Found 3 collections related to German Americans

Gottfried von Reigersberg (1893-1962) was a German machinist who emigrated to the U.S. in 1927. He was born Gottfried Streit but was adopted in 1922 by Emilie Freien von Reigersberg, a descendant of a Bavarian noble family. Collection consists of correspondence, family and legal papers, photographs, and ephemera of the von Reigersberg and Streit families. Correspondence is largely personal in nature and is with members of the family. Family papers include documents concerning Gottfried von Reigersberg; legal papers and correspondence of his wife, Elsie von Reigersberg; baronial papers with Emilie Freien von Reigersberg's personal papers, adoption documents, genealogical information, poems, drawings, prints and other heirlooms; and photographs of family, friends and the town of Regensburg, Germany. less

Udo Brachvogel (1835-1913), a German author and translator, was a major figure in German-American publishing. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter. Includes letters written to Brachvogel and his wife; autographed portraits; manuscripts of essays, poems, and other writings including Gedichte and Brachvogel's German translation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter; and scrapbooks of newsclippings containing Brachvogel's contributions on music, art, literature, and the theatre, and notes of his journeys from Mainz to New York, and from New York to Saint Louis. Also, notebooks, reviews and obituary notices. less

The Central Turnverein of New York City was a German-American organization devoted to athletics with a membership of approximately 3,000. Collection consists of four bound volumes of records, 1890-1895. Records include financial transactions, membership list and dues payments for the Turnverein's classes. less