» Rich (Isadore) papers, 1910

Collection consists of a letter from Isadore Rich to his wife and children written while he was abroad in Wiesbaden, Germany, seeking treatment for Wright’s disease, a page (in German) of the log of the ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie (Crown Princess Cecilie) reporting on Rich’s death during his journey back to the United States, and his obituary. Also included is a facsimile of a German Abgangszeugnis, or “leaving certificate”-a document that contains a student’s final exam grades-issued to Leopold Block, a relation of the Rich family through the marriage of Isadore’s uncle Lipman Rich (1894-1968) to Henrietta Block (1897-1985).