BC 953 KASPAR ARENDT PAPERS  

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

Presented to the U.C.T. Libraries by Mrs Elke Wulk, Lubeck, West Germany, November 1988. D88/270

A

PERSONAL PAPERS

No. of items

KASPAR ARENDT

A1.1-A1.2

School reports and certificates for Otto Wilhelm Siegfried (Kaspar) Arendt, from the Lichterfelder Realgymnasium, 1918-1919.

2

A1.3

Identity document issued in 1925

1

A1.4-A1.5

Marriage certificate and card announcing the wedding, on 26 January 1929, of Kaspar Arendt and Liesbeth Salinger

2

A1.6

Pass issued by the Berlin Police to Kaspar Arendt, 28 November, 1933

1

A1.7

Testimonial from Prof Peratona, with whom Kaspar Arendt studied sculpture in Charlottenberg, Berlin, 30 November, 1933

1

A1.8

Document giving information about South Africa to possible emigrants, c.1936-1937

1

A1.9-A1.11

Three documents pertaining to the Rotary Club, one circular from the Berlin Club, 9 March 1936; Rotary Internal membership card for Arendt, Kaspar, 31 December 1936; and a list of members for the Cape Town Rotary Club, c.-1937

3

A1.12

Copy of the marriage certificate for Kaspar Arendt and Liesbeth Salinger, issued 5 October 1936

1

A1.13

Letter from the President of the State Council for Fine Arts to Otto (Kaspar) Arendt concerning his suitability to practice architecture in view of his marriage to a non-Aryan, dated 28 December 1936

1

A1.14

Statement by Kaspar Arendt concerning his career as an architect, c.1937

1

A1.15-A1.16

Circulars from the Deutsche Africa-Linien, 1 April 1937, and June 1937

2

A1.17

Circular concerning emigration to South Africa, May 1937

1

A1.18-A1.19

Letter to Rotary Club President in Cape Town from Kaspar Arendt, Berlin 23 May 1937, and a letter to Kaspar Arendt from a relative in Cape Town, 22.7.1937

2

A1.20

Pass issued by the Berlin Police Department to Otto Arendt (Kaspar) indicating where he was born and how long he had resided in Berlin, 6 August 1937

1

A1.21

Questionnaire issued by the Emigration Council in Berlin, completed by Otto Arendt (Kaspar), 9 August 1937

1

A1.22-A1.77

 Letters, c.August 1937 - c.April 1962, concerning the emigration to South Africa of Kaspar Arendt and his wife, and his prospects for work as an architect and sculptor. Includes various official letters and passes issued from time to time by the Berlin Police, as well as letters from the Cape Town architect F K Kendall.

58

A1.78-A1.84

Letters, obituaries, telegram, etc. concerning Otto and Maria Arendt, parents of Kaspar Arendt. Includes letters from Boston; c.1902-c.1972.

7

LIESBETH ARENDT (SALINGER)  

A2.1

Birth certificate for Elisabeth Salinger, b. 9 August 1890

1

A2.2-A2.4

School reports for Liesbeth Salinger, 1896-1898

3

A2.5

School leaving certificate from the Krahmer'sche Höhere Madchenschule, 7 October 1902

1

A2.6-A2.9

Testimonials from various teachers about the work of Liesbeth Salinger as a sculptor. Includes two by Prof Peratona, 1919-1920

A2.10

Declaration made by Liesbeth Salinger to the American Commission in Berlin, 26 August 1921, when she visited America

1

A2.11

Letter from the President of the Council for Fine Arts, 26 April 1935, informing Liesbeth Arendt that as she was not an Aryan she was no longer allowed to practice as a sculptor

1

A2.12

Immigration permit for Mrs Liesbeth Arendt, dated 1 April 1938

1

A2.13-A2.14

Immigration card issued to Liesbeth Arendt by the Immigration Office, Cape Town, 1 April 1938, and her identity card, 1 June 1957

2

A2.15-A2.17

Documents pertaining to Clara Salinger, c.1938 and 1949

3

B

SKETCHES

B1.1-B1.18

Sketches by Kaspar Arendt. Includes one sketchbook

18

B1.19

Pieta in brown crayon, by Kaspar Arendt o/s

1

B2.1-B2.15

Sketches by Liesbeth Arendt (Salinger). Includes a small copper plate

15

C

PHOTOGRAPHS

C1.1

Small album with snapshots of Kaspar and Liesbeth Arendt and their friends, as well as some of their sculptures, c.1946

1

C1.2

Album of Arendt family photographs, c.1890's-c.1920's.

1

C1.3

Album of photographs of architectural projects designed or worked on by Kaspar Arendt in Germany and in South Africa.

1

C2.1-C2.124

Photographs of family and friends

124

C3.1-C3.120

Photographs of sculptures and wood carving by Kaspar Arendt.

120

C4.1

Small album of photographs of the work of Liesbeth Arendt

1

C4.2-C4.62

Photographs of sculptures by Liesbeth Arendt

61

C5.1-C5.10

Oversize photographs of houses designed by Kaspar Arendt and of some of his sculptures

10

C6.1-C6.3

Glass negatives of a bust of staatssekretar Dr Bredow

3

D

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS

D1.1-D1.5

Plans for houses, etc. by Kaspar Arendt

5

D2.1-D2.12

Photographs of some of the above buildings

12

Total:

476 items