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Dobberpuhl Family Letters
The group of letters shared here is a small portion of the Dobberpuhl-Krueger Family Collection, a rich archive held by the Max Kade Institute for…
Weinhardt Family Letters
The correspondence in the Weinhardt Family Letters centers on the experiences of John V. (Hans) Weinhardt, who immigrated to the United States in…
Contributors: William J. Weinhardt and Sandra Weinhardt
Schulz Family Letters
Letters sent to John L. Schulz (1833–1907), born Johann Lorenz Schulz, of Sappington, Missouri. Born in the Oberfranken region of Bavaria, he was…
Contributors: Carol Whitton
Emmel Family Letters
This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel,…
Contributors: Ruth Emmel
![Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, June 29, 1900, p. 1 [right-hand side] and p. 4 [left-hand side]](https://germanletters.org/files/square_thumbnails/d15c6621dbca4ce1ee6ae33111179141.jpg "Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, June 29, 1900, p. 1 [right-hand side] and p. 4 [left-hand side]")
Henry Villard Family Letters
Correspondence sent to journalist and entrepreneur Henry Villard from his German relatives. Villard, born Heinrich Hilgard in 1835, in Speyer, was…
Contributors: Houghton Library, Harvard University
Mehler-Flechtker Correspondence
Hugo Eugen Mehler was born in Langerfeld, in the Rhineland, in 1885; Martha Flechtker was born in Barmen in 1889. The couple were married in Germany,…
Contributors: Joanne Fabian
Marie Hansen Taylor Correspondence
Letters received by and sent from Marie Hansen Taylor. Born in Gotha in 1829, she married American author Bayard Taylor in 1857. The couple traveled…
Contributors: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Charlotte Fischer von Höfeln Letters
This collection of letters is taken from the Höfeln Family Papers, held by the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. Almost all of the letters were…
Benecke Family Collection
The Benecke Family Papers, held by the State Historical Society of Missouri, contains several thousand items reflecting the lives of immigrants Louis…