Date Books and Diaries
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Rattner, Abraham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 16-17; 1.6 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1977, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rattabra, Series 15
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series has been divided into three subseries and filed chronologically: 15.1: Abraham Rattner, 1937-1976, undated

15.2: Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle, 1955-1973, undated

15.3: Esther Gentle, 1954-1977, undated
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Date books and diaries are on reels 5272-5274 unless noted otherwise.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The date books and diaries record the Rattners' daily lives, business appointments, and their personal thoughts. Most notable is Abraham Rattner's diary from 1939 recounting his departure from Paris to escape Nazism.