Baker City (Or.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Aron Heilner family letters and documents, approximately 1813-2010
Series
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Materials include letters written to brothers Sigmund and Seligmann Heilner, living in America, from the Heilner family who were living in Germany, including their father, Aron. Also includes letters sent between Sigmund and Seligmann, and between them and their spouses and family members in America. Each handwritten letter is either transcribed from English or translated from German (many in Old German script) to English. Also contains photographs, transcribed entries from Sigmund Heilner's...
Dates:
approximately 1813-2010
Biography of Jean Elizabeth Fossum May
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2083
Scope and Contents
Compiled by James A. May about his mother, Jean Fossum May, drawing heavily on her letters, journals, and notes. Gives detailed information about her life in Baker, Oregon, 1906-1959; service as a missionary in the California Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1927-1928; marriage to Andrew May, 1930; family life (as a widow after 1933); service as head resident of Stover Hall (men's housing) on the campus of Brigham Young University, 1959-1969; and efforts to...
Dates:
1990-1998
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Heilner family business letters and documents, 1826-2010
Series
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Materials include letters (many of which are transcriptions with underlined portions that point out the references to business dealings), and documents related to Sigmund and Seligmann Heilner's business dealings in America, such as deeds, checks, receipts, bills of sale, indenture papers, and agreements. Many of these records relate to their department store in Baker City, Oregon. Also contains some materials that add context to the management of the businesses, such as photographs,...
Dates:
1826-2010
Heilner family letters and diaries, 1853-2010
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Materials include letters written to brothers Sigmund and Seligmann Heilner, living in America, from the Heilner family, including their father, Aron, who were living in Germany. Also includes letters sent between Sigmund and Seligmann, and between them and their spouses and family members in America. Also contains photographs, ephemera, Sigmund's transcribed diary, and other historical clippings and documents that give context to the subjects and places mentioned in the letters. The family...
Dates:
1853-2010
Heilner family letters between American family members and associates, approximately 1860-2009
Series
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Materials include personal letters written between American family members and associates. Also includes documents interwoven throughout the letters that give context to the subjects discussed, such as photocopies of documents from other series, clippings and articles, and books about Baker City, Oregon. Materials date from approximately 1860 to 2009.
Dates:
approximately 1860-2009
Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6721
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters written to brothers Sigmund and Seligmann Heilner, Jewish German immigrants in America, sent from the Heilner family in Germany. Also includes letters sent between Sigmund and Seligmann in America, and between them and their spouses and family members in America. Each handwritten letter is either transcribed from English or translated from German (many in Old German script) to English. Also contains business records, mainly about the Heilner's department store in...
Dates:
approximately 1813-2013; Majority of material found within 1850-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Personal histories of Andrew May, 1906-1933; Alfred James, 1905-1991; and Verda Pauline Carter, 1908-1998
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481041]
Identifier: MSS 2142
Scope and Contents
Personal history of Andrew May contains information on his ancestors; childhood in Cardston, Alberta, Canada; life in Baker, Oregon; marriage to Jean Fossum; and his illness and death. Also contains significant information of his wife's Latter-day Saint mission to California, 1926-1928. Personal history of Alfred James Madsen contains information on his ancestors; memories of his childhood in Provo, Utah; church service, including a LDS mission to New Zealand, 1926-1929; marriage; farm...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman historical background on Heilner family, approximately 1813-2010
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Materials include photographs, maps, genealogy, and other collected documents and publications, including written historical narrative on Germany and the family of Aron Heilner. Dated from approximately 1813 to 2009.
Dates:
approximately 1813-2010