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Box 6

 Container

Contains 175 Results:

Paul Bissinger letter to Sigmund Heilner and Clara Heilner, 1913 November 24

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 653
Scope and Contents

Letter from young Paul Bissinger to his grandparents requesting a dollar to buy Christmas and birthday gifts. Dated November 24, 1913. Includes a transcription of the letter.

Dates: 1913 November 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Sophie Heilner Elsas and Oscar Elsas letter to Sigmund Heilner and Clara Heilner, 1914 February 24

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 654
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sophie and Oscar Elsas to Sigmund and Clara Heilner. Sophie writes but contains no hint that the First World War is very close. Dated February 24, 1914. Includes a translation of the letter.

Dates: 1914 February 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Sigmund Heilner letter to Jesse Heilner and Rosemary Heilner, 1914 March 13

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 655
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sigmund Heilner to Jesse and Rosemary Heilner. Sigmund writes Jesse from San Francisco where he has taken Clara to be under the care of a doctor. He writes of being driven in a "machine" and seeing the San Francisco "Exposition Buildings." Dated March 13, 1914. Includes a transcription of the letter.

Dates: 1914 March 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Sigmund Heilner letter to Jesse Heilner, 1914 March 31

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 656
Scope and Contents

Transcription of a letter from Sigmund Heilner to Jesse Heilner. Sigmund writes Jesse from San Francisco where he has taken Clara to be under the care of a doctor. He writes of being driven in a "machine" and seeing the San Francisco "Exposition Buildings." Dated March 13, 1914.

Dates: 1914 March 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Sophie Heilner Elsas and Oscar Elsas letter to Sigmund Heilner and Clara Heilner, 1914 July 8

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 657
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sophie and Oscar Heilner to Sigmund and Clara Heilner. Sophie and Oscar write one month before World War I begins. Finally the word "automobile" has come into languages. David's son, Richard, has married out of the Jewish faith, has a son who is baptized, and there are repercussions in the family. Dated July 8, 1914. Includes a translation of the letter.

Dates: 1914 July 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Latter-day Saint dance card, 1914 December 14, after 1979

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 658
Scope and Contents

A Latter-day Saint dance card was found in the collection which shows someone in the Heilner family attended this event. Background information about the family's later connection to the Church included. Dated December 4, 1914.

Dates: 1914 December 14; after 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Sophie Heilner Elsas and Oscar Elsas letter to Sigmund Heilner and Clara Heilner, 1915 March 6

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 659
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sophie and Oscar Elsas to Sigmund and Clara Heilner. Germany declared war against France on August 3, 1914. Beno Elsas was killed in Le Chipal on September 5, 1914, barely a month after the war began. Other family members serve. Dated March 6, 1915. Includes a translation of the letter.

Dates: 1915 March 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

David Heilner family photograph, approximately 1915

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 660
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a photograph of Nanny Seligmann, Friederike Heilner, David Heilner, and Erich Seligmann. Dated approximately 1915.

Dates: approximately 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Clipping announcing death of Clara Heilner, 1915 April 20

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 661
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping announcing death of Clara Heilner to cancer. Sigmund is devastated. Dated April 20, 1915.

Dates: 1915 April 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Clara Heilner photograph , 1915 April 20

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 662
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a photograph of Clara Heilner and a calendar on the back of the photograph marking her death. Dated April 20, 1915.

Dates: 1915 April 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

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