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The bulk of this collection consists of 35-millimeter color slides taken by Hagenbring at home and on his travels, most of which were made between 1954 and 1962, but a few are from in 1952 and the mid-1960s. Within the local slides, that is, those not related to his travels, are images of his home at Magnolia Springs and at Arlington Heights, as well as images of Fort Morgan, the Foley train, and one slide of the Magnolia Springs Post Office. The collection also contains 290 lantern slides, which are stored in their two original cases. These are undated but were probably taken during Hagenbring's first trip abroad in 1948. This collection also includes a few brochures Hagenbring collected on his world travels, as well as other items such as a newspaper clipping, a trip itinerary, and a few letters

Various documents pertaining to Alfred Philipp's work as a community rabbi and a scholar, primarily his doctoral thesis about Werner Sombart's work ´Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben´ (“Jews and the economy”).

This collection consists of family and education documents, correspondence and genealogical materials, such as passports, report cards, burial plots and confirmation speeches.

The collection contains various materials pertaining mostly to Andre (Andreas) Meyer.

The collection contains documents relating to the Bendix family, particularly to Fritz Bendix and his wife, Johanna Bendix née Hahn. There are also many papers and photographs concerning the family company, a linen factory in Silesia.

The collection contains mostly correspondence of and about Cora Berliner.

The collection contains materials relating to the members of the Wilde family that are addenda to the Denise Wilde Family Collection (AR 25189). The items in this collection consist primarily of restitution correspondence, official documents such as birth and death certificates, as well as a few personal notes by Bertha Wilde and family trees.

The Doris (Mendheim) Schott Collection tells the story of Doris Schott and her family members, with documentation focusing on her emigration and the planned emigration of family members, their fates during the Holocaust, and restitution. The collection includes official documents and immigration records, a small amount of family correspondence, legal and financial correspondence, personal writings, and family photographs.

The Elizabeth W. Trahan Collection documents the personal and professional life of Elizabeth Welt Trahan, who was active as a scholar and writer and taught for several years at various universities in the U.S. Her autobiographical materials, such as her diary, reflect her personal view on Vienna, Austria during World War II. Other papers include personal documents, correspondence, a diary and other autobiographical manuscripts.

The Ellis Family Collection consists of the papers of John and Eva Ellis and of many of their related family members. The collection has a particular focus on the education, marriage, and emigration of John (born Hans Elias) and Eva (née Steinitz), with further documentation of the couple's early lives and later professions. In addition, the collection holds a great deal of information on their extended families, with material on the related Elias, Steinitz/ Samuel, Fein, Goldschmidt, Eschwege, Mindus, and related families, including documentation of individual family members and the families in general and their histories. The collection includes extensive family and personal correspondence, official documents and correspondence, personal and professional writing, educational certificates, immigration documentation, photographs and photo albums, family trees and narratives of family history, and other documentation.