Title: Von Kaas Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1719-1979

Creator:

• Von Kaas family

Call Number: Micro 880

Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of members of the Von Kaas family, a well-to-do family which migrated to Chicago and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in the mid-1800's. The collection primarily includes correspondence, journals and travel diaries, and other papers of Georg Carl August Baron von Kaas (1805-1868), of his second wife, Mathilda (nee Deckner), and their children and relatives. Carl von Kaas at one point served as administrator (Oberforstmeister) of the forests and estates of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, as well as Councillor of the Exchequer. Most of the original letters and documents are in German, with English translations; a few originals are in English. There is also a genealogy and a group of typed translations of very early family records, apparently compiled by von Kaas family members in the Sheboygan area (possibly for a family reunion in 1979).

Language: German, English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0880

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Acquisition Information

Originals loaned for copying by Bill Von Kaas, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1980-1981. Accession Number: M80-555, M81-105

Processing Information

Prepared for microfilming by John Wright, 1981.

Reel   1 Frame   1	Carl von Kaas Travel Journal, Family Records, and Miscellany, 1824-1869 Scope and Content Note: Records of a trip taken in 1824 with his tutor while a university student. They traveled from Tharand (near Dresden), to Nossen, the Abbey at Alten-Zella, Etzdorf, Colditz, Wurzen, Leipzig, Halle, and Tharand.
Reel   1 Frame   32	Carl von Kaas Official Documents; Correspondence with Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe; and Miscellany, 1825-1860
Reel   1 Frame   142	Correspondence Between Carl von Kaas and the Prince and the Government; von Kaas Family Correspondence; Political Commentaries, circa 1810-circa 1862
Reel   1 Frame   873	Carl von Kaas's Forestry Documents, 1849-circa 1862 Scope and Content Note: Von Kass was Oberforstmeister or administrator of the Prince's Austrian estates. These records include correspondence concerning criticism of von Kaas, and his defense of himself.
	Correspondence Between Carl and Mathilda von Kaas
Reel   1 Frame   964	1850-1860 Scope and Content Note: Included are letters from their son Max in Chicago.
Reel   2 Frame   1	1861-1868 Scope and Content Note: Included are letters from their son Max and others. Also included is a journal of life on board ship to America, 1852.
Reel   2 Frame   116	Correspondence Between Carl von Kaas and the Prince Scope and Content Note: Regarding Carl's dismissal as Oberforstmeister in 1850, a dispute over money owed by Carl to the Princely Exchequer, and his requests for a character reference. Also included are the dismissal documents.
Reel   2 Frame   187	Von Kaas Family Correspondence, including Journals and Miscellany, 1823-circa 1888
Reel   2 Frame   605	Von Kaas Genealogy
Reel   2 Frame   663	Typed Translations of Correspondence and Family Records Scope and Content Note: “Letters To, From, and About a Reluctant Immigrant,” copyright 1979, by Francis vK. Bemis. The earliest letter dates from 1719.