Martin G. Goldner Collection

The Martin G. Goldner Collection holds materials on five interrelated families: the Goldners, the Ehrenbergs, the Fischels, the Rosenzweigs, and the Baumanns. The material includes correspondence, photographs, biographical and other articles, financial documents, a student manual, a family tree, news letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, a manuscript, and minutes. Particularly prominent in this collection is the correspondence between members of the Ehrenberg family, family histories, and material on the merging of the different families.

Series I contains information about Martin G. Goldner and his wife Elisabeth. Material includes financial documents regarding retirement and reinvestments, and personal belongings like reports, a student manual, and a collection of newspaper clippings.

The second and most important series is about the Ehrenberg, Fischel, and Rosenzweig families. It comprises correspondence between individual family members and close family friends. They discuss past and upcoming events such as an engagement, or a wedding, their mental state, their health condition, and so on. Also, the series holds writings on the family history which help to track down the merging of the different families, and other material like information about the Samsonschule, a Jewish school in Wolfenbuettel, Germany. Remarkable in this series is a manuscript by the famous Jewish theologian Franz Rosenzweig, which can be found in folder 14.

Series III contains information about the Baumann family. This information includes a family tree, some writings on the family history, photographs, and documents such as awards and death certificates. The family tree contains information that covers the years 1137-1981. The writings only begin with the year 1808 and discuss the settlement of the Baumanns in Kassel. A small number of photographs portray Theodor Bauman, his wife Henriette, and a few other relatives.