Letters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 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
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
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
Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman introductory letter to Heilner family
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS6721_S1_SS1_I1_B1_F1
Dates:
1977-2010
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections