Franz Gerhard Back papers

Copyright Holder: Ms. Joan Geary Dr. Frank Back (1908-1990) was born Franz Gerhard Back on August 27, 1908 in Vienna, Austria to Anton and Minna Back. Anton Back (1875-1953) was born in Jessenitz, Austria (now Jesenice, Czech Republic), and Minna Back (1886-1960) was born Wilhelmine Sommer in Prague, Czech Republic. The Back family immigrated to the United States in 1939, arriving in New York via Cherbourg aboard the Deutschland. The Franz Gerhard Back papers include documents, correspondence, report cards. university records, baptismal certificates, and immigration papers documenting Frank Back, his parents, Anton and Wilhelmine (Minna) Back, and his grandparents, Ignatz and Julie Sommer and Ignatz and Katharina Back.