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Mountaineers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Grace Polk Family Collection Addenda

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25489
Abstract

This collection contains additional papers of the Grace Polk Family, notably Harry and Elizabeth Polk and Julius Sofer. Much of the collection consists of family photographs, but also includes various identification, official and educational documentation as well as statements from employers, family correspondence, notes and an essay.

Dates: 1874-1971

Joseph Braunstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25072 / MF 610
Abstract

Joseph Braunstein (1992-1996) was a distinguished musician, publicist and musical educator, as well as a keen mountaineer. The Joseph Braunstein collection covers the years 1892-1996 and consists of personal and financial records, correspondence, printed materials, audio cassettes, photograph materials, and a video tape.

Dates: 1854-1996

Kate and Herman Hoerlin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25540
Abstract

The bulk of the Kate and Herman Hoerlin Collection consists of the personal correspondence between Kate Tietz Schmid (later Hoerlin) and Herman Hoerlin in prewar Germany, 1934-1938. In addition are documents pertaining to Kate Schmid's insistence of reparations from the Third Reich for the wrongful murder of her first husband Willi Schmid and to the complexities of Kate Hoerlin's classification as a Mischling under the Nuremberg Laws, including how this factored into Kate and Hermann Hoerlin's efforts to wed when a Jewish/ Aryan marriage was forbidden. Other professional and official documents are included.

Dates: 1932-1983; 2003-2013; Majority of material found within 1934-1955