Nathan Isaacs and Carol Isaacs Wotitzky correspondence
Content Description
Collection consists of correspondence kept by Harvard Business School professor Nathan Isaacs and his daughter, Carol Issacs Wotitzky. Correspondents include colleagues, authors, actors, politicians, and other contemporary well known individuals. Letters were likely kept for autograph value, and were possibly collected by Carol Isaacs Wotitzky. The collection also includes ephemera such as playbills, and various documents kept by Carol or Nathan Isaacs such as a typescript of a speech by John Stuart Mill.
Dates
- Creation: 1791-1983
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1901-1954
Creator
- Isaacs, Nathan (1886-1941) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
4.25 linear feet (7 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Professor Nathan Isaacs was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1886. He was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati (BA, 1907; MA, 1908; Ph.D., 1910) and Cincinnati Law School (1910). He taught at Harvard Business School from 1923-1941. Carol Isaacs Wotitzky was born in 1920. She worked at Filene’s in Boston, Massachusetts for over 40 years.
Physical Location
ARCFA
Provenance
Rosa Drapkin, 2009.
Processing Information
Processed: April 2018 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
Creator
- Isaacs, Nathan (1886-1941) (Person)
- Wotitzky, Carol Isaacs (1920-2006) (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00465
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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