Hans Friedrich Kayser Collection 1877-1893

Photocopies of birth certificate (1877) and release from citizenship certificate (1893), Berlin.

Jacobs family collection 1877-1900

Vital documents of the Jacobs family: marriage certificate (1907); military certificate (1899); birthday poem for Selig Loewenstein (1926); school certificates; birth certificate.

Molly Picon papers undated, 1877-1971

Collection contains material pertaining to Molly Picon's career as an actress as well as some personal material. About half the collection consists of manuscript plays, primarily in Yiddish. Collection also includes manuscript song lyrics; songbooks and sheet music; radio and television scripts; programs and announcements from Picon's performances; Picon's correspondence, largely with her family and Jacob Kalich; photographs; and scrapbooks.

Account of the estate of Salmen Abt, Melsungen, Kur-Hessen 1829-1842

Bound photocopies of various documents, describing the estate of Solomon Abt in the town of Melsungen in Hesse, Germany. Included are the copies of a marriage contract between Solomon Abt and Vogel Tebler; extensive lists of all of Solomon Abt’s possession when he died in 1829; correspondence of his heirs and the guardians of his children, as well as various court documents.

Philipp Erlanger Collection 1877-1962

Biographical articles; letter; photos (58 items)

Seligmann Family Collection 1877-1938

Materials pertaining to Julius Seligmann (born 1903 in Werden) and to his parents (?), Sigmund Seligmann (b. 1871) and Minna, née Oppenheimer (b. 1873)