Henry Heinrich Otto Berolzheimer Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection is arranged in three series and holds papers regarding Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer. Series I holds personal and business papers of Heinrich Otto and Getti Berolzheimer as well as legal and personal correspondence. Prominent in this series is the vast amount of documents regarding real estate issues. While the Berolzheimers seemed to have been involved in different real estate projects, it is particularly one project in Des Moines, Iowa, to which most of the documents relate.
Series II contains papers from Ruth Berolzheimer's genealogical research. Ruth maintained an intense correspondence with various people carrying the surname Berolzheimer and inquired about their relation to her family.
Series III comprises various documents and other material that is related to the Berolzheimer family as well as photographs from the Berolzheimer and Brandeis families.
Dates
- 1785-2006
- Majority of material found within 1887-1979
Creator
- Berolzheimer, Ruth (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German, English, and French.
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
Biographical Note
Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer was born in 1848 in Nuremberg to Heinrich and Theresa (née Brandeis) Berolzheimer. In 1867 he obtained a passport and an exit permit to North America. 1869-1870 Heinrich Otto Berolzheimer spent some time in Paris. He was granted U.S. citizenship on March 3rd, 1876, as Henry Berolzheimer. In 1885 he married Getti (or Jetti) Salomon, who was born in Keokuk, Iowa. According to a U.S. census from 1910, Henry and Getti had four children, Ruth (born in 1889), Milton (born in 1890), Howard (born in 1897) and Leon (born in 1898). Henry was involved in various business projects, e.g. food import from Haiti, real estate and dry goods. He died in 1917. Please note: Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer, must not be confused with Heinrich Berolzheimer, Kommerzienrat from Fuerth, founder of the Eagle Pencil Company.
Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer's daughter, Ruth Berolzheimer, was a superintendent at the Jewish Home Finding Society of Chicago and a keen genealogist.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection holds documents, correspondence and some visual material related to Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer and his family. Prominent issues are the real estate business and genealogy. The papers in this collection form a heterogeneous corpus of official and legal papers as well as personal and genealogical correspondence.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series.
Separated Material
Two prayer books were removed to the LBI Library, i.e. a) A Mahzor prayerbook for the holidyas of Sukkot, Pessach, Shavuot, Volume 2, London, 1785; b) A Prayerbook for Tisha b'av, 1826. Copies of the handwritten notes in both books remain in the collection and can be found in Box 1, Folder 4.
Processing Information
Several oversized documents, such as a Heimatschein for Heinrich Otto Berolzheimer, a visa for Haiti, geographical documents about the loci of the real estate property and a few fiscal and business documents from Series I were placed in an oversize folder. Two newspaper clippings, most likely related to genealogical research, were removed from Series II and placed in an oversize folder.
- Berol, Emile Albert
- Berolzheimer, Henry (Heinrich Otto), 1848-1917
- Berolzheimer, Michael, 1866-1942
- Berolzheimer, Philip, 1867-1942
- Berolzheimer, Ruth
- Brandeis family
- Card photographs (photographs)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Correspondence
- Des Moines (Iowa)
- Genealogy
- Moritz Kaufmann'sche Familienstiftung
- New York (N.Y.)
- Personal papers
- Prayer books
- Real estate agents
- Solomon family
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Henry (Heinrich Otto) Berolzheimer Family 1785-2006 AR 25020
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Joern Esch
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from HenryBerolzheimerFamily.xml
Revision Statements
- March 26, 2015 : dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
