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Adler Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 228

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains papers of various members of the Adler family. Most of the collection consists of correspondence, but there is also one folder of family papers such as wedding memorabilia, vaccination certificates, visiting cards, telegrams, a notebook, a family tree for one branch of the family and a clipping on Selig Adler.

Family correspondence makes up the greatest part of the collection. All the letters are handwritten and to various family members in various cities in Germany as well as some in America. Many letters are addressed to Rifka Adler (née Liberles) and her children. Letters from America are often from Maryland and New York. The correspondence primarily conveys family news, including holiday or birthday greetings.

Among the items in the folder "Family Documents" are several that pertain to the wedding of Rifka Liberles and Hermann Aron in March 1890. The folder also includes a passport for Josef Adler of Kitzingen and a Heimatschein for a Selig Adler, son of Josef Adler, rabbi of Aschaffenburg. A family tree lists some ancestors of a younger Selig Adler (the grandson of the previously mentioned Selig Adler) of Buffalo; a later clipping on his retirement describes his career as a professor of history at the University of Buffalo. A notebook of an unidentified family member primarily records expense calculations from 1868-1871, but also includes a few addresses.

Most documents in the collection are numerated, reflecting a prior arrangement on catalog cards with some item-level information about the documents. This numeration has been retained; a copy of the cards is present in the first folder of the collection.

Dates

  • 1863-1980
  • Majority of material found within 1889-1911

Creator

Language of Materials

The collection is in German, Hebrew, and English.

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

The Adler family lived in Bavaria during the nineteenth century; some family members immigrated to the United States before 1900. Among them was the salesman Josef Gabriel Adler, born May 9, 1873 in Kitzingen, Germany. From 1893 on he lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and on February 19, 1907 he married May Rubenstein; he died in 1925. They had one son, Selig Adler, who became a professor of history at the University of Buffalo. Other family members included an elder Josef Gabriel Adler (1802-1873), who was a rabbi in Aschaffenburg and Immanuel Adler (1840-1911), rabbi in Kitzingen.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Abstract

The Adler Family Collection contains papers of various members of the Adler family. Most of the collection consists of correspondence, but there are also folders with family papers such as wedding memorabilia, vaccination certificates, visiting cards, telegrams, a notebook, a family tree for one branch of the family and a clipping on Selig Adler.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one series.

Other Finding Aid

Five catalog cards list items in the collection.

Processing Information

The collection was previously arranged numerically on five catalog cards. When the collection was reprocessed in April 2013 this arrangement was retained. The folder formerly titled "misc." has been renamed "Family Documents."

Title
Guide to the Papers of the Adler Family 1863-1980 AR 228
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by Dianne Ritchey and LBI Staff
Date
© 2013
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English.
Edition statement
This version was derived from AdlerFamily.xml

Revision Statements

  • April 08, 2015 : dao links added by Emily Andresini.

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States