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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Restrictions
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Administrative Information
Description of Series
Neuendorff Family Papers, 1857-1950
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A Guide to the Neuendorff Family Papers,
1857-1950
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Creator: |
Neuendorff Family |
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Neuendorff Family Papers |
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Dates: |
1857-1950 |
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Creator Abstract: |
A native of Prussia, Paul Emil Maximilian Neuendorff (1830-1885) settled in San Antonio, Texas, and held several offices in the community. His son John Baptiste Neuendorff (1868-1938) was an inventor who filed many patents over the course of his life. |
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Content Abstract: |
Letters, certificates, patent records, clippings, and a photograph make up the Neuendorff family papers, documenting significant events in the lives of family members. Early records, from 1857 through 1885, are related to Max Neuendorff, while most of the later items are associated with his son, John B. Neuendorff. |
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Identification: |
Col 905 |
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Extent: |
1.63 linear feet (1 box, 4 oversize items) |
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Materials are in English. |
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Repository: |
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas |
Paul Emil Maximilian Neuendorff was born in Prussia on 1830 August 10. He moved to Texas sometime before 1857, the year he married Maria Antonita Catarina Menchaca (1836-1911) in Bexar County. Neuendorff served the Confederacy during the Civil War and was later a member of the United Confederate Veterans organization. After the war, Max and Maria Neuendorff had eight children: Frederick, Antonio, Adela, John, Maria Antonia, Ana (or Anna), and Teresa (or Theresa). Neuendorff was appointed a notary public of Bexar County in 1879 and a special agent of the census office the following year. In 1885 Neuendorff was elected a Justice of the Peace for Bexar County. He became a naturalized American citizen on 1882 May 1 and died on 1885 November 6.
John Baptiste Neuendorff, the son of Max and Maria Neuendorff, was born in San Antonio on 1868 June 23. He married Mary Lemke on 1894 July 10; the couple had two children. As an inventor, Neuendorff filed many patents over the course of his life in a wide variety of areas, including a device to protect trouser cuffs from becoming soiled in 1897, a series of gasoline substitutes and the processes for making them in 1928, and many others. John Baptiste Neuendorff died in San Antonio on 1938 April 3.
References
Chabot, Frederick C. With the Makers of San Antonio. San Antonio, Texas: Artes Graficas, 1937.
Neuendorff Family Papers, 1857-1950, Col 905, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.
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Letters, certificates, patent records, clippings, and a photograph make up the Neuendorff family papers, documenting significant events in the lives of family members. Early records, from 1857 through 1885, are related to Max Neuendorff. Included are items related to his marriage to Maria Antonita Menchaca, a member of a prominent local family. Several certificates are related to Neuendorff's appointment to various positions. Most of the later items are associated with Neuendorff's son, John B. Neuendorff. These include several patents issued to him for various devices and processes and letters related to his inventing efforts. A photograph of a portrait of Jose Antonio Menchaca is also part of the papers.
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Access Restrictions
No restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.
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Personal Names |
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Neuendorff family. |
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Neuendorff, Max, 1830-1885. |
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Neuendorff, John B. |
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Neuendorff, Antonia Menchaca, 1836-1911. |
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Menchaca, Antonio, 1800-1879. |
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Subjects |
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Germans--Texas--San Antonio. |
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Inventors--Texas--San Antonio. |
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Locations |
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San Antonio (Tex.) |
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Genres/Formats |
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Family papers. |
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Certificates. |
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Clippings. |
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Correspondence. |
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Patents. |
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Photographs. |
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[Identification of item], Neuendorff Family Papers, 1857-1950, Col 905, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.
Gift of Mrs. M. F. Neuendorff, 1976 February.
Processed by Warren Stricker, 1998 August.
Finding aid edited and encoded by Tom D'Amore, 2011 July.
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Neuendorff Family Papers, 1857-1950 |
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The items are arranged chronologically. |
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Letter: Maximilian Neuendorff, San Antonio, Texas, to Antonio Menchaca, 1857 January 8. |
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Marriage license: Paul Emil Maximilian Neuendorff and María Antonita Catarina Menchaca, Bexar County, Texas, with attached certificate, 1857 April 15. |
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Marriage license: Paul Emil Maximilian Neuendorff and María Antonita Catarina Menchaca, Bexar County, Texas [certified copy], 1857 April 16. |
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Certificate: appointment of Max Neuendorff as notary public, Bexar County, Texas, 1879 March 17. |
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Certificate: appointment of Max Neuendorff as special agent of the census office to collect the statistics of manufactures, San Antonio, Texas, 1880 July 10. |
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Announcement: Mr. and Mrs. Max Neuendorff, silver wedding anniversary, 1882 April 17. |
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Certificate: citizenship of Max Neuendorff, San Antonio, Texas, 1882 May 1. |
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Letter of recommendation: John E. Ochse for Max Neuendorff, 1882 May. |
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Certificate: Albert Sydney Johnson [sic] Camp, Confederate Veterans, to Max Neuendorff, San Antonio, Texas, 1884 July 13. |
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Certificate: commission of Max Neuendorff as Justice of the Peace, 1885 March 26. |
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Marriage record?: Martin Schiebel and Adelheid Neumann, circa 1885. |
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Specifications: John Baptista Neuendorff and Ulrich Herman Rische, improvements in bottle stoppers or capsules, 1898 February 14. |
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Patent: Comptroller-General of Patents to John Baptista Neuendorff and Ulrich Herman Rische, improvements in bottle stoppers or capsules, 1898 February 15. |
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Patent: U.S. Patent Office to John B. Neuendorff, trouser protectors, 1897 July 20. |
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Patent: U.S. Patent office to John B. Neuendorff, automatic telephone directories, 1899 October 17. |
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Patent: U.S. Patent office to John B. Neuendorff, churns, 1899 November 14. |
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Patent: U.S. Patent office to John B. Neuendorff, oil burners, 1903 August 4. |
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Letter: E. G. Liggers, Washington, D.C., to John B. Neuendorff, San Antonio, Texas, 1911 May 31. |
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Patent: U.S. Patent Office to John B. Neuendorff, gasoline substitutes and processes of making, 1928 April 24. |
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Letter: John B. Neuendorff, San Antonio, Texas, to Mr. Beaver, Pearsall, Texas, 1935 November. |
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Letter: J. B. Neuendorff to Mr. Beaver, Pearsall, Texas, undated. |
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Letter: J. B. Neuendorff, San Antonio, Texas, to Mr. Beaver, Pearsall, Texas, undated. |
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Sketch: unidentified device, undated. |
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Genealogical notes: Neuendorff and Menchaca families. |
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Miscellaneous papers, 1899-1937 and undated. |
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Photograph: Antonio Menchaca. |
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Clippings, 1931-1950 and undated. |
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