John H. Richter Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains genealogical files from John Henry Richter's estate, including various family histories and genealogies.
The following families are mentioned in this collection: Beer family, Bender family, Billstein family, Bodenheimer family, Clay, Lucius D., Cohen family, Cohn family, Conitzer family, Coppel family, Cullmann family, Eisenstaedt family, Elkan family, Fabian family, Feldmann family, Fleischmann family, Frankenbach family, Friedlaender family, Fuchs family, Geballe family, Goeritz family, Goldberg family, Gruenfeld family, Hammel family, Haymann family, Heinemann family, Joseph family, Jottkowitz family, Koch family, Levy family, Lewin-Richter family, Loeb family, Lucas family, Lubinski family, Mannheim family, Marcus family, Marshall family, Marx family, Mayer family, Meyerowitz family, Mendelssohn, Moses, Mendelssohn-Batholdy, Felix, Mindel family, Neisser family, Newald family, Ochs family, Radt family, Richter family, Segall family, Selbiger family, Silberberg family, Strasser family, Strauss family, Ullman family, Vogel family, Weigert, Weinfeld family, Wilner family, Wirth family, Wolf family, Wolfermann family, Wulff family, Koppel, Leopold, Oranienburg, Zempelburg, Marienburg, Marienwerder, Stargard, Dirschau, Flatow, Krojanke, Tuetz, Schloppe, Jastow, Friedland (Maerkisch), Deutsch Crone, Conitz, Egers-Engels families, Bluhm family, Neuruppin, Meyer family, Neumann-Oppenheim families, Deutschust (Nemecky Rohozec, Saaz (Zatec), Marckwald or Markwald, Helfft family, Kauffmann family, Nakel (Netze), Benveniste family, De Lemos family, Ephraim family.
Dates
- 1904-1994
Language of Materials
The collection is in English and German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Collection is microfilmed; use MF 534.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
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
Biographical Note
John Henry Richter was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1919. He emigrated to the United States in 1941. After studying Library Science at the University of California at Berkeley, he worked at the Library of Congress from 1950 until 1956, when he came to the University of Michigan as a librarian. His avocation was family research. He died in 1994 in Ann Arbor.
Extent
32 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains genealogical files from John Henry Richter's estate, including various family histories and genealogies.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 39 boxes.
- Box 1: Albers-Strauss, Jacob I, undated, 1763-1947
- Box 2: Strauss, Jacob II-AB: Publications, Honors, undated, 1779-1983
- Box 3: AB: Berliner and Mahler-Miscellaneous, undated, 1918-1986
- Box 4: (Black Binder) Ludwig Jonas Biography-Kohn, Charon, Augsburg, undated, 1979
- Box 5: Kirschberg Documents, Work Copy - Two Boxes of Index Cards, undated, 1696
- Box 6: Neisser Chotzen, Ziegenhals-A. Neisser, Dienstfertig, undated, 1859-1991
- Box 7: Conitzer, Dobrzynski-Conitzer Huebscher, undated, 1843-1907
- Box 8: Mark A. Richter I-Conitzer Kohls, undated, 1972-1977
- Box 9: Kohn (General)-Cohn: Kuebler, undated, 1854-1933
- Box 10: Neisser, Kurlbaum-Torres, undated, 1863-1981
- Box 11: Zuntz-Richter Meyerowitz, Eva, undated, 1812-1991
- Box 12: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz-Neisser, Henrietta, undated, 1905-1955
- Box 13: Neisser, Herbert - Loose Papers, undated, 1814-1897
- Box 14: Neumann-Oppenheim Posner-Selbiger, Edmund, undated, 1827-1985
- Box 15: Selbiger, Eduard-Wolfermann, Ida, undated, 1792-1987
- Box 16: Wolfermann, Isaak-City Files: Mf (Families), undated, 1811-1961
- Box 17: City Files (continued): Margonin-Theresienstadt, undated
- Box 18: City Files (end) (Trawniki-Other Regions)-Sabersky Lowenstein, undated, 1724-1980
- Box 19: Salomon-(Red Binder) Jhr: From The Rhineland To Wisconsin, undated, 1924-1981
- Box 20: Ann Arbor News Clippings-Wisconsin Paper Documentation, undated, 1744-1994
- Box 21: Lists, Statistics, Etc.-Kohn: Baum, undated, 1726-1969
- Box 22: Berkowitz-Beneviste-De Lemos Papers, undated, 1832-1994
- Box 23: Photocopies Of Biographical Entries-Ephraim Solovy, undated, 1861-1993
- Box 24: Eskeles-Dressel-Meisterlein, undated, 1723-1979
- Box 25: Trimberg - FMB and Other Mss., undated, 1988
- Box 26: JHR: The Ancestry of Emil Louis Meyer ¼-A. Neisser, undated, 1660-1993
- Box 27 (OS 13): Copies of Genealogical Tables, Various Families, undated
- Box 28: Reimann, Albert-Conitzer Family Tree, undated, 1650-1993
- Box 29A (OS 71): Index Cards (Non-Archival Box), undated
- Box 29B (OS 72): Index Cards (continued) (Non-Archival Box), undated
- Box 30: Genealogical Tables, Various Families and Index Cards, undated
- Box 31: Index Cards, undated
- Box 32: Various, undated, 1700s-1993
- Box 33: Various, Including City Files, undated, 1834-1945
- Box 34: Genealogical Tables, Various Families, and Other Files, undated, 1904-1988
- Box 35 (OS 14): Copies of Genealogical Tables, Various Families, undated
- Box 36 (OS 15): Copies of Genealogical Tables, Various Families, undated
- Box 37 (OS 73): Genealogical Tables, Various Families, undated, 1660-1990
- Box 38 (OS 74): Genealogical Tables and Other Material, undated, 1700s-1810
Microfilm
Collection is available on 73 reels of microfilm (MF 534).
- Reel 1: 37/1 - 37/23
- Reel 2: 38/1 - 38/8
- Reel 3: 1/1 - 1/107 (A-H)
- Reel 4: 1/108 - 1/272 (H-S)
- Reel 5: 2/1 - 2/110 (S-W)
- Reel 6: 2/111 - 2/152 (A-B)
- Reel 7: 2/153 - 2/155; 3/1 - 3/25 (B)
- Reel 8: 3/26 - 3/93
- Reel 9: 3/94 - 3/112; 4/1 - 4/2
- Reel 10: 4/3 - 4/14
- Reel 11: 4/15 - 4/42
- Reel 12: 4/43 - 4/62; 5/1
- Reel 13: 5/8 - 5/9; 6/1 - 6/6
- Reel 14: 6/6 - 6/37
- Reel 15: 6/38 - 6/109
- Reel 16: 7/1 - 7/61
- Reel 17: 7/62 - 7/87
- Reel 18: 7/88 - 7/126; 8/1 - 8/4
- Reel 19: 8/5 - 8/30
- Reel 20: 8/31 - 8/58
- Reel 21: 8/59 - 8/64; 9/1 - 9/45
- Reel 22: 9/46 - 9/57
- Reel 23: 9/58 - 9/74; 10/1 - 10/18
- Reel 24: 10/19 - 10/117
- Reel 25: 10/118 - 10/169
- Reel 26: 10/170 - 10/189; 11/1 - 11/12
- Reel 27: 11/13 - 11/61
- Reel 28: 11/62 - 11/80; 12/1 - 12/6
- Reel 29: 12/7 - 12/34
- Reel 30: 12/35 - 12/76
- Reel 31: 13/1 - 13/51
- Reel 32: 13/52 - 13/86
- Reel 33: 13/87 - 13/105; 14/1 - 14/19
- Reel 34: 14/20 - 14/66
- Reel 35: 14/67 - 14/138; 15/1 - 15/19
- Reel 36: 15/20 - 15/112
- Reel 37: 15/113 - 15/163
- Reel 38: 16/1 - 16/35
- Reel 39: 16/36 - 16/89
- Reel 40: 16/90 - 16/101; 17/1 - 17/23
- Reel 41: 17/24 - 17/58
- Reel 42: 17/59 - 17/98; 18/1 - 18/23
- Reel 43: 18/24 - 18/70
- Reel 44: 18/71 - 18/109; 19/1 - 19/5
- Reel 45: 19/6 - 19/43
- Reel 46: 19/44 - 19/54; 20/1 - 20/2
- Reel 47: 20/3 - 20/10
- Reel 48: 20/11 - 20/30; 21/1 - 21/19
- Reel 49: 21/20 - 21/38
- Reel 50: 21/39 - 21/68; 22/1 - 22/56
- Reel 51: 22/57 - 22/76
- Reel 52: 22/77 - 22/79; 23/1 - 23/39
- Reel 53: 23/40 - 23/221
- Reel 54: 23/222 - 23/269; 24/1 - 24/7
- Reel 55: 24/8 - 24/56
- Reel 56: 24/57 - 24/80
- Reel 57: 24/81 - 24/88; 25/1 - 25/15
- Reel 58: 25/16 - 25/26
- Reel 59: 25/27 - 25/41; 26/1 - 26/11
- Reel 60: 26/12 - 26/77
- Reel 61: 26/78 - 26/88; 28/1 - 28/36
- Reel 62: 28/37 - 28/57
- Reel 63: 29/1
- Reel 64: 29/2
- Reel 65: 29/3
- Reel 66: 29/4 - 30/1
- Reel 67: 30/2 - 31/1
- Reel 68: 31/2; 32/1 - 32/18
- Reel 69: 32/29 - 32/32
- Reel 70: 32/33 - 32/45; 33/1 - 33/18
- Reel 71: 33/19 - 33/68
- Reel 72: 33/69; 34/1 - 34/29
- Reel 73: 34/29 - 34/30
- Title
- Guide to the John H. Richter Collection, 1904-1994 AR 1683 / MF 534
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- May 30, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository