| Ref No | WIA FC/1908/3/2 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 09/03/1908 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby; styled 'Pippen' |
| Place1 | Frankfurt |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary |
| Date | 09/03/1908 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | he has returned from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt; he might visit Paul Oppenheim and [Julius] Ziehen; Warburg went with [Andreas] Aubert to Wiesbaden to see the paintings by Edmund Steppes, recommended by [Henry] Thode; characterizes Steppes as an epigone, like Thode; Warburg visited Oscar Ollendorff, who is ill but resigned to his fate; a charming man, small, very quiet, cautious; remembers their youth, how different Oscar was; finds that Warburg himself is not much different from Oscar, he is also 'one of the rescued ones, in a lifeboat'; they talked about the International Congress of the History of Art [Munich 1909]; Warburg was successful in getting Adolph [Goldschmidt] accepted as vice chairman and [Rudolf] Kautzsch as chairman; comments on Wilhelm Waetzoldt's letter, Warburg is supposed to help him and cannot help himself; Waetzoldt needs to work as historian and museum curator so that he can prepare for the post of director in Hamburg; is disappointed that there are no scholarships for people like Waetzoldt; is pleased to read that Mary visited Warburg's father on 08/03/1908, hopes that mother is getting better; influenza is also in Frankfurt; he did not enjoy his conversation with Ernst Schwedeler-Meyer because of his malicious tongue; mentions Karl Koetschau |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/14 | Ollendorff; Oscar (05/11/1865-) | 05/11/1865- |
| DS/UK/31 | Goldschmidt; [John] Adolph (15/01/1863-06/01/1944); Prof. Dr. phil. | 15/01/1863-06/01/1944 |
| DS/UK/43 | Koetschau; Karl (1868-1949); Prof. Dr. | 1868-1949 |
| DS/UK/44 | Kautzsch; Rudolf (1868-1945); Prof. Dr. | 1868-1945 |
| DS/UK/51 | Thode; Henry (1857-1920); Prof. Dr. phil. | 1857-1920 |
| DS/UK/80 | Schwedeler-Meyer; Ernst; Dr. | |
| DS/UK/369 | Waetzoldt; Wilhelm (21/08/1880-05/01/1945); Prof. Dr. phil. | 21/08/1880-05/01/1945 |
| DS/UK/717 | Ziehen; Julius (11/02/1864-24/02/1925); Prof. Dr. phil. | 11/02/1864-24/02/1925 |
| DS/UK/846 | Oppenheim; Paul (17/06/1885-22/07/1977); Dr. | 17/06/1885-22/07/1977 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1191 | Aubert; [Fredrik Ludvig] Andreas Vibe (28/01/1851-10/05/1913) | 28/01/1851-10/05/1913 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |