Horst Rudolf Salzmann Collection 1911-1991

Excerpts from Salzmann's autobiography "Divertimento". Book review in Die Welt (September 1991).

Baron de Hirsch Fund records undated, 1870-1991.

Contains Deed of Trust, By-Laws, Annual Reports, Corporation Minutes (1909, 1913-1919, 1923-1924, 1926-1933), Minutes of the Board of Trustees (1893, 1899, 1907, 1910, 1915-1916, 1918, 1923, 1926-1927, 1930-1933), and the minutes, correspondence, and reports of the various national and local committees. Financial materials include income and expenditure records (1891-1933), audits (1919-1923, 1926-1928), the records of agricultural loans and mortgages, bond and real estate holdings, and bequests. Includes also correspondence and other materials regarding the establishment of the Fund, correspondence of and other papers concerning the Baron and Baroness de Hirsch, and several histories of the Fund. Included in the wide range of activities are material on the work of the Agriculture Bureau and the Jewish Agriculture Society, Housing, English Classes, Immigration (including monthly reports for several ports of entry 1885-1916) and Immigrant Aid, German Refugee Aid in the early years of the Holocaust, Kings Park, N.Y. Test Farm, the Laundry Project, Peekskill Farm, Public Baths, Student Loans, the Baron de Hirsch Trade School, and the Woodbine Colony and Baron De Hirsch Agricultural & Industrial School. Contains also materials on the Colonization attempts made in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Galveston, Texas, The Southwest, Washington, Canada, and Mexico.

Fritz Gottschalk and his children boating on a mountain lake; Titisee, Germany.

From left to right: Ursula, Walter, Hal, Kurt, Fritz, and Elizabeth Gottschalk; the lake is probably the Titisee near the Swiss border in the Black Forest, Germany

Portrait of the six Gottschalk children Walter, Ursula, Freddy, Hal, Elizabeth and Kurt in garden; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Children

Front row from left to right: Walter, Ursula, and Freddy; back row from left to right: Hal, Elizabeth, and Kurt Godshaw; picture was probably taken in their backyard on Seelhorststrasse in Hannover, Germany

Portrait of the six Gottschalk children Walter, Ursula, Freddy, Hal, Elizabeth and Kurt in garden; Hannover, Germany. Portraits children

Front row from left to right: Walter, Ursula, and Freddy; back row from left to right: Hal, Elizabeth, and Kurt Godshaw; picture was probably taken in their backyard on Seelhorststrasse in Hannover, Germany

The six Gottschalk children Ursula, Elizabeth, Hal, Kurt, Freddy and Walter seated in a Strandkorb (roofed wicker beach chair); Nordeney, Germany. Portraits Children

Front row Walter (left) and Freddy; middle row Kurt (left) and Hal; back row Ursula (left) and Elizabeth

The six Gottschalk children Kurt, Walter, Elizabeth, Freddy, Ursula and Hal in the water on the beach; Nordeney, Germany.

From left to right: Kurt, Walter, Elizabeth, Freddy, Ursula and Hal Gottschalk

The Gottschalk family seated around the dining table; Seelhorst Strasse 26, Hannover Portraits Family

From left to right: Kurt, Therese nee Molling, Ursula, the maid, Elizabeth and Hal,

Gottschalk children on vacation at a mountain lake; Titisee, Germany.

Front left to right: Ursula and Walter; back left to right: Kurt, Elizabeth, and Hal

Fritz Gottschalk and his children boating on a mountain lake; Titisee, Germany.

From left to right: Ursula, Walter, Hal, Kurt, Fritz, and Elizabeth Gottschalk; the lake is probably the Titisee near the Swiss border in the Black Forest, Germany

Gottschalk family on vacation; Norderney, Germany.

Left to right: two unidentified women, Kurt Gottschalk, Therese Gottschalk nee Molling, Fritz Gottschalk, unidentified woman (the maid?), and Elizabeth Gottschalk

Gottschalk family on vacation in front of Kurhaus Brunig; Norderney, Germany.

From left to right: man with camera: Karl Gottschalk; sitting on stairs: Fritz Gottschalk, unidentified woman, Therese Gottschalk nee Molling, Hans Ludwig, Kurt Gottschalk, unidentified woman (maid?) and Elizabeth Gottschalk

Fritz Gottschalk and his children boating on a mountain lake; Titisee, Germany.

From left to right: Ursula, Walter, Hal, Kurt, Fritz, and Elizabeth Gottschalk; the lake is probably the Titisee near the Swiss border in the Black Forest, Germany

Portrait of the six Gottschalk children Walter, Ursula, Freddy, Hal, Elizabeth and Kurt in garden; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Children

Front row from left to right: Walter, Ursula, and Freddy; back row from left to right: Hal, Elizabeth, and Kurt Godshaw; picture was probably taken in their backyard on Seelhorststrasse in Hannover, Germany

The six Gottschalk children Ursula, Elizabeth, Hal, Kurt, Freddy and Walter seated in a Strandkorb (roofed wicker beach chair); Nordeney, Germany. Portraits Children

Front row Walter (left) and Freddy; middle row Kurt (left) and Hal; back row Ursula (left) and Elizabeth