Arthur Levi Family Collection

The Arthur Levi Family Collection consists of family trees and family histories of the Levi and Dorfzaun families (all contents are photocopies). The collection consists of Arthur Levi's own research, including genealogical and historical writing, as well as family photos and 19th century legal documents. Series I is divided into four folders. Folder 1 includes a table of contents and German-language family tree. Folder 2 includes a detailed genealogy of the Levi family of Hellstein and Hanau in Germany from 1808-2001. It also includes Levi's research work, describing the historical context of the families; detailed biographies of some members of the family; and family photos. Folder 3 includes a detailed genealogy of the Dorfzaun family of Roedelmaier, Bavaria, Germany, from 1742-1994, as well as family histories and photocopies of photos, family letters and a funeral notice. It also includes photocopies of information from a parish office (Pfarramt) in Roedelmaier and from the Staatsarchiv Wuerzburg. Folder 4 includes photocopies of historical documents used to construct the genealogy of the Dorfzaun family. It consists of documents from the village of Roedelmaier, including a page from a register of Jews who were permitted to reside in the village, showing old and new family names (June 1817); a birth register; wedding register; and death register. It also consists of documents from the Bavarian County Court of Neustadt, Bavaria, including two petitions of Abraham Dorfzaun of Roedelmaier (1848 and 1849); a petition from Neustadt (1852); a petition of Jacob Dorfzaun of Neustadt (1873); and a petition of Hermann Dorfzaun of Neustadt to marry Mathilde Lorsch of Gelnhausen (1875).