Levinson and Stern family papers
The Levinson and Stern family papers primarily contain biographical materials and photographs related to the Levinson family of Homburg, Saarland, Germany and the Stern family of Kassel, Germany in the 1920s and 1930s prior to immigrating to the United States in 1935. Biographical materials include birth and death records, identification papers, a diary of Ann Stern Levinson, genealogy notes, marriage certificates and two ketubahs. Photographs include numerous identified family members in Germany as well as three photograph albums.
Biographical materials include birth and death records, identification papers, a diary of Ann Stern Levinson, genealogy notes, marriage certificates and two ketubahs. Other material included are cemetery records, papers related to Sidney Levinson’s time in the United States Army, and a memorial book for Emma Stern.
The correspondence contains some scattered letters and several telegrams. The telegrams are primarily sent from Fred and Ann Levinson while living in Basel, Switzerland to his parents Sidney and Ann Levinson announcing several events such as their engagement and the births of their daughters.
The photographs contain numerous identified family members in Germany as well as three photograph albums. Included are portraits, family gatherings and vacations, and casual photographs. There are also several photographs of Sidney Levinson while he was in the United States Army in Fort Knox, Kentucky, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Battle Creek, Michigan. The Levinson family photograph album, 1932-1940 contains photographs from the Levinsons’ trip to the United States aboard the SS Bremen in 1935 and their life in New York.
The printed material includes copies of Sidney and Fred Levinson’s dissertations, clippings, and a copy of Fred Levinson’s first book as a child, Mathilde Ritter’s Lustige Geschichten in Wort und Bild.
- Date
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inclusive:
1875-1995
bulk: 1875-1958
- Genre/Form
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Photographs.
Diary.
- Extent
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3 boxes
2 oversize folders
1 oversize box
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fred Levinson
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Also in Fred Levinson collection
The Levinson and Stern family papers primarily contain biographical materials and photographs related to the Levinson family of Homburg, Saarland, Germany and the Stern family of Kassel, Germany in the 1920s and 1930s prior to immigrating to the United States in 1935. Biographical materials include birth and death records, identification papers, a diary of Ann Stern Levinson, genealogy notes, marriage certificates and two ketubahs. Photographs include numerous identified family members in Germany as well as three photograph albums. The collection also includes a prayerbook, a WWI Iron Cross medal and a locket containing photographs.
Locket containing photographs
Object
Locket in two pieces, with black and white photographs inside, probably of Else Levinson's grandparents.
