Ettinghausen-Oppenheimer Family Collection

The Ettinghausen-Oppenheimer Family Collection contains the papers of members of the Oppenheimer, Ettinghausen and related families. The bulk of the records pertains largely to the Oppenheimers, and date from the nineteenth century. In both series of the collection, individual family members are listed with multiple names, both first and last. The practice of changing names was common for this time period. The collection includes various official, military, educational, legal and business papers along with some family correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a few photographs.

Series I consists of papers that relate to the family in general or to multiple or unidentified family members. In addition to some information on the Oppenheimer and Ettinghausen families, members of the Bass and Braunschweig families are also located here.

Series II holds the bulk of the collection, with papers of individual family members or couples, including many members of the Oppenheimer family. Series II contains various official documents for family members, among them letters of protection (Schutzbriefe) for Loeb Ettinghausen, Mendle Herz and information on one for Moses Michel Oppenheimer. Other family documents in this series include birth certificates, marriage contracts, wills and other information relating to family estates which often list family members' descendants. Business papers for a few family members, including Moses Michael, Joseph and Salomon Oppenheimer are also present as is personal correspondence from family members to Salomon Oppenheimer.