Simon May Family, Hamburg, Collection
Scope and Content Note
Vital documents, papers, and correspondence of the family of Simon May (1816-1866, Hamburg), as well as religious treatise on Orthodox Judaism by Simon May.
The first folder contains various vital papers (birth, marriage, death certificates) pertaining to Simon May and his wife Julie (née Meyerhof). In this folder are also May's citizenship certificate (Bürgereid), will, apprenticeship contract, and a business contract. Simon May's correspondence, both to his wife Julie and to other family and close friends comprises the second folder; interspersed with the letters are several poems, some of which may have been written by Julie May. The following folder contains transcriptions of a few letters from Simon May's brother-in-law Israel Meyerhof, textile manufacturer in Hildesheim, some personal and some professional in nature, although many mention affairs of the Jewish community in Hildesheim. In the final folders is a defense of Orthodox Judaism composed by Simon May (both a handwritten original and a typed transcription).
Dates
- 1838-1892, 1958
- 1890
Creator
- May family (Family)
- May, Anton, 1809- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
Vital documents, papers, and correspondence of the family of Simon May (1816-1866, Hamburg), as well as religious treatise on Orthodox Judaism by Simon May.
Other Finding Aid
The original German-language inventory is available in folder 1.
Provenance Note
The letters from Israel Meyerhof were originally catalogued separately under the call number AR 162; the family tree in the first folder was originally catalogued separately under the call number AR 160.
Separated Material
A portrait photograph of Anton May (1890) has been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Anton May 's memoirs ME 429 have been removed and cataloged separately in the LBI Memoir Collection.
- Title
- Guide to the Simon May Family, Hamburg, Collection, 1838-1892, 1958 AR 159
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- June 23, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
