The Archive | Principal Acquisitions Principal acquisitions 1 April 2001 – 31 March 2002 Children’s essays and school Property documents: List of Lady Rothschild’s This list is not comprehensive but attempts to record all acquisitions of most immediate relevance to research. Some reports, 1854-1908; Plans and title deeds relating pensioners, 1934; items listed here may, however, remain closed to access for some time and for a variety of reasons. Researchers should Catalogue of some of the collection to 23-25 avenue Marigny, Summary of the estate of Lady always enquire as to the availability of specific items before visiting the Archive, quoting the reference number which of works of art of Nathaniel , 1837-1924; Rothschild, deceased, c.1935; von Rothschild, 1903; Auction-purchase of Hotel appears at the end of each paragraph. Copy deed of endowment of Photographs of members of the Talleyrand, 2 rue St. Florentin, the Clementine Children’s , c.1903-1937. Paris, 27 June 1838; Hospital, Frankfurt, 1887, Title deeds and acquisition and other associated papers; 3. FAMILY PAPERS RELATING details for various properties List of plate from Frankfurt PRIMARILY TO THE FRENCH in Cannes, 1881-1913; at 148 Piccadilly, 1887; ROTHSCHILD FAMILY (000/1037) Title deeds for avenue du Deed of gift of collection Faubourg St. Honoré, 1767-1848; of birds’ eggs from Lionel Inventories: Title deeds for 13 avenue Walter Rothschild to his brother Inventory following the death de Marigny, 1859; Nathaniel Charles, 1891. of Alphonse de Rothschild, 1905; Title deeds for 21 avenue 1. BUSINESS RECORDS OF Hungarian Boden Credit Anstalt: Nathaniel von Rothschild Inventory following the death of de Marigny, 1829-1869; 5. PAPERS RELATING TO THE LIFE N. M. ROTHSCHILD & SONS Dealing in bonds of the company, Nervenkrankenhaus, 1898; James Mayer de Rothschild, 1869; Plans and title deeds re property 1886-1897. Pensions for the staff of the Inventory following the death in Chantilly, 1873-1897; AND CAREER OF BETHSABÉE (BATSHEVA) DE ROTHSCHILD Files produced by: Viennese bank, 1908. of , 1912. Property in Pauillac, 1859-1875; The Correspondence Dept., Records of loans to companies: building work undertaken at (1914-1999) (000/1010) c.1918-1970 (000/936, 940, 942, Südbahn, 1897-1903; Awards conferred upon members Wills and winding up of estates: 23 avenue Marigny, 1875-1877; 952, 953, 974, 977, 979, 980, 989); Buchsterad railway, 1896-1901; of the Rothschild family: Copies of wills of Amschel Mayer, Grant of plots in the Père Passports, ID cards etc., 1914-1992; The Audit Dept., c.1918-1970 Various railway companies, Honorary citizenship of Vienna 1833-1855, including ‘liquidation’ Lachaise cemetery, Paris, cards and letters from family (000/989, 996, 998, 1003); 1844-1903; to Salomon von Rothschild, 1843; of the Frankfurt house; 1844-1852. members; Loans Dept., c.1918-1970 Italian Electrical Trust, Grants of titles to the Rothschild Will of Adèle, Baroness Salomon, 1922; Photographs; (000/1009, 1015, 1079); 1898-1909. family by various European states Succession of Adèle, 1887-1891; 4. A COLLECTION OF PAPERS Correspondence from dancers, Secretary’s Dept. c.1918-1970 in reward for financial services, Succession of Gustave, 1912. FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION 1950-1993; essays, poems and (000/1044, 1050, 1070). Correspondence of Albert 1769-1917. OF EMMA, LADY ROTHSCHILD memoirs, n.d. von Rothschild: Birth, marriage and death (1844-1935) (000/972) 2. RECORDS RELATING TO THE 1894-1908. Addresses and testimonials certificates for various Business papers: ROTHSCHILD FAMILIES IN AUSTRIA received by Salomon von members of the family: Typescript copy of will of Records of the Bat-Dor dance AND GERMANY, 1769-1939, Records of various business Rothschild, 1843-1846. Béatrice, Alphonse, Leonora, , 1865; company, 1982-1998; FORMERLY FONDS 637 IN THE activities, 1820-1929: Julie, Adolphe, Jeanne, Gustave, Copy will of Carl Mayer von Batsheva de Rothschild Fund CENTRE FOR HISTORICO- Involvement in Bosnian mining Marriage contracts: James Mayer, Betty, Salomon Rothschild, 1881; for the Advancement of Science DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIONS, enterprise, 1890-1895; Salomon and Caroline Stern, 1801; James, Salomon Mayer, Copy will of Louise, widow of in , 1958-1999. MOSCOW (000/1059) Business dealings between James and Betty, 1824; Charlotte, Robert, Ferdinand, Mayer Carl von Rothschild, 1892; Evelina, Henri, Lionel, Nathan. Rothschild banks in Vienna Sara Louise and Raimondo Copy will of Bertha Clara, 6. A COLLECTION OF Princesse de Wagram Early records of Rothschild and Paris, 1887-1895; Franchetti, 1858. ROTHSCHILDIANA BROUGHT Rothschild Foundations: (née Rothschild), 1903; business activity: Notebooks of Anselm von TOGETHER BY BARONESS ELIE Appointment of Mayer on business Estate papers: Statutes for the Carl Mayer List of items from the estate DE ROTHSCHILD (000/941) Rothschild as Court Agent opportunities, 1850-1860. Will of Nathan Rothschild, 1836; & Alexandre de Rothschild of Adolphe de Rothschild of Hesse, 1769; will and estate papers of Anselm Foundation to help Jewish bequeathed to Carl, Lionel Inventory of the collection of Max Accounts of Frankfurt business, Rothschild estates, 1874-1937: von Rothschild, 1826-1877; Schools, 1858; and Willy, n.d.; von Goldschmidt-Rothschild 1797 and 1807. Detailed annual reports on the Obituaries and condolences List of the various foundations Copy marriage certificate of returned by the Frankfurt management of the Schillersdorf on the death of Bettina, 1892. created by Wilhelm Carl authorities, 1949; Rothschild banking business, and Beneschau estates, 1874-1937; in Frankfurt, 1901; and Emma Louisa, 1867; Music composed by Mathilde 1815-1939: Receipts and plans relating to Miscellaneous papers: Details of legacies and donations Legal opinion and other Family partnership agreements, Enzesfeld, 1911-1934. Menus cards and table from Julie and Adolphe, 1899-1908; papers re their marriage von Rothschild; 1815-1862; plans, 1906-1914; Building work for the Salomon de setllement; Music dedicated to Baroness Balance sheets, 1828-1910; Philanthropic activities: Biography of Foundation, 1868-1888; Inventory of Lady Rothschild’s Alphonse de Rothschild; Records of loans to individuals, Letters of thanks from Jewish Rothschild, 1813; Donation by Alphonse to create jewels, n.d.; Unpublished typescript account 1821-1895. communities to Salomon von Correspondence of Clarice the Bettina de Rothschild Schedule of deeds of the of the female descendants of the Rothschild for gifts received, von Rothschild, 1909-1935; Foundation for New Mothers, Champneys Estate, 1905; Rothschild family and their State Loans: 1844; Personal correspondence of 16 Dec 1892; Deed of gift from Lady offspring; Austrian, 1854-1902; Construction and financing Albert von Rothschild, 1859-1910; Acquisition of land in Paris Rothschild to the Trustees of Miscellaneous correspondence, Hungarian, 1873-1902; of the Bettina Pavilion women’s Correspondence of Eugene von to build Jewish schools and the Tring Nursing Home of land photographs and published 42 Various states, 1823-1906. hospital, 1892-1902; Rothschild and his wife, 1925-1932; seminaries, 1878-1879. for the erection of a home, 1891; materials. 43 The Rothschild Archive | Annual Review of the Year April 2001 – March 2002

7. OTHER ACQUISITIONS

Microfilm of seven reports on Actionnaires of the Paris-Lyon- Album of photographs of the British commerce and industry sent Mediterranée Railway, 1901, topping-out ceremony for the by Lionel de Rothschild, Austrian by L.O. Roty; allegorical obverse; reconstruction of No.1 St. Swithin’s Consul-General, to Metternich, reverse shows exterior of the Lane, London, part of the premises 1838. Originals held in the Haus-, Gare de Lyon, Paris (000/1071). of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Vienna together with silver trowel used on (Staatskanzlei, Notenwechsel mit Photographic plate carrying the occasion, 5 April 2001 (000/968 der Hofkammer, Kart. 231) portrait study of Laura-Thérèse and 000/1008). (000/986). de Rothschild (1847-1931) at the Villa Madrid, Cannes, 1902 Printed materials relating to Stockbroker’s token of John Ashby (000/1000). the history of the Vítkovice of 3, Bartholomew Lane, issued Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, between 1824 and 1834 and Letters to Roszika Rothschild Czech Republic: bearing, on the obverse, the figure regarding the welfare of Hungarian 100 Jahre Eisenwerk Witkowitz, of a bull with the head of Nathan prisoners-of-war in Britain and 1828-1928, 1928; Mayer Rothschild; and on the Russia, 1916-1926 (000/988). Vítkovice, Compagnie des Mines, reverse, a bear with the head of Forges et Aciéries de Vítkovice, c.1935; Moses Mocatta (identified by J.B. Share certificate for 100 francs Eisenwerk Witkowitz (in German, Caldecott, The Stock Exchange in the Société Immobilière du Czech and English); Christmas Annual, 1905-6, as Domaine de Rothschild, Grasse, Archiva a.s. Vítkovice Ostrava, dating from between 1824 21 June 1926 (000/1052). 1994; and 1834) (000/939). Fifty years of the Vítkovice Seal die of the Palestine Jewish A.S. Research Institutes, 1996; Decorative pre-printed one-penny Colonisation Association (PICA) Správa a Organizace Vitkovick´ych envelope addressed to N M (000/939). Zelezáran do Roku 1945 Rothschild & Sons at New Court, (Administration and Organisation 1840. The allegorical design by W. Two bonds with coupons for of the Vítkovice Ironworks up to 1945), Mulready, engraved by J. the Witkowitzer Bergbau-und- Jana Machotková, n.d. Thompson, shows Britannia Eisenhutten Gewerkschaft, 1937, sending forth messengers to various issued in London by the Alliance Photographs of Csételek, home parts of the world (000/1028). Assurance Co. through N M of the Wertheimstein family in Rothschild & Sons. (000/1020). Hungary, 2001; of the foundation Printed pamphlet: La réponse de stone of the Széchenyi Chain Rothschild 1er roi des juifs à Satan, Letter from Roszika Rothschild Bridge, Budapest, 2001 and copy dernier roi des imposteurs, Paris, to an unidentifiable Government photograph of Roszika Rothschild 1846 (000/1038). official seeking British intervention as a young woman, n.d. in Hungary and Romania to (000/945 and 953). Printed Parliamentary Paper: counter the growing influence Correspondence respecting the affairs of Nazi Germany and to stop PhD Thesis submitted to the of Egypt (Cmnd. 2549, 1880), anti-semitic propgaganda and University of Valladolid by Pedro incorporating papers re Egyptian attacks, 10 May 1938 (000/992). Ortuñez Goicolea, El proceso de finances and the Rothschild loan nacionalisación de los ferrocarriles of 1877 (000/1033). Microfiche of Reichskanzlei files en España. Historia de las grandes (R 43 II) in the Bundesarchiv, compañías ferroviarias, 1913-1943, Bond for the 1889 4% Russian Germany, relating, inter alia, on the nationalisation of the Consolidated Railroad Loan, to the ‘Trustees of the former Spanish railway network (000/1012). issued by N M Rothschild & Rothschild estates’ (Reichshändler Sons (000/1032). für die ehemals Rothschildschen PhD Thesis submitted to the Vermögen), 1940-1942 (000/1048). University of Vienna by Felicitas Bound copy of Walter Rothschild: Kunth, Die Gemäldesammlungen des ‘A Monograph of the Genus Printed volume: Bernard Palissy Österreichischen Zweigs der Rothschild- Casuarius’, published in the et son école (collection Edouard Familie (000/1158). Transactions of the Zoological de Rothschild), 1952; Society of London, 1899 (000/994). Catalogue by Serge Grandjean, Biography by Germaine de Rectangular commemorative plaque Rothschild and Preface by 44 for the Assemblée Générale des Pierre Verlet (000/995); O N C R D

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