Found 2 collections related to German Americans -- Social life and customs

The collection contains correspondence among members of the Klefeker and Saxer familes in Germany and the United States, 1844-1906, family photographs, autograph albums, and other memorabilia. Nearly all of the materials in the collection are written in old German script. less

The Mainzer Carneval-Verein songbooks date from 1878 to 1894 and consist of 19 pamphlets bound in one volume. The songbooks contain lyrics distributed during gatherings of the Mainzer Carneval-Verein in New York, an émigré extension of the Mainz, Germany carnival celebrations. Some songs are annotated with names and brief notes. All songbooks are in German less