TRAFO Blog Interview About “German Heritage in Letters”

News: Snapshot of Immigrant Dorothea Handel Schuhmacher

New Exhibit: “The Trader of Reval”

“German Heritage in Letters” Participates in IGGP Conference

Das Projekt „German Heritage in Letters“ nahm als Aussteller an der Konferenz International German Genealogical Partnership (IGGP) teil, die vom 15. bis 16. Juni in Sacramento, Kalifornien, stattfand.

Society for German-American Studies Symposium

Transcribing Together

As the coronavirus pandemic changed daily routines, our friends at the Joseph M. Horner Library decided to adapt by creating an online group to transcribe letters from our collections.

New Video Shares Importance of “German Heritage in Letters”

A new video produced by German Heritage in Letters project explores the importance of our work to find, collect, and share the historic correspondence sent and received by German immigrants in the United States.

“German Heritage in Letters” Featured in Die Welt

Digitization Day in Philadelphia

In collaboration with the Joseph P. Horner Library of the German Society of Pennsylvania, this “Digitization Day” event invited members of the public in the Philadelphia area to bring historic correspondence for digitization and inclusion in the...

Our Genealogy Book Contest Returns!

We are excited to share the news that our genealogy book contest is back! Thanks to sponsorship from Wunderbar Together we are once again offering people who contribute their letter collections to German Heritage in Letters a chance to win a package...

Coming Soon: Migrant Connections

Emily Kühbauch

Emily Kühbauch is a research assistant for digital history at the German Historical Institute.

Atiba Pertilla

Atiba Pertilla is a research fellow and digital editor at the German Historical Institute

Simone Lässig

Simone Lässig is director of the German Historical Institute of Washington.

Jana Keck

Jana Keck is research fellow in digital history at the German Historical Institute.

Katharina Hering

Katharina Hering is digital projects librarian at the German Historical Institute.

Daniel Burckhardt

Daniel Burckhardt is a technical developer at the German Historical Institute

Emmel family home in Wiesbaden

Photograph of the Emmel family home in Wiesbaden.

Photograph of the Emmel family in Wisconsin, c. 1937.