Rustemeyer Papers
This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the State Historical Society of Missouri, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s.
Archive: State Historical Society of Missouri
Further Information Rustemeyer Family Papers (finding aid, PDF)
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, March 8, 1923
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, March 8, 1923.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1923
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1923.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1924
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1924.
Joseph Altekoester to Joseph Rustemeyer, September 23, 1920
This letter was written by Joseph Altekoester to Joseph Rustemeyer, his former neighbor in Germany, on September 23, 1920. As Altekoester explains in the opening sentences of the letter, he was inspired to write by coming upon a letter Joseph…
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1923
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1923.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, August 23, 1923
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, August 23, 1923.
Joseph Altekoester to Bernard Rustemeyer, October 28, 1923
Letter from Joseph Altekoester to Bernard Rustemeyer, October 28, 1923.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, November 1, 1923
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, November 1, 1923.
Heinrich Altekoester to Bernard Rustemeyer, April 17, 1921
Letter from Heinrich Altekoester to Bernard Rustemeyer, April 17, 1921.
Henry to Bernard Rustemeyer, September 10, 1921
Letter from Henry to Bernard Rustemeyer, September 10, 1921.
Heinrich Altekoester to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 23, 1927
Letter from Heinrich Altekoester to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 23, 1927.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 1, 1922
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 1, 1922.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 6, 1922
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 6, 1922.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, July 20, 1924
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, July 20, 1924.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, Easter, 1920
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, Easter, 1920. In 1920, Easter Sunday fell on April 4, and this is the date that has been assigned to the letter.
August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January, 1923
Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January, 1923.