Germans -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Christopher Schwab family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 434
Abstract:
The papers include correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, wills, scrapbooks, albums, genealogical records and memorabilia of several generations of the Schwab family. Principal figures are Gustav Friedrich Schwab; his wife, Eliza Catherine Von Post Schwab; and their son, John Christopher Schwab. The papers of Gustav Friedrich Schwab include business correspondence during his presidency of the firm of Oelrichs & Co. in New York and travel diaries (1843-1846). An additional diary...
Dates:
1767-1925
Thönges family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 489
Abstract:
The papers consist almost entirely of correspondence between Heinrich Thönges in Steinfurth, Germany and his children in the United States. Included are descriptions of life during the Civil War and addresses to commemorate the Battle of Antietam.
Dates:
1862-1903, bulk 1862-1880
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Thönges family papers