Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus

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Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus

Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (born February 26, 1880 in Amsterdam , † April 18, 1960 in Bussum ) was a Dutch economic historian and archivist .

Life

Born as the son of Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus and Huibertje IJzerman, he first studied law . When the university was founded, he was Professor of Economic History at the Dutch Commercial University in Rotterdam from 1913 to 1921 . From 1914 he was also secretary of the "Dutch Economic-Historical Archive" association in The Hague . In 1922 he became a lecturer at the Letteren en Wijsbegeerte faculty at the University of Amsterdam . In 1932 he founded the “Economic-Historical Library” there.

In 1935, Posthumus founded the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG) in Amsterdam , financed by the social democratic workers' insurance “De Centrale”. He wanted to save politically threatened archive and library holdings , especially from Germany, Austria and Spain, which are used for historical socialism research. This included the party archive of the Social Democratic Party of Germany with the estates of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels . The “International Archive for the Women's Movement” was also housed in the rooms.

After the Second World War he founded the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie , where he was chairman of the board of directors until 1949.

Works

  • The divorced van de Leidsche sheet industry . Nijhoff, 'sGravenhage 1908. (Amsterdam, Univ., Diss., 1908)
  • Bronnen tot de Geschiedenis van de Leidsche Textielnijverheid . 2 vol., Nijhoff, 'sGravenhage 1910–1911.
  • Modestly concerned de provinciale organisatie der Hollandsche lakenbereiders . Müller, Amsterdam 1917.
  • (Ed.): Documents concerning de buitenlandsche handelspolitiek van Nederland in de negentiende eeuw . 2 vol., Nijhoff, 'sGravenhage 1919–1931.
  • (Ed.): De nationale organisatie der lakenkoopers tijdens de republiek . Kemink, Utrecht 1927.
  • Nederlandsche prijsgeschiedenis . Brill, Leiden 1943.
  • Inquiry into the history of prices in Holland . Brill, Leiden 1946.
  • De oosterse traded Amsterdam. Net oudst bewaarde koopmansboek van een Amsterdamse vennostschap concerning de handel op de Oostzee 1485-1490. Brill, Leiden 1953.

literature

  • Bibliography of the written van Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus . Seed tot. door PC Jansen and WM Zappey. Rotterdam 1981.
  • Maria Hunink: De papieren van de revolutie. Het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis 1935–1947 . Amsterdam 1986.
  • Eckhard Müller: Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (1880–1960) . In: Preserve, Spread, Educate. Archivists, librarians and collectors of the sources of the German-speaking labor movement . Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn-Bad Godesberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86872-105-8 , pp. 247-253 ( PDF ).

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personal data
SURNAME Posthumus, Nicolaas Wilhelmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch economic historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1960
Place of death Bussum