Weinberg-Oppenheimer Family Collection

The Weinberg Oppenheimer Family Collection holds the papers of members of the related Weinberg and Oppenheimer families. Much of the collection documents the emigration of Hermann and Bella Weinberg and their children, but other papers relate to the World War I military service of Hermann Weinberg and Leopold Oppenheimer, or to the death of Zacharias Oppenheimer. The collection includes official documents; correspondence; financial documents and correspondence; a photo album and photographic postcards; and other papers.

Documentation of the Oppenheimer family primarily centers on the lives of Zacharias Oppenheimer and his son Leopold. Series I contains papers and correspondence of Leopold Oppenheimer, among them school certificates and correspondence while he was in World War I. Series II, which holds the collection's photographs, includes Leopold Oppenheimer's photo album, which primarily holds photographs of members of his fraternity. Papers relating to Zacharias Oppenheimer largely relate to his death; Series I includes correspondence and documents about his estate as well as notifications and condolences after his death.

Weinberg family documents include those of Hermann Weinberg and his wife Bella (née Oppenheimer). Several folders in Series I pertain to their emigration to the United States, including correspondence with the American consulate and with Jacob May, who provided an affidavit of support for them. Their official documents and diary pages by Hermann about their upcoming emigration are also present in Series I. Many photographs of Hermann Weinberg during World War I are present in Series II, in addition to photos of their daughters and many unidentified photos.