Myers family

The Eleanor G. Feitler Family Collection consists of the correspondence and papers of members of the Emil and Auguste Glauber and Heinrich and Erna Mayer families, especially the descendants of the three Herrmann sisters (Clara, Paula, and Erna) along with the families into which they married.

Contains the personal papers, including correspondence and documents, of Elijah Etting, his sons, Solomon and Reuben, and his three grandchildren, Samuel Etting, Kitty (Etting) Cohen, and Elijah Gratz Etting (frequently referred to as Gratz Etting).

Manuscript: "Weltgeschichte von Martin Weismann" (1834); Ms.: "Reise in Gesellschaft meines Bruders" (1837); photocopies of documents (family papers) early 19th century, including Napoleonic era.

Contains a photocopy of a genealogical chart of the descendents of Rabbi Benjamin ben Meir, rabbi of Mielzyn, Poland.

Contains items pertaining to two members of the Cohen family: Elkah (1785-1875), a letter written to her by Joseph Hutchins of Barbados, mentioning the new Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia (1819); and Joseph Simon Cohen (1791-1858), manuscript of a sermon given by him at Congregation Mikveh Israel on the day of Thanksgiving called at the end of the War of 1812 (1815). Also contains Passover Hagadah of Bilah Simon, and the Ketubah of Bilah Simon and Solomon Myers-Cohen.

This collection contains a comprehensive and very well annoted historical collection of documents of the Bach and Mayer family from Stuttgart and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. Vital documents reflecting the families' professions and essential information such as family trees, birth, marriage, and death certificates, and wills are complemented by photographs, correspondence and memoirs. Most original German documents from the 19th century are translated into English, and some are annotated with complementary information from family memory.

This collection documents the lives of Vera Meyer's family members, especially her parents, Alfred and Eva Meyer, but also involving her grandparents and uncles. Prominent in the collection are the many family photographs and copies of family correspondence, including immigration and wartime letters. Other material consists of some biographical essays and a family tree.