Collection ID: RG 13.FAC.123

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Lemke, Antje Bultmann.
Abstract:
Files related to Lemke's time as a professor at Syracuse University
Extent:
45 boxes (approximately 44 linear feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Antje Bultmann Lemke Papers,

Background

Scope and Content:

The Antje Bultmann Lemke Papers spans from 1936 to 2008 and comprises a variety of materials. Included in the collection are writings, teaching materials, research files, lectures, slides, audio and video tapes, and both personal and professional correspondence. Subjects include library education, different types of libraries, marginalized groups, and the arts.

Biographical / Historical:

Antje Bultmann Lemke (1918-2017) was a Professor Emerita of the Syracuse University iSchool. Born in Germany, she earned a degree in library science from the University of Leipzig and used the library to aid people evading Nazi persecution. She was part of the German Resistance and after World War II escaped from Russian-controlled East Germany to West Germany.

After moving to the United States in the 1940s, Lemke worked as an art and music librarian at Syracuse University and earned her master's degree in library science there in 1954. She eventually began teaching classes for the School of Library Science, now the iSchool. Lemke was a violinist in the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra which she helped establish in 1961. She was also dedicated to preserving the work of Albert Schweitzer.

In 1998, Lemke was named a Righteous Gentile by the Temple Society of Concord, recognizing her role in protecting Jewish lives in Nazi Germany and risking her own life. Two rooms on the Syracuse University campus bear her name, the Antje Bultmann Lemke Seminar Room at the Special Collections Research Center in Bird Library and a conference hall in Hinds Hall. Additionally, after her retirement, the iSchool established the Antje Lemke Book Award, an annual graduate scholarship awarded to a Library and Information student with a passion for learning and dedication to service.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Antje Lemke and the Lemke estate between 1983 and 2019. Gift of David Stam in 2014.
Processing information:

The collection is unprocessed.

Arrangement:

Materials are in their original order.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact Syracuse University Archives for more information.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Antje Bultmann Lemke Papers,

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
CONTACT:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu