The Richard Jacobs papers date from 1895-2015 and measures 5 linear inches. The papers are arranged in five series: Biographical, Federbusch Family, Professional Career, Photographs, and Artifacts. This collection provides a look into the life of a Warsaw Ghetto survivor and his subsequent immigration to the United States in 1949. The papers in this collection are not only from Richard Jacobs, but also from his aunts, Zenia and Lola Jakub, and his second wife, Ruth Federbusch Jacobs’ family including her parents Salomon and Anna. The Biographical (1895-2012) series includes biographical information about Richard Jacobs including pages from a diary he wrote living in Germany at the end of World War II and a family history written by his third wife, Kathleen Jacobs.

The Federbusch Famliy series (1931-1962) contains information about Richard Jacob’s second wife Ruth Federbusch Jacobs’ family including her parents Salomon and Anna. This series includes the family’s papers and identification cards from Austria and Poland and Nazi ration cards in Polish from 1944. A small amount of correspondence before World War II between two of Jacob’s aunts are included in this series.

The Professional Career series (1962-1995) consists of materials concerning Jacobs’ education, academic career, association memberships and awards.

The Photographs series (1929-2010) include a small number of photographs of the Jakub and Federbusch families before World War II, with the bulk of the series including post WII photographs from Jacobs and his extended family, including a Jakub family cousin named Praquier who settled in Paris.

The Artifacts series comprises of an oil painting of Ruth Federbusch.