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Jewish families

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 263 Collections and/or Records:

Bondi Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 915
Abstract

The collection contains various materials pertaining to the Bondi family, mostly concerning Aron (Alfred) Bondi and his scientific career.

Dates: 1844-2008

Braun Family Collection, Nuremberg

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6278
Abstract

This collection contains papers of various members of the Braun family of Nuremberg, as well as the related Bernhard, Busse and Orfali families. Included are a variety of materials: diaries, household budget and account books, lists, travel diaries, poetry, correspondence, family trees, sketchbooks and a few official papers.

Dates: 1895-2001; Majority of material found within 1905-1939

Buchheim Jonas Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25755
Abstract

The Buchheim Jonas Family Collection holds documentation of various branches of the Jonas family of Waldbreitbach, Germany, especially the descendants of Louis Jonas and Ella Buchheim, and tells of their emigration from Germany. In addition, it documents aspects of the life of Meier Buchheim of Dauborn, Germany, especially his attempt to emigrate and later death. The collection includes many family photographs, family trees, correspondence, official documents, material on the village of Waldbreitbach, and other documentation.

Dates: 1920-2017

Carola Levy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 257
Abstract

The Carola Levy Collection holds the papers of Carola Levy Kaufmann as well as of the Levy and Feldheim families and related families. The collection consists of correspondence, article manuscripts, copies of family members' documents and newspaper clippings, and a friendship book.

Dates: 1823-1978; Majority of material found in 1840-1890, 1965-1975

Cassirer-Tietz Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7237
Abstract

The Cassirer-Tietz Family Collection concentrates on the genealogy of the Cassirer and related families. It also holds some biographical information on family members along with papers of a few individual members. The collection includes both research and personal correspondence, family trees and related research notes, documentation on the family foundation, articles and newspaper clippings, and photographs and negatives.

Dates: 1879-1983; Majority of material found within 1966-1983

Correspondence of Joel Heimann’s Children

 Collection
Identifier: DM 335
Abstract

These are the translated letters between the Heimann siblings in Germany, Palestine and Uruguay; mainly in 1939.

Dates: 1928-1943

Dannhauser family collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25696
Abstract

Vital records, education certificates, correspondence, as well as genealogical and other archival materials pertaining to the extended Dannhauser family. Also available are materials pertaining to Fred (Manfred) Roesler.

Dates: 1908-1996; Majority of material found in 1909-1939

David and Dina Westheim Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25627
Abstract

The collection includes the correspondence 1937-1946 between members of the Westheim family, who lived in Amsterdam, and their two sons, Alfred and Benno Bodo Westheim, who lived in New York City.

Dates: 1937-1946; Majority of material found in 1940-1941, 1945-1946

David Friedmann Freemason Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25766
Abstract

This collection contains documents related to the membership of David Friedmann in several Freemason organizations. The materials include correspondence; official documents; newspaper clippings; and photographs. Most of the materials relate to the correspondence between David and the different Freemason lodges he was a member of as well as official documents documenting the membership of the lodges.

Dates: 1946-1965

Dimon-Kurrein Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25652
Abstract

The Dimon-Kurrein Family Collection contains the assorted papers of the Kurrein, Blau, Dimon, and Loewe families. A special focus is on the family correspondence during and after their emigration to the United States and Palestine in 1934. Official documents, a biographical essay, a family photo album, articles on Max Kurrein and several family trees are included in the collection.

Dates: 1835-2013; Majority of material found in 1930s and 1960s

Dorothea Guttmann Gould Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25269 / MF 839
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents and books related to the life of Dorothea Gould, née Guttmann, and her husband, Henry Gould.

Dates: undated, 1929-2000

Edith Burian Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25923
Abstract

This collection holds material related to Anna Perlmann, a German physician who worked in Israel at the Women’s Prison in Bethlehem, Israel; Edith Burian (née Muenz) from Austria who lived in a Kibbutz before immigrating to the U.S.; as well as material pertaining to family members and friends of Edith Burian. The collection includes correspondence, documents related to restitution payments, and photographs.

Dates: 1902-2007; Majority of material found within 1920-1980

Edith (Lichtenstein) Freese Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25676
Abstract

The collection is comprised of correspondence, a friendship book, a family tree, and family photographs, which pertain to the life of Edith (Lichtenstein) Freese.

Dates: 1910s-2016

Egon Fromm Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25107
Abstract

The Egon Fromm Family Collection documents the lives of members of the Fromm and Heumann families, with a focus on the families of Walter Fromm and Carola Heumann, the parents of Egon Fromm. Included is family correspondence that relates to the family's emigration and search for relatives after the war. Other papers include songs and speeches from family weddings, a friendship book, passports and genealogy research for both branches of the family.

Dates: 1912-1987; Majority of material found within 1930-1950

Einstein, Exstein, Bloch and Rosenbloom Families Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25686
Abstract

Joan Adams had researched intensively her Jewish family’s history. The collection presents her ancestors since the 18th century and shows the connections between several German Jewish families, which migrated to the United States.

Dates: 1748-2002; Majority of material found within 1850-1915

Einstein Family Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25622
Abstract

The Einstein Family Genealogy Collection consists of genealogical research on the family. It includes photocopies of German historical records pertaining to numerous family members, many family trees, genealogical research correspondence, and notes on the resided.

Dates: 1760-1997

Eisenberg-Poppel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25669
Abstract

The collection is composed of official documents pertaining to the life of Max Eisenberg and his immediate family, specifically relating to his immigration to the United States from present day Ukraine and his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children.

Dates: 1903–1945; 1970

Eisner Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25614
Abstract

The Eisner Family Collection contains correspondence and other papers of this family from Berlin. Although much of the collection is correspondence, there are also invitations and other material relating to family celebrations, notes, and a will.

Dates: 1879-1918, 1945; Majority of material found within 1880-1910

Eliane and Roger Herz-Fischler Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25550
Abstract

The Eliane and Roger Herz-Fischler Family collection contains the papers of their ancestors, including members of the Holländer, Sommer, Fischler (formerly Fischleiber or Fischleber), Furcht, Katzenstein and other related families. The collection focuses on documentation of their lives in Germany and the emigration of some family members and consists of official documents such as birth, death, and naturalization certificates, photographs, correspondence, educational papers, some genealogical notes, and a painting.

Dates: 1891-2011; Majority of material found within 1937-1998

Elizabeth Strauss Plaut Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25309
Abstract

This collection contains the genealogical research of Elizabeth Strauss Plaut. Papers to be found here include extensive correspondence, family trees, and research notes on the genealogy of the Plaut and Strauss families.

Dates: 1738-2006; Majority of material found within 1973-1999

Ellen Brett Aibel Bierman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-940
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of the family photographs the Bierman, Bressler, Bretzfelder, Brett, Lieberman and Loeb families. It also includes a significant quantity of the papers of David M. Bressler and the Bretzfelder / Brett family, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. The collection offers a view of the domestic life of a prominent American Jewish family in the first half of the 20th Century.

Dates: undated, circa 1865-2002; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1943; undated, circa 1865-2002; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1943

Ellis Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25722
Abstract

The Ellis Family Collection consists of the papers of John and Eva Ellis and of many of their related family members. The collection has a particular focus on the education, marriage, and emigration of John (born Hans Elias) and Eva (née Steinitz), with further documentation of the couple's early lives and later professions. In addition, the collection holds a great deal of information on their extended families, with material on the related Elias, Steinitz/ Samuel, Fein, Goldschmidt, Eschwege, Mindus, and related families, including documentation of individual family members and the families in general and their histories. The collection includes extensive family and personal correspondence, official documents and correspondence, personal and professional writing, educational certificates, immigration documentation, photographs and photo albums, family trees and narratives of family history, and other documentation.

Dates: 1830-2009; Majority of material found within 1930-1941

Emil Fröschels, 1930-1964

 File — Box 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Folders 13 and 14 pertain to the friends and extended relatives of Ernestine and Hans Rosenberg, respectively. The folders contain mostly handwritten correspondence about family life, particularly the dangers of wartime Europe, but Folder 14 also includes genealogical information about Hans Rosenberg’s family dating back to the late nineteenth century. Folder 15 contains a 1920s postcard from Renee née Goldschlaeger Kraessel, the maternal aunt of Ernestine Rosenberg, and sheet music from pieces that Renee wrote and co-wrote. Folder 16 contains restitution papers for Renee’s brother, Karl Goldschlaeger. Folder 17 includes personal and professional correspondence with Hans Rosenberg and typewritten lectures from Emil Fröschels, a speech and voice specialist at the University of Vienna and mentor to Hans.

Dates: 1930-1964

Emil Herz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2171
Abstract

The Emil Herz Collection contains papers of Emil Herz's extended family, especially of members of the Grünewald, Oppenheim, and Steg families. Much of the collection consists of family correspondence. In addition there is a sermon, copies of pages of a prayer book, and a note and clipping related to the family genealogy.

Dates: 1858-1964; Majority of material found in 1867-1875, 1914-1915

Emil Mosbacher Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25516
Abstract

This collection consists of papers of the family of Emil Mosbacher. Prominent are the personal papers and correspondence of Emil and Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher. In addition, the collection holds a number of family photographs and photo albums as well as genealogical information on members of the related Flack and other families.

Dates: 1890-2008; Majority of material found within 1904-1945

Enrique Lerdau Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25726
Abstract

The Enrique Lerdau Family Collection focuses on documentation of the lives of Fritz and Barbara (née Elkan) Lerdau and their children, including their early years, marriage, and emigration to Peru. In addition the collection provides material on the Elkan and Rée families and their members, and to a smaller extent on the Lerdau (formerly Levy) family, including some genealogical information. The history of the hops industry and of the company J.F.U. Scheibel is also mentioned among the documents of this collection. The collection includes an assortment of documents, including extensive correspondence; several memoirs; official, legal, educational, financial, and military documents; many photographs; and family writings including poems, notebooks, and eulogies.

Dates: 1849-2011; Majority of material found within 1924-1940

Erich and Rita Kahn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10331
Abstract

This collection holds the papers of members of the Kahn and Loeb families, including Rita Kahn (née Loeb), Karl and Maria Anna Kahn and Emil and Johanna Loeb. The collection's focus is on the immigration of family members, with many official documents as well as educational and professional documents. Among the collection's papers will be found several passports along with other identification papers, letters of reference, educational certificates, ship's passenger lists, some personal correspondence and papers, biographical and genealogical notes, a newspaper clipping and other papers.

Dates: 1904-1948; Majority of material found in 1935-1948

Erna and Werner Blade Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25509
Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of the Erna and Werner Blade family and details 20th century Jewish life in Wuerzburg, Nuremberg and in exile. It consists mainly of writings; genealogical documents; education, legal and military documents; photographs and postcards.

Dates: 1897-1988; Majority of material found within 1934-1988

Erna B. and Fred G. Katz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25818
Abstract

This collection holds personal and official documents, correspondence, genealogical information, biographical manuscripts and photographs related to the Feith, Lyon and Katz families. Most of the documents pertain to Erna Bonette, Fred Gustav and their son Henry Arthur Katz. The collection focuses on their lives in Germany and the United States as well as their emigration via Luxemburg and Portugal. It also holds materials pertaining to members of the extended Katz and Lyon families and their ancestors, including the Feith family. Also included is material about a Mikveh from the 15th century in Siegburg, Germany.

Dates: 1877-2013; Majority of material found within 1914-2013

Erna Klein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25412
Abstract

This collection includes cookbooks and friendship albums, as well as a handwritten exegesis.

Dates: 1914-1927