Call Number:

SCRC 530

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)

Language:

German and English

Preferred Citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Johanna Meyer Family Papers, SCRC 530, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:

1874-1981 (inclusive)

Creator:

Johanna Meyer family

Form:

Clippings, Correspondence, Genealogies, Manuscripts, Memoirs, Poems, and Photographs

Abstract:

The collection consists of papers from a German born Jewish family, namely Johanna Lövinson Meyer and two of her brothers, Martin Lövinson and Emil Lövinson. The collection includes a deconstructed album containing photographs, mainly of Johanna in Berlin, clippings, correspondence, and other records with captions written in German and English, 1874-1958; an approximately 400 page memoir, "Lebenserinnerungen von Johanna Meyer-Lövinson Kindheit und Jugend bis zu ihrem Eheschluss, " written in a mix of typescript and handwritten pages, 1943; a book of handwritten poems, circa 1918, and a journal, "Unsere Dienstmädchen, " 1901-1921, with pasted in photographs and letters compiled by Johanna and her husband, Eugen; two typescript volumes titled "Martin Lövinson: Die Geschichte Meines Lebens, " 1924-1926; and memoirs, correspondence, and other records related to Emil Lövinson. Also included is a family genealogy, "Gedenkschrift zur Erinnerung an die von Dr. Mortiz Lövinson" compiled posthumously in 1981 by Johanna's daughter, Leonore Meyer, and others. The bulk of the collection is in German.