Kaiserslautern

109. Institut für pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde

Benzinoring 6
67657 Kaiserslautern

Phone: (0631) 3647-302
Fax: (0631) 3 60 93 47
E-mail: Inst.f.pfaelz.Geschichte@t-online.de
Web site: www.bv-pfalz.de
Contact: Roland Paul
Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

Holdings:
The ethnological collection of the Institut für Pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde in Kaiserslautern contains a substantial card index related to emigration from the Palatinate, especially to the U.S. Also included are a collection of letters written by Palatine emigrants, about 700 books on German-American relations and American history, and about 400 printed family histories. The Institute also holds newspapers, magazines, and yearbooks, including: Der Pfälzer in Amerika, 1884-1917; Hessische Blätter, which became Hessische Blätter und Hessen-Darmstädter Zeitung, 1887-1917; Der Deutsche Pionier, until 1885; Jahresberichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft der Stadt New York, 1856-1949; publications of the Pennsylvania-German Society and the Pennsylvania-German Folklife Society; Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichtsblätter, since 1902; The American-German Review; and the Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society.


110. Stadtarchiv

Postfach 1320
Rathaus
Willy-Brandt-Platz 1
67653 Kaiserslautern

Phone: (0631) 365-2493, -4493, -4041
Fax: (0631) 14 19
Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

Holdings:
The city archive of Kaiserslautern has several entries that refer to American history, German emigration to the United States, and German-American relations:

  • Kriegs- und Militärwesen, g: Kriegsfolgen 252-5 includes information on the American occupation of Kaiserslautern, 1945-6 (Bestand Akten II).
  • Kriegs- und Militärwesen, f: NATO-Garnison 251 includes material on the death of General Hester in 1965 (Bestand Akten II).
  • Öffentliche Ordnung und Sicherheit, 13: Landesverteidigung 1380-2 contains documents on the american occupation forces, 1945-7; 15: Versorgung der Bevölkerung 1500-2, 1510-17 holds information on NATO and American military posts, 1945-59 (Bestand Akten III, 1).
  • Records on American aid for the Rhineland-Palatinate, 1921 (SM 10); the American occupation, 1945 (SM 11); as well as Americans and German citizens (SM 12) are located in Bestand Sammlungen.
  • Amerikahaus, 1952-70, 1992; US-Armee I- Allgemeines, 1950-97; US-Armee II- Personen, 1951-94; US-Armee III- Siedlungen/Wohnraum, 1951-90s; US-Armee IV-als Wirtschaftsfaktor/Arbeitgeber, 1951-90s; US-Armee V-Verhältnis zur deutschen Bevölkerung, 1951-90s; US-Armee VI- Großveranstaltungen, 1952-90s; US-Armee VII- negative Aspekte, 1951-90s; and US-Armee VIII- Zwischenfälle 1951-90s contain material regarding various aspects of the American military in Germany (Bestand Zeitgeschichtliche Dokumentation [ZGD]).
  • The book collection contains literature on emigration to the U.S., German-American relations, and dictionaries from the nineteenth century.
  • The photo collection contains photos of the occupation of Karlsruhe in March 1945 as well as the stationing of American armed forces in Kaiserslautern and Ramstein during the 1950s and 1960s.

    • Karlsruhe

    111. Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat

    Landeskirchliches Archiv
    Postfach 22 69
    76010 Karlsruhe

    Phone: (0721) 91 75-0
    Fax: (0721) 91 75-550
    Contact: Dr. Udo Wennemuth, Axel Fischer
    Business hours: By prior appointment only.

    Holdings:
    This church archive in Karlsruhe contains the records of the Protestant church in Baden. There are references to the U.S. in several of its holdings, particularly in reference to foreign relations of the German Protestant Church (Evangelische Kirche Deutschlands, EKD), the Evangelische Gesellschaft in the U.S., and the ecumenical movement.

  • Diasporakonferenz: Evangelische Gesellschaft für die protestantischen Deutschen in Amerika, 1898-1930 (Sign.: GA 4738).
  • Weltkonferenz-Allgemeine christliche Konferenz für praktisches Christentum, 1929-38, including a declaration by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1929 (GA 4120).
  • Auslandsarbeit der EKD, 1933-53 (GA 5880).
  • Kollekte für die Deutsch-Evangelische Diaspora im Ausland: Vermittlung der evangelischen Gesellschaft in Barmen für die amerikanische Diaspora, 1903-21 (GA 2941, GA 4305).
  • Kirchliche Bestimmungen für Auswanderer: Deutsch-lutherisches Emigrantenhaus in New York, 1854-1902, including Verzeichnis sämtlicher Pastoren der lutherischen Kirche in Nordamerika, 1887 (GA 2972).
  • [Gustav-Adolf-Verein:] Auslandsarbeit (North America int. al.), 1860-1903 (GAV 46).

    • The archives also contain material on Amerikanische Sondergottesdienste and Sonderspenden für kirchliche Gebäude.

    Finding aids: The Repertorium may be used at the archives.


    112. Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe

    Nördl. Hildapromenade 2
    76133 Karlsruhe

    Phone: (0721) 926-2206
    Fax: (0721) 926-2231
    Web site: www.lad-bw.de
    Contact: Dr. Volker Rödel
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The central archive for the state of Baden contains many references to the U.S. A complete inventory of existing material may be found at the archives' Web site. In particular there is the diplomatic correspondence of the grand Duchy of Baden, 1806-1918, and the Land Baden, 1919-45 (fonds 48 Haus- und Staatsarchiv III: Staatssachen and 233 Staatsministerium; refer to 236 Innenministerium and 237 Finanzministerium).
    There also are post-World War II records regarding German-American military relations within the records of the Spruchkammer (465c Document Center).
    In addition to these records, there are numerous files pertaining to emigration from Baden to the U.S., which can be found among the statistical records (61 Protokolle, 229 Spezialakten der badischen Ortschaften.) Some of the records (337-89) contain letters from emigrants and personal papers (Holdings: N. Baier, N. Wild). The database on emigration currently contains some 250,000 names.

    Finding aids:

  • Konrad Krimm, Corinna Pfisterer, and Franz-Josef Ziwes, eds., Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe: Gesamtübersicht der Bestände, in: Werkhefte der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, vol. E 2. Stuttgart, 1998. (Also may be found on line at www.lad-bw.de/glaka/glaku000.htm)
  • Marie Salaba and Hansmartin Schwarzmaier, eds., "Die Bestände des Generallandesarchivs Karlsruhe, Part 1: Selekte, Nachlässe und Sammlungen (A-U)," in: Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg 39, 1 (1988).
  • Hansmartin Schwarzmaier and Hiltburg Köckert, eds., "Haus- und Staatsarchiv sowie Hofbehörden (46-60)," in: Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg 39, 3 (1991).
  • Reinhold Rupp, ed., "Spezialakten der badischen Ortschaften (229)," in: Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg 39, 7 (1992).
  • Heinrich Raab, "Revolutionäre in Baden 1848/49: Biographisches Inventar für die Quellen im Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe und im Staatsarchiv Freiburg," in: Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg 48 (1998). (This publication comes with a CD-ROM and contains numerous references to emigration.)
  • Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, ed., The American Constitution and the German Southwest: Documents from Baden in the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, 1987.


    • 113. Landratsamt Karlsruhe

    Fachbereich II
    Kreisarchiv im Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe
    Nördl. Hildapromenade 2
    76133 Karlsruhe

    Phone: (0721) 926-2211
    Fax: (0721) 926-2204
    Contact: Mr. Breitkopf
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Fri. Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon., Wed.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Thurs.
    Note: For further information on records about emigration, please contact Wolfgang Müller at the Generallandesarchiv (0721/926-2207).

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Karlsruhe holds the records of the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe and the Landratsamt Karlsruhe from 1804 to 1960.
    There are records regarding the U.S. from the districts of Bretten (343), Bruchsal (344), Durlach (348), Ettlingen (354), and Karlsruhe (357) dating from 1724 to 1955. They also include a number of general as well as several thousand individual files of emigrants to the U.S. that are mixed in with those of other countries.


    Kiel

    114. Institut für Weltwirtschaft

    Wirtschaftsarchiv
    Düsternbrooker Weg 120
    24105 Kiel

    Phone: (0431) 8814-305
    Fax: (0431) 8814-527 and (0431) 8 58 53
    E-mail: info-@ifw.uni-kiel.de
    Web site: www.uni-kiel.de/ifw
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute of World Economics) contains newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to the economic and social history of the U.S. and Canada in the twentieth century.


    115. Stadtarchiv Kiel

    Rathaus
    Fleethörn
    24103 Kiel

    Phone: (0431) 901-34 21
    Contact: Herr Klüver
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Kiel contains references to emigration from Kiel to the U.S. from the eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. These records are part of the following entries: Bestand Polizeibehörde in Kiel, betreffend Gewerbe- und Handelspolizei, 8810, 1872-88, 8862, 1888-96, 8863, 1890-8; Bestand Städtische Polizeibehörde, betreffend Auswanderungen, 21592, 1902-6; and Generalia, 4005, 1884-99, 5421, 1770.


    Koblenz

    116. Hauptdienststelle

    Bundesarchiv
    Potsdamer Str. 1
    56075 Koblenz

    Phone: (0261) 505-0
    Fax: (0261) 505-226
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The Federal Archive in Koblenz holds vast collections of Germany's official records. It has branches in Koblenz, Berlin, and Freiburg. The Internet can be checked for information about the specific location of materials. The most important materials pertaining to the U.S. and Canada can be found within the following entries: Before 1867:

  • Reichskammergericht, 1495-1806; Bundesarchiv; Bestandssignatur (AR 1)
  • Bundeskanzleidirektion, 1816-66 (DB1)
  • Reichsministerium der Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten, 1848-9 (DB 53)
  • Reichsministerium des Handels, 1848-9 (DB 58)
  • Reichsgesandtschaften, 1848-9 (DB 60)
  • Bundeszentralkommission, 1851 (DB 62)
    • 1867 to 1945:
  • Reichsinstitut für die Geschichte des neuen Deutschlands, 1935-44 (R 1)
  • Reichsfianzministerium, 1879-1945 (R 2)
  • Reichswirtschaftsministerium, 1816-1945 (R 3101)
  • Reichswirtschaftskammer, 1917-45 (R 11)
  • Deutsche Reichsbank, 1876-1945 (R 2501)
  • Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro, 1923-45 (1946-8) (R 34)
  • Reichsministerium für Wiederaufbau 1919-24 (R 3301)
  • Reichskanzlei, 1878-1945 (R 43)
  • Deutsche Akademie, 1925-45 (R 51)
  • Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (1920-32) 1933-45 (R 55)
  • Deutsches Auslands-Institut, 1917-45 (R 57)
  • Geschäftsführende Reichsregierung Dönitz, 1945 (R 62)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1920-45 (R 73)
  • Sonderdienst Seehaus der Deutschen Auslands-Rundfunkgesellschaft, 1937-45 (R 74)
  • Auswärtiges Amt, 1850-1931 (R 901)
  • Reichskommissar für die Behandlung feindlichen Vermögens, 1939-45 (R 87)
  • Reichsverband der Deutschen Presse, 1930-45 (R 103)
  • Reichswehrminister/Reichskriegsminister, 1919-35 (RW 1)
  • Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht mit Wehrmachtsabteilung, 1936-45 (RW 2)
  • OKW/Wehrmachtführungsstab, 1938-45 (RW 4)
  • OKW/Amt Ausland/Abwehr, 1921-45 (RW 5)
  • Führungsstäbe des OKW, 1945 (RW 44)
  • Kommandant des Führerhauptquartiers, 1939-45 (RW 47)
  • Dienststellen und Einheiten der Abwehr, 1928-45 (RW 49)
    • Prussian army:
  • Kriegsministerium, 1867-1919 (PH 2)
  • Großer Generalstab, 1867-1919 (PH 3)
    • Central command of the army:
  • Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres/Adjudantur, 1921-42 (RH 1)
  • OKH/Generalstab des Heeres, 1919-45 (RH 2)
  • Kriegsakademie, 1927-45 (RH 16)
  • Oberkommandos der Heeresgruppen, 1936-45 (RH 19)
  • Oberkommandos von Armeen und Armeeabteilungen, 1939-45 (RH 20)
  • Panzerarmeeoberkommandos, 1939-45 (RH 21)
  • Generalkommandos, 1939-45 (RH 24)
    • Central authorities of the navy:
  • Kaiserliche Admiralität, 1867-89 (RM 1)
  • Kaiserliches Marinekabinett, 1889-1918 (RM 2)
  • Reichsmarineamt, 1889-1919 (RM 3)
  • Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine, 1890-9 (RM 4)
  • Admiralstab der Marine, 1890-1919 (RM 5)
  • Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine, 1919-45 (RM 6)
  • Seekriegsleitung, 1937-45 (RM 7)
    • Subordinate authorities, courts:
  • Völkerbundsgruppe Marine, 1918-35 (RM 9)
  • Gruppe für Seekonferenzen, 1935-9 (RM 10)
  • Marinekommandoamt, 1919-44 (RM 20)
  • Allgemeines Marineamt, 1919-39 (RM 21)
  • Chef des Kreuzergeschwaders, 1884-1914 (RM 38)
  • Atlantische und pazifische Auslandsstationen, 1883-1903 (RM 39)
    • National Socialist organizations
  • Partei-Kanzlei, 1933-45 (NS 6)
  • Kanzlei Rosenberg, 1918-45 (NS 8)
  • Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP, 1931, 1935-45 (NS 9)
  • Persönliche Adjudantur des Führers und Reichskanzlers, 1932-44 (NS 10)
  • Reichspropagandaleiter der NSDAP, 1926-30, 1939-44 (NS 18)
  • Amerikadeutsche Kameradschaft, (1851-72) 1933-43 (NS 41)
  • Reichspressechef der NSDAP, 1931-45 (NS 42)
  • Außenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP (1927-32) 1933-43 (NS 43)
    • Post-1945
  • Länderrat des amerikanischen Besatzugsgebietes, 1945-9 (Z 1)
  • Wirtschaftsrat des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebietes, 1947-9 (Z 3)
  • Länderrat des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebietes, 1947-9 (Z 4)
  • Parlamentarischer Rat, 1948-9 (Z 5)
  • Verwaltung für Wirtschaft des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebietes, 1946-50 (Z 8)
  • Büro der Ministerpräsidenten des amerikanischen, britischen und französischen Wirtschaftsgebietes, 1947-50 (Z 12)
  • Direktorialkanzlei des Verwaltungsrates des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebietes, 1947-50 (Z 13)
  • Der Berater für den Marshallplan bei dem Vorsitzenden des Verwaltungsrates des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebiets, 1948-50 (Z 14)
  • Deutsches Amt für Einreise- und Ausreisegenehmigungen, 1948-51 (Z 15)
  • Büro der Deutschen Geschäftsstelle des Marshallplans und des Beauftragten für den Außenhandel der drei Länder der französischen Zone, 1948-50 (Z 19)
  • Büro für Währungsfragen, 1947-50 (Z 26)
  • Oberpostdirektorium der US-Zone, 1946-8 (Z 27)
  • Deutsches Büro für Friedensfragen (1940- ) 1947-50 (Z 35)
  • Bundesrat (B101), see Archiv des Bundesrates
  • Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft (1947) 1948- (B 102)
  • Deutscher Bundestag (B 110), see Parlamentsarchiv
  • Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen, 1941-6 (B 113)
  • Staatliche Erfassungs-Gesellschaft für öffentliches Gut, 1945-57 (B 114)
  • Institut für Besatzungsfragen, 1948-60 (B 120)
  • Bundespräsidialamt (B 122)
  • Deutsche Delegation bei der Internationalen Ruhrbehörde, 1950-9 (B 130)
  • Bundeskanzleramt, 1949- (B 136)
  • Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, 1949- (B 145)
  • Bundesministerium für den Marshallplan/Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, 1948-63 (B 146)
  • Bank deutscher Länder/ Deutsche Bundesbank, 1948-65 (B 169)
  • Historical Division, Karlsruhe/Abteilung Wehrmachtführung und Heer, 1946-60 (ZA 1)
  • Historical Division, Karlsruhe/Abteilung Marine, 1949-56 (ZA 2)
  • Historical Division, Karlsruhe/Abteilung Luftwaffe, 1953-7 (ZA 3)
  • Naval Historical Team, Bremerhaven, 1935-52 (ZA 4)
  • Deutscher Minenräumdienst, 1945-7 (ZA 5)
  • Arbeitseinheiten Marine, 1951-6 (ZA 6)
  • Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, 1955- (BW 1)
    • Nongovernmental record collections:
  • Deutsche Rotary Clubs, 1951-66 (B 111)
  • Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Deutsch-Amerikanischen Handels, 1950-9 (B 140)
  • Verband deutscher Studentenschaften, (1947- ) 1950-69 (B 166)
  • Studiengesellschaft für privatrechtliche Auslandsinteressen, 1949-70 (B 184)
  • Deutsche Welle, 1953- (B 187)
  • Ring politischer Jugend, 1950-70 (B 202)
  • Liberaler Studentenbund Deutschlands, 1950-68 (B 204)
  • Druckschriften von Parteien und Verbänden (ZSg. 1)
  • Druckschriften von Organisationen und Einrichtungen der Vertriebenen undFlüchtlinge (1908-9), 1952, 1957 (ZSg. 5)
  • Verein zum Schutz deutscher Einwanderer in Texas, 1842-93 (R 98 F)
  • Berliner Vertretung der Bankers Trust Company (1926) 1929-39 (R 111)
  • Restakten: Vereinigung Carl Schurz e.V., Berlin, 1934-43
    • Private/personal papers
  • Hermann Dietrich, 1906-54 (N 1004)
  • Hermann Pünder, 1919-57 (N 1005)
  • Hans Luther, 1908-62 (N 1009)
  • James K. Pollock, 1945-71 (N 1014)
  • Jakob Kaiser, 1900-61 (N 1018)
  • Otto von Bismarck, 1822-98 (N 1024)
  • Walther Schücking, 1894-1935 (N 1051 f)
  • Herbert Backe, 1918-47 (N 1075)
  • Franz Blücher, 1946-59 (N 1080)
  • Moritz Julius Bonn, 1897-1964 (N 1082)
  • Magnus Frhr. von Braun, 1945-72 (N 1085)
  • Hermann Brill, 1912-60 (N 1086)
  • Arnold Brecht, 1911-34, 1965-67 (N 1089)
  • Fritz Epstein, 1926-62 (N 1102)
  • August Wilhelm Fehling, 1922-61 (N 1106)
  • Ferdinand Friedensburg, 1921-72 (N 1114)
  • Karl Haushofer, 1925-44 (N 1122)
  • Adolf Hitler, 1920-3, 1928 (N 1128)
  • Ludwig Kastl, 1926-33 (N 1138)
  • Otto Lenz, 1951-7 (N 1144)
  • Paul Leverkuehn,1939-60 (N 1146)
  • Fritz Schäffer, 1918-57 (N 1168)
  • Paul Behncke, 1930-4 (N 1173)
  • Gustav Stolper, 1906-47 (N 1186)
  • Alfred Weber, 1885-1958 (N 1197)
  • Ludwig Quidde, 1894-9, 1907-40 (N 1212)
  • Hans Rothfels, 1926-74 (N 1213)
  • Heinrich Lübke, 1959-69 (N 1216)
  • Franz Halder, 1892-1972 (N 220)
  • Adolf Morsbach, 1916-37 (N 1238)
  • Heinrich von Brentano, 1949-64 (N 1239)
  • Joachim Breithaupt, 1914-60 (N 302)
  • Friedrich von Boetticher, 1914-67 (N323)
  • Hans Georg von Friedeburg, 1921-72 (N 374)
  • Paul Herrmann, 1947-69 (N 466)
  • Paul von Hintze, 1882-1941 (N 536)
  • Leopold Bürkner, 1948-74 (N 565)
  • Abegg-Gelpke-Archiv, 1930-58 (N 2001)
  • Alfred Vagts, 1911-80 (N 1269)
  • Erich Eyck, 1939-63 (Kl. Erwerb. 586)
  • Henry Villard/Gustav Hilgard, 1885-1900 (Kl. Erwerb. 622)
  • Gustav von Struve, 1829-67 (FN 17)
  • Alfred von Tirpitz, 1865-1930 (N 253)
  • Gerhard Wagner, 1944-67 (N 539)

    • Finding aids: Friedrich Facius, Hans Booms, and Heinz Boberach, Das Bundesarchiv und seine Bestände, 3d ed., rev. and ed. by Gerhard Granier, Josef Henke, and Klaus Oldenhage. Boppard, 1977.
    About seventy-six finding aids on individual entries have been published by the Bundesarchiv so far, including: Volume 1 (R 45: Liberale Parteien), Volume 3 (NS 10: Persönliche Adjutantur des Führers und Reichskanzlers), Volume 8 (newsreels and documentaries of the Motion Picture Division), Volume 12 (R 11: Deutscher Industrie- und Handelstag/Reichswirtschaftskammer), Volume13 (R 43: Reichskanzelei), Volume 15 (R 55: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), Volume 18 (DB 50 and DB 51: Vorparlament, Fünfzigerausschuß, Deutsche Nationalversammlung), Volume 23 (NS 6: Partei-Kanzlei der NSDAP), Volume 28 (RM 2: Kaiserliches Marinekabinett), Volume 29 (R 7: Reichswirtschaftsministerium), Volume 33 (RH 2: Oberkommando des Heeres/Generalstab des Heeres), Volume 34 (NL 4: Hermann Dietrich), Volume 35 (Z 5: Der Parlamentarische Rat), Volume 38 (B 122: Bundespräsidialamt Amtszeit Prof. Theodor Heuss), Volume 40 (BW 9: Dienststellen zur Vorbereitung des westdeutschen Verteidigungsbeitrages 1950-1955), Volume 42 (Z 35: Deutsches Büro für Friedensfragen), Volume 45 (N 1018: Jakob Kaiser), Volume 47 (Bild 137: Deutsches Auslands-Institut), Volume 50 (N 1221: Theodor Heuss).


    117. Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz

    Karmeliterstr. 1/3
    56068 Koblenz

    Phone: (0261) 91 29-0
    Fax: (0261) 91 29 -112
    E-mail: post@landeshauptarchiv.de
    Web site: www.landeshauptarchiv.de
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The main state archive at Koblenz contains considerable material regarding emigration to the United States, including the following entries: Fürstentum Aremberg, Fürstentum Nassau-Saarbrücken, Fürstentum Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Grafschaft Sayn Altenkirchen, Grafschaft Sponheim Baden Sohren, Reichsgrafschaft Wied, Amt Gemünden, Rhein- und Moseldepartement Koblenz (1803-12), Unterpräfektur Simmern, Präfektur Trier, Nassauische Regierung Ehrenbreitstein, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Homburg, Regierung zu Birkenfeld, Amt Birkenfeld, Amt Oberstein, Oberpräsidium Koblenz, Regierung Koblenz, Regierung Trier, Fürstlich Wiedsche Regierung Neuwied, Landratsamt Bitburg, Kreis Meisenheim, Landratsamt Neuwied, Stadt Bacharach, Stadt Koblenz, Stadt Oberwesel, Stadt Simmern, Stadt Sobernheim, Bürgermeisterei Brodenbach, Bürgermeisterei Ehrenbreitstein, Bürgermeisterei Neumagen, Gemeinde Enkirch, Bürgermeisterei Grumbach, Oberamt Kirchberg, Amt Martinstein, Oberamt Saarbrücken.

    Finding aids:

  • Beate Dorfey, ed., Die Bestände des Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz- Gesamtverzeichnis, bearb. Von den Archivarinnen, Archivaren und Bibliothekarinnen des LHA Koblenz unter besonderer Mitwirkung von Peter Brommer, Dietmar Flach, Achim Krümmel, Wolfgang Hans Stein, Kristine Werner, in: Veröffentlichungen der Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, vol. 81. Koblenz, 1999.
  • Peter Brommer, Karl Heinz Debus, and Hans-Walter Herrmann, eds., Inventar der Quellen zur Geschichte der Auswanderung 1500-1914 in den staatlichen Archiven von Rheinland-Pfalz und dem Saarland, in: Veröffentlichungen der Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, vol. 27. Koblenz, 1976.


    • 118. Stadtarchiv Koblenz

    Burgstraße 1 (Alte Burg)
    56068 Koblenz

    Phone: (0261) 129-2641 or 2645
    Fax: (0261) 129-2640
    E-mail: stadtarchiv.koblenz@rz-online.de
    Web site: www.koblenz.de/bildung/stadtarchiv
    Contact: Hans Josef Schmidt, Michael Koelges, M.A.
    Business hours: 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Koblenz contains the following materials with references to the United States:

  • Teilnachlaß Dr. h.c. Peter Joseph Osterhaus, born in 1823 in Koblenz and died in 1917 in Duisburg. Osterhaus was a merchant, a brigadier general in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, and a U.S. Consul (StAK N 57). The Koblenz collection contains an extensive correspondence between Osterhaus and his daughter, Mathilde Petersen, for the period 1885-1906. The Osterhaus family papers are deposited at the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis.
  • A letter from Louis Hoppe (1811-52), an emigrant from Koblenz, from New York to his relatives (12.06.1852, StAK N 49).
  • Records related to the Amerika Haus in Koblenz, 1953-71 (StAK 623, 8900-8905).
  • Computer-based file on émigrés containing the names of some 1,600 people from the greater Koblenz area (emigration mainly to the U.S.).

    • Finding aids: Information on the above may be obtained from the following articles:

  • Hans-Peter Kleber, "Peter Joseph Osterhaus-ein deutsch-amerikanisches Leben," in: Koblenzer Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur N.F. 2 (1992): 87-109.
  • Dieter Kerber et al, "Der Brief des Amerika-Auswanderers Louis Hoppe an seine Verwandten in Koblenz vom 12. Juni 1852," in: Koblenzer Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur N.F. 2 (1992): 9-86.


    • Köln

    119. Deutsche Lufthansa AG

    Firmenarchiv
    Von-Gablenz-Str. 2-6
    50679 Köln

    Phone: (0221) 826-3304
    Fax: (0221) 826-2484
    E-mail: archiv@dlh.de
    Contact: Werner Bittner
    Business hours: By appointment only.

    Holdings:
    This archive in Cologne is the principal repository for the Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Records regarding the United States and Canada may be found under the following headings: first nonstop flight across the North Atlantic from east to west, 1928; catapult mail-plane flights, beginning with NDL-steamships Bremen and Europa, 1929-35; airship travels across the North Atlantic, 1924-37; air traffic across the North Atlantic by seaplane, Lisbon-Azores-North America, 1936-8; first nonstop flight Berlin-New York and return, 1938; air traffic between Germany and the U.S./between Germany and Canada, 1955-present; purchase and use of commercial aircraft from Boeing, Convair, Douglas, and Lockheed, 1934-present.


    120. Historisches Archiv des Erzbistums Köln

    Gereonstr. 2-4
    50670 Köln

    Phone: (0221) 1642-5800
    Fax: (0221) 1642-5803
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.
    Note: Blocking/classification period is approximately 40 years.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne contains Catholic church records regarding the U.S. and Canada, particularly records of the Diocese Administration (CR I 22.22 and CR II 22.22). The records of the Raphaelsverein (1871-1959) include material on emigration from Germany as well as on the post-World War I and -World War II periods (CR I 25 and CR II 25).
    Some individual records covering the United States and Canada include the following:

  • One record of correspondence with the Archdiocese of Montreal, 1944 (CR II 1.9, 18).
  • One record of correspondence with the Archdiocese of New York, 1947-66 (CR II 1.9, 21).
  • Two records related to material assistance by American organizations, including CARE and the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1946, 1950-6 (CR II 5.5, 5 and CR II 22.31a, 2).
  • Material on the American assistance project CRALOG as well as correspondence with John F. Kennedy, 1960-5 (Bestand Gen. II 23.46).
  • The private papers of the former Archbishop of Cologne, Melchers (1866-85) contain one record on correspondence with Cardinal Newman, 1888, as well as records on German Catholics in the U.S. during the 1880s and 1890s.
  • The private papers of Archbishop Frings, 1942-69, include four records related to a Canadian journey in 1947. (Another record regarding the same topic may be found in CR II 2.18d, 3.)
  • The private papers of Cologne architect Schwarz include records on the planned construction of a parish church in Milwaukee, 1932.
  • Minutes from meetings of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1947-50 (Kleine Erwerbungen).
  • The "Sammlung Personalia" contains miscellaneous records regarding individual priests, some of whom were active in the U.S.

    • Finding aids: Historisches Archiv des Erzbistums Köln, ed., Das Historische Archiv des Erzbistums Köln: Übersicht über seine Geschichte, Aufgaben und Bestände, in: Studien zur Kölner Kirchengeschichte, vol. 31. Siegburg, 1998.


    121. Stadt Köln

    Historisches Archiv
    Severinstr. 222-228
    50676 Köln

    Phone: (0221) 221-22329
    Fax: (0221) 221-22480
    E-mail: hastk@netcologne.de
    Web site: www.archive.nrw.de
    Contact: Herr Dr. Kleinertz
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.; 9:00 a.m.-7:45 p.m. Wed.

    Holdings:
    This historical archive in Cologne is the largest communal archive in Germany. There are records regarding emigration from Germany and Switzerland to the United States after 1817 and after 1933, as well as trade with the United States and state visits.


    122. Stiftung Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv zu Köln

    Unter Sachsenhausen 10-26
    50667 Köln

    Phone: (0221) 16 40 800
    Fax: (0221) 16 40 829
    E-mail: RWWA@Koeln.IHK.DE
    Business hours: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs.; 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Wed.; 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    This archive retains an important collection of records on American-German economic and trade relations during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

  • Abteilung 1: Handelskammer Köln contains material on trade between Cologne and America during the continental system, 1811-13; trade agreements and trade policy, 1816-1900; consular matters, 1842-97; exhibitions, 1842-91, including material regarding the Industrial Fair of New York, 1853; the Industrial Fairs at Philadelphia, Berlin, and Hanover, the American Exhibition at London, 1887, and the World's Fair at Chicago, 1873; and foreign tariffs, 1898-1914.
  • Abteilung 2: Industrie-und Handelskammer Mülheim am Rhein contains records on domestic trade, 1906; foreign trade, 1871-1916; exhibitions, 1877-1910, including material on the World's Fairs at Philadelphia, 1876, Chicago, 1893, and St. Louis, 1904, as well as tariffs, 1897-1910.
  • Abteilung 3: Handelskammer Koblenz contains material on foreign trade, 1834-1919, including secret reports of the Deutsche Auslandsvertretung, 1914-19; exhibitions, 1861-95, including the World's Fairs at Philadelphia and Chicago; German external assets, 1914-29; foreign tariffs, 1868-98; and aviation, 1927-8.
  • Abteilung 4: Handelskammer Stolberg contains records on foreign trade, 1851-1909; exhibitions, 1880-1900, including those at Boston, 1883, and Chicago, 1893; as well as duties and taxes, 1851-79.
  • Abteilung 11: Felten & Guilleaume, Köln, Kabelwerke contains material on relations with clients; representation of the company in New York; and relations with the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), New York, 1900-45.
  • Abteilung 20: Industrie- und Handelskammer Dusiburg contains material on the McKinley bill and North American customs policy, 1891-9; legislation on emigration, 1900; trade agreements with the U.S., 1901-6; trade experts in Chicago, 1907-1910; trade relations with America, 1906-9; the World's Fair at San Francisco, 1915; telegraph connections with the U.S., 1907-13; customs tariffs, U.S., 1909-13.
  • Abteilung 22: Industrie- und Handelskammer Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid contains the following material: International Chamber of Commerce, congress in Boston, 1912; reform of customs tariffs in the U.S. (Payne bill), 1909; trade and customs relations with the U.S., 1876-1916; export of goods to the U.S., 1892-1913.
  • Abteilung 27: Industrie- und Handelskammer Neuss contains material on foreign trade relations of Neuss companies with the U.S., 1909-24.
  • Abteilung 33: Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichsplatz, Köln, Kölnisch-Wasser-Fabrik contains material on various lawsuits against U.S. companies on trademark matters (Cheesebrough Ponds, Inc., N.Y.; H. C. Russell Co., N.Y.); and company advertising in the U.S. (Max Jägerhuber, N.Y.), 1894-1950.
  • Abteilung 33: Johann Wilhelm Scheidt AG, Kammgarnspinnerei und Tuchfabrik, Kettwig contains material on the company's financial stakes in the companies H. H. Schwietering & Co., N.Y., 1870-1905, and Forstmann & Huffmann Co., Passaic, N. J., 1910-40; cloth sales to the U.S. during World War I; correspondence with W. Stursberg, Schell & Co., Department Widmayer & Schneider, N.Y., 1915-16; and Mitteilungen des Kaiserlichen Deutschen Konsulats, Philadelphia, 1916.
  • Abteilung 81: Eduard Quester, Maschinenfabrik, Köln contains material on ane application for a patent regarding "Verfahren zum Verarbeiten von Tabak- und anderen Stengeln," Patentanmeldung, Charles J. Krehain & Co., Berlin; J.A. Miller & Co., Berlin, 1901-4; Patent Nr. 761.101, Amerikanische Patentanmeldung, "Dreiwalzwerk, Maschine zum Plätten von Tabakstengeln," U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C., Brandt & Fude, 1902-4; Tabakmaschinen, catalog no. 50, export prices of the ADT, tobacco machinery, manufactured by the John B. Adt. Co., Baltimore, Md., 1924.
  • Abteilung 106 A, Böninger, Tabakfabrik, Duisburg contains the following material: Letter by R. C. Böninger (Baltimore) to Arnold Böninger (Duisburg) regarding a finacial stake in the company McIllwaine & Marcraw, Fruchthandel, Baltimore, 1872; balance of the branch in Baltimore, 1882; Gebrüder Böninger, Baltimore, Wertpapierkontoabschlüsse und Abrechnunen über Wertpapiertransaktionen in den USA, 1882; Gesellschaftsvertrag über Beteiligung Walter Böningers am Baltimore-Geschäft, 1883; Kösters Bank AG, Frankfurt, an Carl Böninger, Baltimore, 1884; correspondence with Messers Brothers, Baltimore (increase of tobacco taxes), 1884; inheritance matters, Edward Böninger, Baltimore, 1913.
  • Abteilung 107 Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz-AG, Köln, Motoren- und maschinenbau contains the following material: directors' trips abroad (Ing. Hundeshagen to World's Fair in Chicago, Direktor Schulz to the U.S., July/August 1926, Direktor Stein to the U.S., March/May 1929); General-Lizenznehmer Otto Gas Engine Works, Philadelphia, reports and balances, 1894-1921; contracts with Superior Gas Engine Works, Springfield (Ohio) and National Supply Company, 1877-1910; licenses for various U.S. companies, 1920-45.
  • Abteilung 114 Chemische Fabrik Kalk, Köln: HCL USA, export of hydrochloric acid to the U.S., problems with transport, 1937.
  • Abteilung 122 Johann Wülfing & Sohn, Remscheid-Lennep/Dahlerau, Tuchfabrik contains material on trade with Benjamin F. Smith, N.Y., 1938; statutes of the Chamber of German-American Commerce, 1914; correspondence of agents (Wm. Wiese, N.Y., Benjamin F. Smith, N.Y., Fleitmann & Co., N.Y.), 1912-16; Hardt & Co., N.Y., various materials.
  • Abteilung 130 Gutehoffnungshütte Oberhausen contains the following material: Trip to the U.S. by Paul Reusch, 1904; agreement with America, 1905; Bericht Simmersbach über die Verhüttung titanhaltiger Eisenerze im Hochofen und die Verwendung von Terrotitan bei der Flußeisenherstellung in den USA, 1912; Otto Banner, The Falk Company, USA, 1919; Bericht Dr. Wehrheim über die amerikanische Hochofenbetriebstechnik, 1923.


    • Konstanz

    123. Stadtarchiv

    Benediktinerplatz 5a
    78467 Konstanz

    Phone: (07531) 900-640
    Fax: (07531) 6 17 43
    Contact: Herr Kuthe
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Konstanz contains records regarding emigration to the United States from 1837 into the post-World War II era. The holdings include documents pertaining to political refugees who fled during the 1848/9 revolutions (Bestand SII: Neuere Akten, 1810-1951).


    Landshut

    124. Staatsarchiv Landshut

    Burg Trausnitz
    84036 Landshut

    Phone: (0871) 9 23 28-0
    Fax: (0871) 92 32 88
    Contact: Dr. Schwertl
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Landshut contains records regarding emigration from the area to North America. The records are a part of the entry on Niederbayern and the former twenty-two district offices of Lower Bavaria.

    Finding aids: Researchers must refer to the old registers, only partially entered into a database.


    Leer

    125. Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche

    Synodalrat
    Postfach 13 80
    26763 Leer

    Phone: (0491) 9198-110
    Fax: (0491) 9198-251
    E-mail: Bibl@reformiert.de
    Web site: www.reformiert.de
    Business hours: By appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Protestant Reformed Church in Leer contains records referring to North America in parish reports during the first half of 1945. Moreover, it contains records on relations with the Alliance of Reformed Churches, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and the Reformed Church in Northwest Germany.


    Leipzig

    126. Stadtarchiv Leipzig

    Torgauer Str. 4
    04318 Leipzig

    Phone: (0341) 2429100
    Fax: (0341) 2429121
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@leipzig.de
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Mon. & Wed.; 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues.; 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Leipzig contains records regarding the United States and Canada, all of which may be found in the following entries: Handel, 1484-1885 (Tit. XLV); Bückerkommission, Buchhandel, 1561-1834 (Tit. XLVI); Fremde in der Stadt, 1792-1890 (Tit. L); Bildende Kunst, Kunstausstellungen, 1832-1948 (Kap. 31 A); Musik, 1843-1951 (Kap. 32); Theater, 1831-1950 (Kap. 34); Messeangelegenheiten, 1853-1948, and Messestände, 1868-1905 (Kap. 66); Handel, 1848-1947 (Kap. 68); Ausländische Konsulate, 1790-1942 (Kap. 68A); Stadtverordnetenversammlung und Rat der Stadt Leipzig, Teil 1, 1945-70.
    References are also found in: Nachrichten- und Verkehrsamt, 1922-49; Theater- und Musikamt, 1871-1932; and Polizeiamt der Stadt Leipzig, 1811-1934. The latter contains records and information on emigration and immigration, including a register of foreigners, 1866-83; a register of students, 1815-1914; a collection of artists who performed at the theater, 1832-83; and hotel guest books from the nineteenth century.

    Finding aids:

  • Beate Berger, Carla Calov, and Birgit Horn, eds., Übersicht über die Bestände des Stadtarchivs Leipzig. Leipzig, 1992.


    • Leverkusen

    127. Bayer AG

    Bayer-Archiv
    Geb. C302
    51368 Leverkusen

    Phone: (0214) 30-6 10 56
    Fax: (0214) 30-6 11 59
    E-mail: Hans-Hermann.Pogarell.HP@bayer-ag.de
    Contact: Hans-Hermann Pogarell
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
    Note: Prior written application is necessary.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Bayer Corporation in Leverkusen contains a number of larger collections with reference to the United States and Canada, including the following:

  • Werke und Beteiligungen in den USA includes material on the Hudson River Color Works, Albany, 1897-1955; Sterling Products, Inc., 1928-83; Winthrop Chemical Co., 1923-42; and Bayer Company New York, 1920-38 (9/A).
  • Beteiligungen und Tochtergesellschaften der Bayer AG holds material on Bayer Corp., Pittsburgh, 1986-97; Miles Laboratories, Inc., 1977-95; Mobay Corporation, 1950-91; and Schenley Laboratories, Inc., 1949-60 (9/L).
  • Ausschüsse und Kommissionen/ TEA-Büro (technical commission of the IG Farbenindustrie AG) contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, statistics, and patent matters, 1919-44 (13/17).
  • Amerika-Werkstudentendienst, 1923-30,was refounded as the Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft, 1953-92 (73).
  • USA-Reisen Carl Duisbergs, 1896-1929 (191/2); Deutsch-Amerikanische Handelskammer, 1950-6 (700/949); Deutsch-Amerikanische Handelskammer 1958-75 (302/4, 302/6).
  • The Autographensammlung contains the correspondence between Prof. Carl Duisberg of Bayer and William E. Weiss, General Manager of Sterling Products, Inc., 1923-32.

    • Finding aids: An inventory of records is available electronically. Archivists will assist researchers who present key search terms.


    Ludwigsburg

    128. Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg

    Arsenalplatz 3
    71638 Ludwigsburg

    Phone: (07141) 18-6310
    Fax: (07141) 18-6311
    E-mail: Staatsarchiv@LB.lad-bw.de
    Contact: Dr. Rückert
    Business hours: 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues., Wed., Fri.; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thurs.
    Note: Prior appointment is advisable (tel. 18-6337).

    Holdings:
    The Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg is the principal repository of the Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart. Records of the territories integrated into Württemberg beginning in 1802 comprise the foundation of the collection, and additional material may be found in the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart. There is some material on emigration in the Oberämter (F151-F 214), the Kreisregierungen (E 173-E 179), and the Landvogteien (D 71-D 82). It consists primarily of lists of emigrants and their emigration requests, although individual emigrants' letters cannot be identified through the finding aids. Other documents related to emigration may be found in the holdings on secular and clerical reigns, such as Deutscher Orden or Stift Ellwangen.

    Finding aids:

  • Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, ed., Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg: Gesamt-übersicht der Bestände, Kurzfassung. Stuttgart, 1996.
  • Wolfgang Schmierer, ed., Übersicht über die Bestände des Staatsarchivs Ludwigsburg: Ober- und Mittelbehörden 1806-1945 (E-Bestände). Stuttgart, 1980.
  • Trudy Schenk, et al, comp., The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index. 7 vols. Salt Lake City, 1986-98.
  • Regarding the Oberämter, see also "Auswandererdokumentation Hans Glatzle" at www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de.


    • 129. Stadtarchiv Ludwigsburg

    Kaiserstr. 14
    71636 Ludwigsburg

    Phone: (07141) 910-2412
    Fax: (07141) 910-2342
    Contact: Mr. Läpple, Mrs. Witzmann
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Ludwigsburg contains references in individual entries to emigrants and emigration, especially the to United States. They include: Akten des 19. Jahrhunderts (L2); Pflegschaftsakten (L7); Inventuren und Teilungen (L5); and Standesamt (L34). The archive also contains the records of the former independent local governments of Eglosheim, Hoheneck, Neckarweilingen, Oßweil, Pflugfelden, and Poppenweiler. Most of the material dates from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

    Finding aids: There is a card index of emigrants.


    Ludwigshafen am Rhein

    130. Freireligiöse Landesgemeinde Pfalz

    Johannes-Ronge-Haus
    Wörthstr. 6a
    67059 Ludwigshafen

    Phone: (0621) 51 25 82
    Fax: (0621) 62 66 33
    E-mail: pfalz@freireligioese.de
    Web site: www.freireligioese.de

    Holdings:
    The holdings of the Johannes-Ronge-Haus are located at the Stadtarchiv Mannheim.


    131. Stadtarchiv Ludwigshafen

    Postfach 21 12 25
    67012 Ludwigshafen

    Phone: (0621) 504-2405
    Fax: (0621) 504-2433
    Contact: Dr. Mörz
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 1:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Ludwigshafen contains some records concerning emigration to the United States during the nineteenth century. The Wirtschaftsschriftgut contains information on the contacts of Ludwigshafen industrial firms. The Newspaper Collection of the archives contains a copy of the German-language newspaper Lancaster Adler (Lancaster, Pa.), dated December 1, 1830.


    Lübeck

    132. Archiv der Hansestadt Lübeck

    Mühlendamm 1-3
    23552 Lübeck

    Phone: (0451) 122 41 52
    Fax: (0451) 122 41 51
    Contact: Prof. Dr. Antjekathrin Grassmann, Dr. Ulrich Simon
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck contains records related to nineteenth-century trade. Within the Bestand Altes Senatsarchiv Externa there is a collection on North America (Teilbestand Nordamerika), which covers the period from 1815 to 1866/68 and has records on economic and political relations between Lübeck and North America. The records consist of deliberations on commercial treatises and navigation, as well as mutual diplomatic missions.


    Magdeburg

    133. Landeshauptarchiv Magdeburg

    Hegelstr. 25
    39104 Magdeburg

    Phone: (0391) 5664-3
    Fax: (0391) 5664-440
    Contact: Landesarchiv Magdeburg-Landeshauptarchiv, Postfach 4023, 39015 Magdeburg
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Mon. & Wed.-Fri.; 8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Tues.

    Holdings:
    Files regarding emigration from the Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, in the Prussian province of Saxony, can be found in the records of the Landrats-ämter and the Regierung Magdeburg, Polizeiregistratur, spanning (with gaps) the period from 1850 to approximately 1945.
    Files regarding emigration in the records of Herzogtum Magdeburg are:

  • LA Magd.-LHA, Rep. A 8 Nr. 921: Die von Hamburg aus nach Nordamerika geschickten königlich preußischen Untertanen und die deshalb veranlaßte Untersuchung (1802).
  • LA Magd.-LHA , Rep. A 9b VIII Nr. 8: Gesetzeswidrige Emigration des ältesten Sohnes des Tuchfabrikanten Roebel zu Burg (1813).
  • LA Magd.-LHA , Rep. A 9b VIII Nr. 9: Gesetzeswidrige Auswanderung des 2. Sohnes des Schneidermeisters Georges zu Burg (1814).


    • Mainz

    134. Dom- und Diözesanarchiv Mainz

    Bischöfliches Ordinariat
    Postfach 1560
    55005 Mainz

    Phone: (06131) 253-157
    Fax: (06131) 253-406
    E-mail: ddamz@bistum-mainz.de
    Web site: www.kath.de/bistum/mainz/bistum/archiv.htm
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.

    Holdings:
    The Dom- und Diözesanarchiv Mainz contains records regarding Catholic emigration in general but not on individual emigrants. At the 1868 meeting of Catholics in Bamberg, headed by Karl von Isenburg-Birstein, a committee for the protection of Catholic German emigrants was established, which was later succeeded by the St. Raphaels-Verein zum Schutze katholischer deutscher Auswanderer. The latter, whose main purpose was the protection and care of Catholic German emigrants in North America and other countries, was established at the General Assembly of German Catholics in Mainz in 1872.
    The material on the Raphaelsverein in Mainz, 1868-1941, contains correspondence regarding the society's establishment, statements of accounts, statutes, and miscellaneous papers (Sign.: DDAMZ Best.: Bischöfliches Ordinariat, Generalia Number R IV).


    135. Stadtarchiv Mainz

    Rheinallee 3 B
    55116 Mainz

    Phone: (06131) 12 21 78
    Fax: (06131) 12 35 69
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@stadt.mainz.de
    Web site: www.mainz.de/kultur/stadtarchiv
    Contact: Frau Göbel
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Mainz contains emigrant registers for the period 1856- 1877 (Bestand 70: Hessisches Archiv).

    Finding aids:

  • City of Mainz, ed., Gedächtnis der Geschichte: Das Mainzer Stadtarchiv. Mainz, 1997.


    • 136. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

    HA Archiv/Bibliothek/Dokumentation
    ZDF-Straße 1
    Postfach 4040
    55100 Mainz

    Phone: (06131) 70-1
    Fax: (06131) 70 49 41
    Web site: www.ZDF.de
    Business hours: By appointment only.
    Note: Any costs incurred are the researcher's responsibility.

    Holdings:
    This archive contains information about the television programs broadcase by the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), including programs about the politics and culture of the United States and Canada.

    Finding aids: Access to the archival holdings is possible by means of a large electronic information system/database. For legal reasons (individual rights), however, these databases are available only to internal users.
    Material may be located by consulting the ZDF yearbooks, which include substantial program chronicles and program announcements.


    Mannheim

    137. John Deere Werke Mannheim

    Zweigniederlassung der Deere & Company
    Postfach 10 08 62
    68008 Mannheim

    Phone: (0621) 829-1236
    Fax: (0621) 829-1238
    Contact: Mrs. Nagler
    Business hours: By appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The John Deere archive in Mannheim is the principal repository for records of the Heinrich Lanz AG company. This includes the Lanz family history and the products manufactured by Heinrich Lanz AG.
    The American Deere & Company took over the majority of Heinrich Lanz AG tasks in 1956. Production continued under the name John Deere-Lanz AG from 1960 to 1967. Newspaper clippings, business reports, and so forth are available from this period. The archive also contains brochures, books, photos, and other materials regarding the history of the John Deere Company in the United States; the originals are held at the John Deere headquarters in Moline, Iowa.


    138. Stadt-Archiv Mannheim

    Collini-Center
    Postfach 100035
    68133 Mannheim

    Phone: (0621) 29 30
    Fax: (0621) 293-74 76
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@mannheim.de
    Contact: Dr. Rings
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Mannheim holds numerous records regarding American history and German-American relations, including:

  • Bestand Amt für Verteidigungslasten (records on administration, personnel, and stationing costs for American/NATO troops in Mannheim, 1946-88).
  • Bestand Amt für Rats- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit (contacts with former Mannheim citizens abroad, 1957-91).
  • Bestand Amt für Wirtschaftsförderung (publicity campaigns for the city's economy that ran in several newspapers, including The New York Times, the New Yorker Staatszeitung und Herold, and the Detroiter Abendpost, 1954-68).
  • Bestand Bauordnungsamt (reconstruction in the American zone of occupation).
  • Bestand Bauverwaltungsamt (infrastructure in the American zone of occupation).
  • Bestand Boxring Mannheim (regarding the boxing match Walcott vs. ten Hoff, 1950-1).
  • Bestand Ernährungs- und Wirtschaftsamt (material on the Berlin Airlift, 1943-9).
  • Bestand Grünflächenamt (occupation damages and the Deutsch-Amerikanischer Frauenarbeitskreis).
  • Bestand Städtische Krankenanstalten/Klinikum (particularly contact with the U.S. military government and other American agencies, 1945-51).
  • Bestand Gemeindesekretariat Feudenheim (costs incurred and damage caused by American troops, 1945-67).
  • Bestand Gemeindesekretariat Friedrichsfeld (occupation matters and damages, 1945-65).
  • Bestand Gemeindesekretariat Neckarau (occupation matters, 1945-64).
  • Bestand Gemeindesekretariat Rheinau (occupation of Mannheim, 1945-53).
  • Bestand Gemeindesekretariat Sandhofen (casualty list from the occupation of Sandhofen, 1945).
  • Bestand Gemeindesekretariat Waldhof (occupation costs, 1945-9).
  • Bestand Hauptamt/Hauptregistratur/Dezernatsregistratur (covers different aspects of relations between Mannheim's citizens and American occupation troops: Marshall Plan, Hoover Pood Plan, German-American Week of Friendship [1965-8], German-American Club, German-American Women's Study Group, German-American Advisory Council [1964-83], charity from American citizens, and damage caused by American troops, [1945-88]).
  • Bestand Dezernat III (private papers of Ludwig Dreyfuß, New York, 1961-84).
  • Bestand Kulturamt (American Cultural Bureau, 1952-3, which seized National Socialist and militaristic literature, 1947-61).
  • Bestand OB und Beigeordnete (different matters of occupation and troop stationing, 1945-62).
  • Bestand Ordnungsamt (different troop stationing matters, 1946-50).
  • Bestand Polizeipräsidium (troop damage and costs of stationing, 1946-65).
  • Bestand Personalamt (denazification, Military Government Law 104, 1946-52; Military Government Law 52, 1945-6; Military Government Law 8, 1945-7).
  • Bestand Presseamt (correspondence with American occupation authorities, 1950-61; granting of the Benjamin Franklin Medal, 1962-9).
  • Bestand Rechtsamt (American barracks in Mannheim, 1959-64).
  • Bestand Schlacht- und Viehhof (esp. leases to the U.S. Army, 1945-50).
  • Bestand Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium (contacts with OMGUS and HICOG, 1945-50).
  • Bestand Lessing-Gymnasium (denazification, 1945-9).
  • Bestand Musikschule (Scholar Exchange Program with America, 1965-7; Amerika-Haus, 1951-67).
  • Bestand Sozialamt (Hoover Feeding, 1946-60; CARE, 1946-55; American cigarettes and foodstuffs, 1953-6).
  • Bestand Sport- und Bäderamt (German-American sports activities, 1957-69).
  • Bestand Staatsanwaltschaft Mannheim (victims of air raids on Mannheim, December 1944).
  • Bestand Stadtwerke/Verkehrsbetriebe (various matters, 1928-58).
  • Bestand Steueramt (1956-7).
  • Bestand Vermessungsamt (surveying by the American military government, 1948).
    • Newspaper articles:
    Portfolios on Benjamin Franklin Village, the German-American Women's Study Group, the German-American Week of Friendship, German-American relations, the U.S. Army, the Mannheim American High School, the Amerikahaus, the Military Government, German Youth Activities (GYA), the City Partnership with Windsor (Canada), the Canadian Weeks, the City Commander of Mannheim Lieutnant Colonel Charles H. Rue, the Resident Officer Hugh Mair, all from 1946 until 1968; other articles refer to the American Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange Students of the American Field Service, the German-Canadian Society, the Youth Association "Steuben," and an American Exhibition in Mannheim, 1887. Private papers (Nachlässe):
    References to the United States or Canada are found in the papers of Alice Behr, Richard Böttger, Joseph Braun, Fritz Cahn-Garnier, Wolfgang Treutlein, Joseph Gentil, Heinz Haber, Friedrich Hecker, Berthold Rosenthal, Albert Fraenkel, Wilhelm Bopp, Daniel Krebs, and Wilhelm Reiß. Documentation:
  • Documentation of the history of Jews in Mannheim, which contains material on emigration and living abroad (D1).
  • American Military Government, 1945-8 (D10).
  • Documentation Ludwig Marum (D16).
  • Postwar History of Mannheim, 1945-9 (D20).
    • Other collections/acquisitions (Kleine Erwerbungen)
  • Reports by the American military police (Nr. 116) and the occupation of Mannheim, 1945 (Nr. 117).
  • Collection of letters by Friedrich Hecker, Ill., 1845-57 (Nr. 127). Report by Franz Siegel, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Army of Baden, to Arnold Ruge on life in Baltimore, 1866 (Nr. 130).
  • Memoirs of Oberbaudirektor Friedrich Schraeder regarding the occupation of Mannheim in 1945 (Nr. 181).
  • Memoirs of Hedwig Wachenheim, 1971 (Nr. 195).
  • U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey reports regarding the companies Brown, Boveri & Cie and Daimler-Benz, 1947 (Nr. 476).
  • Letters exchanged between the American military government and the Antifaschistischer Ausschuß, 1945 (Nr. 650).
  • Formal political permission request by the KPD-Ortsgruppe Mannheim, 1945 (Nr. 667).
  • Groundbreaking ceremony of the Erstes Programm zur Errichtung von Austauschwohneinheiten in the former American zone of occupation, 1953 (Nr. 709).
  • Biographical material on Ludwig Marum, 1865-1988 (Nr. 832), and last will and testament of Friedrich Hecker, Illinois, 1874 (Nr. 974).
    • Posters:
    Posters regarding the United States and Canada cover the period from 1929 to 1985 and concern all aspects of German-North American relations, such as politics, society, religion, sports, and culture. Posters from the Weimar era refer to the Young Plan. Most of the material is from after 1945 and refers to the Marshall Plan, the Cold War, and joint German-American cultural projects.


    Marbach

    139. Deutsches Literaturarchiv

    Schillerhöhe 8-10
    71672 Marbach am Neckar
    Schiller-Nationalmuseum/Deutsches Literaturarchiv
    Postfach 1162
    71666 Marbach

    Phone: (07144) 848-0
    Fax: (07144) 848-390
    E-mail: Bibliothek@dla-marbach.de
    Web site: www.dla-marbach.de
    Contact: Jutta Bendt
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
    Note: Prior written inquiry before arrival is advised in order to assure availability of material for specific research.

    Holdings:
    The Deutsches Literaturarchiv contains a collection of literary sources and scholarly contributions regarding comparative literary analysis from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. The collection includes documents on the reception of North American literature in Germany and German literature in the U.S., and relates to individual works and literature as a whole. Felix Paul Greve, who belonged to the Munich Bohème at the turn of the century, emigrated to Canada, where he played an important role in the literary history of that country. His early life is documented through his correspondence with Oscar H. Schmitz and Karl Wolfskehl.
    Not yet documented in the catalogs is a large Karl May collection, donated to the library in 1997, that encompasses a large amount of Americana from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, mostly in German translation.
    The Cotta archive contains reports by U.S. correspondents of the Allgemeine Zeitung, which was edited by Johann Friedrich Cotta and his successors, as well as the magazine Das Ausland (1828ff).
    Finally, the manuscript division contains a substantial number of papers by authors who emigrated to the U.S. during the Third Reich.

    Finding aids: Material regarding the U.S. and Canada may be found by using the systematic catalog under the entries "Deutsche Literatur im Ausland" and "Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft." There are no printed finding aids available, except for an inventory of the Nachlässe and Sammlungen. Library acquisitions since 1999 are accessible via the public online catalog.


    Marburg

    140. Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg

    Postfach 540
    35017 Marburg

    Phone: (06421) 92 50-0
    Fax: (06421) 16 11 25
    E-mail: poststelle@stama.hessen.de
    Contact: Dr. Menk
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The state archive of Hesse in Marburg contains numerous records regarding Hessian emigration to the United States. The Marburg archive also holds a collection of maps from North America, primarily from the eighteenth century.

    Finding aids:

  • Inge Auerbach, ed., Hessische Auswanderer (HESAUS): Index nach Familiennamen, vols. 1 & 2. Marburg 1987-8.
  • Inge Auerbach, Eckhart G.Franz, and Otto Fröhlich, eds., Hessische Truppen im amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg (HETERINA): Index nach Familiennamen, 6 vols. Marburg 1976-87.
    • Repertorien:
  • Hans Philippi, ed., Politische Akten nach Philipp dem Großmütigen 1567-1806: Abteilung e, Kaiser, Reichs- und Kreissachen. Marburg, 1976. (Bestand 4)
  • Eckhart Franz, ed., Kurhessisches Gesamt-Staatsministerium 1821-1866. Marburg, 1967. (Bestand 8)
  • Eckhart Franz, ed., Kurhessisches Ministerium der Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten und des Hauses (1813- ) 1821-1867, 2 vols. Marburg, 1972. (Bestand 9a)
  • Günter Hollenberg, ed., Kurhessisches Kriegsministerium und Vorbehörden 1813-1867 (mit Vorakten ab 1706). Marburg, 1985. (Bestand 12)
  • Reinhard König and Gerhard Menk, eds., Waldeckisches Kabinett. Marburg, 1990. (Bestand 118a)


    • 141. Stadtarchiv Marburg

    Barfüßerstr. 50
    35035 Marburg

    Phone: (06421) 2 01-4 99
    Fax: (06421) 2 01-5 91
    Contact: Dr. Ulrich Hussong
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.; 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.
    Note: The John F. Kennedy-House in Marburg, at Ketzerbach 1, houses a German-American library that reopened in 1990.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Marburg contains important material on the United States pertaining to emigration, the feeding of children by Quakers after World War I, the administration of Marburg following World War II, and postwar cultural relations.

  • Emigration records: The unpublished manuscript by Kurt Stahr, ed., "Marburger Sippenbuch 1500-1850," Marburg, 1950-66 (twenty-three volumes and one supplement), is a good source for genealogical research for the period before 1850. Stahr researched at both the city and state archives in Marburg.
  • Quaker Kinderspeisung following World War I: Seven files from 1920 to 1925; one file in Bestand E, Nr. 1268, Provenienz Sozial- und Jugendamt.
  • Occupation of Marburg following the end of World War II: records of the Staatspolitischer Ausschuß, which worked closely with American occupation authorities, 1945-9 (Bestand D, Provenienz Hauptamt). John Gimbel used these records for his study, A German Community under American Occupation (Stanford, 1961).
  • The Amerika-Haus and the Deutsch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft: forty-two files, 1948-65 (Bestand D, Provenienz Hauptamt und Schulamt).
  • Memorandum by rector and school superintendant Ludwig Mütze to the American occupation authorities regarding the negative treatment of the German population in 1945, reprinted by a newspaper in 1962 (Nachlaß Kessler, Nr. 18).

    • Finding aids:

  • Ulrike List, ed., "Akten der Stadt Marburg 1805-1969," in: Repertorien des Hessischen Staatsarchivs Marburg. Marburg, 1977.


    • Maulbronn

    142. Stadtarchiv Maulbronn

    Stadtverwaltung
    Postfach 47
    75429 Maulbronn

    Phone: (07043) 103-16
    Fax: (07043) 103-45
    Contact: Martin Ehlers
    Business hours: 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Maulbronn contains records on emigration during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Hanna Scheerle used some of the records for her book Die Auswanderer von Maulbronn: Ein Beitrag zum schwäbischen Weltwandererbuch (Maulbronn, 1938). A copy is available at the archive (Sign. CIV-c-1).

    Finding aid: There is an unpublished finding aid that may be consulted at the archive.


    Meiningen

    143. Thüringisches Staatsarchiv Meiningen

    Postfach 100 654
    98606 Meiningen

    Phone: (03693) 44670 or 502910
    Fax: (03693) 502218
    E-mail: thstameiningen@thueringen.de
    Web site: www.thueringen.de/Staatsarchive
    Contact: Frau Witter
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Mon. & Wed.; 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The state archive of Thuringia in Meiningen contains some information on emigration to North America (Bestand S: Meiningisches Staatsministerium, Abt. des Innern and Kreis Hildburghausen, Kreis Meiningen, Kreis Saalfeld, Kreis Sonneberg, Kreisabteilung Camburg). The records of the Staatsministerium also contain material on trade relations between Sachsen-Meiningen and foreign countries.

    Finding aids:

  • Kurze Übersicht über die Bestände des Thüringischen Staatsarchivs Meiningen, 5th rev. ed. Meiningen, 1998.


    • Merseburg

    144. Landesarchiv Merseburg

    Postfach 1428
    06204 Merseburg

    Phone: (03461) 4738-0
    Fax: (03461) 4738-15
    Contact: Herr Trommer
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Fri.
    Note: Prior appointment is desired.

    Holdings:
    The state archives in Merseberg contain records pertaining to emigration to and trade with North America, as well as certain technological exchanges with North American firms, particularly in the following entries:

  • Bestand Regierung Merseburg: Auswanderungen, 1833-55 (fifty-six records).
  • Bestände Landratsämter Bitterfeld, Delitzsch, Echartsberga, Eisleben, Herzberg, Querfurt, Sangerhausen, Torgau, Weißenfels, Zeitz: Auswanderungen, 1816-1946 (152 records).
  • Bestände Industrie- und Handelskammer Halle: Handelsverkehr mit den USA und Kanada, 1885-1941 (eight records) and Weltausstellungen in Chicago, St. Louis und San Francisco, 1891-1914 (five records).
  • Bestand IG Farbenindustrie AG, Chemische Werke Bitterfeld: Korrespondenzen und Berichte zum Außenhandel mit den USA, 1928-40 (five records).
  • Bestand Leuna-Werke: Schriftwechsel mit Firmen in den USA zur technischen Durchführung der Hydrierung, 1926-40 (seven records); Verträge der IG Farbenindustrie AG mit amerikanischen Firmen, 1929-39 (three records).
  • Bestand Hallesche Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei AG, Halle an der Saale: Korrespondenz über den Auftrag "Bau einer Zuckerfabrik für Manito Sugar Company in Winnipeg, Kanada, 1920-1946" (nine records).
  • Bestand VEB I Maschinenfabrik Halle: Korrespondenz über den Bau einer Zuckerfabrik für Manito Sugar Company in Winnipeg, Kanada; Zessionsangelegenheit, 1939-50 (one record).
  • Bestand Wegelin & Hübner Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei AG, Halle an der Saale: Aufstellung von Firmen, mit denen die Firma in Handelsbeziehungen gestanden hat, 1926-39 (two records); Korrespondenz Konsulate und Gesandtschaften, 1935-9 (two records).


    • München

    145. BMW Mobile Tradition

    80788 München

    Phone: (089) 382-23235
    Fax: (089) 382-21475
    Contact: Herr Raiger
    Business hours: By appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The BMW Archive in Munich contains records related to relations between the U.S. Army and BMW, 1945-59, including the occupation of the plants in Munich and Allach. There are records regarding reparations paid by BMW AG, documents on models, records of export to the American market, material on BMW subsidiaries and dealers in the U.S., market research in the U.S., and deliberations with American companies. Portions of the material have not yet been catalogued.


    146. Institut für Zeitgeschichte

    Archiv und Bibliothek
    Leonrodstr. 46b
    80636 München

    Phone: (089) 12 68 80 and 12 68 8-113.
    Fax: (089) 12 31 727
    E-mail: ifz@ifz-muenchen.de
    Website: www.ifz-muenchen.de
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The most important entry regarding American history at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte archive is the microfilm of the records of the Office of Military Government for Germany, U.S. (OMGUS). It totals about six million documents on approximately 100,000 microfiches, equal to approximately one-third of the original material located at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The material consists of documents of the Military Government of the German states, records of the OMGUS High Commission in Berlin, and papers of American Allied staff officials and authorities.
    The archive also holds a substantial collection of personal papers, which include material on German-American relations. The papers include those of Karl Frank (director of the Research Department of the American Association for a Democratic Germany); Kurt R. Grossmann (member of the World Jewish Congress); Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, Konrad Heiden, and Hans von Hentig (members of the Council for a Democratic Germany); Heinz Krekeler; Dr. Kurt Lachmann (correspondent for U.S. News and World Report; Ernst Langendorf (director of Radio Free Europe); Arnold Metzger; Karl Otto Paetel; and Otto Straßer (emigrated to Canada).
    Other documents include Allied occupation authorities publications and press by anti-Nazi emigrants. Material on German emigration during the Third Reich, including to the United States and Canada, is abundant.

    Finding aids: Most of the records are accessible through a general catalog that consists of subject and name indices. There are specific finding aids for most of the papers.
    For the OMGUS records, there is a special printed catalog available, which also can be accessed on the Internet. There also is an alphabetical press index.
    The papers of Karl Georg Frank, Kurt R. Grossmann, Konrad Heiden, Dr. Arnold Metzger, Karl Otto Paetel, and Dr. Otto Strasser are accessible through special finding aids.


    147. Siemens AG

    SiemensForum
    Archiv
    Postfach 10 12 12
    80086 München

    Phone: (089) 636-32612
    Fax: (089) 636-32616
    E-mail: frank.wittendorfer@uk.siemens.de
    Web site: www.siemens.de/siemensforum/de/mch/was/aeb/arch/index.htm
    Contact: Dr. Frank Wittendorfer
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
    Note: By prior appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The Siemens archive contains records regarding the business relations between Siemens and American companies during the twentieth century. The following subjects are covered:

  • Business correspondence of subsidiaries and sales departments: Siemens & Halske Electric Company of America, Chicago, 1892-1904.
  • Siemens Representative Dr. Karl Georg Frank, New York, 1908-12, 1919-33; Siemens, Inc., New York, 1933-41.
  • Dollar loans and participating debentures, 1925-30.
  • Reports on research trips by representatives of Siemens in the United States, 1930-55.


    • 148. Staatsarchiv München

    Postfach 22 11 52
    80501 München

    Phone: (089) 2 86 38-2525
    Fax: (089) 2 86 38-2526
    E-mail: poststelle@stam.bayern.de
    Web site: www.gda.bayern.de
    Contact: Dr. Alfred Tausendpfund (089) 2 86 38-2533 and Dr. Michael Stephan (089) 2 86 38-2537
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. (reading room until 6:00 p.m.); 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The responsibility of the state archive in Munich is restricted to the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Bavaria. As such, the number of records on America is limited to the following entries: Generalkommissariat des Isarkreises (1808-37), Regierung des Isarkreises (1817-37), Regierung von Oberbayern (since 1837), Landgerichte älterer Ordnung, (1802-62) and the Bezirksämter/Landratsämter (since 1862). Within the latter records are documents regarding emigration. For further information, researchers should consult the finding aids, because a special card index is not available. In addition, there are situation reports from the Munich police department as well as some documentation referring to the U.S. military occupation of Bavaria (OMGUS Bavaria), 1945f.

    Finding aids:

  • Generaldirektion der staatlichen Archive Bayerns, ed., Bayern und die USA: Deutsche Territorialstaaten und die Anfänge einer Weltmacht. Ausstellung des Bayerischen Hauptstaatsarchivs München aus Anlaß der 200. Wiederkehr der Unabhängigkeitserklàòung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Neustadt an der Aisch, n.d.


    • 149. Stadtarchiv München

    Winzererstr. 68
    80797 München


    Phone: (089) 233-0308
    Fax: (089) 233-30830
    Contact: Dr. Bauer

    Email: stadtarchiv@muenchen.de
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.; 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Wed. & Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Munich holds records pertaining to emigration to North America and to the city's history during the period of American occupation. Communal sources related to emigration may be found by using general finding aids.

    Finding aids: The archive does not have a subject catalog, rendering it impossible to identify specific records on the United States and Canada.


    Münster

    150. Nordrhein-Westfälisches Staatsarchiv Münster

    Bohlweg 2
    48147 Münster

    Phone: (0251) 4885-0
    Fax: (0251) 4885-100
    E-mail: poststelle@stams.nrw.de
    Web site: www.archive.nrw.de
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster contains sources regarding German emigration to the United States that may be found within a number of different entries. Researchers should consult the records of the Governments of Arnsberg (I Sta Staatshoheitsangelegenheiten/ I G Handel und Gewerbe), Münster (I Pr. Präsidialregistratur, I A Staatshoheitsangelegenheiten), Kreis Hagen (Amt Volmarstein) and Kreis Wittgenstein (Amt Arfeld), as well as those of the Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland (Forschungsstelle Westfalen in aller Welt) and the Auswandererberatungsstelle Münster, 1927-39).
    Other material may be found within the records of the Oberpräsidium der Provinz Westfalen. Ties to the United States were close, especially during the Kulturkampf.

    Finding aids: A guide to the holdings of the Staatsarchiv Münster may be found in the publication "Die Bestände des Nordrhein-Westfälischen Staatsarchivs Münster- Kurzübersicht," in: Veröffentlichungen der staatlichen Archive des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, ser. B: Archivführer und Kurzübersichten, vol. 1), 3d expanded ed. Münster, 1990.
    The holdings of the state archive in Münster have been used for the following works:

  • Friedrich Müller, "Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil: 1803-1850," in: Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung 22-24 (1964ff).
  • "Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Minden, part 1: Erlaubte Auswanderung 1816-1900; part 2: Heimliche Auswanderung 1800-1900," both in: Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung 46-7 (1987f).
  • D. Kamphoefner, Westfalen in der Neuen Welt: Eine Sozialgeschichte der Auswanderung im 19. Jahrhundert, 1982.


    • 151. Stadtarchiv Münster

    Hörsterstr. 28
    48127 Münster

    Phone: (0251) 492-47 01
    Fax: (0251) 492-77 27
    E-mail: archiv@stadt-muenster.de
    Web site: www.muenster.de/stadt/archiv
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.; 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    Records in the city archive of Münster concentrate on Westphalian emigration to the U.S. and on German-American relations after World War II.

  • Material on emigration from Münster to North America is held in Abteilung: Registraturen der preußischen Stadtverwaltung; Bestand: Stadtregistratur, Auswanderungsgenehmigungen, 1805-60; and Bestand: Polizeiregistratur, Auswanderungen und Ausweisungen, 1844-1924.
  • Records on foreign relations with the United States, 1949-78, are held in Abteilung: Verwaltungsarchiv ab 1945, Bestand: Oberbürgermeister.
  • Emigration to North America during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is covered by material in Abteilung: Archive des ehemaligen Landkreises Münster.
  • Emigration records 1838-1930 are held in Bestand: Kreisarchiv Münster, Landratsamt.
  • Records on immigration and emigration, 1845-1934; foreigners, 1932-44; emigration and immigration; 1934-9; and expulsion, 1857-1934, are held in Bestand: Amtsarchiv Roxel.
  • Records on emigration and immigration, 1851-1933; expulsion, 1853-1933; and emigration and immigration, 1934-57, are held in Bestand: Amtsarchiv Wolbeck.

    • Finding aids:

  • Franz-Josef Jakobi et al, eds., Das Stadtarchiv Münster und seine Bestände. Münster, 1998.


    • 152. Vereinigte Westfälische Adelsarchive e.V.

    Postfach
    48133 Münster

    Phone: (0251) 37 45 88 or 591 3886
    Fax: (0251) 591 269
    Contact: Dr. Conrad
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m, Mon.-Fri. (Westfälisches Archivamt)

    Holdings:
    The Vereinigte Westfälische Adelsarchive e.V in Münster hold records pertaining to the nobility and aristocracy in Westphalia.

    Finding aids:

  • Wolfgang Bockhorst, ed., Adelsarchive in Westfalen: Die Bestände der Mitgliedsarchive der Vereinigten Westfälischen Adelsarchive e.V. Münster, 1998.
  • Alfred Bruns, ed., Handbuch der Kommunalarchive in Nordrhein-Westfalen, part 2: Landesteil Westfalen-Lippe. Münster, 1996.


    • Neuenstein

    153. Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein

    Schloß
    74632 Neuenstein

    Phone: (07942) 2277
    Fax: (07942) 4295
    Contact: Dr. Schiffer
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.;
    8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    This archive in Neuenstein Castle contains the estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and includes his diary about his journey to America from July to September, 1883 (Nachlaß Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Vol. 18). It also contains records of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft on colonial activities in Canada, 1883-5 (ibid., Bü 235).


    Neuwied

    154. Fürstlich Wiedisches Archiv

    Schloßstr. 1
    56564 Neuwied

    Phone: (02631) 39 43 26
    Fax: (02631) 2 20 40
    Business hours: By prior appointment for genealogical researchers.
    Otherwise, Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m.

    Holdings:
    This archive of the princely Wied family contains some material relevant to genealogical studies.

    Finding aids: There are references to emigration records in the Wied Archives in the following publications:

  • Henry Z. Jones Jr. and Annette K. Bungert, Westerwald to America: Some Eighteenth-Century German Immigrants. Camden, Maine, 1989.
  • Henry Z. Jones Jr., More Palatinate Families. Universal City, Calif., 1991.
  • Franz Baaden, Die Auswanderung aus dem Kannebäckerland im 18. Jahrhundert. Ransbach-Baumbach, 1996.


    • Nürnberg

    155. Landeskirchliches Archiv

    Veilhofstr. 28
    90489 Nürnberg

    Phone: (0911) 58 869-0
    Fax: (0911) 58 869-69
    E-mail: LKANuernberg@t-online.de
    Web site: home.t-online.de/home/LKA Nuernberg/lkantit.htm
    Contact: Dr. von Brandenstein
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    This archive is the principal repository of the Protestant church of Bavaria. The records come from church offices, and there are references to America regarding Auswandererseelsorge (the spiritual care of emigrants). Documents on material aid to emigrants to North America from 1875 until 1919 may be found in Bestand: Oberkonsistorium München. There also is information on the activities of the Auswanderer-Missionen (emigration missions) of Bremen and Hamburg. In addition, the parish archive contains reports on emigrants to America, particularly in the Pfarrbeschreibungen (parish descriptions) that are preserved for all vicarages for 1833, 1864, and 1914.


    156. Staatsarchiv Nürnberg

    Archivstr. 17
    90408 Nürnberg

    Phone: (0911) 93 51 90
    Fax: (0911) 93 51 999
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Nürnberg holds records with references to U.S. and Canadian history, including:

  • The papers of businessman Georg Kalb (d. 1967) contains collected writings, pictures, and notes from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on General Johann von Kalb (b. Hüttendorf, June 29, 1721), who was killed in the battle of Camden, S.C., August 19, 1780 (Rep. 499, Manuskripte, Stoffsammlungen und Nachlässe, Nr. 319/1-20, Nachlaß Kalb).
  • The Marsch-Routen-Büchlein by Georg Adam Stang. Stang, who was from Bayreuth, served as a soldier in the Ansbach-Bayreuth troops during the Revolutionary War (Archivaliensammlung des Historischen Vereins für Mittelfranken, Depot, Ms. hist. Nr. 482); the diary of an unknown soldier from the Ansbach-Bayreuth troops in North America (ibid., Nr. 485; also contains two maps); records from the archives of the Margrave of Ansbach on various clemency cases for the Ansbach-Bayreuth troops, 1779-1884 (ibid., Nr. 487).
  • Material regarding emigrants from Mittelfranken between 1810 and 1930 includes a card index with names, status, place of residence, and destination; also included is a register of names of emigrants announced in the Kreis-Amtsblatt für Mittelfranken from 1837 to 1874.
  • Transcripts of the Nürnberg Military Tribunal trials of 1945-6 and the twelve successive trials by U.S. military courts, 1947-9. These records are arranged into three groups: KV-Prozesse (Rep. 501; Sitzungsprotokolle, Dokumentenbücher, Material zu einzelnen Angeklagten, Plädoyers); KV-Anklage (Rep. 502; von der Anklagebehörde zusammengestelltes Schriftgut, Dokumente, Verhörprotokolle); and KV-Verteidigung (Rep. 502A, Handakten einzelner Rechtsanwälte, eidesstattliche Erklärungen). All are available in name and subject indices.
  • Records of the American Military Government in Bavaria (OMGBAY), 1945-9, government district of Mittelfranken (on microfiche).


    • 157. Stadtarchiv Nürnberg

    Marientorgraben 8
    90402 Nürnberg

    Phone: (0911) 231-2770, -2771
    Fax: (0911) 231-4091
    E-mail: av@av.stadt.nuernberg.de
    Web site: www.stadtarchiv.nuernberg.de
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fri.
    Note: There are title indices for most of the entries.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Nürnberg contains records on trade with the U.S., nineteenth and twentieth century emigration to North America, and formal requests by the American military government in Bavaria, 1945-52.

  • Generalregistratur holds documents on emigration during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (StadtAN C 7/I), as does Auswanderungsakten (StadtAN C 7/III).
  • Vereinspolizeiakten contains documents of local police authorities from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (StadtAN C 7/V).
  • Einwohnerregister und -karteien contains nineteenth and twentieth century census reports (Stadt AN C21/III).
  • Handelsvorstand contains documents on trade from 1560 to 1840 (StadtAN E 8).
  • Nachlaß Raymond D'Addario holds the papers of American army photographer Raymond D'Addario, 1940-95 (StadtAN E 10/55). D'Addario's photos are collected in the Picture Division (Bestand A 65).
  • Stadtchronik contains the city chronicles from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (StadtAN F 2).
  • Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte Nürnbergs has records pertaining to the history of Nuremberg (StadtAN F 5).
  • Akten der amerikanischen Militärregierung in Bayern (OMGBAY) holds the records of the American military government in Bavaria (StadtAN F 6).

    • Finding aids:

  • Werner Schultheiß and Gerhard Hirschmann, eds., Stadtarchiv Nürnberg 1865-1965: Festschrift zur Hundertjahrfeier. Nürnberg, 1964.
  • Herbert Schmitz, "Wegweiser zu Findmitteln und Beständen des Stadtarchivs Nürnberg," in: Horst Dieter Beyerstedt and Herbert Schmitz, 125 Jahre Stadtarchiv Nürnberg. Nürnberg, 1990. A continually updated electronic version of this publication is available and will soon be accessible on the Internet.

    • The two following publications may be of further interest:
  • Rudolf Endres, "Der Beitrag Nürnbergs an der Entdeckung Amerikas," in: Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 40 (1993): 19-39.
  • Rainer Mertens, Nürnberg, die Entdeckung Amerikas und die Folgen: Ein kolonialer Stadtrundgang. Nürnberg, 1992.


    • Offenbach

    158. Stadtarchiv Offenbach

    Herrnstr. 61
    63065 Offenbach

    Phone: (069) 8065-2751
    Fax: (069) 8065-2521
    Contact: Herr Ruppel
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.;
    8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Offenbach, founded in 1934, contains material on two Offenbach citizens who became famous because of their contact with America. Philipp Wagner, who went to the United States in a political capacity in 1848, is represented by a copy of his memoirs, titled Ein Achtundvierziger: Erlebtes und Gedachtes (Leipzig, 1882). Maximilian Ludwig Bernhard Müller (aka ãProli") was a religious sectarian from Offenbach who was forced to emigrate to America. He died there in 1833.

    Finding aids: Regarding Müller, see Hans G. Ruppel, "A 'Messiah' from Offenbach," in: Influence and Change-Wechselbeziehungen: Eine Ausstellung der Saalbau GmbH. Frankfurt, 1994-5, pp. 91-4.


    Oldenburg

    159. Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv in Oldenburg

    Dienstgebäude
    Damm 43
    26135 Oldenburg

    Phone: (0441) 92 44 100
    Fax: (0441) 92 44 292
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The state archive of Lower Saxony in Oldenburg holds a number of diplomatic records pertaining to North America: Staatsverträge mit den Vereinigten Staaten 1845, 1853 (Best. 35 Nr. 101, 120); Gesandte, Abgeordnete der Vereinigten Staaten in Oldenburg 1848-9 (Best. 31-13-13 Nr. 10); Konsulate fremder Staaten in Oldenburg (Vereinigte Staaten 1829-58: Best. 31-13-15 Nr. 2, 1862-7; and Best. 31-15-10 Nr. 44); oldenburgische Konsulate in fremden Staaten (Best. 31-13, Kabinettsregistratur; Best. 31-13-16; and Best. 31-15-11). It also holds emigration records and card indices.

    Finding aids:

  • Albrecht Eckhardt, ed., Archivalien zur Geschichte des Landesteils Lübeck (Eutin) im Staatsarchiv Oldenburg (um 1600/1773-1937), 2 vols. Oldenburg, 1989-90.
  • Joachim Schrape and Klaus Ahrens, eds., Findbuch zum Stadtarchiv Oldenburg (Bestand 262-1 A), Akten der Stadtverwaltung 16.-20. Jahrhundert. Oldenburg, 1990.


    • 160. Stadtarchiv Oldenburg

    Damm 41
    Postfach 2427
    26105 Oldenburg
    Zwischenarchiv des Stadtarchivs Oldenburg
    Donnerschweer Str. 43
    26123 Oldenburg

    Phone: (0441) 235-2656 and (0441) 235-2124 (Zwischenarchiv)
    Fax: (0441) 235-2878
    Web site: www.oldenburg.de/buergerservice/verwaltung/stadtarc.html.
    Contact: Mr. Ahrens, Mr. Hettwer and Mr. Heinen (Zwischenarchiv)
    Business hours: Zwischenarchiv by appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Oldenburg contains files on emigration and immigration, including those of conscripted military personnel. The archive also contains material on the Quakers' Kinderspeisung and Amerikahilfe throughout the interwar period.

  • Bevölkerungssachen, Einzelnes holds emigration and immigration lists, 1843-4 (Bestand 262-1A: Nr. 1552).
  • Auswanderungs-Agenturen, records of emigration agencies, 1853-91 (ibid., Nr. 1599).
  • Beschlagnahme sozialdemokratischer Flugschriften, which contains intercepted social democratic leaflets, 1877-1922, including: "Pacific Pilote," San Francisco, August 23, 1884 (ibid., Nr. 2834).
  • Ausgewanderte und verschwundene Militärpflichtige and Ausgewanderte oder nicht ermittelte Wehrpflichtige hold the names of draftees who emigrated, disappeared, or failed to report, 1869-1917 (ibid., Nr. 4057 and Nr. 4122).
  • Militärpflicht Ausgewanderter und wieder Zurückgekehrter contains lists of draftees who emigrated and later returned, 1886-1916 (ibid., Nr. 4123).
  • Kinderspeisung durch die amerikanischen Quäker has records regarding the Quaker missionary feeding of children, 1920-4 (ibid., Nr. 5269).
  • Amerikahilfe für die deutsche Bevölkerung contains material on American aid to the German people, 1919-24 (ibid., Nr. 5292b)

    • Finding aids:

  • Joachim Schrape and Claus Ahrens, eds., Findbuch zum Stadtarchiv Oldenburg (Bestand 261-1 A), Akten der Stadtverwaltung 16.-20. Jahrhundert. Oldenburg, 1990.


    • Oranienbaum

    161. Landesarchiv Oranienbaum

    Postfach 15
    06782 Oranienbaum
    Schloß
    06785 Oranienbaum

    Phone: (034904) 404-0
    Fax: (034904) 404-27
    Contact: Mrs. M. Ross, Archivdirektorin and Dr. Höroldt, Archivberätin
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Oranienbaum holds the records of the former principality, duchy, and Free State of Anhalt until 1945; for the Bezirksverwaltung Dessau, 1945-7; and the Kreise in the former state of Anhalt until 1952. The archive has been responsible for gathering the records of the Regierungsbezirk Dessau.
    Several entries within the archive contain information on the United States or Canada:

  • Abteilung Dessau (containing the records of Teilfürstentum Anhalt-Dessau, 1603-1848) contains records on the entry of Anhalt-Dessau into a treaty between Prussia and the United States related to the extradition of foreign criminals, 1845.
  • Kriegskanzleiakten in the Facharchiv Zerbst (a fond containing the records of the Teilfürstentum Anhalt Zerbst) contains about thirty files referring to the Revolutionary War, 1777-95.
    • Most of the documents deal with troops from Anhalt. These also contain reports from Canada by Colonel von Rauschenplatt, as well as lists of names and wages for the different regiments.
    References to the records on the Revolutionary War may be found in the finding aid "Geheime Kanzlei Zerbst." The original documents have been lost since World War II.
    The holdings since 1848 contain information mostly on emigration to the U.S. or Canada, German and/or Anhalt consulates in North America, commercial relations, international fairs, and international treaties. They also include:
  • Information regarding emigration to America, activities of German emigrants in America, the consulate in San Francisco, matters of citizenship, and the treaty on the extradition of foreign criminals (Bestand: Gesamtstaatsministerium [1848-53]).
  • Records pertaining to emigration, including an annual report of the German Society of New Orleans, commercial relations, and the building of railways, including demands on the German-Pennsylvanian coal-mining society (Bestand: Staatsministerium Dessau 1 [1848-53] and Bestand: Staatsministerium Dessau 2 [1853-63]).
  • Files related to emigration, an industrial exhibition, and the extradition of foreign criminals. Emigrants mentioned are connected in some way with the German Revolution of 1848 (Bestand: Staatsministerium Bernburg [1848-63]).
  • Documents on emigration, matters of citizenship, consulates, international conventions, trade and commerce, natural science, and customs treaties (Bestand: Staatsministerium Dessau 3 [1863-1945]).
  • A report on the potash industry in New Mexico, 1933, may be found in the section for the Ministry of State (Bestand: Staatsministerium, Abt. Finanzen).
  • Emigration statistics and price comparisons with American grain (Bestand: Statistisches Landesamt).
  • The Kreisrat, Landrat since 1939, contains several documents regarding emigration, passport matters, citizenship, foreign workers, foreign police, foreign criminals, the prohibition of foreign clubs and associations, and prisoners of war (Bestände: Kreisdirektionen).
  • Kreisdirektion Zerbst, 1871-1935 and Kreisbehörden Blankenburg, 1830-1945/50 hold records on emigration to the United States and Canada.
  • Bezirksverwaltung Dessau, 1945-7, and Kreisverwaltungen Ballenstedt, Bernburg, Köthen, and Zerbst, 1945-52, have some information on the American occupation of Germany.

    • Those researching social and economic history should also consult private papers and Gutsarchive, as well as the archive's economic holdings, which contain further material on commercial relations and the occupation period.

    Finding aids:

  • Die Bestände der Landesarchive des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt 1945-1952: Kurzübersicht, in: Veröffentlichungen der staatlichen Archivverwaltung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, ser. A: Quellen zur Geschichte Sachsen-Anhalts, vol. 10. Magdeburg, 1995.
  • Die Revolution von 1848/49 in Anhalt: Wegweiser zu den archivalischen Quellen im Landesarchiv Oranienbaum und anderen Archiven, wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken und historischen Museen auf dem Gebiet der früheren anhaltischen Herzogtümer, in: Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, ser: A, vol.12).
  • Steffi Jersch Wenzel and Reinhard Rürup, eds., Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der Neuen Bundesländer, Vol. 3: Staatliche Archive der Länder Berlin, Brandenburg und Sachsen-Anhalt. Munich, 1999, pp. 441-531.


    • Osnabrück

    162. Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv in Osnabrück

    Schloßstr. 29
    49074 Osnabrück

    Phone: (0541) 33162-0
    Fax: (0541) 33162-62
    E-mail: Poststelle@staatsarchiv-os.niedersachsen.de
    Web site: www.staatsarchive.niedersachsen.de
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.; 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The state archive of Lower Saxony in Osnabrück contains records pertaining to nineteenth and twentieth century emigration to the U.S., particularly letters and individual accounts:

  • Emigrant letters from the Reffelt family of Ankum (with four photos, circa 1870), between 1859 and 1884, and 1920 and 1947 (Erw A 100 Nr. 48).
  • Letter from emigrant Hermann Tesker to his relatives in Menslage, 1834 (Erw A 100 Akz. 33/89).
  • Diary of Ludwig and Charlotte Schreiber of Quakenbrück regarding their emigration to Baltimore, Md., 1852 (Erw A 100 Akz. 5/1991 Nr. 1).
  • Letters from Pittsburgh by emigrant Karl Niewöhner to his sister in Osnabrück, 1911-20 (Erw A 100 Akz. 22/1988 Nr. 1).
  • Correspondence and poems by Ernst and Otto Pagenstecher from California, 1871-82 (Erw A 11 Nr. 53).

    • Finding aids:

  • Theodor Penners, ed., "Übersicht über die Bestände des Nieder-sächsischen Staatsarchivs in Osnabrück," in: Veröffentlichungen der Niedersächsischen Archivverwaltung, 36 (1978).


    • Paderborn

    163. Stadtarchiv Paderborn

    Am Abdinghof 11
    33098 Paderborn

    Phone: (05251) 88 - 1829
    Fax: (05521) 88 - 2047
    Contact: Herr Czeschick
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    From 1989-91 the city archive of Paderborn undertook a project on the registration of emigrants, 1800-1900. The aim was to compile a list of emigrants from the vicinity of Paderborn, including the former Kreis Büren.
    According to the statistics gathered, the majority of the emigrants went to North America. The first publication that resulted from the project is the book Auf nach Amerika (2 vols.: vol. 1 by Ellen Rost et al, Paderborn, 1994; vol. 2 by Wolfram Czeschick, Paderborn, 1999).
    More specifically, the city archive holds correspondence, portions of chronicles, family papers, two diaries about journeys to America, photos of emigrants, reports, death certificates, obituaries and approximately fifty letters by emigrants.

    Finding aids: A list of emigrants is available on the archive's database.


    Passau

    164. Stadtarchiv Passau

    Rathausplatz 2
    94032 Passau

    Phone: (0851) 396-249 or 38 33 60
    Fax: (0851) 396-248
    E-mail: info@stadtarchiv-passau.de
    Web site: www.kmz.de
    Contact: Herr Schaffner
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Passau contains individual files on emigration as part of various holdings. They cover the period 1810-1914 and are arranged alphabetically by name.


    Pforzheim

    165. Stadtarchiv Pforzheim

    Brettener Str. 19
    75177 Pforzheim

    Phone: (07231) 392899
    Fax: (07231) 391674
    E-mail: archiv@stadt-pforzheim.de.
    Web site: ww.pforzheim.de
    Contact: Frau Binz-Rudek
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon. & Wed.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Wed.; 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The records in the city archive of Pforzheim have records on the American occupation and may be found in the files of the city administration, Zentralregistratur der Stadtverwaltung, 1920-44, 1945-67 (Bestand 01: Hauptamt) and Städtische Polizei, 1945-75 (Bestand: Polizeiamt). Records are accessible through a card index. Other related holdings include:

  • Military Government Gazette,1945-6 (on microfilm).
  • Amtliches Mitteilungsblatt des Oberbürgermeisters und des Landkreises Pforzheim, 1945-6, which reflects the policy of the American Military Government.
  • Nachlaß Gottfried Leonhard, which holds the private papers of Gottfried Leonhard, a goldsmith and politician, and includes a diary on Leonhard's trip to the U.S., June 1-September 19, 1964 (Bestand N 6).

    • Finding aids:

  • Petra Schad, Übersicht über die Bestände des Stadtarchivs Pforzheim, in: Materialien zur Stadtgeschichte, vol. 8. Pforzheim, 1993.

    • Other finding aids such as card indices and databases must be used at the archive.


    Potsdam

    166. Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv

    Postfach 60 04 49
    14404 Potsdam

    Phone: (0331) 56 74-0
    Fax: (0331) 56 74 - 212
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.; 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.
    Note: Information is for the main department; additional departments include: Zentrales Grundbucharchiv und Abteilungen III und IV; (Zum Windmühlenberg, 14469 Potsdam-Bornim); Außenstelle Lübben (zu Abteilung I,
    (Gerichtsstr. 4, 15907 Lübben); Außenstelle Frankfurt an der Oder (zu Abteilung III, Müllroser Chaussee 49, 15234 Frankfurt an der Oder).

    Holdings:
    The main archive of the state of Brandenburg contains numerous records on the emigration of Prussian citizens to and from North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There also are reports on the political conditions in America, especially the socialist and anarchist movements, on American war campaigns against Germany, and on issues of trade and cultural relations. Emigration and immigration

  • Behandlung von zurückkehrenden Emigranten, 1934-41 (Bestand: Regierung Potsdam, Abt. I: Präsidialregistratur, Rep. 2A, I P).
  • Konzessionierung von Agenten zur Beförderung von Auswanderern: Ein- und Auswanderungsagenturen, 1850-1942; Auswanderungsagenten in den Städten, 1872-1901 (Bestand: Regierung Potsdam, Abt. I: Polizei- und politische Angelegenheiten, Rep. 2A, I P).
  • Niederlassung auswärtiger Untertanen in Preußen, 1831-69; Ein- und Auswanderungen im Regierungsbezirk Potsdam, 1863-73; Auswanderung der altlutherischen Separatisten nach Amerika, 1863-72; Gesuche um Erlaubnis zur Auswanderung aus Preußen, 1809-63; Gesuche um Urkunden über die Entlassung aus dem preußischen Untertanenverband, 1863-73 (Bestand: Regierung Potsdam, Abt. I: Staatsangehörigkeit, Rep. 2A, I St).
  • Ausfertigung von Konzessionen für Agenten, 1888-1924; Bestimmungen über Auswandergenehmigungen für lutherische Separatisten zur Auswanderung nach Amerika, 1837-43; Gesuche um Erteilung der Erlaubnis zur Auswanderung nach Amerika, 1825; Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus den einzelnen Kreisen des Regierungsbezirkes Frankfurt an der Oder, 1836-1910; Einwanderungen und Zuerkennung der Staaatsangehörigkeit, Erteilung von Heimatscheinen, Niederlassung in den verschiedenen Orten und Kreisen, 1822-1942; Erteilung von Heimatscheinen, 1858-1924 (including North America); Gesuche um Rückkehr in die preußischen Staaten und Übernahme der preuß-ischen Untertanen aus fremden Staaten, 1812, 1889-1936 (Bestand: Regierung Frankfurt an der Oder, Abt. I: Staatsangehörigkeit, Rep. 3B, I St).
  • Auswanderung preußischer Untertanen nach dem Ausland, 1809 (Bestand: Regierung Frankfurt an der Oder., Abteilung I: Präsidialregistratur, Rep. 3B, I Präs).
  • Staatsangehörigkeit contains information on emigration, Heimatscheine, emigration agencies, and naturalization of foreigners, 1824-1944 (Bestand: Kreisverwaltungen, Rep. 6B, Kreis...)
  • Polizeiverwaltung/Paß- und Ausländersachen holds records on emigration, visits, and Heimatscheine, 1820-1940 (Bestand: Städte und Ortschaften, Rep. 8 Stadt ...)
  • Auswanderungen nach Amerika, 1853-1922; Überwachung der Auswanderungsagenten, 1885-1910 (Bestand: Polizeipräsidium Berlin, Rep. 30 Berlin C, Tit. 94).
  • Auswanderungen aufgrund der NS-Gesetzgebung vor allem jüdischer Bürger von ca. 1933-45 (emigrations due to Nazi law, especially by Jewish citizens, ca. 1933-45; Bestand: Oberfinanzpräsident Berlin-Brandenburg, Rep. 36A).
    • Special entries
  • Auswanderungen aus dem Regierungsbezirk Potsdam und dem Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt an der Oder contains a card index on emigrations from Regierungsbezirk Potsdam and Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt an der Oder, arranged alphabetically by name.
  • Politisch Verfolgte holds a card index of political persecutees arranged alphabetically by name.
    • Supervision of democrats, socialists, and anarchists
  • Die politischen Zustände in Amerika, insbesondere die sozialistische und anarchistische Bewegung, 1851-4, 1878-1918; Die gegen Deutschland gerichtete amerikanische Presse, 1882-1905, contains negative American press directed at Germany; Die anarchistische Bewegung in Berlin (including the German-language publication Freiheit, New York, 1894 and 1895), 1880-1911; Berliner Wochenberichte für das Ausland, 1851-66; Berliner Wochenberichte für das Inland, 1851-61 (Bestand: Polizeipräsidium Berlin, Pr. Br. Rep. 30 Berlin C).
  • Aufenthaltsgenehmigungen für Ausländer (Bestand: Staatspolizeistelle Potsdam, Rep. 35A).
    • Economy
  • Gewerbestatistik, 1872-1908; Handel mit Mexiko, ... den Vereinigten Staaten, 1825-56; Nationale und internationale Kunstausstellungen, 1850-73; Messen und Ausstellungen, 1873-1936; Lebensversicherungen "Germania" und "Continental" zu New York und andere, 1868-1900 (Bestand: Regierung Potsdam, Abt. I: Handel und Gewerbe, Rep. 2A, I HG).
  • Kunst- und Gewerbeausstellung in London, Wien und Philadelphia, 1861-79 (Bestand: Regierung Potsdam, Abt. I: Präsidialregistratur, Rep. 2A, I P).
    • Military affairs
  • Versorgung von Kriegsgefangenen, 1917-20, records on the care of POWs (Bestand: Regierung Frankfurt, Abt. I: Handel und Gewerbe, Rep. 3B, I HG).
    • Clubs and societies
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Germany , 1933-7; Deutsch-Amerikanischer Wirtschaftsverband, 1937-41; Vereinigung Carl Schurz ... zur Pflege persönlicher und kultureller Beziehungen zu den Bürgern der USA, 1932-9 (Bestand: Polizeipräsidium Berlin, Vereinsregister, Rep. 30 Berlin C; Tit. 148 B Vereine).

    • Finding aids:

  • F. Beck, ed., Übersicht über die Bestände des Brandenburgischen Landeshauptarchivs Potsdam, vol.1: Behörden und Institutionen in den Territorien Kurmark, Neumark, Niederlausitz bis 1808/16. Weimar, 1964.
  • F. Beck, ed., Übersicht über die Bestände des Brandenburgischen Landeshauptarchivs Potsdam, vol. 2: Behörden und Institutionen in der Provinz Brandenburg 1808/16 bis 1945. Weimar, 1967.


    • Radebeul

    167. Stadtarchiv Radebeul

    Gohliser Str. 1
    Postfach 100156
    01435 Radebeul

    Phone: (0351) 8305252
    Fax: (0351) 8362198
    Web site: www.radebeul.de
    Contact: Mrs. Anette Karnatz
    Business hours: 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues.; 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Wed.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Radebul holds a special collection on important public figures from Radebeul, which includes material referring to the United States. Included are documents pertaining to writer Karl May (1842-1912) and painter Wilhelm Heine (1827-85), who died in Radebeul-Kötzschenbroda. Heine emigrated to America after 1849 and became a brigadier general during the Civil War.
    The archive also holds documents on the friendship program between Radebeul and the city of Sierra Vista, Ariz. (since May 22, 1998).


    Rastatt

    168. Landratsamt Rastatt

    Kreisarchiv
    Postfach 1863
    76408 Rastatt
    Herrenstraße 13
    76437 Rastatt

    Phone: (07222) 381-0
    Fax: (07222) 381-248
    Contact: Herr Walter
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Wed.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Rastatt contains city registers from 1870 to 1925, which were used as a source for a recent M.A. thesis on emigration, titled "Auswanderung aus den Riedgemeinden Ottersdorf, Wintersdorf und Plittersdorf," by Marco Müller. There also are some documents on the NATO Air Base at Söllingen, operated by the Canadian military. These cover the period between 1951 and 1959.

    Finding aids: Finding aids may be used at the archive. For further information on Söllingen Air Base, military historians may wish to consult the articles "Der Flugplatz in Söllingen: Die Vorgeschichte," by Walter Ziegler and "Der NATO-Flugplatz," by Gustav Aurich and Gerhard Regehr, both in Um Rhein und Murg: Heimatbuch des Landkreises Rastatt, IV (1964): 113-124.


    Regensburg

    169. Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg

    St. Petersweg 11-13
    93047 Regensburg
    Postfach 11 02 28
    93015 Regensburg

    Phone: (0941) 59532-2520
    Fax: (0941) 59532-2521
    E-mail: archiv@bistum-regensburg.de
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 1:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The Catholic Church's archive at the diocese of Regensburg contains only a few specific records related to the United States and Canada, including the holdings of the Dominikanerinnenkloster Heiligkreuz (Dominican Cloister of the Holy Cross) in Regensburg, 1853-96, with references to its subsidiary in Williamsburg, Va. (Sign.: BZAR, Kl 114, Nr. 31), and records regarding members of Benedictine monasteries in Northern America who came from the diocese of Regensburg (Zeugnisse für Kandidaten nordamerikanischer Benediktinerklöster, die aus dem Bistum Regensburg stammen, 1870-90; Sign. BZAR Kl 14, Nr. 20).
    Also of interest are the numerous church records of Catholic parishes in Eastern and Western Prussia, dating from approximately 1650 to 1850.


    170. Fürst Thurn und Taxis Zentralarchiv

    Hofbibliothek
    Postfach 11 02 46
    93015 Regensburg

    Phone: (0941) 50 48-1 32
    Fax: (0941) 50 48-1 40
    E-mail: mdallmeier@thurnundtaxis.de and uweiss@thurnundtaxis.de
    Contact: Dr. Martin Dallmeier
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Thurs.
    Note: Prior appointment is desired.

    Holdings:
    The holdings of the central archive of Thurn und Taxis were acquired after World War II. Earlier records of the Thurn und Taxis Lehenposten (1815-67) contain some postal material referring to the United States.

    Finding aids:

  • Max Piendl, "Die Archive des Fürsten Thurn und Taxis," in: Mitteilungen für die Archivpflege in Bayern, Sonderheft 8 (1972): 105-16.


    • 171. Stadtarchiv Regensburg

    Keplerstr. 1
    93047 Regensburg

    Phone: (0941) 507-3453
    Fax: (0941) 507-4458
    Contact: Günther Handel
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Regensburg contains records of early nineteenth-century emigration to the United States, but not to Canada.
    Records of the former city administration include information on emigration and immigration, such as general settlements on emigration and the export of property, 1817-74; emigration to America, 1832-1905; emigration in general, 1826-44; emigration agencies, 1845-1904; and quarterly reports on emigration and immigration, 1810-19 (Bestand Zentralregistratur I [Sign. 681-696]).


    Remscheid

    172. Historisches Zentrum Remscheid, Aussenstelle Honsberger Strasse


    Honsberger Str. 4
    42857 Remscheid
    Phone: (02191) 16 2519
    Fax: (02191) 16 3155
    E-mail: logatto@str.de
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon. & Wed.; 1:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues., and by prior appointment.
    Note: Some of the records are deposited at Cleffstraße 2, in Remscheid. Prior appointments are recommended for both locations.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Remschied contains extensive files of the Hasenclever export business (Bestand F1: Firmenarchiv, Johann Bernhard Hasenclever und Söhne, Export- und Handelshaus). In particular, Urkunden contains information on invoices (H. & Co., New York, 1889-90), private letters, 1905-24, and correspondence, 1908-24 , as well as maps and reports on steel companies in New Jersey.


    Reutlingen

    173. Stadtarchiv Reutlingen

    Posfach 2543
    72715 Reutlingen

    Phone: (07121) 3032386
    Fax: (07121) 3032758
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@reutlingen.de
    Web site: www.reutlingen.de
    Contact: Mr. Brühl
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Tues. & Wed.; 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Reutlingen contains records related to American and Canadian history in a number of different entries:

  • Pflegschaftsakten includes emigrant letters from the nineteenth century (Gerichtsnotariat).
  • Gemeindearchive der Reutlinger Bezirksgemeinden Altenburg, Betzingen, Bronnweiler, Degerschlacht, Gönningen, Mittelstadt, Oferdingen, Ohmenhausen, Reicheneck, Rommelsbach, Sickenhausen, Sondelfingen includes records on trusteeships and emigrant letters from the United States and Canada.
  • The estate of political economist, railway pioneer, and author Friedrich List (1789-1846) holds documents regarding his activities in the U.S. between 1825 and 1832, and as American consul in various German states. This includes List's correspondence with General Lafayette and President Jackson, and his participation in the newspaper Readinger Adler, the American protective duty movement, and the Little Schuylkill Railway Society. The archive holds the 1819-36 editions of the Readinger Adler on microfilm as well as a special library on List (Friedrich-List-Archiv).
  • Newspaper clippings, drawings, correspondence, and an autobiography of painter Max Autentrieb, who was born in Reutlingen in 1891 and lived in the U.S. from 1916 to 1921 and from 1972 to 1986, may be found in S 2 Nr. 1.


    • Rostock

    174. Stadtarchiv Rostock

    Hinter dem Rathaus 5
    18055 Rostock
    Hansestadt Rostock
    Archiv der Hansestadt Rostock
    18050 Rostock

    Phone: (0381) 3 81-1361
    Fax: (0381) 3 81-1947
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@rostock.de
    Web site: www.rostock.de/stadtarchiv
    Contact: Ingrid Ehlers
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 12:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thurs.; 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Rostock contains the following materials dealing with North American history:

  • Letter from officeholder Hauer, an emigrant to Rochester, N.Y., to the Office of Böttcher, May 2, 1847 (Bestand Handwerksämter, Nr. 40 [Sign. 1.2.7.40]).
  • The papers of Friedrich Witte (1829-93) include a diary of his second trip to the United States as a member of the German chemical industry represented at the Chicago World's Fair, March-June 1893 (Bestand Familiennachlaß Witte, Nr. 13 [1.4.24.13]).
  • Papers of Friedrich Carl Witte (1864-1938) hold the diary of his travels to England and the U.S., Aug.-Dec., 1889 (Bestand Familiennachlaß Witte, Nr. 137 [1.4.24.137]).
  • Status of Mecklenburg and North American ships concerning port charges, 1834-5 (Bestand Kaufmannskompanie, Nr. 295 [1.2.1.295]).
  • Trade agreements with various foreign countries, 1816-64 (Bestand Kaufmannskompanie, Nr. 312 (1.2.1.312).
  • Register of persons transported on ships, including emigrants, 1855-1900 (Bestand Gewett, Hafen und Schiffahrt, Nr. 450 [1.1.12.1. 450]).
  • Records on emigration to the U.S., 1854, including inducements to emigrate by Kegebein of Fahrenhaupt, a returning emigrant (Bestand Polizeiamt, Nr. 466 (1.1.7. 466).
  • Auswanderungskonsense (Bestand Polizeiamt, Nr. 468-470 [1.1.7 468-470]).
  • Execution of sovereign's May 8, 1852, order on the agencies for transportation of emigrants, 1852-1930 (Nr. 26a); Landesarbeitshaus and emigrants' homelessness, 1856-7 (Nr. 26c); release from the Mecklenburgischer Untertanenverband with the purpose of emigrating, 1856-77 (Nr. 26d-f; Bestand Bürgermeister und Rat, Nr. 26 a, c, d, e, f [1.1.3. 26a, c, d, e, f]).
  • Emigration from the territory of the Holy Ghost Hospital, 1857-75 (Kämmerei und Hospitäler, Nr. 3119 [1.1.10.3119]).
  • Emigration from the territory of St. George Hospital, 1857-72 (Kämmerei und Hospitäler, Nr. 3120 [1.1.10.3120]).
  • Emigration to non-European countries (Kämmerei und Hospitäler, Nr. 3122-3123 [1.1.10.3122-3123]).

    • Finding aids:

  • Findbücher und Inventarien des Stadtarchivs Rostock


    • 175. Universitätsarchiv Rostock

    Universitätsplatz 1
    18051 Roentry

    Phone: (0381) 4982295 or 4982296
    Contact: Angela Hartwig
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.; 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    This university archive was founded in 1948, and records of individual departments went to the archive in the 1960s and 1970s. After 1989 the university archive took over the archive of the Pädagogische Hochschule Güstrow, of the Hochschule für Seefahrt Warnemünde/Wustrow, and of the Lehrerbildungsinstitut Rostock. The records and files of the university are housed at the university library.
    The registers of the university include information on students who later emigrated to the U.S. The holdings include one specific file pertaining to America, 1863-1941 (R202/2). The library also holds the collection of historian Karl-Friedrich Emanuel Türk (1800-87) on North American history.

    Finding aids:

  • Karl-Heinz Jügelt, "Die Nordamerika-Sammlung des Rostocker Historikers Karl Türk und die Universitätsbibliothek Rostock" in: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität Roentry 33 (1984): 66-72.


    • Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    176. Stadtarchiv Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    Büttelhaus
    Milchmarkt 2
    91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    Phone: (09861) 404-29
    Contact: Hildegard Krösche
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Tues.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.
    Note: Prior appointment is advisable.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Rothenburg ob der Tauber contains some records on emigration from 1816 to 1876. There are name indices for the emigration records (Bestand NA).


    Rudolstadt

    177. Thüringisches Staatsarchiv Rudolstadt

    Schloß Heidecksburg
    07407 Rudolstadt

    Phone: (03672) 4319-0
    Fax: (03672) 4319-31
    E-mail: ThStARudolstadt@thueringen.de
    Web site: www.thueringen.de/Staatsarchive/Rudolstadt.htm
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Tues.; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fri.
    Note: Prior appointment is advisable.

    Holdings:
    The state archive of Thuringia in Rudolstadt contains two extensive collections pertaining to emigration from Thuringia to the U.S.: Nachlaß Rudolf Ruhe (d. 1978), an archivist at the Thuringian state archives at Rudolstadt, left behind copious notes and documents on portions of different holdings of the archives, contemporary drawings, and literature on emigration to North America. Ruhe collected information on emigration from the Oberherrschaften and Unterherrschaften of the Schwarzburg principalities Rudolstadt and Sondershausen, 1834-1914. The material consists of about seventy files on emigration history and a card index with seven boxes containing the names of about 20,000 citizens. The material also includes the following items: history of the Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas, which dealth with pecuniary circumstances of and laws on emigration; general ordinances and laws on emigration; Auswanderungsagentur Fröbel; excerpts of emigrants' letters; reports on political, economic, and social conditions in the U.S. in the nineteenth century; publications by Rudolf Ruhe; and correspondence on emigration history.
    Also included are the publications Allgemeine Auswanderungszeitung-Organ für Kunden aus deutschen Ansiedlungen, für Rath und That zu Gunsten der fortziehenden Brüder sowie für Öffentlichkeit in Auswanderungssachen überhaupt, 1846-1870, and Der Pilot. This newspaper was founded by Rudolstadt publisher Günther Fröbel and contains information about emigration and emigrants' letters on political, social, and economic conditions in the new settlements of America. There also is some statistical material, maps and cards. The only other complete edition of this newspaper is located at London's British Museum.

    Finding aids:

  • Archivberatungsstelle Thüringen, ed., Archivführer Thüringen. Weimar, 1999, p. 59ff.
  • Hans Eberhardt, ed., Übersicht über die Bestände des Landesarchivs Rudolstadt. Weimar, 1964.
  • Zeitungen und Intelligenzblätter im Thüringischen Staatsarchiv Rudolstadt und der Außenstelle Greiz, Rudolstadt, 1993.

    • The finding book on the Bestand-Nachlaß Ruhe is available at the archives.


    Rüsselsheim

    178. Stadtarchiv Rüsselsheim

    Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4
    65424 Rüsselsheim

    Phone: (06142) 832-960 or 962
    Fax: (06142) 832-965
    Contact: Gudrun Senska, Andrea Neugebauer
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.; 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Rüsselsheim contains documents regarding emigration to America in the following entries: Abteilung XI, Konv. 4, Fasz.14: Auswanderungen, nach außerdeutschen Ländern, insbesondere nach Nordamerika, 1832-95; and Abteilung XI, Konv. 3, Fasz.14-17: Auswanderungen nach Amerika, which contains information about three families who emigrated to the U.S. (available for Rüsselsheim-Königstädten).


    Saarbrücken

    179. Stadtarchiv Saarbrücken

    Nauwieserstr. 3
    66111 Saarbrücken

    Phone: (0681) 905-1258
    Fax: (0681) 905-1215
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@saarbruecken.de
    Web site: www.saarbruecken.de
    Contact: Dr. Irmgard Christa Becker
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Mon. & Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Saarbrücken contains the following two entries concerning emigration to North America: Bestand Alt-Saarbrücken, Nr. 1560: Auswanderungen nach Nordamerika, 1832-3 and Bestand Alt-Saarbrücken, Nr. 783: Auswanderungen nach Amerika und Afrika, 1832-1902.
    There is additional material on emigration, especially during the nineteenth century, in the holdings of Alt-Saarbrücken, St. Johann, Malstatt-Burbach, and Großstadt.


    Sankt Augustin

    180. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.

    Postfach 14 20
    53732 Sankt Augustin

    Phone: (02241) 2 46-5 35
    Fax: (02241) 2 46-6 69
    E-mail: zentrale-wd@wd.kas.de
    Web site: www.kas.de
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is the principal repository of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Abteilung I: Nachlässe contains some papers with references to the United States, including:

  • The papers of Kurt Birrenbach (1907-87); chairman of the supervisory soard of August-Thyssen-Hütte AG, member of the German Bundestag, 1957-76: includes correspondence with Dean Acheson, George Ball, Robert Bowie, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Gerald Smith, Alexander Haig, John McCloy, Eugene V. Rostow, and Robert Strausz-Hupé (Sign. I - 433).
  • The papers of Christopher Emmet (1901-74); political publicist, secretary of the society American Friends of the Captive Nations: includes correspondence with Klaus Dohrn, Karl Theodor von Guttenberg, Hans Globke, Kurt Birrenbach, with German politicians from 1945 to 1974, as well as essays and articles (Sign. I - 97).
  • The papers of Heinrich Krone (1895-8); chairman of the the parliamentary group of the CDU in the Bundestag, federal minister for special missions; contains correspondence with Henry Kissinger on the German politics (Sign. I-28-12/16).
  • The papers of former Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904-88, Sign. I - 226) and former Secretary of State Gerhard Schröder (1910-89, Sign. I - 483) contain notes on conversations with Dean Acheson, John McCloy, Richard M. Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, George McGhee, Hubert Humphrey, Robert McNamara, and Paul Nitze.
  • The papers of Felix von Eckhardt (1903-79, Sign. I - 010) contain press interviews and notes on trips to the U.S., 1959-62.
  • The papers of Alfred Dregger (b. 1920, Sign. I - 347) contain notes on American security policy, 1978, trips to the U.S., and on a conversation with Ronald Reagan in 1988.
  • The papers of Hans Globke (1898-1973, Sign. I - 070) contain correspondence with Christopher Emmet, 1955-69.
  • The papers of Karl Gumbel (1909-84, Sign. I -142) contain conversations with Kai-Uwe von Hassel and Robert McNamara, 1964.
  • The papers of Herbert Willi Köhler (b. 1919, Sign. I - 224) contain correspondence with George McGhee and Richard M. Nixon, and proposals on American steel policy, 1963-83.

    • Finding aids:

  • Die Bestände des Archivs für Christlich-Demokratische Politik der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Kurzübersicht, 2d ed. Melle, 1986.


    • Schleswig

    181. Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein

    Prinzenpalais
    24837 Schleswig

    Phone: (04621) 86-1800
    Fax: (04621) 86-1801
    E-mail: LASH-SL@t-online.de
    Contact: Hartmut Haase
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Schleswig contains records on emigration from Schleswig-Holstein to the United States and Canada. These are covered in the article by Reimer Witt, "Quellen des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesarchivs zur Überseeauswanderung aus Schleswig-Holstein," in: Kai Detlev Sievers, ed., Die deutsche und skandinavische Amerikaauswanderung im 19. Und 20. Jahrhundert, vol. 3, pp. 73-87.


    Schwäbisch Hall

    182. Kreisarchiv Schwäbisch Hall

    Münzstr. 1
    74523 Schwäbisch Hall

    Phone: (0791) 755-0
    Fax: (0791) 755-362
    Contact: Dr. Müller (755-398)
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Schwäbisch Hall holds records regarding emigration from the district of Schwäbisch Hall to the United States. Issues of citizenship and political emigration are addressed as well.

  • Auswanderungswesen: Instruktionen, Überwachung, Warnungen und dergl., 1851-1941 (1/398).
  • Auswandererbeförderung, Konzessionierung und Kautionsleistung der Auswanderungs-Agenten im Oberamtsbezirk, 1867-1942 (1/399).
  • Erfassung und Behandlung politischer Emigranten, 1933-9, 1944 (1/400).
  • Verlust des württembergischen Staatsbürgerrechts und Erwerb der Staatsangehörigkeit eines anderen deutschen Bundesstaates: Einzel-fälle, 1900-33 (1/401).
  • Entlassungen aus der württembergischen und deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit zwecks Auswanderung in außerdeutsche Staaten: Einzelfälle, A-F, G-O, P-W, 1884-1941 (1/402).

    • Additional lists of emigrants may be found in the local newspapers from the nineteenth century held at the Kreisarchiv. They also contain reports on the social and economic conditions of emigrants in the New World.
    Material is available that concerns the post-World War II period and activities in the former American zone of occupation. Towns that had American army posts, such as Schwäbisch Hall or Crailsheim, offer additional materials.

    Finding aids:

  • Hans P. Müller, ed., Findbuch des Bestandes 1 Oberamt/Landkreis (Schwäbisch) Hall 1802-1938/39 (mit Vorakten aus früheren Jahrhunderten, Nachakten bis ca. 1950), in: Archivinventare des Kreisarchivs Schwäbisch Hall, vol. 1. Schwäbisch Hall, 1996.


    • Schweinfurt

    183. Stadtarchiv Schweinfurt

    Martin-Luther-Platz 20
    97421 Schweinfurt

    Phone: (09721) 51383
    Fax: (09721) 51728
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@schweinfurt.de
    Web site: www.schweinfurt.de
    Contact: Mr. Strobl
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Tues. & Wed.; 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Schweinfurt holds records on emigration from Schweinfurt to North America, 1833-90 (Sign. VR III, I-B-6) and one map for emigrants to North America by F. Wimmer, 1852 (Sign. Slg. Rückert, H 63).


    Schwerin

    184. Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin

    Graf-Schack-Allee 2
    19053 Schwerin

    Phone: (0385) 59 296-0
    Fax: (0385) 59 296-12
    E-mail: LHA.Schwerin@t-online.de
    Web site: www.landeshauptarchiv-schwerin.de
    Contact: Christa Sieverkropp
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The central archive of the state of Mecklenburg, which is located in Schwerin, contains numerous records (bound into volumes by the archive) on emigration from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, including the following:

  • Auswanderung, darunter Amerika, 10 vols., 1853-71 (2.22-10/1 Domanialamt Boizenburg).
  • Verzeichnis der seit 1857 aus dem Amt Crivitz mit Konsens ausgewanderten Personen, 1 vol. (2.22-10/5 Domanialamt Crivitz).
  • Auswandererverzeichnis, 1854-1900; Auswanderungen 1889-1909, 2 vols. (2.22-10/6 Domanialamt Dargun-Gnoien-Neukalen).
  • Auswanderung von Untertanen im Amt Doberan, 1773, 1 vol. (2.22-10/7 Domanialamt Doberan).
  • Maßnahmen zur Regelung der Auswanderung nach Amerika für das Amtsgebiet, 1851-1907. 1 vol.; Bearbeitung von Auswanderungsanträgen, 1857-69. 1 vol. (2.22-10/9 Domanialamt Feldberg).
  • Auswanderungskonsense für die Untertanen des Amtes Gadebusch, 1870-92. 3 vols. (2.22-10/11 Domanialamt Gadebusch-Rehna).
  • Auswanderung nach Amerika, 1853-65, 1 vol.; Auswanderung, 1865-90. 5 vols.; Rückkehr von Amerika-Auswanderern nach Mecklenburg 1872, 1 vol. (2.22-10/18 Domanialamt Lübz-Goldberg-Plau-Marnitz).
  • Überwachung von Auswanderungen nach Amerika, 1851-88. 1 vol.; Anweisungen und Richtlinien zur Regelung und Erfassung der Auswanderung, 1851-1913. 2 vols.; Bearbeitung von Auswanderungsgesuchen, 1857-82, 1904. 5 vols. (2.22-10/19 Domanialamt Mirow).
  • Auswanderung nach Amerika 1853-71, Auswanderungen 1833-66. 1 vol. (2.22-10/22 Domanialamt Ribnitz).
  • Auswanderung von Amtseinwohnern und Auswanderungskonsense, Verordnungen über die Auswanderung nach außereuropäischen Ländern, 1848-93. 10 vols. (2.22-10/24 Domanialamt Schwerin).
  • Auswanderungsgesuche im Amtsgebiet und Staatsangehörigkeitssachen, 1870-98. 1 vol. (2.22-10/27 Domanialamt Strelitz).
  • Auswanderung einzelner Personen und Familien nach Amerika, 1851-88. 48 vols. ; Auswanderung der Amtseingesessenen nach Amerika und die ihnen zu erteilenden Vorschriften, 1853-1902, 1 vol. (2.22-10/30 Domanialamt Warin-Neukloster-Sternberg-Tempzin).
  • Auswanderung von Amtsangehörigen und Angehörigen des früheren Amtes Goldberg, 1857-81. 2 vols. (2.22-10/34 Domanialamt Wredenhagen).
  • Ehescheidungen auf Grund von Auswanderungen (including letters and writings of emigrants), 1823-77. 22 vols. (2.23-3 Justizkanzleien Güstrow, Rostock und Schwerin).
  • Auswanderung nach Nordamerika, 1972. 1 vol. ; Deutsche Aussiedler in Neuschottland und Südkarolina, 1789 and 1844. 2 vols.; Konsulatstätigkeit, 1823-35. 3 vols. (2.26-1 Großherzogliches Kabinett I).
  • Aussagen über eine in Hamburg eingerichtete Werbeanstalt für Amerika, 1819. 1 vol. ; Bericht des Gutsbesitzers Bornemann über seine im Auftrage des Ritterschaftlichen Amtes Güstrow unternommene Reise in die USA zur Erkundung der Lebensbedingungen der mecklenburgischen Auswanderer, besonders der ausgewanderten mecklenburgischen Landarbeiter, 1874. 1 vol.; Beförderung von Auswandereren von Hamburg nach Amerika, Ausbruch der Cholera während der Überfahrt, 1868. 1 vol.; Vereine und Verbände im Bezug zur USA (including the Zentralverband der Veteranen und Krieger in Philadelphia, the Verein zur Pflege der Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und den USA, the Frauenverein des Roten Kreuzes für Deutsche in Übersee, the Deutscher Veteranenbund in New York, and the The International Code Company in New York), 1896-1941. 5 vols.; Übermittlung eines Berichts über den 1904 in St. Louis, USA, abgehaltenen Weltkongreß der Gesetzgeber und Juristen durch V.N. Porter, 1906. 1 vol.; Ausbildung junger Leute zu amerikanischen Predigern, 1898-1903. 1 vol. (5.2-1 Großherzogliches Kabinett III/Großherzogliches Sekretariat).
  • Handelsbeziehungen zwischen dem Deutschen Reich und den USA, 1880-1916. 1 vol.; Vertrag mit den USA über die Staatsangehörigkeit der Einwanderer, 1862-8. 1 vol; Verträge mit ausländischen Staaten über den Schutz von Werken der Literatur, Kunst und Fotographie, 1869-1916. 1 vol. (4.11-1 Mecklenburg-Strelitzsche Landesregierung und Geheimes Staatsministerium).
  • Gesetz über die Ratifikation des Freundschafts-, Handels- und Konsularvertrages zwischen dem Deutschen Reich und den USA, 1922-8. 1 vol.; Konsulat der USA in Hamburg, 1905, 1922-33. 1 vol. (4.12-2/1 Mecklenburg-Strelitzsches Staatsministerium).
  • Verkehr zwischen den deutschen und amerikanischen Behörden in Polizeiangelegenheiten, 1911, 1924, 1930. 1 vol.; Verzeichnis der von 1863-1933 erteilten Auswanderungskonsense, 1 vol.; Erteilung von Entlassungsurkunden aus dem Mecklenburg-Strelitzschen Staatsverband, 1908-33. 10 vols.; Handelsbeziehungen mit den USA, 1912-25. 2 vols.; Überwachung und Behandlung von Nord-, Süd- und Deutschamerikanern während des 1. Weltkrieges, 1917-18. 1 vol. (4.12-3/1 Mecklenburg-Strelitzsches Ministerium, Abteilung des Innern).
  • Beziehungen zu den Staaten von Nordamerika, 1860-1941. 1 vol.; Beitritt Mecklenburgs zu dem Vertrag vom 16. Juni 1852 über die gegenseitige Auslieferung flüchtiger Verbrecher, 1853-4. 1 vol.; Auswanderung nach Nord- und Mittelamerika, 1857-1911. 1 vol.; Wohlthätigkeitsvereine in den Staaten von Nordamerika, Pflege des protestantischen Gottesdienstes in den USA, 1856-95. 1 vol.; Zusammenstellung der Freundschafts-, Handels-, Schiffahrts-, Konsular- und anderen Verträge Mecklenburgs und des reiches mit anderen Staaten, darunter Amerika, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 2 vols.; Verhältnisse und Anstellung der mecklenburgischen Konsuln in Nordamerika, 1823-93. 5 vols.; Mandatore in den nordamerikanischen Freistaaten, 1867-8. 1 vol.; Konsulate (Chicago, Halifax, St. Louis, Quebec), 1855-77. 4 vols.; Handelsverhältnisse mit Nordamerika, 1834-95. 2 vols.; Seezeichen an den nordamerikanischen Küsten, 1861-77. 1 vol.; Reklamationen bei Heranziehung von Bürgern zum Militärdienst in Nordamerika bzw. in Mecklenburg, 1862-3. 1 vol.; Verlassenschaften im Ausland verstorbener Mecklenburger, 1831-1927. 5 vols.; Beglaubigung von Urkunden für den Gebrauch in den Staaten von Nordamerika, Kuba und den Staaten Mittelamerikas, 1925-40. 1 vol. (5.12-2/1 Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Ministerium der Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten).
  • Handelsbeziehungen mit Amerika, 1875-1934. 3 vols.; Deutsches Auslieferungsgesetz und Auslieferungsverträge u.a. mit den USA, 1897-1931. 1 vol.; Postdampfschiffverbindung mit überseeischen Ländern, 1884-93. 1 vol.
  • Records of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Consulate in St. Louis in 5.12-2/5 Mecklenburg-Schwerinsche Konsulate im Reich und im Ausland: Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Konsulat in St. Louis, 1857-72. 1 vol. (5.12-2/3 Mecklenburgische Gesandtschaft in Berlin).
  • Agentenberichte über die Auswanderung, u.a. nach Nordamerika, 1853-74. 8 vols.; Berichte der Ortsobrigkeiten über Auswanderungen, 1856-66. 9 vols.; Auswandererlisten, Überseeische Auswanderung aus Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1868-71. 4 vols.; Auswanderungskonsense, 1826-1947. 12 vols. 287 Spezialakten, 1863-1947, including America; Auslandsnachlaßsachen, 1919-42. 2 vols.; Internationale Ausstellung von Erzeugnissen der Künste und der Industrie in Philadelphia 1876. 1 vol.; Weltausstellung in Chicago, 1893. 1 vol.; Weltausstellung in St. Louis, 1904. 1 vol.; Überwachung der Amerikaner während des I. Weltkrieges, 1917-18. 1 vol. (5.12-3/1 Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Ministerium des Innern).

    • Finding aids: Finding aids may be consulted at the archives.


    185. Landeskirchliches Archiv

    Münzstr. 8-10
    19010 Schwerin

    Phone: (0385) 5185-148
    Fax: (0385) 5185-170
    Contact: Erhard Piersig
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Mon. & Tues.; 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wed. & Thurs., afternoons by prior appointment.

    Holdings:
    The district church archive in Schwerin holds three major collections on emigration from Mecklenburg to North America:

  • Kirchenbücher der Kirchgemeinden der Ev.-Luth. Landeskirche Mecklenburgs, circa 1600-1971 (size: approx. 4,600 volumes from 400 parishes).
  • Anfragen der Pastoren bei zweifelhaften Anträgen auf Trauung Auswanderwilliger und die dazu ergangenen Entscheidungen des Oberkirchenrats, which includes seventy-five proceedings from sixty parishes of the grand duchy of Mecklenburg, 1849-71 (Bestand Oberkirchenrat der Ev-Luth. Landeskirche Mecklenburgs, Generalia II 29a).
  • Erteilung des Abendmahles vor der Auswanderung, which contains reports from twenty-two parishes of the grand duchy of Mecklenburg, 1852-71 (Bestand Oberkirchenrat der Ev-.Luth. Landeskirche Mechlenburgs, Generalia II 26c).

    • Finding aids:

  • Erhard Piersig, "Quellenlage zur Auswanderung in den Archiven der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Mecklenburgs," in: Vorträge zur mecklenburgischen Familienforschung, 6/7 (1998): 43-53.


    • 186. Stadtarchiv

    Johannes-Stelling-Str. 2
    19053 Schwerin

    Phone: (0385) 562970
    E-mail: stadtarchiv.schwerin@t-online.de
    Web site: www.schwerin.de/sthaus/svw/d3/d3.htm
    Contact: Dr. Bernd Kasten
    Business hours: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Schwerin contains records regarding North America, which are found in the files of the guardianship and probate court and cover the nineteenth century. The court corresponded with some children of emigrants regarding personal papers. Bestand Vormundschafts- und Nachlaßgericht, of which these records are a part, totals about 25,000 individual records. A name index is available.

    Finding aids: For an initial overview, refer to:

  • Manfred Krieck, "40 Jahre Stadtarchiv Schwerin: Eine Bilanz," in: Archivmitteilungen: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis des Archivwesens, 4 (1989): 126-7.


    • Siegburg

    187. Archiv und Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek des Rhein-Sieg-Kreises

    Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1
    53705 Siegburg

    Phone: (02241) 13-2567
    Fax: (02241) 13-3271
    E-mail: monika.marner@rhein-sieg-kreis.de and Volker.fuchs@rhein-sieg-kreis.de
    Contact: Dr. Heinrich Linn (Archivleiter), Volker Fuchs, Monika Marner
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Siegburg holds two records on emigration that cover the period between 1880 and 1913 (Bestand: Landratsamt Siegkreis, LSK 950 and LSK 225).

    Finding aids: A CD-Rom entitled "Auswanderer aus dem Rheinland" was compiled by the North Rhine-Westphalian State Archive at Düsseldorf in 1997 and is available in German and English. It contains information on the majority of those who emigrated from the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.


    Siegen

    188. Stadtarchiv Siegen

    Oranienstr. 15
    57072 Siegen

    Phone: (0271) 404-3901
    Fax: (0271) 404-3900
    Contact: Herr Menk
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Mon. & Tues.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Siegen contains emigrant letters from the nineteenth century. They are part of the Sammlung Irle and the Sammlung Güthing. The archive also holds publications edited by the Memorial Foundation of German Colonies of Virginia (some as reprints). This foundation was established by descendants of emigrants from the principality of Nassau-Siegen, mainly between 1714 and 1717.


    Sigmaringen

    189. Kreisarchiv Sigmaringen

    Leopoldstr. 4
    7480 Sigmaringen

    Phone: (07571) 1020
    Fax: (07571) 102-439
    E-mail: Edwin.Weber@LRASIG.DE
    Contact: +Dr. Edwin Weber
    Business hours: +8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.

    Holdings:
    The records at the district archive in Sigmaringen contain references to emigration. Many records merely mention that emigration occurred and the names of the emigrants, others refer to the economic and, in the case of the 1848/49 Revolution, political context. The following entries are most relevant: Stadtarchiv Meßkirch, Bestand I, Nos. 1620-1626, Stadtarchiv Pfullendorf, Bestand I, Number XIV/1-3, Kreisarchiv Sigmaringen, Bestand XII-1995/12: Bezirksamt Pfullendorf und Überlingen/Landratsamt Überlingen (1852-1956). Also helpful is an article by Artur Sauter, "Auswandererschicksal in Amerika-100jährige Briefe Meßkircher Bürger," in: Hegau 10 (1965): 307-41.

    Finding aids: A collection of finding aids may be consulted at the Kreisarchiv.


    190. Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen

    Postfach 1638
    72486 Sigmaringen

    Phone: (07571) 101-551
    Fax: (07151) 101-552
    E-mail: staatsarchiv@sig.lad-bw.de
    Web site: www.lad-bw.de/stas
    Business hours: 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Fri.
    Note: Prior appointment is advisable.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Sigmaringen contains documents on emigration from Hohenzollern and the southern part of Württemberg from circa 1800 to 1920. Researchers should consult the holdings of the Oberämter, Obervogteiämter, the Prussian government in Sigmaringen, and the Sigmaringen city archive; there are about 100 files on emigration. The holdings of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern (part of the French zone of occupation after World War II) may contain some documents referring to issues of American occupation and American participation in German reconstruction. The state archive also contains extensive records on General Friedrich von Steuben.

    Finding aids:

  • Die Bestände des Staatsarchivs Sigmaringen, vol. II: Südwürttemberg (Wü- und R-Bestände 1806-1996). Stuttgart, 2000.
  • Gebhard Füßler, ed., Auswanderung in Hohenzollern: Auswanderungsakten und -verzeichnisse in den Beständen Ho 1-420 und Dep.1 des Staatsarchivs Sigmaringen. Sigmaringen, 1985.

    • An overview of the archive's holdings is available on its Web site.


    Solingen

    191. Stadtarchiv Solingen

    Gasstr. 22b
    42657 Solingen

    Phone: (0202) 290-3631
    Fax: (0212) 290-3648
    E-mail: stadtarchiv@solingen.de
    Web site: www.solingen.de/stadtarchiv
    Contact: Ursula Martin
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Thurs. & Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Solingen offers a number of unique papers that provide an interesting view into late nineteenth and early twentieth century emigrant life:

  • The Nachlaß Groß-Solinger Heimathilfe USA contains the records of the Groß-Solinger Heimathilfe, which was founded 1946 in Irvington, N.J., by former citizens of Solingen and their descendants. The Heimathilfe sent gifts in kind to the less fortunate in Solingen, mostly at hospitals, homes for the elderly, and orphanages. One of its subordinate organizations was the Sängerchor Newark. From 1946-9 the foundation sent approximately twenty-five tons of goods to Germany. The holdings comprise various papers and photos documenting the work of the Groß-Solinger Heimathilfe USA (Sign. GA 964).
  • The Nachlaß Rudolf Cronau contains material on this writer, journalist, researcher, and painter who was born in Solingen in 1855 and died in New York in 1939. In 1877 Cronau was elected chairman of the Leipziger Künstlerverein. He worked for the Gartenlaube, then traveled to the U.S. and worked there as a journalist for the Kölnische Zeitung and other newspapers, where he investigated German culture. Cronau was a member of several German organizations. His papers contain diaries, writings, and collections of articles (Sign. Na 47; finding book available).
  • The Nachlaß Familie Knecht contains a letter, dated 1850, by Constantin Julius Peiper to Peter Knecht on the conditions that emigrants face, as well as a description of a sugar company and its production (Sign. Na 6-12). Additional letters from the U.S. by members of the Knecht family may be found as part of the Sammlung 01 Knecht.


    • Speyer

    192. Bischöfliches Ordinariat Speyer

    Bistumsarchiv
    Kl. Pfaffengasse 16
    67346 Speyer

    Phone: (06232) 102-256
    Fax: (06232) 102-477
    E-mail: bistumsarchiv@bistum-speyer.de
    Web site: www.kath.de/bistum/speyer
    Contact: Frau Rieß-Stumm
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
    Note: Prior appointment is desired.

    Holdings:
    This archive of the Bishopric of Speyer contains records concerning emigration, the spiritual care of emigrants, reports about nineteenth-century church life in the U.S., and some records on the U.S. occupation of the Speyer region.
    The Älteres Archiv contains material on emigration, specifically:

  • two printed works of the Catholic Committee for the Assistance of German Emigrants, 1873 (ÄA 30).
  • a 1925 inquiry by the diocesan clergy concerning the spiritual care of emigrants, 1925 (ÄA 30).
  • two letters by an emigrant in Philadelphia, 1831/32 (ÄA 171).
  • two letters by emigrants in Cincinnati, 1849, 1852 (ÄA 189).
  • two letters on behalf of the organization of a station of sisters in Chevelah, 1930 (ÄA 448).
  • a report on missionary activities by two American Mormons in Ludwigshafen, 1880 (ÄA 661).

    • The Bischöfliches Archiv contains important material in the folowing entries:
  • Bischof Daniel Bonifatius von Haneberg, 1872-6, contains material on the emigration of citizens of the Palatinate to the U.S., missionary activities, and a call for contributions by the Bishop of Speyer published in the Catholic Press of America (Bestand A-XI).
  • Bischof Joseph Wendel, 1943-52, contains material on the delivery of potatoes from the American Zone of Occupation in Bavaria to the Palatinate in 1946, material on CARE (A-XVI-4), and reports on assistance from America, 1945-8 (A-XVI-16, Bestand A-XVI).
  • Some reports on church life in the United States may be found in the newspaper Der Christliche Pilger (since 1848).


    • 193. Landesarchiv Speyer

    Otto-Mayer-Str. 9
    67346 Speyer

    Phone: (06232) 9192-0
    Fax: (06232) 9192-100
    Contact: Dr. Maier
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Speyer contains records regarding the emigration of citizens from Rheinhessen-Pfalz to North America. The most important collections for the eighteenth century are: Bestand A2: Kurpfalz, Akten; Bestand B2: Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Akten; Bestand C20: Hanau-Lichtenberg, Akten; and Bestand F11-F30: Ausfauteiakten. Records from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries may be found in the Bestände H1 and H3: Bayerische Regierung der Pfalz and in the holdings of the Bezirksämter of the Palatinate and Kreisämter of Rheinhessen. Bestand J1: Oberlandesgericht Zweibrücken, Akten, contains lawsuits against political refugees who emigrated to North America after the failed Revolution of 1848.
    Numerous references to emigration to North America may be found ing the records of the notaries' offices of Rheinhessen and the Palatinate (Bestände K1-K46, K51-K65), others in the land registry records (L51-L70). More than fifty archives of rural communes, which are all housed at the Landesarchiv Speyer, contain material on emigration from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
    In addition, there are entries dealing with German troops in America:

  • Nachlaß Rudolf Karl Tröss contains material on the history of the regiment Royal Deux-Ponts during the Revolutionary War (Bestand V 73).
  • Bestand X12 holds a series of 168 color slides on the same topic.
  • Bestand X5 contains a microfilm version of the periodical Der Pfälzer in Amerika, 1884-1917.

    • Finding aids:

  • Karl-Heinz Debus, ed., "Inventar der Quellen zur Geschichte der Auswanderung im Landesarchiv Speyer," in: Inventar der Quellen zur Geschichte der Auswanderung 1500-1914 in den staatlichen Archiven von Rheinland-Pfalz und dem Saarland. Koblenz, 1976, pp. 189-443.


    • Stade

    194. Stadtarchiv Stade

    Johannisstr. 5
    21682 Stade

    Phone: (04141) 401-460
    Fax: (04141) 401-462
    Contact: Dr. Jürgen Bohmbach
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Stade holds records related to the United States in several collections, running from the eighteenth to the twentieth century:

  • Oberhauptmannschaft, Stadtvogtei und Struktur zu Bremen covers documents on recruitment, 1784-6 (Bestand Rep. 5f, Fach 2 Nr. 16a).
  • Geheime Räte zu Hannover betr. Bremen-Verden has a record on the import of American wheat, 1788 (Bestand Rep. 31).
  • Kurfürstlich hannoversche Regierung zu Stade 1712/15-1803 deals with emigration matters and American ships on the Elbe River (Bestand Rep. 40, Rep. 40 Nr. 122/127). This entry is made accessible by a finding book.
  • Landdrostei Stade 1815/23-1885 contains several records on emigration, among them two volumes on the Nachweisungsbüro für Auswanderer aus Bremen, 1851-68, as well as a book with entries on all passengers of the Bremen shipping concern Klingenberg (Bestand Rep. 80). The entry is made accessible through use of a finding aid.

    • Several documents may be found as part of the Ämter-Bestand. They cover all aspects of emigration, in most cases from the nineteenth century. Among these, the most promising entries are Rep. 74: Bremervörde, Rep. 74: Dorum, Rep. 74: Freiburg an der Elbe, Rep. 74: Hagen, Rep. 74: Himmelpforten, Rep. 74: Rotenburg, and Rep. 74: Westen-Thedinghausen.

    Finding aids:

  • Erich Weise, ed., Geschichte des Niedersächsischen Staatsarchivs in Stade nebst Übersicht seiner Bestände. Göttingen, 1964.


    • Stuttgart

    195. Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte in der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek

    Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 8
    70173 Stuttgart
    Postfach 10 54 41
    70047 Stuttgart

    Phone: (0711) 212 4516
    Fax: (0711) 212 4517
    E-mail: bfz@wlb-stuttgart.de
    Web site: www.wlb-stuttgart.de/bfz
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte in Stuttgart holds a substantial collection of literature on twentieth-century American and Canadian history. Based on a rich collection of literature about both World Wars, the main emphasis is on military conflict, foreign policy, domestic policy, and the social history of both countries.
    Besides the actual library holdings (currently approximately 310,00), there are special collections concerning the years 1914-45 and the period from 1965 to the present. The Archivalische Sammlungen contain photograph and poster collections, as well as numerous pamphlets, including leaflets dropped from airplanes during both World Wars.
    The collection of theDokumentationsstelle für unkonventionelle Literatur contains "gray literature" not available through bookstores. There are numerous brochures, magazines, and leaflets on foreign policy, defense policy, the American troops in Germany, and the Vietnam War dating from 1968 to the present. The library also contains the following microfilm records:

  • Admiral Nimitz Command Survey: Running Estimate and Summary, 1941-5, three microfilms. Wilmington, Del., 1984.
  • Afghanistan: An American Perspective, 755 microfiches. Bethesda, Md., 1986.
  • CINCPACFLT interim evaluation reports: Korea, 1950-3, six microfilms. Wilmington, Del., 1978.
  • Deutschland: Gebiet unter Alliierter Besatzung. Internationaler Militärgerichtshof: Trials of War Criminals Before International Military Tribunals, November 1945-October 1946, 266 microfiches. Washington, D.C., 1971.
  • The First World War: A Documentary Record. Series 1, Part 3: Allied Propaganda, twenty microfilms. Reading, Pa., 1993.
  • The Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File, edited by David J. Garrow, part 1: main file, sixteen microfilms. Frederick, Md., 1984; part 2: The King-Levison File, nine microfilms. Frederick, Md., 1987.
  • Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression: Opinion and Judgment. US Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Washington 1946-1948, 188 microfiches. Washington, D.C., 1971.
  • Strategic Planning in the U.S. Navy: Its Evolution and Execution, 1891-1945, sixteen microfilms. Wilmington, Del., 1977.
  • U.S. Department of State: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: Palestine; United Nations Activities, 1945-1949, (Decimal Numbers 501.BB Palestine and 501.MA Palestine), fourteen microfilms. Frederick, Md., 1987.
  • U.S. Naval Security Group Command: Intelligence Reports on the War in the Atlantic, 1942-1945, Released by the Department of the Navy, one microfilm. Wilmington, Del., 1980.
  • The U.S. Army in the World War: 1917-1919, six microfilms. Wilmington. Del., 1986.
  • Vietnam: A Documentary Collection. Westmoreland v. CBS, 1010 microfiches. New York, 1985.
  • The World War I Survey: Papers compiled from the U.S. Army Military History Institute Collection, Carlisle Barracks, edited by R. Dale Grinder, thirty-nine microfilms. Frederick, Md., 1985.


    • 196. Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg

    Oberkirchenrat
    Landeskirchliches Archiv
    Gänsheidestr. 4
    70184 Stuttgart

    Phone: (0711) 21 49-373
    Fax: (0711) 21 49-236
    E-mail: archiv@elk-wue.de
    Contact: Michael Bing
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The archive of the Protestant Church in Württemberg contains the following items regarding North American religious history: Bestand A 26: Allgemeine Kirchenakten des ehemaligen Konsistoriums, which includes material on German parishes in North America and spiritual assistance by theologians from Württemberg, 1732-72 (373); the Home Mission, 1876-1923 (375-377); collections for North American parishes, 1835-43 (886); and the separatists (470ff).

    Finding aids:

  • Gerhard Schäfer, ed., "Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart: Übersicht über die Bestände und Inventar der Allgemeinen Kirchenakten," in: Inventare der nichtstaatlichen Archive in Baden-Württemberg 16 (1972).


    • 197. Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart

    Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 4
    70173 Stuttgart

    Phone: (0711) 212-4335
    Fax: (0711) 212-4360
    E-mail: Hauptstaatsarchiv@S.lad-bw.de
    Web site: www.lad-bw.de/hstas/index.htm
    Contact: Dr. Kretzschmar
    Business hours: 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.; 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tues. & Wed.; 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The main state archive in Stuttgart is the principal repository of the state government of Baden-Württemberg and its predecessors. Numerous entries at the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart contain references to the relations of the state of Baden-Württemberg and its predecessor states with the U.S. and Canada, particularly Württembergisches Ministerium der Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten (Bestand E 40) and its diplomatic missions (E 50 and E 70); and the Staatsministerium and ministries after 1945 (EA).
    There also is a database on emigrants from Württemberg, the Glatzle-Auswanderer-Datei (www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de), that lists some 51,000 people who emigrated from Württemberg during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

    Finding aids:

  • Wolfgang Schmierer and Bernhard Theil, eds., Übersicht über die Bestände des Hauptstaatsarchivs Stuttgart: Kabinett, Geheimer Rat, Ministerien 1806-1945 (E-Bestände), in: Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, vol. 33. Stuttgart, 1997.

    • Printed finding aids are also available for other record groups. The complete guide is available at: www.lad-bw.de/hstas.


    198. Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA) e.V.

    Bibliothek und Dokumentation
    Charlottenplatz 17
    70173 Stuttgart
    Postfach 10 24 63
    70020 Stuttgart

    Phone: (0711) 22 25-147
    Fax: (0711) 2 26 43 46
    E-mail: bibliothek@ifa.de
    Web site: www.ifa.de
    Contact: Gudrun Czekalla
    Business hours: 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., Fri.; 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Wed.

    Holdings:
    The IfA Library is the largest library in the German-speaking world that specializes in material on international cultural relations with foreign countries. German-language press abroad is another major area of specialization. The library contains collections on German-American and German-Canadian cultural relations, German emigration to the United States and Canada, the culture of German-speaking people in America, and matters of intercultural communication between North America and Germany.
    German-language newspapers from the U.S. and Canada are available on microfilm through 1945; newspapers still available today are microfilmed beginning in 1972 and may be obtained through interlibrary loan.

    Finding aids:

  • "Die deutsch-amerikanischen Kulturbeziehungen seit 1990," Literaturauswahl, Ifa-Bibliothek-Literaturrecherchen 10.


    • 199. Stadtarchiv Stuttgart

    Silberburgstr. 191
    70178 Stuttgart

    Phone: (0711) 216-7141
    Fax: (0711) 216-4456
    Contact: Dr. Bernhard Neidiger (216-4498)
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Stuttgart has some entries pertaining to emigration, including emigration to America, 1817-97 (twenty-three records), and from 1899 to 1935 (one record).


    200. Stiftung Bundespräsident-Theodor-Heuss-Haus

    Im Himmelsberg 16
    70192 Stuttgart

    Phone: (0711) 95 59 85 -0
    Fax: (0711) 95 59 85-30
    E-mail: wolfgang.becker@stiftung-heuss-haus.de
    Web site: www.stiftung-heuss-haus.de
    Contact: Dr. Wolfgang Becker
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Fri. Extended hours by appointment.

    Holdings:
    The original estate of Theodor Heuss is located at the Bundesarchiv Koblenz (political papers) and the Literaturarchiv Marbach (literary papers); another part of a mainly private nature is held by the Heuss family. The Heuss-Haus thus offers most of its documents as reproductions on microfilm only. The following material concerns American-German relations and Canadian-German relations:

  • Political Estate of Theodor Heuss contains material related to the reception of Herbert Hoover on November 23, 1954; a final report by German Ambassador Pfeiffer after his inspection tour of West German missions in the United States and Canada, 1955; material on Theodor Heuss' visit to Canada and the U.S. in June 1958 (including reports by Konrad Adenauer on his visit in 1953); records related to the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker, November 7, 1958; and correspondence with the Allied High Commissioners, 1948-61.
  • Records pertaining to Heuss' term as federal president contain material on diplomatic relations between West Germany and the United States, as well as West Germany and Canada; relations with the United States, 1949-59 (including correspondence with prominent Americans; notes on political, cultural, and church matters of the U.S.; relations with High Commissioner George McCloy; and his official visit to the U.S. in 1958); relations with Canada, 1950-9 (including material on the official visit of Prime Minister Louis Stephen St.-Laurent to the Federal Republic in 1954 and Heuss' official visit in Canada in 1958; and German-Jewish relations in Canada).


    • Trier

    201. Stadtarchiv Trier

    Postfach 3470
    54224 Trier

    Phone: (0651) 718-1421
    Fax: (0651) 718-1428
    Contact: Dr. Eva Seidenfaden
    Business hours: By prior appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The city library and archive of Trier contain records related to German-American cultural relations and emigration. It also holds a few unique entries:

  • The Alt-Bestand contains rare books from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries on North America and California.
  • The Deutsch-amerikanische Bibliothek is a collection of nearly 3,000 volumes of American books donated to Trier by the American government after World War II. Formerly housed at the Europa Haus, the present collection of over 6,000 books has been in the city library since 1957.

    • Finding aids: Records related to emigration are easily accessible due to the work of Josef Mergen, done in the 1950s. They accessible through the indices and the Mergen volumes. Additional resources include:

  • Berndt Dugall, ed., Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland. Volume 6: Hessen-M-Z. Rheinland-Pfalz-A-Z. Hildesheim, 1993, p. 238f.
  • Gunther Franz, ed., Armaria Trevirensia: Beiträge zur Trierer Bibliotheksgeschichte, 2d ed. Wiesbaden, 1985, p. 199.
  • Reiner Nolden, ed., Die Amerika-Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Trier: Landkreis Trier, Saarburg, Prüm, Bernkastel, Bitburg, Wittlich, Stadtkreis Trier, Daun. Alphabetischer Personennamenindex zu Josef Mergen. Trier, 1995.


    • Tübingen

    202. Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

    Universitätsarchiv
    Wilhelmstr. 32 (U-Bonatzbau)
    72074 Tübingen

    Phone: (07071) 29-72857
    Fax: (07071) 29-5726
    E-mail: uat@uni-tuebingen.de
    Web site: www.uni-tuebingen.de/UAT
    Contact: Dr. Johannes Michael Wischnath
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (reading room)

    Holdings:
    The university archive in Tübingen holds the records of the university administration, which document relations with American universities, American sponsors after World War I and World War II, and the granting of honorary doctoral degrees to American citizens. Records of students who came from North America or later emigrated to America are also in the archive.

    Finding aids: An overview is available on the university's home page. A detailed study based on the holdings of the university archive is USA-Tübingen: Die Amerikabeziehungen der schwäbischen Landesuniversität im Kaleidoskop. Eine Ausstellung des Universitätsarchivs Tübingen in Verbindung mit dem Akademischen Auslandsamt und der Abteilung für Amerikanistik am Seminar für Englische Philologie aus Anlaß des 200. Jahrestages der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit, edited by Volker Schäfer and Jens-Uwe Wandel with the assistance of Irmela Klöden, Tübingen, 1976 (part of Werkschriften des Universitätsarchivs Tübingen, vol. 2, no. 7). This volume includes a list of American honorary senators and honorary doctors at Tübingen University; statistics on American students, 1945-76; a list of nineteenth-century Tübingen students in the U.S.; and a list of Tübingen publications about America, 1945-76.


    203. Kreisarchiv Tübingen

    Postfach 19 29
    72009 Tübingen
    Doblerstr. 13
    72074 Tübingen

    Phone: (07071) 2 07-364
    Fax: (07071) 2 07-507
    Contact: Dr. Wolfgang Sannwald
    Business hours: By appointment only.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Tübingen contains emigrants' letters to America. They are part of Maintenance Bills and other holdings, but do not form a separate collection.


    204. Stadtarchiv Tübingen

    Postfach 2540
    72015 Tübingen

    Phone: (07071) 204-1305
    Fax: (07071) 204-1446
    E-mail: stadt@tuebingen.de
    Web site: www.tuebingen.de/archiv
    Contact: Udo Rauch, Antje Zacharias
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tues.; 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Tübingen does not possess specific entries related to the United States or Canada. However, there are references to the emigration of Tübingen citizens to America in several collections:

  • The Evangelische Gemeinschaft, a community of German emigrants to America, supported the construction of a small church in 1882, the Salemskirche (Bestand E10, 97), and, in 1960, a home for the elderly, the Luise-Wetzel-Stift.
  • The American film "Give them hope" (1947), produced by the group American Relief for Germany, is stored here.
  • Records and photographs of President Herbert Hoover's visit to the University of Tübingen in 1954 on the occasion of his being awarded an honorary doctorate (Bestand A200/1765 and Photo Collection).
  • Schwabenvereine, 1 fasc. (1927), 1928-9, 1949-50 contains documents regarding the relations of Tübingen with certain groups of emigrants (Best.-Nr.: A150/75).
  • Documents on the activities of the Deutsch-amerikanisches Institut, as well as records regarding the city sistership with Ann Arbor, Michigan (Bestand A 200 and others).


    • Tuttlingen

    205. Kreisarchiv Tuttlingen

    Postfach 4453
    78509 Tuttlingen

    Phone: (07461) 926-0
    Fax: (07461) 926-622
    Contact: Dr. Schuster
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Mon.-Wed., Fri.; 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Tuttlingen holds records on the region's emigrants to foreign countries and emigration agents, and holds emigration lists and letters from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (until 1968). These may be found as part of Bestand I (282-286) and Bestand: F-Schriften-Sammlung. Most of the smaller Gemeindearchive of the Landkreis Tuttlingen, which are housed at the Kreisarchiv, also contain material on emigration to North America.

    Finding aids: The study by Barbara Waibel contains references to the material at the Kreisarchiv Tuttlingen. Auswanderungen von Heuberg 1750-1900, 1992.
    Emigration from the eastern Baar and the Primtal are being researched by Jochen Krebber for his M.A. thesis.


    Ulm

    206. Landratsamt Alb-Donau-Kreis

    Kreisarchiv
    Postfach 2820
    89070 Ulm

    Phone: (0731) 1 85-1428
    Fax: (0731) 619 369
    E-mail: Silke.Schoettle@alb-donau-kreis.de
    Contact: Silke Schöttle
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Thurs.
    Note: Additional material on the Ulm region concerning loss of citizenship and emigration to America in the second half of the nineteenth century may be found at the Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg.

    Holdings:
    This district archive in Ulm contains records regarding specific emigration issues. Bestand Oberamt Blaubeuren contains records on the employment of workers through emigration companies in Brazil, Canada, and Chile, 1884-1906 (Sign.: 1551); the prohibition of enlisting emigrants in Germany by the Ministry of Württemberg, 1907; material on the Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, 1930-41 (both Sign.: 1553), and on the Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, 1924-39 (Sign.: 1554). The Bestand Oberamt Ulm contains additional material on emigration agencies in the district of Ulm in the first half of the twentieth century.
    Also of interest are the following records: Bestand OA-EHI Nr. 2443: Zulassung von Auswanderungsagenten und Agenturen der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie (1898-1936); Bestand OA-ULM Nr. 545: Übertragung der Aufgaben des französischen Konsulats in Stuttgart auf den amerikanischen Generalkonsul (1939); and Bestand OA-ULM Nr. 1099: Regelung des Schriftverkehrs mit amerikanischen Behörden (1922-4).

    Finding aids:

  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kreisarchive beim Landkreistag Baden-Württemberg, ed., Die Kreisarchive in Baden Württemberg: Aufgaben und Bestände. 1998.


    • 207. Stadtarchiv Ulm

    Schwörhaus
    Weinhof 12
    89070 Ulm

    Phone: (0731) 161-4220
    Fax: (0731) 161-1633
    E-mail: info@stadtarchiv.ulm.de
    Web site: www.stadtarchiv.ulm.de
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.; 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Ulm contains documents on emigration, the American military occupation, and more recent relations between Ulm and the United States. Emigration until 1810: Due to Ulm's former designation as a Reichstadt until 1802/3, emigrants from the city were forced to follow special registration procedures. References to emigration may thus be found within the records of some special offices and administrations.

  • For the period until 1810, the following entries should be consulted: Auswanderungsakten und Bürgerrechtsverzichte, 1704-1810 (A 3879-7991); Bürgermeisteramtsprotokolle, 1759-1803 (A 3917-3944); Pflegamtsprotokolle, 1637-1811 (A [6271]-[6411/1]); Council Protocols (Ratsprotokolle since 1501; A 3530, and register A 3531-3533).
  • For the years 1753 and 1754 there are three letters by emigrants from Langenau. Bartholomäus and Martin Bozenhardt complained about their fate as emigrants and advised their countrymen to stay in their home country (A 3890).
    • Post-1810:
  • Auswanderungen und Bürgerrechtsverzichte, 1810-1919 (B 122/53, 2-4) and Bestand: Auswanderungsagenturen, 1853-61 (B 122/53, 1) deal with issues of emigration.
  • Bestand: Schriftendokumentation covers a city partnership that began with the city of New Ulm, Minn., founded by emigrants from the Ulm region in 1854 (G 6 II 6.1). The first New Ulmers in some cases had to leave Germany for political reasons after the failed revolution of 1848. One was Wilhelm Pfänder, whose life is documented at the Stadtarchiv (G 2 Pfänder).
    • Postwar military occupation:
  • Records of the city administration pertaining to its relations with OMGUS, 1945-50 (B 160, B 060/70, 4 and 6), the records of the Besatzungskostenamt, 1945-57 (B 151) and sources on the re-education of German citizens (Amerikahaus Ulm, 1949-52/ B 060/71, 1).
    • Relations between Ulm and America during recent decades:
  • Newspaper reports on Ulm citizens who emigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1945 may be found in Auslandsulmer (G 6 III 2.4).
  • Further contact with Americans on the local level existed between 1951 and 1991 with American troops stationed at Neu-Ulm (Bavaria, G 6 II 9.20 ff). American soldiers, for example, gave donations on the occasion of the Bürgeraktion Münsterfenster in 1976 (G 6 X 6.12.6).
  • The most recent entry on German-American relations in the Ulm region is the case of the German-American Corps, founded in Ulm in April 1993 (G 6 II 9.19).

    • Finding aids:

  • Otto Wiegandt, "Ulm als Stadt der Auswanderer," in: Ulm und Oberschwaben 31 (1941): 88-114.
  • Werner Hacker, "Auswanderungen aus dem Territorium der Reichsstadt Ulm, vor allem im ausgehenden 17. Und 18. Jahrhundert," in: Ulm und Oberschwaben 42/43 (1978): 161-257.


    • Verden

    208. Landkreis Verden-Kreisarchiv

    Lindhooper Str. 67
    27283 Verden (Aller)

    Phone: (04231) 15-0 or 15-200
    Fax: (04231) 15-603
    Contact: Rolf Allerheiligen
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Verden contains some records on emigration from the Verden region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


    Weimar

    209. Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv

    Stiftung Weimarer Klassik
    Postfach 2012
    99401 Weimar

    Phone: (03643) 54 52 40
    Fax: (03643) 54 52 41
    E-mail: gsa@weimar-klassik.de
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Fri.
    Note: Documents at the Goethe-und Schiller-Archiv are available by name, not topic. Therefore, systematic research on topics related to the United States or Canada is not possible. Initial information may be obtained by using the Bestandsverzeichnis des Goethe- und Schiller-Archivs, edited by Karl-Heinz Hahn.

    Finding aids:

  • Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, ed., Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Goethe- und Schillerarchiv. Weimar, 1993.

    • Additional finding aids may be consulted at the archives.


    210. Stadtarchiv Weimar

    Kleine Teichgasse 6
    Postfach 2014
    99421 Weimar

    Phone: (03643) 88 75 0
    Fax: (03643) 88 75 99
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tues.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Weimar contains some thematic references to emigration (Sign. NA II-5-14, NA III-7-5, NA III-7-16, HA III-8-2, HA III-8-6, HA III-8-7, HA III-8-26). In addition, there are records refering to an American Teacher's Day in 1912 (Sign.: NA II-11a-33) and a map collection includes a map of California, dated 1849 (Sign.: 70 9/884).

    Finding aids:

  • Gitta Günther and Lothar Wallraf, Das Stadtarchiv Weimar und seine Bestände. Weimar, 1967.
  • Gitta Günther, Das Stadtarchiv Weimar. Weimar, 1998.


    • 211. Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar

    Marstallstr. 2, or
    Beethovenplatz 3
    99423 Weimar
    Postfach 2726
    99408 Weimar

    Phone: (03643) 8700
    Fax: (03643) 870-100
    E-mail: thhstaweimar@thueringen.de
    Web site: www.thueringen.de/staatsarchive
    Contact: Dr. Boblenz
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.
    Note: The pre-1920 records are kept in the Beethovenplatz location of the archive, and the most recent collections are stored at the Marstallstrasse.

    Holdings:
    The main Thuringian state archive in Weimar is responsible for the records of the Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach and its predecessor territories, as well as for the official records of the Land Thüringen. Most records related to emigration were destroyed in 1945, however a few important records still exist: Bestand: Direktor des V. Verwaltungsbezirkes contains a fair amount of documentation on the district of Neustadt an der Orla and Weida for the period between 1850 and 1870. Additional records may be found as part of the entries D: (Auswärtige Angelegenheiten), B: (Polizeisachen), and Amtsgerichte, which contain material on emigration from 1879 to 1952. Thüringisches Ministerium des Innern A contains records on relations with the American continent between 1920 and World War II. Finally, Bestand: Forschungsstelle Thüringer in aller Welt contains material on emigrants from 1933-44.

    Finding aids:

  • Frank Boblenz and Bettina Fischer, eds., Archivführer Thüringen. Weimar, 1999, pp. 78-106.


    • Weinheim an der Bergstraße

    212. Stadtarchiv Weinheim

    Schulstr. 5/1
    69469 Weinheim

    Phone: (06201) 82 332
    Fax: (06201) 82 332
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Thurs.
    Note: Prior appointment is desired.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Weinheim contains original records related to emigration. There also are emigration records pertaining to towns around Weinheim, including Hohensachsen, Lützelsachsen, Oberflockenbach, Rippenweier, and Ritschweier. In addition, thirteen letters dated 1833-6 by Wilhelm Hübsch, an emigrant to America, are available as copies (originals are in possession of the Hübsch family, Sign. Rep. 36 Number 844).


    Wernigerode

    213. Landesarchiv Magdeburg

    Landeshauptarchiv
    Außenstelle Wernigerode
    Lindenallee 21
    38855 Wernigerode

    Phone: (03943) 21279
    Fax: same as above
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Mon.-Wed., Fri.; 8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The Wernigerode subdivision of the Landesarchiv Magdeburg includes the following references to the United States or Canada:

  • Verfügungen gegen die sich in den benachbarten braunschweigischen Landen gefundenen Verführer, die die Untertanen zur Auswanderung nach Amerika verleiten, 1784; emigration to America, 1834-7; proclamations on behalf of emigration to America, 1847-52 (Ein- und Auswanderungen, Bestand Rep. H Stolberg-Wernigerode).
  • Die sich einfindenden Emissaers um Leute zu den Englischen Colonien in Amerika einzunehmen, 1753 (Bestand Rep. Da Amt Giebichenstein).
  • The manuscript collection of the Oberbergamt Halle (Rep. F39) contains a treatise by Theodor Boeltger, Untersuchung einiger amerikanischer Silbererze (1838).


    • 214. Stadtarchiv Wernigerode

    Marktplatz 1
    38855 Wernigerode

    Phone: (03943) 654470
    Fax: (03943) 654199
    Contact: Herr Hans-Peter Fricke
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thurs.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Wernigrode contains records on emigration to the United States and matters of foreigners coming to Wernigerode during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Bestand VI-2b: Bevölkerungsbewegung, Einzug fremder Personen in die Stadt-Ausländer, Heimatscheine, Naturalisation, Auswanderer.

    Finding aids: Finding aids may be consulted at the archives.


    Wertheim

    215. Staatsarchiv Wertheim (Archivverbund Main-Tauber)

    Bronnbach Nr. 19
    97877 Wertheim

    Phone: (09342) 1037
    Fax: (09342) 22338
    E-mail: archiv@wertheim.de
    Web site: www.lad-bw.de/staw.htm
    Contact: Dr. Müller
    Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Wertheim holds the Princely Löwenstein-Wertheim Archives, including the principality's manumission files. Researchers will find information regarding eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century emigration to North America. US-Verbindungsbüro contains sources on the history of the American garrison in Wertheim (photos, newspaper clippings, etc.) from 1958 to 1994.

    Finding aids:

  • Otto Langguth, "Auswanderer aus der Grafschaft Wertheim," in: Familiengeschichtliche Blätter 30 (1932): 5ff.
  • "Das Staatsarchiv Wertheim und seine Bestände," in: Wertheimer Jahrbuch (1977/78): 9-55.


    • Wiesbaden

    216. Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden

    Mosbacher Str. 55
    65187 Wiesbaden

    Phone: (0611) 8 81-0
    Fax: (0611) 88 11 45
    E-mail: archiv-wertheim@w.lad-bw.de
    Web site: www.lad-bw.de/staw/index.htm
    Contact: Dr. Hartmut Heinemann
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.; 9:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. every 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month.

    Holdings:
    The main Hessian state archive in Wiesbaden contains material referring to the history of the United States and Canada, and German-American relations. Records on German emigration to North America are found among the following towns and districts, respectively: Nassau-Usingen, 1749-1805; Oberamt Idstein, 1698; Herrschaft Weilburg, 1607-1806; Amt Merenberg, 1752-1800; Altes Dillenburger Archiv, 1709; Landesregierung zu Dillenburg, 1750-1804; Amt Braubach, 1852-83; Amt Dillenburg,1816-59; Amt Eltville, 1834-58; Amt Hachenburg, 1817-66; Amt Hadamar,1840-84; Amt Höchst, 1850-86; Amt Idstein, 1817-85; Amt Langenschwalbach, 1816-68; Amt Limburg, 1817-86; Amt Marienberg, 1842-67; Amt Nassau, 1852; Amt Nastätten, 1832-66; Amt Rennerod, 1832-67; Amt Rüdesheim, 1845-87; Amt St. Goarshausen, 1867; Amt Usingen, 1848-84; Amt Wallmerod, 1852-7; Amt Wehen, 1877-82; Amt Weilburg, 1816-85; Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen, 1697-1805; Ehemalige Landgrafschaft Hessen-Homburg, 1818-65; Amt Homburg, 1860-76; Grafschaft Wied-Runkel, 1787; Herrschaft Westerburg und Schadeck, 1796-99; Grafschaft Wied-Neuwied, 1722-1905; Nassau, Dreiherrisch, 1709-1808; Amt Nassau Vierherrisch, 1783-1814; Preussische Regierung Wiesbaden, 1867-1926.
    The following entries contain material on German-American trade relations: Annual Reports of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce, 1867-1913; Limburg Chamber of Commerce, 1874-1907, Wiesbaden Chamber of Commerce, 1866-1913; Records of the German-American Trade Society, Frankfurt, 1869-81; and the Hamburg-American Parcel Delivery Corporation, 1898-1919.
    In addition, there are miscellaneous references to North America within the following holdings: Landratsamt Dillkreis, 1849-96; Preussisches Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main, 1821-1926; Preuss. Polizeipräsidium Wiesbaden, 1883-1927; Landratsamt Limburg, 1896-1935; Landratsamt Homburg von der Höhe, 1867-1931; Landratsamt Rüdesheim, 1867-1923; Landratsamt St. Goarshausen, 1886-1922; Landratsamt Diez, 1867-1929; Landratsamt Langenschwalbach, 1870-1945; Landratsamt Montabaur, 1866-1919; Landratsamt Usingen, 1893-1925; Landratsamt Westerburg, 1884-95; Landratsamt Wiesbaden, 1874-1903; Kreis Wetzlar, 1868-98.

    Finding aids:

  • Übersicht über die Bestände des Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchivs Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden, 1970.

    • An overview of the archive's holdings can also be found on the Internet at the Web site above.


    217. Stadtarchiv Wiesbaden

    Im Rad 20
    65197 Wiesbaden
    Postfach 3920
    65029 Wiesbaden

    Phone: (0611) 31 37 47
    Fax: (0611) 31 39 77
    Contact: Herr Dollwet
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; afternoons by appointment.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Wiesbaden contains the following holdings relating to the American military throughout the twentieth century:

  • Sammlung Ronald M. Hirst (b. 1922), U.S. Army Captain, contains material on the U.S. Air Force, the Wiesbaden Air Base, Camp Lindsey and its predecessor barracks, Erbenheim Airfield, Air Force Hospital Wiesbaden, 1890-1968 and 1967-94. There is one card box of photographs (NL 50).
  • History USAFE (U.S. Air Force in Europe)-Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; material covers the European Air Depot 1946, the history of USAF Europe, 1941-50, the history of Wiesbaden military community and post, 1946-50, and the 7100 Hdqt. Support Wing, 1950-8. The collection comprises 1,612 fiches (MF 26).
  • Die Mitteilungen (later renamed Frankfurter Presse), Alliiertes Nachrichtenblatt der amerikanischen 12. Heeresgruppe für die deutsche Bevölkerung. 1 vol., 1945 (Z 17).
  • Die neue Zeitung: Eine amerikanische Zeitung für die deutsche Bevölkerung, 2 vols., 1945-6 (Z 22).
  • Wiesbaden Post, 35 vols., 1946-69 (Z 23).


    • Witzenhausen

    218. Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung

    Burg Ludwigstein
    37215 Witzenhausen

    Phone: (05542) 1862
    Fax: (05542) 9190484
    Contact: Dr. Mogge

    Holdings:
    The archive in Witzenhausen contains material on the German Youth Movement.


    Wolfenbüttel

    219. Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv in Wolfenbüttel

    Forstweg 2
    38302 Wolfenbüttel

    Phone: (05331) 9 35-0
    Fax: (05331) 9 35-211
    E-mail: poststelle@staatsarchiv-wf.niedersachsen.de
    Web site: www.staatsarchive.niedersachsen.de
    Contact: Herr Luttmer
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Sat. (by prior appointment only)

    Holdings:
    The state archive of Lower Saxony in Wolfenbüttel contains material pertaining to the history of the United States and Canada, particularly among the following holdings:

  • Chroniken, Aufzeichnungen über Zeitgeschichte (VI Hs 5).
  • Kanzlei, Geheimer Rat (2 Alt).
  • Ältere Militärakten (38 B Alt).
  • Braunschweigisches Staatsministerium (12 Neu).
  • Braunschweigisches Konsulat in St. Louis (19 F Neu).
  • Kreisdirektionen (126 Neu ff.).
  • Nachlaß General Riedesel (237 Neu).
  • Nachlaß F. Gruhne (273 N).
  • Private Unterlagen aus Kriegszeiten (276 N).
  • Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Herzogtum Braunschweig (39 S Slg).
  • Deutsche Auswanderer-Zeitung (62 Z).
  • Spezialinventar zu Quellen der Genealogie (39 C Slg).

    • Finding aids:

  • Hermann Kleinau, ed."Übersicht über die Bestände des Nieder-sächsischen Staatsarchivs in Wolfenbüttel," part I, in: Veröffentlichungen der Niedersächsischen Archivverwaltung, vol. 17. Wolfenbüttel, 1963.


    • Würzburg

    220. Provinz-Archiv der deutschen Augustiner

    Augustinerkloster
    Dominikanerplatz 2
    97070 Würzburg

    Phone: (0931) 3097-0
    Contact: Dr. Dr. Adolar Zumkeller
    Business hours: By prior appintment only.

    Holdings:
    The Provinz-Archiv der deutschen Augustiner is a modest collection of three boxes of printed material covering the period between 1939 and 1964. The first German Augustinian, Father Gelasius Kraus, came to America in 1922. In February 1967, the Vice-Province Maria vom Trost in North America became an independent province under the name Provinz St. Joseph von Nordamerika. The holdings of St. Joseph include references to Racine, St. Rita (Milwaukee); New York, Mutter des Trostes (New York); Kenosha, Maria vom Rosenkranz (Milwaukee); the monastery of St. Augustinus (Antigonish, Canada); Marylake, Mutter der Gnade (Toronto); Ladner, Mutter des Trostes (Vancouver); Lulu Island, St. Monika (Vancouver); and Ottawa, St. Augustinus (Ottawa).


    221. Staatsarchiv Würzburg

    Postfach 110816
    97034 Würzburg

    Phone: (0931) 35 52 90
    Fax: (0931) 3 55 29 70
    Web site: www.gda.bayern.de
    Contact: Dr. Herbert Schott
    Business hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Thurs.; 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The state archive in Würzburg contains records regarding German-American relations, which may be found as parts of several entries. The following are the most important:
    Emigration to North America: Records on emigration to North America are part of the entry Regierung von Unterfranken. There are two records on emigration agencies for America and seven records on individual cases. Other emigration material is kept in the collective records. The records Regierung von Unterfranken (14064-14111) cover emigration documents between December 1873 and December 1909; between May 1871 and December 1873 (14140-14145); and individual cases between 1886 and 1907 (14146-14207). Additional material is found in the files of the Bezirksämter/Landratsämter.
    Third Reich: The Gestapo Würzburg files consist of records on individuals. The subject index lists twenty-four records on America/Americans and eight on the subject of declaration of war against America. There are no records on American and Canadian POWs. Countless records of the Auslandsamt der Deutschen Studentenschaft may be found in the entry Reichsstudentenführung and may contain further material on correspondence with American institutions and universities.
    Occupation and Postwar Period: Some records of the American military government of Unterfranken are available on microfiche; originals are located at the National Archives in College Park, Md. Various holdings at Würzburg contain material on American citizens or American soldiers living in the region. Information on U.S. Army maneuvers and military exercises are located in the entry Regierung von Unterfranken (17506-17510), 1956-63. The holdings of some Landratsämter contain additional material concerning military and social issues: Landratsamt Hammelburg, meetings of the Besatzungsausschuß, 1956-63 (5089); Landratsamt Würzburg, establishment of the German-American Advisory Council, 1952/3 (845); Regierung von Unterfranken, invitations and minutes of meetings of the German-American Council, 1952-62 (17466); and cooperation with different departments of the occupation authority, 1951-60 (17468).
    The period before 1800 is not covered here. The records on the participation of German troops in the American Revolutionary War (Militärsachen 95-98) were destroyed in 1945.


    Wuppertal

    222. Stadtarchiv Wuppertal

    Friedrich-Engels-Allee 89-91
    42285 Wuppertal

    Phone: (0202) 563-4138
    Fax: (0202) 563-8025
    Contact: Susanne Fiedler
    Business hours: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thurs.; 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues.; 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Fri.

    Holdings:
    The city archive of Wuppertal contains a few records from the aliens office regarding emigration between 1806 and 1933. The finding aids give no clear evidence whether the emigrants went to the United States or Canada.


    Zwickau

    223. Kreisarchiv Zwickauer Land

    Postfach 1351
    08403 Werdau
    Schulstr. 7
    08412 Werdau

    Phone: (03761) 561142
    Fax: (03761) 3205
    Contact: Frau Hänel
    Business hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Mon. & Thurs.; 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues.
    Note: For additional material, researchers may consult the records of the Stadtarchiv Werdau, Stadtverwaltung, Markt 8-12, 08412 Werdau. Prior appointment is recommended.

    Holdings:
    The district archive in Zwickau holds the records of various local administrations and may contain material on emigration to the United States or Canada.