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Otto Cohnheim collection
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Otto Cohnheim collection

  • RBSC-ARC-1724
  • Collection
  • 1871-1939

The collection illustrates Otto Cohnheim’s personal and professional life while he lived in Germany and Scotland. The personal material includes correspondence with or about family members while the professional material includes letters, laboratory notes, and papers to do with his physiological studies.

Cohnheim, Otto

Letters to Otto (né Cohnheim) Kestner and/or his wife Eva Kestner

Series consists of letters addressed to Otto Cohnheim, his wife Eva Kestner, or both of them. The majority of the letters are unsorted and arranged by date. The other letters consist of those from Albert Kestner to Otto Cohnheim from Japan, letters of condolence on the death of Otto Cohnheim’s mother, and letters from Rudolf Magnus and other members of the Magnus family.

Miscellaneous letters and papers

Series consists of letters, laboratory notes, and papers related to Otto Cohnheim’s scientific studies. There is also correspondence between members of the Cohnehim family who are not either Otto Cohnheim or Eva Kestner. This includes letters between other family members, including Otto’s parents, and mother-in-law.