product, from the firm Pater + Platten in
Neheim-Hsten.

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Pawlik, Johannes, 1961

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,

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 Wiescherhfen).
Box 11, Folder 1
Penguin (Firm), 1962

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

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 [Kln] and about Dsseldorf; 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
Photobltter, 1960
4 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the editors of
Photobltter (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 cin club du Val de Bivre, 1962

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: the letter to R.P., signed by the president of the
Photo cin club du Val de Bivre, Jean Fage; lists photographs by R.P. reserved
for the Bibliothque nationale.
Box 11, Folder 1
Photographische Gesellschaft in Wien, 1961

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

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.

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Box 11, Folder 3
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition] - Photo-Presse,

Hannoversch-Mnden
Box 11, Folder 3
Photokina 1960 [International Photo- and Cine Exhibition] , 1960

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

2 items (on 4 leaves), including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with Pietro Donzelli,
the editor of Popular Photography, la pi 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, Eugne Atget, the firm
Photo-Secession, and Jacob Riis; published by the magazine.
Box 11, Folder 3
Publications Photo-Cinma Paul Montel, 1962

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correpondence with Paul Montel, editor of Photo
cinma magazine; regarding reproduction of R.P.'s photograph Baumschlag.
Box 11, Folder 3
Photo-Magazin, 1953-1957
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
1 letter by R.P.; cancelling a subscription.
Box 11, Folder 4

Box 11, Folder 4
Otto G. Pickhan - Paul Hubert Prausnitz

Pickhan, Otto G., 1962 and 1963
2 letters to R.P. from the firm Sauerlnder Kunsthandwerk Otto G. Pickhan in
Mollseifen/Westfalen; requesting reprints.
Box 11, Folder 4
Pieper, Paul, 1955-1956

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Paul Pieper at
the Landesmuseum fr Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Mnster/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, Kthe Kollwitz,
Rene Sintenis, Max Planck, Herbert Eulenberg, Theodor Dubler, Martin
Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wilhems Kreis.
Box 11, Folder 4
Piotti, Achille, 1966

1 letter by R.P. to a physician in Lugano, Italy; regarding medical fees.

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Box 11, Folder 4
Plzig, Peter, 1959

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the office of the architect
Peter Plzig 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
Mar's book on architectural and industrial photography.
Box 11, Folder 4
Pollack, Peter, 1958 and undated

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 schn for the forthcoming book Masterpieces of photography.
Box 11, Folder 4
Pollak, Kurt, 1962

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

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the biologist Adolf Portmann
at Zoologische Anstalt der Universitt Basel. R.P. writes about his photographs
of forest (Wald-Bilder).
Box 11, Folder 4
Postamt Soest, 1953

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

1 personal letter to R.P. by the chemist.
Box 11, Folder 5
Presswerk A. G., 1952-1956

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

Box 11, Folder 6
Prestel Verlag - Quick Verlagsleitung

Prestel Verlag, 1958
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 Europische
Architektur.

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Preuss, F. G., 1951

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
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 Frderung der Photographie. With a
mention of L. Fritz Gruber.
Box 11, Folder 7

Box 11, Folder 7
[Helene] Rahms - Rheinischer Merkur

Rahms, Helene, 1949
2 personal letters to R.P. possibly by the German journalist Helene Rahms;
signed "Ihre Rahms".
Box 11, Folder 7
Rahm, undated
1 letter signed "Rahm", without formal address, in verse.
Box 11, Folder 7
Ray, Man, 1961

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

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

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

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)

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Box 11, Folder 8
Richter, Max, 1962-1965

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- Palontologisches Institut at the Freie
Universitt 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

39 items, including 18 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the chemical
plant Riedel & Co. Spezialfabrik fr 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

Box 12, Folder 1
Ilse Roenneke - Liebetraut Rothert

Roenneke, Ilse, 1955-1961
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the architect Ilse Roenneke
from Arnsberg/Westfalen.
Box 12, Folder 1
Roenneke, Hartmut, 1961, undated

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

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

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.

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Rothert, Liebetraut, 1955-1959

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

Box 12, Folder 2
Max Ruhfus - Peter Russell

Ruhfus, Max, 1957
3 items by Max Ruhfus: a note to R.P., a letter to the real estate agent H.
Junghlter 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

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
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

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

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

Box 12, Folder 3
Victor H. Scales - Johannes Scharfenstein

Scales, Victor H., 1958-1959
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.

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Box 12, Folder 3
Schabicki, Irmgard, 1962

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

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

1 business letter to R.P. from a furniture designer in Meschede/Ruhr.
Box 12, Folder 4
Scheven, Ilsemarie von, 1959-1961

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 Bume, abstract art, literary topics and the
current cultural climate in Germany. R.P. mentions the Documenta in Kassel, and
comments on Heinrich Bll's novel Billard um halb zehn [1961] and Ernst Jnger's
An der Zeitmauer [1959] and Sgrafitti [1960]. Scheven frequently mentions
contemporary literary authors and their recent publications. Included is a
typescript Drei Monate Wste, 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

Box 12, Folder 5
Auskunftei W. Schimmelpfeng - P. F. Schneider

Schimmelpfeng, W., 1954
1 business letter to R.P. from the firm Auskunftei W. Schimmelpfeng, Deutsche
Auskunftei GmbH. in Dortmund.
Box 12, Folder 5
Schirdewan, Ruth, 1959

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

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

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).

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Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. Adolf, 1962

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

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

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

34 items (on 36 leaves), including 9 by R.P.: predominantly business
correspondence with the architect Paul Schneider-Esleben in Dsseldorf;
concerning commissions to photograph buildings in Meschede, Bracht,
Dsseldorf-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 Schningh Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1941-1964

33 items, including 2 by R.P. and 1 personal letter from Schningh's wife Annie.
Mainly honorariums for R.P. from the publisher and bookseller Ferdinand Schningh
in Paderborn, for sold copies of Paderborn [1949].
Box 12, Folder 8
Schppe, Wilhelm, 1957-1962

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. Schppe 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.

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Schott, Erich [ Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.], 1947-1953

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 fr
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

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

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
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

Box 13, Folder 3
Gerhard Schrder - Standard Verlag, Hamburg

Schrder, Gerhard, 1962
2 thank-you letters from the Foreign Minister (Bundesminister des Auswrtigen)
Gerhard Schrder to R.P.
Box 13, Folder 3
Schubert und Salzer (Firm), 1952

1 business letter by Agnes Renger-Patzsch to the firm Schubert und Salzer in
Stuttgart.
Box 13, Folder 3
Staatshochbauamt Soest, 1957

1 business letter to R.P. Annotated.

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Stadt Darmstadt, 1951

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

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

5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence regarding reprints of photographs
by R.P.
Box 13, Folder 3
Stahlberg, Ingeborg, 1956-1957

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

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
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, Gert [1957] (vol. 2 of the series Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts).
Box 13, Folder 4
Schupp, F. (Fritz), 1951-1959

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 Rhrigshof, 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

Box 13, Folder 5
Georg Schtzenhofer - W. Schwarz

Schtzenhofer, Georg, 1955
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
Schtz-Wolff, Johanna, 1950

1 postcard to R.P. by the artist Johanna Schtz-Wolff. Includes a small drawing
by the artist.

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Schwarz, Paula, Sister, 1957, undated

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

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 Hrlimann'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.
Bhm. The typescripts include carbon copies.
Box 13, Folder 5
Schwarz, W., 1954

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

30 items, including 13 by R.P.: l correspondence with the architect; concerning
photographs of a highrise building of an insurance agency in Dsseldorf
(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 Mnster; and a commissioned work for
the firm Deutsche Linoleumwerke. Included is 1 letter from R.P. to the Industrieund Handelskammer in Mnster. 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

Box 13, Folder 7
Seiler - Ernst Siepmann

Seiler, 1961
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

12 items, including 7 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and Ernst
Siepmann of the Siepmann-Werke AG in Beleke/Mhne, concerning photographs
of the firm's office space and products. With a mention of Hugo Kkelhaus.
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.

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Smith, Kthe, 1955-1969 undated

37 items (on 41 leaves), including 12 by R.P. and 1 letter from Kthe 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 Kthe 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 Bume,
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

Box 13, Folder 9
Gerda Soergel - H. B. Spitmann

Panofsky-Soergel, Gerda, 1962
1 postcard to R.P. by Gerda Soergel [wife of the art historian Erwin Panofsky];
regarding Hohenstaufenburgen in Sditalien .
Box 13, Folder 9
Stdt. Verkehrs- und Kulturpflegeamt Soest, 1956-1958

3 letters to R.P.; regarding reprints of photographs of Soest for a tourist
brochure.
Box 13, Folder 9
So Einrichtungshaus Winter, 1963

1 letter to R.P. from the furniture store in Essen.
Box 13, Folder 9
Spiegelglas Verkaufs-Agentur (Cologne, Germany), 1953

4 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence regarding photographs of the
building of the insurance agency Provinzialversicherung in Dsseldorf. With a
mention of the architect Hans Schwippert.
Box 13, Folder 9
Spitman, H. B., undated

1 personal letter to R.P. by the daughter of the architect H. B. Spitman.
Box 14, Folder 1

Box 14, Folder 1
Stauffacher-Verlag AG, Zrich - Emil Steffann

Stauffacher-Verlag, 1958
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].

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Sophie Stecker Strickwarenfabrik, 1955

2 items, including 1 by R.P. Correspondence concerning reprints of photographs
of industrial buildings. Stecker mentions the Mnster in Westfalen publisher Karl
Heinz von Saint-George.
Box 14, Folder 1
Steffen, Dieter, 1964

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 Hpker 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

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
Dsseldorf, 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 Kckelhaus. Two letters by R.P. are addressed to Pfarrer Mrz
of the St. Bonifatius parrish in Dortmund.
Box 14, Folder 2

Box 14, Folder 2
Edward Steichen - Otto Steinert

Steichen, Edward, 1955-1956
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

12 items, including 5 by R.P. Steinert's letters to R.P. are on the letterhead of
Staatliche Schule fr Kunst und Handwerk Saarbrcken. Correspondence
concerningthe acquisition of reprints from Die Welt ist schn 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 fr Photographie. Also discussed is the possibility of
publishing a book about Hugo Erfurth with the support of Deutsche Gesellschaft
fr Photographie. R.P. mentions an unpublished photograph "Dornbusch an der
Landstrasse".
Box 14, Folder 3

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Saint-George, Karl Heinz von, 1955

2 items, including 1 by R.P. Correspondence with the publisher in Mnster;
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

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

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

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

1 letter to R.P. by the photographer in Dsseldorf, in which she comments on a
WDR [West Deutscher Rundfunk] television program about R.P.
Box 14, Folder 3
Stuttgarter Gardinen (Firm), 1954-1956

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
Stber, 1949
1 postcard to R.P. from family Stber in Mannbach am Rhein.
Box 14, Folder 3
Stbing, Rudolf, 1953-1954

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with a book dealer specializing in
books on photography in Bielefeld.

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Sddeutsche Bank, 1954-1957, undated

11 items, including 6 by R.P. (incl. 1 handwritten note): correspondence with
director Kper in Franfurt am Main, and Mr. Jckle 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

4 items (on 5 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with Gynther Hansen
at Sdschleswigs Dnischer 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
Sdschleswigs Dnischer Kunstverein in Flensburg in May 1962.
Box 14, Folder 4

Box 14, Folder 4
Verlag "Sanitre Technik" - Georg Trump

Verlag "Sanitre Technik", 1954
1 letter by R.P. concerning the copyright for one of his photographs.
Box 14, Folder 4
Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH, 1954-1955

16 items, including 5 by R.P.: correspondence with the pharmaceutical firm Dr.
Karl Thomae GmbH in Biberach an der Riss (Dr. Carl Ernst Snger), 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

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

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 Werksttten J. Dickerhoff in Bochum.
Box 14, Folder 4
Tpfer, Alfred, 1962

1 letter by R.P. to the firm Alfred C. Tpfer in Hamburg, in which R.P. accepts an
invitation. Annotated by R.P.
Box 14, Folder 4
Trump, Georg, 1959

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.

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Box 14, Folder 5
Tmpel, Wolfgang, 1949-1958, undated

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. Tmpel'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 Tmpel'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 Mnster in 1955 (opened Oct. 16th). Tmpel mentions exhibitions of
his work in Osnabrck, Schwbisch-Gmnd and in Hagen in 1958.
Box 14, Folder 6

Box 14, Folder 6
Bruno Uhl - U.S. Camera

Uhl, Bruno, 1955
3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and Bruno Uhl from
Agfa Aktiengesellschaft fr Photofabrikation in Leverkusen. Uhl invites R.P. to
accept the position of guest lecturer at the recently established Staatliche
Hhere Fachschule fr Photographie Kln; 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

3 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence between R.P. and the editor Danz
at Ullstein Aktiengesellschaft Propylen-Verlag in Berlin-Tempelhof, asking for a
reprint of R.P.'s photograph of the Erbdrostenhof in Mnster, which was
included in Theodor Rensing's books about the architect Johann Conrad
Schlaun.
Box 14, Folder 6
Umschau Verlag, 1958-1962

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

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

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
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.

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U.S. Camera (Firm), undated [1957?]

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

Klischeanstalt
Box 14, Folder 7
Verbindungsstelle Landwirtschaft-Industrie, 1956

8 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Dr. Schrder-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 Mnchen-Gladbach e.V., 1951
1 letter to R.P. asking for photographs related to the theme of cotton
production.
Box 14, Folder 7
Vignold Klischeanstalt, 1957

1 business letter by R.P. to Vignold Klischeanstalt in Essen.
Box 14, Folder 8
Virl, Herman, 1951-1958

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 Sddeutsche Bank; and a travel brochure and
advertisement for Grnwald near Munich. R.P. mentions taking photographs of a
highrise building in Dsseldorf. 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

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 Mnchner Leben ( [Oct.?] 1958) and a book
designed by Virl [ Geburtstagsgeschichten]. R.P. describes his intentions for the
book Bume; and also advises Friedel Virl-Gath in business affairs involving the
firm Atelier Professor Virl. Some letters are annotated.
Box 14, Folder 10

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Vogelsang, Marianne, 1950

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
Voigtlnder & Sohn, 1950

1 invoice from the firm in Braunschweig to the firm O. Kllenberg in Essen, for
an item sold to R.P.
Box 14, Folder 10
Vlckers, Otto, 1950, 1955-1956

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 Tafelglashtten, 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. Vlckers
describes his plans for articles about glass and architectural forms. With a
mention of the architects Hans Schwippert and Gnter Marschall in Marl-Hls.
Box 14, Folder 10
Voswinkel, Walter, 1952-1953

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

Box 14, Folder 11
Martin Wackernagel - Peter Wapnewski

Wackernagel, Martin, 1955-1956
5 items, including 2 by R.P.: correspondence with the art historian in Mnster.
R.P. expresses his attitude towards individuality as an aesthetic element in
photography ( "... da mich, wie auch beim Portrt das Individuelle wenig
interessiert hat."). Two letters by Wackernagel are on Westflischer 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

1 letter to R.P. The artist from Rumbeck [Arnsberg-Rumbeck] asks R.P. to
photograph her sculptures and vases.

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Wahl, Victor, 1959

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 Fssli Verlag which includes his work [ Hnde 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

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

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

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 Kthe Smith.
Box 14, Folder 11
Wapnewski, Peter, 1954-1962

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
Jnger'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 Bume and Wapnewski's Hartman von Aue.
Box 15, Folder 1

Box 15, Folder 1
Ludwig Weber -"Werdendes Abendland an Rhein und Ruhr"

Weber, Ludwig, 1950
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the editor of the magazine
Das Haus and director of the ffentliche Bausparkasse Wrttemberg;
concerning a reprint. With a mention of a photograph by R.P. published in
Fundamente.

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm), 1966

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

13 items, including 3 by R.P.: correspondence with Robert Weimann in
Ingolstadt and Lbbecke. 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 Sditalien and Bume; mentions an exhibition of R.P.'s
work in Dortmund in 1962 and a biography of R.P. issued in the catalog
Werkstatt Portrt 10. Both mention mutual friends Herman Virl, [Henner?]
Ktelhn and Otto Schmidt.
Box 15, Folder 1
Wenzel, W., 1953

1 thank-you letter to R.P. for sending a copy of Schloss Cappenberg. On the
letterhead of Stadt Dortmund, Stdtisches Kulturamt.
Box 15, Folder 1
Werbe GmbH, 1954

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 [Glckwunschanzeige].
Box 15, Folder 1
Werdendes Abendland an Rhein und Ruhr [exhibition], 1956

3 items, including 1 by R.P. : correspondence between R.P. and Dr. Elbern of
Villa Hgel 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 Hgel.
Box 15, Folder 2

Box 15, Folder 2
Wilhelm Wessel - Westfalenspiegel

Wessel, Wilhelm, 1950
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] Kkelhaus.
Box 15, Folder 2
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 1953-1954

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.

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Westflische Berggewerkschaftskasse, 1956

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
Westflischer Kunstverein, 1955

1 letter to R.P. from the Westflischer Kunstverein in Mnster/Westfalen (Carl
Bufer?) notifying R.P. that his work will be shown in an exhibition of the former
Essener Werkgemeinschaft, 16 September -20 November 1955, at the
Westflischer Kunstverein. With a mention of the artists [Frida] Schoy,
[Elisabeth] Treskow and Lessmann.
Box 15, Folder 2
Westflische Landes-Bausparkasse (Mnster in Westfalen, Germany), 1964

2 items, including 1 by R.P.: financial business correspondence.
Box 15, Folder 2
Westflische Verlagsbuchhandlung Mocker und Jahn, 1950

1 item: agreement between R.P. and the publisher in Soest; regarding the book
project Soest.
Box 15, Folder 2
Westfalenspiegel, Mnster/Westfalen, 1960-1961

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 [Grnkohl] and
sends hitherto unpublished photographs of Hxter and Corvey. [Other
correspondence with Herbermann is filed in Box 8, F.6].
Box 15, Folder 3

Box 15, Folder 3
Theodor Arthur Winde - Karl Woltze

Winde, Arthur Theodor, 1956
2 items, including 1 by R.P.: correspondence with the sculptor in
Mnster/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

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

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.

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Wolf, Gustav, 1953-1958

7 items (on 10 leaves), including 1 by R.P. : correspondence with the architect
and the "Landesbaupfleger fr 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 [Regierungsprsident]. 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

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

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 Mhne , 1957]. R.P. also mentions holding a
lecture at the Gesellschaft fr 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

Box 15, Folder 5
Wunsch - Zweckverband "Naturpark Arnsberger Wald"

Wunsch, 1962
1 letter to R.P. regarding rent increase.
Box 15, Folder 5
Fachverband Ziegelindustrie Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1961

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 Lbeck. With a mention of the architect Fritz Schupp.
Box 15, Folder 5
Zink, 1960
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

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

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.

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Box 15, Folder 6
Unidentified post-war correspondence, 1947 - 1966 and undated

Bi, 1966
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

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
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
Grfin [von Cappenberg?], undated

1 thank-you letter by R.P. addressed to "Hochverehrte Grfin". 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
Hfer, Josef (?), 1958

1 letter to R.P. sent from Capri on Jan. 3, 1958.
Box 15, Folder 6
Ingolstadt [letter from], Aug. 17, 1966

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
4 letters by R.P. to "Lenchen" in Freiburg: R.P. writes about his book projects
Gestein and Bume (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 Bll); and mentions his
professional contacts with Ernst Jnger and Carl Georg Heise.
Box 15, Folder 6
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, undated

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
Hrlimann; 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 Sditalien?]; 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.

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"Verehrteste", 1959 1962

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 Sditalien.
Box 15, Folder 6
W., G. 1956
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
12 items: a birthday poem for R.P. dated "Zum 22. Juni 1947", 1 caricature
drawing annotated by R.P., 5 obituaries (Annie Schningh 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.
SeriesII. Family and other personal correspondence, 1924-1977

Physical Description: ca. 224 items
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).
SeriesII.A. Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Renger-Patzsch, 1966-1977

Physical Description: 134 items
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 schn 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

Box 15, Folder 7
Harry N. Abrams - Harder, 1966 - 1967

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1967
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.

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SeriesII.A.Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Renger-Patzsch, 1966-1977
Box 15, Folder 7
Aken, Roberto van, 1966

1 letter to Agnes R.P. from an estate administrator in Lugano regarding the
death of Ninon Hesse.
Box 15, Folder 7
Arli [?], 1967

1 postcard addressed to Agnes R.P., sent from Denmark.
Box 15, Folder 7
Benscheidt, Karl, 1967

4 business letters to Agnes R.P. regarding reprints.
Box 15, Folder 7
College Art Association of America, 1972

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

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

1 letter by Agnes R.P. regarding a payment.
Box 15, Folder 7
Dierks, 1966
4 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence concerning the estate of the
late R.P. Included are 2 letters from Dr. Dierks ["Wirtschaftsprfer"] from the
Westflische Landesbausparkasse in Mnster.
Box 15, Folder 7
Evangelische Luisen-Kirchengemeinde (Berlin, Germany), 1967

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

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

1 business letter from the Friends of Photography in Carmel, California to Agnes
R.P. Annotated by Agnes R.P.

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Box 15, Folder 7
Fuhrmann, Ilse, 1969

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
Gebrder-Busch-Kreis, 1972
5 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the organization
Gebrder-Busch-Kreis in Hilchenbach-Dahlbruch [ written by Wolfgang Burbach]
regarding the exhibition Westflische Wasserburgen. [Also see checklist filed in
Box 20, F. 11].
Box 15, Folder 7
Harder, 1967
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

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 Gtersloh [Dieter Struss], and Fritz Kempe at the
Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg; mainly concerning the reissue of Die Welt ist
schn 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 schn.
Box 15, Folder 9

Box 15, Folder 9
Daan Helfferich - Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

Helfferich, Daan, 1967
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

1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. Henze mentions Rudolf Grossmann.
Box 15, Folder 9
Hesse-Frielinghaus, Herta, 1966-1967

3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the director of
Stdtisches 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

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.

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Box 15, Folder 9
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1967

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

Box 15, Folder 10
Lotte Jacobi - Hugo Kckelhaus

Jacobi, Lotte, 1966-1969
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
Jnger, Ernst, 1974

1 letter to Agnes R.P. Jnger responds to the news about the death of R.P.'s
daughter Sabine. Annotated by Agnes R.P. : a mention of Frau v. Hgel.
Box 15, Folder 10
Ktelhn, Henner, 1967

1 letter to Agnes R.P. Ktelhn mentions his letter to the Sauerland Verlag.
Box 15, Folder 10
Kempe, Fritz, 1967, 1977

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

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

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

1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. from Adelheid Knaup (?).

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Box 15, Folder 10
Knupp, Karl H., 1967

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

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
Kckelhaus, Hugo, 1967, 1976

3 letters: 2 to Agnes R.P. [1967] and 1 to Ernst R.P. [1976). In his letter to Agnes
R.P. Kckelhaus 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

Box 15, Folder 11
Magdalena Padberg - Die Zeit

Padberg, Magdalena, 1968
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. in which Padberg writes about the popularity of
her latest book, a biography of Elsa Brndstrm [ Das Leben der Elsa
Brndstrm, 1968].
Box 15, Folder 11
Rittersche Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Soest, Germany), 1967

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

1 professional letter by Agnes R.P. to the Regierungsprsident 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

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

1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. from the architect.
Box 15, Folder 11
Kulturgemeinde Siegen, 1967

2 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. ; concerning a future exhibition.

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Box 15, Folder 11
Steinert, Otto, 1967

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 Gtersloh 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

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

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
Westflische Landes-Bausparkasse (Mnster in Westfalen, Germany), 1967

1 business letter to Agnes R.P.
Box 15, Folder 11
Woltze, Karl, 1966

1 personal letter to Agnes R.P.
Box 15, Folder 11
Die Zeit, 1967

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

Box 15, Folder 12
Unidentified correspondence with Agnes Renger-Patzsch, 1967

K[?], 1967
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P., sent from a hospital [Stdtisches 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
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.
SeriesII.B. Personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1924-1966

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.

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Box 16
Box 16, Folder 1
Frieda Renger-Patzsch - Paul Wller, 1924-1966

Renger-Patzsch, Frieda, 1924-1931
48 personal letters (on 49 leaves), including 6 postcards, all in Stterlin 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
Rmer, Carl, 1954-1966

12 personal letters, including 1 by R.P. to his brother-in-law Carl Rmer, specialist
in internal medicine, and 1 letter from Carl Rmer to Agnes Renger-Patzsch. [Needs
further analysis. ]
Box 16, Folder 3

Box 16, Folder 3
Nina Sackett - Paul Wller

Nina Sackett, 1962
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

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

3 letters to R.P.
Box 16, Folder 3
Wittke, Elisabeth, 1949

Box 16, Folder 3
Wller, Paul, 1946-1954

7 items (on 9 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: personal correspondence with the
carpenter Paul Wller from Gtzkow near Greiswald. Wller signs his letters as
"Opa". One of the letters by R.P.'s includes an ink drawing.
SeriesIII. Correspondence by topic, 1952-1967

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
Mhnesee region.
Box 16, Folder 4

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Box 16, Folder 4
Bene, Siegfried, 1967

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
2 items: a letter to Agnes R.P. signed "Bi", and an envelope. On letterhead of
Ford-Werke AG. in Kln-Niehl. With a mention of Helmut Gernsheim, Hoya, Walter
Boje, and Henner.
Box 16, Folder 4

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

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

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 Kkelhaus, one letter by
Wilhelm Lienenkmper, 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.]
SeriesIV. Writings by Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1954-1958, undated

Physical Description: circa 30 manuscripts
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 ..."
4 leaves. R.P.'s views on photography.
Box 17, Folder 2
"Architekt und Fotograf"

14 leaves: 8 leaves of a lecture on architecture and photography. Also included are 6
leaves marked by R.P. as unedited part 1.

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Box 17, Folder 3
"Ausweg aus dem Chaos, einige Gedanken zur heutigen Situation der Fotografie"
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 ..."
11 leaves: 2 versions. An autobiographical text detailing R.P.'s development as a
photographer.
Box 17, Folder 5
"Der Mensch - dem Technischen hrig - zerstrt seine eigene Wohnung"

4 leaves. An article protesting against the tree removal on local streets. R.P. refers to
Ernst Jnger's essay Das abenteuerliche Herz.
Box 17, Folder 6
"Die Vergewaltigung der Landschaft zu kunstfotografischen Zwecken ist hier

verboten"
1 leaf. Annotated. An article protesting the artificial beautification of landscape in
photography.
Box 17, Folder 7
"Einiges ber Portraitfotografie, ber Hnde und Hndeportraits"

3 leaves. Annotated: "Photographie fr Alle". An article about the photography of hands.
Box 17, Folder 8
"Ersatzteilaufnahmen"
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"

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",

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 Jnger, 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"
2 leaves. Leaf 2 has a drawing in red crayon on verso. A biting critical review of a
photography exhibition held in Stuttgart: "... eine Bltenlese fotografischer Eintagsfliegen
in anspruchsvoller Aufmachung."

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Box 17, Folder 12
"Landschaft"
18 leaves, including 1 ms.: 3 versions. An article on landscape photography.
Box 17, Folder 13
"Pflanzenaufnahmen"
10 leaves. An article about photography of plants; with detailed technical suggestions.
Box 17, Folder 14
"Photogen"
3 leaves. An attempt to define the word "photogenic".
Box 17, Folder 15
"Ueber Architekturaufnahmen"
5 leaves, including 3 ms. An article on photography of architecture.
Box 17, Folder 16
"ber bestimmte Dinge wird man sich erst klar, wenn man in Lagen gert, durch die
man gezwungen wird, darber nachzudenken"
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?"
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

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"

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 Mnchen"
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 Mnster"
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.

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Box Box 24* ,

Folder 1
Oversize items from Box 18, f.3

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?]

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 hnliches Portrt
ganz selten zu erzielen ist ..."
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. Mrz 1956, 1956
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,

1 leaf. A text about the future goals of photography as an art form.
Box 18, Folder 9
Obergutachten, 1954
2 leaves. An expert opinion of R.P. written in connection with a lawsuit between
Photo-Selliers and Frderanlagen Wilhelmshaven.
Box 18, Folder 10
"Am Rande des Industriegebietes, nahe der alten Stadt Soest, wird in einer kleinen
Werkstadt ein altes Handwerk gebt ..."
1 leaf. Annotated. An article about the printing workshop of Hermann Ktelhn. Typed on
verso of the letterhead of Haus Ktelhn.
Box 18, Folder 11
"Vortrag Mnster A"

4 leaves: 2 copies (2 leaves each); annotated. A text about photography as a profession.
Box 18, Folder 12
Unidentified texts,
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.

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SeriesV.A.Press clippings, 1927-1980
SeriesV. Ephemera, 1927-1980

Physical Description: circa 345 items
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.
SeriesV.A. Press clippings, 1927-1980

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

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

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

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

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]

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.]

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Folder 2
Oversize from Box 19, f. 3

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

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 fr Photographie. R.P. is
referred to as "Photograph der Neuen Sachlichkeit" (photographer of New Objectivity).
[See also ephemera filed in Box 20, F. 6.]
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Folder 2

3 items: press clippings about the 1960 Culture Prize awarded to R.P. and Fritz Brill by
the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Photographie.
Box 19, Folder 5
Obituaries for Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1966

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 Box 24* ,

Folder 3
Oversize from Box 19, F. 5

1 item: incomplete offprint with text by Ernst Renger-Patzsch, Mein Vater Albert
Renger-Patzsch.
Box 19, Folder 6
Ruhrlandmuseum Essen, 1966

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 Box 24* ,

Folder 3
Oversize from Box 19, F.6

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

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 Schler, Beginn der modernen Fotografie .

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Miscellaneous press clippings related to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1962- 1977,
undated
Box 19, Folder 8

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. Mller (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 Box 24* ,

Folder 4

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

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 Box 24* ,

Folder 4

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?].
SeriesV.B. Offprints and other printed ephemera, 1927-1972

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

Box 20, Folder 1
Offprints, 1927-1972, undated

Bey, Paul, 1928-1929
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 Knigsborn by R.P.
Box 20, Folder 1
Klingender, F. D. (Francis Donald), 1928

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.

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Box 20, Folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, [pre-war]

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]

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

1 offprint: "Photographie und Kunst" by R.P.; in: Photographische Korrespondenz
("Sonderabdruck", 63. Bd. Nr. 3 (752), 1 Mrz 1927, pp. 80-82). Includes 2
photographs by R.P.
Box 20, Folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, 1966

1 leaf: "Der Amateur und der Gegenstand" by R.P.; in: Photobltter (Heft 1, 1966).
Box 20, Folder 1
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, 1972?

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?

2 items: 1 offprint and 1 collage. Offprint: "Das Problem der Fussleiden und seine
Lsung" 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

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

11 items: a wine list of the Club von Berlin; Kestner-Gesellschaft's Winterprogramm for
1927-1928; announcement (3 copies) of the exhibition Neue Mglichkeiten
photographischer Bildkunst: A. Renger-Patzsch Bad Harburg, held at Graphisches
Kabinett Mnchen; a list of exhibitions held at the Museum Zwickau; 1932 New Year's
greetings from Schloemann Aktiengesellschaft in Dsseldorf [filed in Box 24*, F.5]; a
flyer regarding the exhibition Die Kamera held in 1933 at Ausstellungshallen am
Funkturm in Berlin; curriculum of Hhere 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 "Lbeck Heiligengeistspital."
Box Box 24* ,

Folder 5

2 items: 1932 New Year's greetings from Schloemann Aktiengesellschaft in
Dsseldorf; and curriculum of the Hhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin.

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Box 20, Folder 3
Publications, 1953-1961
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 Box 24* ,

Folder 5

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]

7 items related to the Photokina 1960 exhibition in Cologne.
Box 20, Folder 5
Culture Prize 1960 and Culture Prize 1966

9 items: programs of the 1960 and 1966 award ceremonies, and reply cards.
Box 20, Folder 6
Publications, 1962
4 items: an offprint from Collection de Photo-cinma, published by Photo-Club du
Val-de-Bivre: includes articles on photography by Jean Adhemar, Jean Fage, Lucien
Lorelle, Daniel Masclet, Marcel Bovis, Charles Perussaux, Jean Leroy (about Eugne
Atget), and Lucienne Contreras. 3 items related to the 31st international exhibition
organized by Photo Cin Club du Val-de-Bivre Les grands photographes de notre
temps, held at Htel 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 cinma, (no. 96, June
62) published by F.I.A.P. (Fdration internationale de l'art photographique).
Box 20, Folder 7
Publications, 1965
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 Box 24* ,

Folder 5
Box 20, Folder 8

1 item: prospectus for the book Im Wald.
Publications, 1966
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 Gedchtnis.

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Box 20, Folder 9
Publications, 1970- 1971

10 items: 3 items related to the exhibition Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schler
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 Schler, Beginn
der modernen Fotografie held in 1971 at Landesbildstelle Berlin, Zentrum fr
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 Box 24* ,

Folder 5

2 items: 1 announcement of the exhibition Albert Renger-Patzsch und seine Schler,
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 Schler, held Nov. 8-Dec 19, 1971 at the
Landesbildstelle Berlin.
Box 20, Folder 10
Publications, 1972
2 items: checklist of the exhibition Westflische 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.
SeriesV.C. Lists of photographs and books, 1928?-1967, undated

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

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 schn] 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.
SeriesVI. Personal papers, 1890-1974

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

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.

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SeriesVI.Personal papers, 1890-1974
Box 20, Folder 13
Renger-Patzsch, Agnes, 1897-1976

8 items: baptismal, confirmation, vaccination and death certificates, a school diploma,
and an employment certificate.
Box 20, Folder 14
Other family members, 1853-1974

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 Ccilie Grnberg, 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
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

31 items: 22 poems from 1909-1919, and 9 poems from 1962. Many are undated, all are
unsigned.
SeriesVII. Bills and receipts, 1930, 1962-1967

Business and personal bills and receipts from 1960s, and 1 from 1930; one unidentified
letter to the Amtssparkasse Krbecke, 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

SeriesVIII. Manuscripts related to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1927-1967, undated
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.
SeriesVIII.A. Manuscripts about Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1927-1967, undated

Physical Description: circa 7 typescripts
Typescripts of writings about Renger-Patzsch.
Box 21, Folder 2
Padberg, Magdalena, 1967?

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".

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SeriesVIII.Manuscripts related to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1927-1967, undated

SeriesVIII.A.Manuscripts about Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1927-1967, undated
Box 21, Folder 3
Riewerts, Theodor, 1934?

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

2 copies (14 and 7 leaves) of a typescript by the Regierungsprsident Ernst
Schlensker titled Albert Renger-Patzsch. The longer version is annotated.
Box 21, Folder 5
Unidentified text about Albert Renger-Patzsch, undated

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

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.
SeriesVIII.B. Texts for books by Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1927-1966

Typescripts of texts, by others, that appeared in Renger-Patzsch photography books.
Box 21, Folder 7
Botzenhart. Schloss Cappenberg, 1953?

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?

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

1 typescript draft (10 leaves) of Max Richter's text for Gestein. Unsigned.
Box 21, Folder 10
R. Unidentified text, 1934?

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.

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SeriesIX.Texts unrelated to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1922-1928, undated

SeriesIX.A.Hugo Hertwig, 1922-1926, undated
SeriesIX. Texts unrelated to Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1922-1928, undated

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.
SeriesIX.A. Hugo Hertwig, 1922-1926, undated

Physical Description: 9 typescripts
Writings by Hugo Hertwig.
Box 21, Folder 11
Hertwig, Hugo. Berlin, undated

1 typescript (16 leaves); with proofreading corrections.
Box 21, Folder 12
Hertwig, Hugo. Der Drang nach unten, 2. Teil, undated

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?

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

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?

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 gelst!", "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 Box 24* ,

Folder 6
Box 22, Folder 4

1 item: paper boards of Hugo Hertwig's typescript "22. August 1924." Fragile.
Hertwig, Hugo. Der lebendige Weg, 6.Teil, 1925?
1 leaf. Includes a typed poem "Wohin meine Hand nicht gehet ..." and ms. dedication
from Hertwig to R.P. dated Jan. 31, 1925.

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SeriesIX.A.Hugo Hertwig, 1922-1926, undated
Box 22, Folder 5
Hertwig, Hugo. Der lebendinge Weg, 1926

1 typescript ([8], 14 leaves); bound. Pencil drawing on leaf [1]. On t.p.: Der lebendinge
Weg, Organ einer Siedlungsgesellschaft an der Ostseekste , 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

1 typescript (35 leaves); unbound.
Box 22, Folder 7
Hertwig, Hugo. Das Meer, undated

1 typescript (41 leaves); unbound. A drama.
SeriesIX.B. Texts by others, ca. 1923-1960

Physical Description: 8 manuscripts
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?

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 Box 24* ,

Folder 7

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?

1 typescript ([4], 89 leaves); bound in plain brown wrappers. On t.p.: Dem Gott und
dem Menschen [by] E.F.; a motto from Hlderlin; 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
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?

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.

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SeriesIX.B.Texts by others, ca. 1923-1960
Box 23, Folder 4

Box 23, Folder 4
Miscellaneous texts, 1960?, undated

Buber, Martin. Begegnung : autobiographische Fragmente, 1960?
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

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, Jos . Der Aufstand der Massen, undated

1 typescript (1 leaf). An excerpt from a 1928 edition of La rebelin de las masas [
The revolt of the mases] by Jos Ortega y Gasset.
Box 23, Folder 4
Frstuck bei Daguerre (Auszug), undated

1 typescript (1 leaf). A excerpt from an unkown text describing a meeting with
Daguerre at his house in the Swiss Alps.
Box Box 24*

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INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH PAPERS, 1890-1980 (bulk

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH PAPERS, 1890-1980 (bulk 1924-1966)

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Friedmann, Hermann, 1873-1957

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Woytinsky, Wladimir S., 1885-1960

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Hopp, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Schupp, F. (Fritz), 1896-1974

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Museum Folkwang Essen

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

SeriesI. Correspondence, 1924-1966

SeriesIA. Pre-war correspondence, 1924-1936

Abendroth-Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki, and unidentified pre-war correspondence

Agfa I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, 1929

Ahrl, Ren, 1932

Arapoff, Cyril, 1933

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Arts et mtiers graphiques (Paris, France), 1931

Bartning, Otto, 1932

Basse, Wilfried, 1932

Bedall, Carl, 1927

Behrens, Peter, 1932

Bondi, Felix, 1926

The British Journal of Photography, 1929

Daimer, Josef, 1929

Deutscher Camera-Almanach, 1925

Deutscher Werkbund Berlin, 1926

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

d'Oliveira, A. E., 1930-1931

Fischer, Albert, 1930

Fischer, Otto, 1929

Folkwangschule fr Gestaltung, 1933-1934

Fuhrmann, Ernst, 1923-1926

Garthmann, Ilse, 1930

Gorny, Hein, 1930

Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner, 1928-1930

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Gewerbeschule und Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zrich, 1928

Gies, Ludwig, 1931-1935

Goldsmidt, Adolf, 1927

Buergel Goodwin, H. (Heinrich), 1929

Guardini, Romano, 1937

Gurlitt, Cornelius , 1927

Heise, Carl Georg, 1927-1934

Ernst Heimeran Verlag-Ricarda Octavia Huch

INVENTORY OF THE ALBERT

Heyer, Gustav Richard, 1928, undated

Hhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin, , 1933

Hopp, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1928-1929

Huch, Justizrat, 1928-1929

Huch, Ricarda Octavia1929

G. de Jongh - Kunst und Knstler

Klingender, L. H. W., 1926 1929