Ehrhardt family papers
Scope and Content of the Collection
Collection contains church bulletins, school work, composition books, and drawings. Additionally, there is a small amount of German language correspondence from 1912, when Edward Ehrhardt studied in Vienna, Austria and a set of check stubs from L. Ehrhardt Flour and Feed which was located at 751 S. Wells Street.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1998
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1890-1921
Creator
- Ehrhardt, Edward, 1887-1956 (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Ehrhardt family papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Ehrhardt family papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org.
Biography of the Ehrhardt Family
Chicago-area German-American family.
Louis Carl Ehrhardt was born in 1851 in Germany and arrived in Chicago in 1871. In 1872, Ehrhardt married his wife, Caroline Erbs, a German immigrant, and paid for his parents and siblings to join them in Chicago. His parents, Frederich and Joana, bought a home and land for a nursery for violets in Park Ridge, Illinois. Louis bought land nearby, and the area was then called Ehrhardt’s Grove for several decades thereafter.
Louis and Caroline had 11 children: Ernst (1873-1883), Alma (1875-1961), Ida (1876-1956), Hertha (1878-1957), Lydia (1881-1964), Otto (1886-1887), Edward (1887-1956), Elsie (1889-1988), Erna (1893-1977), Herbert (1896-1951), and Luella (1899-1900). Three of the Ehrhardt children preceded their parents in death: Luella and Helena in infancy and Ernst in a streetcar accident. The Ehrhardt children continued to speak and write in German, with Edward also studying the language briefly in Vienna, Austria.
Louis died in 1913 and Caroline died in 1935.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
Collection of children's schoolwork, composition books, drawings, correspondence and church bulletins of German-American family, the Ehrhardts, from Chicago, Illinois.
Arrangement
Materials arranged alphabetically.
Collection Stack Location
1 14 6
Provenance
Gift of Ron Ehrhardt, 2005.
Processed by
Emma Martin, 2011.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Subject
- Erhardt family (Family)
- Ehrhardt, Edward, 1887-1956 -- Family (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Ehrhardt family papers, 1890-1998, bulk 1890-1921
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emma Martin
- Date
- ©2011.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org