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German Americans--History--19th century--Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Freie Reformierte Emmanuels Gemeinde zu West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.230
Scope and Contents

Records (two volumes) 1865 and 1906-1928 (bulk) of the Freie Reformierte Emmanuels Gemeinde zu West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Dates: 1865, 1906-1928; Majority of material found within 1906-1928

Early Orndorff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00140
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1868-1942, of the King and Orndorff families of Van Buren Furnace, Shenandoah County, Va. The collection includes papers, 1891-1942, of Early Orndorff, documents in German of a maternal ancestor, Emily Wilde, who came to America in 1877 and letters, 1882-1890, written to Frank King and his wife from G. H. Rochling and Ferd Lipfert, Annaberg, Germany.

Dates: 1868-1942

Simon Snyder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00346
Content Description

Family papers of Governor Simon Snyder of Pennsylvania and his grandson, General Simon Snyder, brigadier general in Cuba and the Philippines. 56 items: 13 letters, 7 other manuscripts, 17 photographs, and 19 pieces of ephemera.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1819-2011