Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, and an account book later used as a picture scrapbook. Correspondence includes letters, most in German with translations, between John E. Gantenbein and Mary Stier, and between Gantenbein and family, friends, and colleagues. Also included is correspondence between J. Edward Gantenbein and Helen Louise Pittock concerning personal matters.

Abstract Heinrich Rüppel was a German immigrant to Portland, Oregon, a foreman at the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company, a member of the Portland Social Turn Verein, and a jewelry craftsman. Papers include manuscript correspondence with friends and relatives in Germany, in German, 1879-1901, with typescript translations. Also included are photocopy and original newspaper clippings in German and English, speeches, and ephemera relating to the Portland Social Turn Verein, circa 1880, most with...