Personal

Among the materials in the Personal series there are documents relating to Anni Albers’s family; academic records; birth and identification papers; the Alberses’ guestbook, and material relating to the Alberses’ travels in Latin America. Of note among the materials is Anni’s mother’s 1937 and 1939 travel diary to Mexico; correspondence and financial statements regarding Siegfried Fleischmann/Farman’s estate with a will and printed materials on Ullstein family members; and materials regarding Josef Albers’s death and memorial service.

Description

Folder

- Birth certificate, confirmation pamphlet and certificate
  Dates
  1899, 1915–1916
  Box
  29
  Folder
  1
- Bauhaus diploma (includes letter from Hannes Meyer and photograph of the Zeiss-Ikon analysis of sound and light reflecting qualities)
  Dates
  1930
  Box
  29
  Folder
  2
- Certificate of United States Citizenship
  Dates
  1939
  Box
  29
  Folder
  3
- U.S. Passports
  Dates
  1953, 1960, 1968, 1979
  Box
  29
  Folder
  4
- International Certificate of Vaccination/Personal Health History
  Dates
  1963–1967
  Box
  29
  Folder
  5
- Mexico trip, schedule, hotel bills and expense notebook
  Dates
  1967
  Box
  29
  Folder
  6
- Toni Fleischmann/Farman’s travel diary to Mexico (“Reisetagebuch” and “Aus der Bahn Geworfen”), bound typescript with handwritten corrections (includes English translation by Theodor Benfey)
  Dates
  1937, 1939
  Box
  29
  Folder
  7
- Photograph of Siegfried and Toni Fleischmann/Farman in Mexico
  Dates
  1937
  Box
  29
  Folder
  8
- Photocopies of various articles on the Ullstein family
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  29
  Folder
  9
- Albers guestbook, photocopy
  Dates
  1950–1977
  Box
  29
  Folder
  10
- Address books
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  29
  Folder
  11–12
- Primary contact address and phone lists
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  29
  Folder
  13
- Manuals, service orders and instructions for household appliances
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  29
  Folder
  14
- Various driving directions
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  29
  Folder
  15
- Photographs of 808 Birchwood Drive residence, Orange, CT
  Dates
  1994
  Box
  29
  Folder
  16
- 808 Birchwood Drive residence, Orange, CT blank stationery [there are two boxes of blank stationery at the Foundation]
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  29
  Folder
  17
- Free coffee certificate for Pearsall, TX
  Dates
  1954
  Box
  29
  Folder
  18
- Correspondence and financial statements regarding Siegfried Fleischmann/Farman’s estate, will and printed materials on Ullstein family members
  Dates
  1962–1970
  Box
  30
  Folder
  1
- Thank you note for JA memorial service
  Dates
  1976
  Box
  30
  Folder
  2
- List of people to receive JA memorial print
  Dates
  1976
  Box
  30
  Folder
  3
- Miscellaneous photographs
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  30
  Folder
  4
- Address index cards
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  30
  Folder
  5–7
- JA print given to Siegfried Fleischmann
  Dates
  circa 1940–1946
  Box
  30
  Folder
  8
- Brochure: “Points of Interest along the Santa Fe”
  Dates
  circa 1954
  Box
  30
  Folder
  9
- Travel Maps (mainly Germany, some from Mexico)
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  44
  Folder
  —
- Ektachromes of residence at 808 Birchwood Drive, Orange, CT
  Dates
  Box
  30
  Folder
  10
- Anni Albers, 1994. "Textile Artist and the Widow of Josef Albers," obituary in the New York Times, Tuesday, May 10, 1994
  Dates
  1994
  Box
  29
  Folder
  19