Abraham Geiger Collection

Folder 1 holds photocopies of handwritten letters and their transcriptions, written by Abraham Geiger to his colleagues, Rabbis Bernhard Felsenthal in Chicago (9 letters) and Rabbi Samuel Adler in New York (1 letter plus English translation), Feb. 13 1863 – Sept. 16. 1874.

Also included is the typed transcription of Geiger’s petition to the Prussian ministry for religious, educational and medical affairs to establish an academic chair for post-biblical Jewish literature, written in Berlin, Dec. 18, 1849, 6 pages.

There also are two original autographs by Abraham Geiger and their transcriptions, Aug. 19, 1839, and Sep. 3, 1867, as well as a portrait photograph of Rabbi Abraham Geiger.

Folder 2 contains the photocopy of a family tree of the Geiger family since 1632, written by Daniel August Worms in 1903: Stammtafel der Familie Geiger / Zusammengestellt im Auftrag des Herrn Alfred S. Geiger von Daniel August Worms, Sekretär der israelitischen Gemeinde zu Frankfurt a.M. 1903. Abraham Geiger and his descendents are mentioned on pages 34-35. Also included is a 4-page typescript with additions to the family tree. Folder 3 holds a bound notebook with 31 poems by Abraham Geiger, 1859-1873. Attached is a 12-page typescript with the handwritten poems’ transcripts. This album is part of the LBI Salomon Herxheimer Collection, AR 4832: some poems mention Johanne Loewenstein, née Herxheimer.