Fonds Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, S Thomas Kellner - Collection of the bookseller and antiquarian Thomas Kellner

9948 Verzeichnungseinheiten (ca. 140 Karten/Pläne, 434 Fotografien/2 Fotoalben, 6545 Postkarten, 65 Plakate, 43 Gemälde)

The collection of the Karlsruhe bookseller and antiquarian Thomas Kellner, acquired by purchase in 2006.<br /><br />Contents and Evaluation<br /><br />>The main focus of the collection lies in the Karlsruhe area; however, there are also pieces among them that relate to places all over the world. The collection includes maps and plans, portraits and pictures of events from the Baden Princely House, views of places before and after 1945, including photographs of Karlsruhe before and during the destruction of the Second World War. In addition, it contains documents and works of art (original drawings, paintings or prints), mainly by Baden artists and publishers, as well as material from Baden art associations, an extensive collection of postcards, including field post from the two world wars, publications, student newspapers and school newspapers, school class photos and landscape photos (anda. on glass plates), posters, greeting cards, business cards as well as board and dice games.<br /><br />1. History of Tradition: This extensive and diverse collection with a focus on Baden was acquired by the General State Archive Karlsruhe in 2006. The collection comes from the possession of the Karlsruhe bookseller and antiquarian Thomas Kellner (16.05.1935 - 30.09.2004), married to Eva Kellner and father of several daughters. He began his professional career with an apprenticeship as a bookseller in Munich and Bonn; he gained professional experience and experience in the antiquarian book trade in London, in his father's training companies and in his father's business. In 1965 Thomas Kellner took over Braun'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung in Karlsruhe. From 1978 to 2005 he was the owner of an antiquarian bookshop at Waldstraße 17 in Karlsruhe. But not only for the antiquarian bookshop, but also personally Thomas Kellner collected various pictures and graphics, mainly for Baden and/or produced in Baden. After his death, the widow sold his entire private collection. At the end of 2005, when the antiquarian bookshop was closed down, the General State Archive Karlsruhe had already acquired some pieces.<br /><br />2. Processor's report: The collection had previously not been indexed by any finding aids. Mr. Müller and Mr. Tommek took care of the title recordings, signing, packaging and a first classification in the years after the purchase. The signatures assigned by them use the suffix "B" (B 1 - B 43) for framed paintings, and the suffix "K" (K 1 - K 97) for artistic works, flat or large pieces such as maps, plans and prints. The remaining signatures for postcards and photographs, as well as for the majority of documents and publications, have no letter supplements (Nos. 1 - 35). In addition to the letter additions, there are derivatives of the numbers with commas in the following form: S Thomas Kellner K 30, 2. In the year 2018 to the beginning of 2019, the undersigned carried out the remaining indexing and final work for the creation of an online finding aid, and a new classification was also created. The classification was based on formal criteria (type of collection item). Within was classified according to topographical and material terms. Depicted places, depicted princes and well-known personalities as well as artists were provided with descriptors, but not the publishers and art institutions. For the indexing of the postcards is to be noted: If a postcard has run, this is noted in each case. In the case of field mail, the comment field also contains the names of the sender and recipient (with details of the unit) and the date, if this was indicated on the postcard. In the comment field you can also find series information of the postcards. When the collection was acquired by the General State Archives in Karlsruhe, it also contained bequests of various persons, from which the bequests of N Adolf Kellner, N Ernst, N Scheidemantel, N Silber and N Martha Schenck were formed. In addition, there were remains of the estates of Karl Kölmel and Hermann Veit, which the General State Archive Karlsruhe had already purchased from Kellner's antiquarian bookshop. Individual documents and publications by various artists were left in the collection. With its more than 9000 title photographs of mainly pictorial representations from Baden, primarily from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, this collection is probably one of the most extensive and significant of its kind. It thus complements other image collections and map collections in the General State Archive Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, February 2019 Sara Diedrich<br /><br />3. Main focus and special features: The focus of the collection is on the Karlsruhe area, but there are also pieces in the collection that relate geographically to more distant regions. The collection includes maps and plans from the 16th century onwards, portraits and pictures of events from the Baden Princely House, views of places before and after 1945, including photographs of Karlsruhe before and during the destruction of the Second World War. In addition, it contains documents and works of art (original drawings, paintings or prints) primarily by artists and publishers from Baden, as well as material from Baden art associations. The extensive collection of postcards, including many postcards of Karlsruhe, numerous Christmas and birthday cards as well as field postcards from the two world wars and propaganda postcards, should be emphasized. Also worth mentioning are the student newspapers and school newspapers, mainly from schools in Karlsruhe from the beginning of the 20th century on, whose written tradition is partly also in the General State Archive Karlsruhe and supplements these. There are also photographs of classes, teachers and excursions at the Helmholtz-Oberrealschule in Karlsruhe. Other photographs, mainly on glass plates, show motifs from the Black Forest and the Palatinate. Thomas Kellner's collection also includes posters for exhibitions, politics and for advertising purposes, business cards, a small collection of Weißenburg picture sheets (for cutting and handicrafts) from the publishing house of F. C. Wentzel in Weißenburg in Alsace and his successors as well as board and dice games. <br /><br />4. References to literature and holdings: Kunst in Karlsruhe 1900 - 1950, catalogue for the exhibition at the Badischer Kunstverein 24 May - 19 June 1981, edited by the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1981. On the way to the big city. Karlsruhe in plans, maps and pictures 1834 - 1915, catalogue for the exhibition on the occasion of the 81st Geodätentag/INTERGEO in Karlsruhe in the New Ständehaus from 16 September - 16 October 1997, edited by Manfred Koh, Karlsruhe 1997, monuments, fountains and outdoor sculptures in Karlsruhe 1715 - 1945, edited by Gerlinde Brandenburger-Eisele (Publications of the Karlsruhe City Archive 7), 2nd edition, Karlsruhe 1989, Art. URL: https://ka.stadtwiki.net/Thomas (as of 21.01.2019). The Thomas Kellner Collection complements the various holdings in Department J (mainly portraits, views of places, uniforms), but also the map collection (H Gemarkungspläne), the poster collection (P) and the collection of field postcards (S Kriegspostkarten, S Kriegsbriefe) in the General State Archive Karlsruhe. References exist partly for the same pictures in J-G or for maps in H district plans.

Original painted by Prof. Hans Bohrdt (1857-1945). Published by O. G. Zehrfeld, Leipzig.

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Kunst in Karlsruhe 1900 - 1950, Katalog zur Ausstellung im Badischen Kunstverein 24. Mai - 19. Juni 1981, hg. von der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1981.<br />Auf dem Weg zur Großstadt. Karlsruhe in Plänen, Karten und Bildern 1834 - 1915, Katalog zur Ausstellung anlässlich des 81. Geodätentages/INTERGEO in Karlsruhe im Neuen Ständehaus vom 16. September - 16. Oktober 1997, hg. von Manfred Koh, Karlsruhe 1997.<br />Denkmäler, Brunnen und Freiplastiken in Karlsruhe 1715 - 1945, hg. von Gerlinde Brandenburger-Eisele (Veröffentlichungen des Karlsruher Stadtarchivs 7), 2. Aufl., Karlsruhe 1989.<br />Art. "Thomas Kellner", in: Stadtwiki Karlsruhe. URL: https://ka.stadtwiki.net/Thomas_Kellner (Stand 21.01.2019).

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