Immigrants
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Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Cornelius Mayer papers
Collection
Identifier: L402
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, official and legal documents, photographs and family papers, articles about Cornelius Mayer, and other materials belonging to Mayer ranging from 1628 to 1944 regarding Cornelius Mayer's family, his life and work, including drawing, and family business. There is also heraldic information, complete issues of the publication, Gewerbehalle, a German decorative arts periodical, a German rifle care manual, and a confectioners' recipe...
Dates:
1628-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cornelius Mayer papers
Dufour family collection
Collection
Identifier: L046
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Jean Jacques (John James) Dufour’s account book of expenses and travel notes (1796–1826), and his instructions and reports for his work in America (1796–1804); maps of the Swiss colony and Vevay (1802–1836); and 1810 description of New Switzerland; John Francis Dufour’s correspondence and appointments to public office; Daniel Dufour’s account of his 1801 voyage from Switzerland to Virginia with an accompanying English translation from 1917; two manuscripts from Perret...
Dates:
1762-1917, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dufour family collection
Erich L. Riesterer collection
Collection
Identifier: L450
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcript of an oral memoir in German, documents, and photographs from Erich L. Riesterer, ranging from 1900 to 1977, regarding military service with German troops occupying the Ukraine during World War I. The oral interview was conducted by his son, Berthold P. Riesterer, a history professor at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), during 1975-1977 and transcribed 1976-1977. Notable items also include a German passport (travel pass) and a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1977
Frank Xavier Zehringer diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2877
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two diaries from Frank Xavier Zehringer in Indianapolis, Indiana, with entries ranging from December 31, 1871 to October 8, 1873. Zehringer began keeping the diaries to help him improve his English. The entries document his daily life and activities, including the courtship of his wife.
Dates:
1871-1873
Hermann and Lotte Termeer collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3272
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials regarding Hermann and Lotte Termeer ranging from 1911 to 1945. Included in this collection is timeline of personal data about Hermann Termeer, a letter and postcard to Klara Riesterer of the Lebensmittelamt from Erich Riesterer, a service award won by Hermann Termeer from the Sinclair Corp. There are also several photographs, including several portraits of the Termeers, the workers of the German Sinclair Group, and 1 photograph of soldiers in the field....
Dates:
1911-1945
Indiana kindergarten photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP078
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs relating to kindergartens in Indianapolis, Mishawaka, Richmond, and Terre Haute, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1925 regarding school children, some of whom were immigrants, teachers, classrooms, school activities, and buildings.
Dates:
circa 1900-1925
John B. Stoll collection
Collection
Identifier: L149
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters to John B. Stoll regarding state and national Democratic Party politics (1866-1920), including correspondence relating to the 1870 and 1872 campaigns. Also included are letters from German Democrats in the state, as well as correspondence relating to northern Indiana newspapers and his work with the Democratic State Editorial Association. The collection has Stoll’s work on the history of the Democratic Party in Indiana along with his political speeches and...
Dates:
1854-1926
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John B. Stoll collection
Mary Rigg collection
Collection
Identifier: L134
Scope and Contents
The collection consists correspondence, postcards, cards, reports, financial records, and clippings from Mary Rigg and World War II soldiers active in the American Settlement in Indiana, the United States, and abroad, ranging from 1924 to 1964, undated, regarding social service organizations such as the American Settlemetn and Southwest Social Centre.
Dates:
1924-1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary Rigg collection
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center records
Collection
Identifier: L310
Scope and Contents
The collection includes reports, financial records, and other items from the American Settlement, later Southwest Social Center, and finally Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center, dating from 1911 to 1979, with the bulk dating from 1937 to 1965. The materials document the clubs and classes offered by the center, include some annual reports and newsletters, and also provide financial records on the building of the "new center" in 1961. Assorted material at the end of the collection includes...
Dates:
1911-1979
Moellmann family papers
Collection
Identifier: L188
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal papers and correspondence of Wilhelm Moellmann from 1825 to 1839, including a diary of his voyage to the United States, as well as the personal papers and correspondence of Wilhemina Moellmann, Augustus Mollmann, Carl Barus, and other family members from 1840 to 1901. The collection also includes a variety of New Year's cards, including a pop-up card, ranging from 1889 to 1902; miscellaneous invitations and programs ranging from 1879 to 1909; and two undated,...
Dates:
1825-1909
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Moellmann family papers
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