Guide to the Papers collected by Kathrine Reynolds relating to The Frauenstein letters : aspects of nineteenth century migration from the Duchy of Nassau to Australia (2009)

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MS 10175

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Created: September 2024

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Class 1. Consignment received 2015, c.1856 - 1941, 1988

This consignment features material collected by Dr Kathrine Reynolds during her research and publication of The Frauenstein Letters: aspects of nineteenth century emigration from the Duchy of Nassau to Australia (2009). There are letters from Christina Schmitt, Eva Leitz, George Muller, Johann Schmitt, Jacob Klein, Katharine Klein, Maria Fuchs and Widow Gietz (including some photocopies). The collection also contains diaries, largely kept by J.J.H. (John) Muller and George Muller, providing descriptions of farming life, the weather, expenditure and travel. There are also two Muller family photograph albums from the c. late 1800s, and assorted documents. Many items includes notes or annotations made by Dr Reynolds.

The Frauenstein Letters, c. 1856 - 1883 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

The Frauenstein Letters comprise two sets of letters: letters sent from Europe to Australia, The Müller Letters (Items 1.1 - 1.23) and letters sent from Australia to Europe, The Fuchs/Klein Letters (Items 1.24 - 1.35). Note that several letters are photocopies.

Letter - Rösenkoppel Hof, Frauenstein, c.1856 (Item 1.1) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Eva Leitz.

Letter - Fraunstein, 29 November 1856 (Item 1.2) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 27 November 1858 (Item 1.3) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 1858 (Item 1.4) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 3 December 1858 (Item 1.5) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Eva Leitz.

Letter - Fraunstein, 3 September 1859 (Item 1.6) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 1 December 1863 (Item 1.7) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 25 December 1863 (Item 1.8) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Eva Leitz.

Letter - Karlsruhe, 29 October 1864 (Item 1.9) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from George Muller.

Letter - St Moritz, 14 December 1864 (Item 1.1O) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 18 December 1864 (Item 1.11) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Widow Gietz.

Letter - Fraunstein, 9 January 1865 (Item 1.12) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Johann Schmitt.

Photocopy of original letter - St Moritz, c.1865 (Item 1.13) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - Fraunstein, 10 January 1865 (Item 1.14) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Eva Leitz.

Letter - St Moritz, 26 November 1865 (Item 1.15) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - St Moritz, 1865 (Item 1.16) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - St Moritz, 21 October 1866 (Item 1.17) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - St Moritz - Part 1, 1 January 1869 (Item 1.18a) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - St Moritz - Part 2, 10 January 1866 (Item 1.18b) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Letter - St Moritz, 1871 (Item 1.19) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Christina Schmitt.

Photocopy of original letter - Karlsruhe, undated (Item 1.2O) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from George Muller.

Photocopy of original letter - Mühlburg, 2 January 1873 (Item 1.21) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from George Muller.

Photocopy of original letter - Frauenstein, 2 June 1873 (Item 1.22) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Eva Leitz.

Photocopy of original letter - Frauenstein, undated (Item 1.23) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Three undated letters relating to Eva Leitz, Johann Leitz and Christina Schmitt.

Photocopy of original letter - Sydney, 8 April 1857 (Item 1.24) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Maria Fuchs. Marked as 'Letter 30'.

Photocopy of original letter - Sydney, 10 April 1857 (Item 1.25) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob Klein. Marked as 'Letter 31'.

Photocopy of original letter - Sydney, 9 June 1858 (Item 1.26) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob Klein. Marked as 'Letter 32'.

Photocopy of original letter - Sydney, 13 May 1859 (Item 1.27) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob Klein. Marked as 'Letter 33'.

Photocopy of original letter - Sydney, 10 August 1859 (Item 1.28) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Katharine Klein. Marked as 'Letter 34'.

Photocopy of original letter - Fairfield, 18 August 1862 (Item 1.29) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob Klein. Marked as 'Letter 35'.

Photocopy of original letter - Fairfield, 19 March 1865 (Item 1.3O) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob Klein. Marked as 'Letter 36'.

Photocopy of original letter - Fairfield, 18 August 1866 (Item 1.31) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob Klein. Marked as 'Letter 37'.

Photocopy of original letter - Sydney, 10 January 1870 (Item 1.32) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Katharine Klein and Maria Fuchs. Marked as 'Letter 38'.

Photocopy of original letter - McDonald Town, 2 November 1881 (Item 1.33) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob and Katharine Klein. Marked as 'Letter 39'.

Photocopy of original letter - McDonald Town, 17 June 1883 (Item 1.34) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob and Katharine Klein. Marked as 'Letter 40'.

Photocopy of original letter - McDonald Town, 26 December 1883 (Item 1.35) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Letter from Jacob and Katharine Klein. Marked as 'Letter 41'.

Diary and research material, 1876, 1925, 1988 and undated (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Diary, 1876 (Item 2.1) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Entries appear to relate to a voyage from France to Australia aboard the SS Durham.

Research material, 1925, 1988 and undated (Items 2.2) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Comprising a typescript letter from H.D. Poole to Mabel M., 7 August 1988 (pages 1-2 of 4 only), a 1925 copy of the Birth Certificate of Oswald Erick Wurfel (born 18 November 1894), research notes and photocopies of maps.

Photograph album, c. late 1800s (Item 3) - Box 6 (MS 10175)

Including photographs of the Muller family.

Photograph album, c. late 1800s (Item 4) - Box 7 (MS 10175)

Including photographs of the Muller family.

Diary of J. Muller, January 1872 - November 1872 (Item 5) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Diary of George Muller and John Muller, January 1873 - September 1874 (Item 6) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Diary of J.J.H. Muller, September 1874 - March 1875 (Item 7) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Diary of J.J.H. Muller, March 1875 - September 1875 (Item 8) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], 1875 - 1880 (Item 9) - Box 1 (MS 10175)

Diary of J.J.H. Muller, 1876 (Item 10) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Cover annotated 'Born 16th of August 1851, Frauenstein, Germany'.

Diary, 1877 (Item 11) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Entires start at Deniliquin, NSW.

Diary of J.J.H. Muller, 1878 - 1939 (Item 12) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1882 - December 1882 (Item 13) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Diary of J.J.H. Muller, 1883 (Item 14) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Diary, 1889 (Item 15) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

No entries.

Diary with records of milk and butter production (1901 - 1925) and rainfall (January 1929 - December 1934), 1893 - 1934 (Item 16) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Diary, with records of rainfall, 1893 - 1928 (Item 17) - Box 2 (MS 10175)

Cover annotated 'Land purchased at Meroo, New South Wales, 1/3/1893'.

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1911 - December 1911 (Item 18) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1912 - December 1912 (Item 19) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1913 - December 1913 (Item 20) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], February 1914 - December 1914 (Item 21) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1915 - December 1915 (Item 22) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1916 - December 1916 (Item 23) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1917 - December 1917 (Item 24) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1918 - December 1918 (Item 25) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1920 - December 1920 (Item 26) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1920 - December 1920 (Item 27) - Box 3 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1922 - December 1923 (Item 28) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1925 - December 1925 (Item 29) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1926 - December 1926 (Item 30) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1927 - December 1927 (Item 31) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1928 - December 1928 (Item 32) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1929 - December 1929 (Item 33) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1930 - December 1930 (Item 34) - Box 4 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1931- December 1931 (Item 35) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1932 - December 1932 (Item 36) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary of J.J.H. Muller, January 1933 - December 1933 (Item 37) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1934 - December 1934 (Item 38) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1935 - December 1935 (Item 39) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1936 - December 1936 (Item 40) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1937 - December 1937 (Item 41) - Box 5 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1938 - December 1938 (Item 42) - Box 6 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1939 - December 1939 (Item 43) - Box 6 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1940 - December 1940 (Item 44) - Box 6 (MS 10175)

Diary [of J.J.H. Muller], January 1941 - December 1941 (Item 45) - Box 6 (MS 10175)


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