Scope and Contents

Boxes 8, 9 and 10 contain the sheet music that can be positively identified as belonging to Fanny Cleve. The sheet music in boxes 11, 12, 13, 14 and 18 most likely belonged to Fanny, but could also have belonged to George Cleve or Gina Wassing.

Content Description From the Collection: The papers of the Cleve family, a Jewish family who fled Austria and sought exile in the United States during the rise of Nazi power. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence and papers prior to the Cleve family's departure, correspondence and papers related to their flight, interactions with emigre organizations after their arrival, and documentation of their lives in the United States. Highlights of the collection include a letter to Felix Cleve from the Emergency...

Content Description From the Collection: The papers of the Cleve family, a Jewish family who fled Austria and sought exile in the United States during the rise of Nazi power. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence and papers prior to the Cleve family's departure, correspondence and papers related to their flight, interactions with emigre organizations after their arrival, and documentation of their lives in the United States. Highlights of the collection include a letter to Felix Cleve from the Emergency...

Content Description From the Collection: The papers of the Cleve family, a Jewish family who fled Austria and sought exile in the United States during the rise of Nazi power. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence and papers prior to the Cleve family's departure, correspondence and papers related to their flight, interactions with emigre organizations after their arrival, and documentation of their lives in the United States. Highlights of the collection include a letter to Felix Cleve from the Emergency...