Kiesselbach, Family Papers
Title: Kiesselbach, Family
Papers
Creator: Kiesselbach, Theodore A., 1884-1964, et
al
Dates: 1838-2012
Quantity: 18 boxes (12 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS 0398
Language: English, German
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Biography:
Follett Family
Brothers John Meacham (1832) and Melville Cox (1836) Follett were born to
abolitionists Abram H. and Lorraine Meacham Follett in Essex County, New York. John
married Hortense B. Hill in 1857 and they had two daughters, Florence Ellen and
Nellie Lorraine Follett. John enlisted in the 33rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer
Infantry and served in the Vicksburg Campaign during the Civil War. After being
discharged from the Army in 1865, John returned to his farm in Illinois. He and
Hortense remained on their farm until 1906, when they relocated to Lincoln,
Nebraska, to live with their daughters. John Follett died October 5, 1908.
Melville "Mel" Follett married Jennie Jackson in 1871 in Rock Island County,
Illinois. In 1856, he participated in the Bleeding Kansas anti-slavery campaigns
organized by abolitionist John Brown as a response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. A few
years later, he enlisted in the 42nd Illinois Infantry and worked as a pharmacist
and hospital steward during the Civil War. He was wounded in the knee and captured
by Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Chattanooga in 1863. Melville Follett
received a medical discharge from the Army in 1864, and died in Moline, Illinois, in
1903.
Kiesselbach Family
Theodore "Mr. Corn" Kiesselbach (1884-1964), University of Nebraska Professor of
Agronomy, is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in corn crossbreeding,
corn hybrids, and crop improvement.
Theodore Alexander Kiesselbach was born March 14, 1884 to Alexander and Caroline
Bayrhoffer Kiesselbach on a farm near Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska. Tragedy struck
in 1888, with the sudden deaths of his father, brother, and grandfather from
illness. Wanting a new start, Kiesselbach's mother leased out the family farm and
moved with her five children to Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1895, after a drought
severely reduced their income, the family returned to Custer County, Nebraska to
help their bachelor uncle, Theodore Bayrhoffer, on his farm. In 1896, the
Kiesselbachs returned home to the "Kiesselbach Brothers Farm" in Shelby, Nebraska,
to raise hogs. Four years later, the family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, so the
Kiesselbach sisters could attend the University of Nebraska (UN). Caroline died in
1901, and left 160 acres of farmland to each of her children with money to fund
their college educations.
Intending to become a farmer, Kiesselbach graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and
Bachelors of Science in agriculture from UN in 1907 and 1908, and received his
Masters and PhD in agriculture in 1912 and 1918. He married high school friend and
UN alumna Hazel Hortense Hyde, on June 30, 1909. They had four children, Theodore J.
(1910), Max (1912), Katherine (1922), and Helen (1923). After finishing his degree,
Kiesselbach had planned to return to his inherited farmland. He took a job in the
Lincoln after being told by Hazel's father that farm life would not suit her.
Kiesselbach accepted a graduate assistant position with E.G. Montgomery, head of the
UN Department of Field Crops, on a project making thousands of plant growth
measurements for corn experiments. Later, he worked as a field crops instructor and
Agricultural Experiment Station assistant (1908), assistant in experimental agronomy
(1909), professor of experimental agronomy (1912), and professor of agronomy
(1917-1952).
In 1909, he attended the National Corn Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska, where he saw
Connecticut scientists G.A. Schull and Edward East lecture on hybrid corn, seen at
that time as dangerous. Kiesselbach and E.G. Montgomery initiated work on
crossbreeding corn and in 1913, became the first scientists to develop corn hybrids
west of Connecticut. After several devastating droughts, Kiesselbach's hybrid became
popular in the 1930s, and by 1949, accounted for $42 million of Nebraska's crop
income.
Kiesselbach published more than 140 publications on crop research. Plant scientists
around the world widely referenced his article, "The Structure and Reproduction of
Corn"(1949) published as a Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Research
Bulletin. In 1980, the University of Nebraska Press republished the article as a
book, and printed another edition in 1999 for its 50th anniversary.
Kiesselbach received the Hoblitzell National Award in Agricultural Sciences in 1951
and Nebraska Crop Improvement Association Agronomy Award in 1952. In addition, he
served as a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and held memberships in the
Nebraska Corn Improvers Association, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, American Society
of Agronomy, Nebraska Academy of Science, and many other organizations. He died on
December 27, 1964. The University of Nebraska dedicated the Kiesselbach Crops
Research Laboratory in his honor in 1969.
Hazel Hortense Hyde Kiesselbach was born to teachers Frederick A. and Florence
Follett Hyde in 1885. Hazel attended Lincoln High School, where she acted in
theater, played piano, and became a member of the Normal Literacy Society. She
received her teaching certificate from UN in 1907 and worked as a teacher in Newman
Grove, Nebraska. She participated in several organizations including the University
of Nebraska Faculty Women's Association and the Parent-Teacher Association. She died
in 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family
John Aufenkamp was born around 1815 in Dickel, Germany. In 1849, he and his older
brother, William migrated to the Massac County, Illinois, from Bremen, Germany. He
became a naturalized citizen in 1868. He married Sophia Buhrmann and they had 3
children, John (1856), Wilhelmina "Minnie"(1863), and Bernhardt "Barney" (1866).
Sophia died in 1873 at the age of 47. John sold his farmland and moved to Dearborn
County, Indiana, to live near his sister, Johanna Aufenkamp Myers in 1877. He later
moved to his daughter Minnie's farm in Greenwood, Nebraska. He died in 1894.
Florence Meinsen (1886) and Blanche Meinsen Robinson (1895) were born to Sophia
Wilhelmina "Minnie" and Henry Meinsen. Their father operated a blacksmith shop and
purchased farmland in Greenland, Cass County, Nebraska, in 1894. He lived there with
his wife until their deaths in 1937 and 1938, respectively.
Florence Meinsen graduated from Ashland High School and Lincoln Business College.
She worked as a secretary and enjoyed traveling across the United States and Europe.
She homesteaded land near Buffalo, Wyoming, from 1915-1921. She died on March 7,
1985.
Blanche Meinsen Robinson graduated from Ashland High School in 1913 and the
Minneapolis School of Dramatic Art in 1917. She traveled around the country as an
actress, and appeared in the 1919 play, "Experience: The
Most Wonderful Play in America." In 1920, Blanche married New York City
actor, Billy M. Greene and their son, William Henry Greene, was born in 1921. They
divorced in 1922. Blanche received her Bachelors of Science in education and a
teacher's certificate from UN in 1927, and taught English and Drama at Syracuse,
Tekamah, and Everett Junior High Schools in the 1920s-1930s. In 1929, Blanche
married census taker Francis Robinson, who later became a judge. She died on August
11, 1978 at the Meinsen Sisters Farm in Cass County, Nebraska.
Greene Family
William Henry "Hank" Greene was born August 25, 1921 to Blanche Meinsen and William
"Billy" Greene on August 25, 1921 in Cass County, Nebraska. He graduated from
Ashland High School in 1939 then from the UN College of Business Administration in
1943 During his college yers he enrolled in the R.O.T.C. program, the after
graduation, he attended the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School and the Infantry
Officer Basic Course. In 1944, Hank became an armored infantry platoon leader in
Company C, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, and served in General George Patton's
Third Armored Division. He received a shrapnel wound during the Battle of France and
in 1945 returned to Camp Carson, Colorado. He married Helen Kiesselbach on March 11,
1945 in Colorado. The two had 6 children, Mary Helen "Molly" (1949), Susan Caroline
(1951), Sarah Louise (1952), Christopher Henry (1954), Julia Marie (1956), and
William Alexander (1965). In Lincoln, Nebraska, Hank worked in the financial office
of the Goodyear Hose and Belt plant and later became plant comptroller. He died May
15, 2004.
Helen Kiesselbach Greene was born November 22, 1923 to Theodore and Hazel Hyde
Kiesselbach in Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended UN in 1943 as a speech major and
acted in several university plays. After a year of school, Helen relocated to San
Francisco, California, and worked a script writer for the United States Office of
Information until she married Hank Greene in 1945. Back in Nebraska, she worked as
the Nebraska publicity chairman for John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. She
received a Nebraska State Safety Co-coordinator appointment from Governor Frank
Morrison (1961-1962, 1964), served on the Nebraska State Board of Education, helped
found the Ashland Arts Council, and worked as a freelance writer and journalist. She
received her bachelor's degree in Great Plains Studies from UN in 1985. In 2003, she
was honored as Queen of the Ashland Stir-Up Days festival. Helen died February 12,
2010 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Scope and Content:
The Kiesselbach Family Papers document several generations of the Kiesselbach family,
including Follett, Hyde, Aufenkamp, Meinsen, and Greene families from 1838-2012.
Materials consist of family genealogies, a Civil War diary and correspondence, land
grant and estate records, multiple generations of family correspondence, news
articles, and. autobiographies. There are World War II letters and military records,
and records related to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Lancaster
County Chapter, Ashland Rural Fire Protection District, and Meinsen Sisters Farm.
Also included are a substantial amount of family photographs, photo albums, and
scrapbooks ranging from 1861-1985.
Significant materials include the Melville and John Follett Civil War diary,
correspondence, and military records that document their experience as Union
soldiers and involvement in the 1863 Battle of Chickamuga. Also incuded are postcard
books between newlyweds Theodore and Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach from 1908-1910 that
contain a wide variety of images. Among locations represented are the University of
Nebraska, the Nebraska State Penitentiary, the Lancaster County Courthouse, the 1909
Omaha National Corn Exposition, Lincoln, and Omaha, Nebraska cityscapes, Capital
Beach, and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Valentine's Day cards illustrate the
developing relationship between the Kiesselbach's.
Subjects:
Greene, Billy M., 1897-1973
Kiesselbach, T.A. (Theodore Alexander),
1884-1964
Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Photograph albums
Tintypes
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal
narratives
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Ashland (Neb.)
Greenwood (Neb.)
Lincoln (Neb.)
Ashland (Neb.)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of
Agronomy
Series Description:
Series 1: Genealogy, 1838-2004This series contains genealogical research, publications, correspondence, and
family trees on the Aufenkamp, Bayrhoffer, Bush-Robinson, Greene, Hyde,
Kiesselbach, and Meinsen families.
Series 2: Follett-Hyde Family, 1857-1998The Follett-Hyde Family series contains a diary, correspondence, and army
records that highlight experiences of brothers John and Melville Follett
during their service as Union soldiers during the American Civil War.
Melville Follett's civil war diary (see box 2, folders 8-11) documents his
service in the 42nd Illinois Regiment from January to November 1863.
Melville writes about his experience as a pharmacist with the division
hospital, details his time spent camped near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and
the battle of Chickamauga where he was shot in the knee, captured by
confederates, and eventually released. Significant materials also include
the research paper "The Later Civil War Perspectives of an Illinois Soldier
as Reflected in his Letters: From Vicksburg to Montgomery," by Scott Laidig
(see box 2, folder 15), and contains transcribed letters written by John,
William, and Hortense Follett that are in Scott Laidig's personal
collection.
Series 3: Kiesselbach Family, 1847-1972The Kiesselbach Family series contains correspondence, estate records and
deeds, Kiesselbach Brothers farm ledger, and travel diaries from Theodore,
Hazel Hyde, Alex, and Caroline Kiesselbach. Significant materials include
postcard books between newlyweds Theodore and Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach from
1908-1910. Postcards contain images from the University of Nebraska,
Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lancaster County Courthouse, 1909 Omaha
National Corn Exposition, Lincoln, and Omaha, Nebraska, cityscapes, Capital
Beach, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Valentine's Day cards, and various
others.
Series 4: Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, 1852-1965The Aufkenkamp-Meinsen Family materials include naturalization, estate, and
religious certificates from John and Sophia Aufkenkamp that document their
immigration from Germany to the United States. Also included are
correspondence and legal documents from Henry and Minnie Meinsen, and
correspondence, theatre programs, travel diary, National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis Lancaster County Chapter records, and other materials
that document the lives of their daughters, Blanche and Florence
Meinsen.
Series 5: Greene Family, 1925-2012The Greene Family series documents the lives of William "Hank," Helen
Kiesselbach Greene, and their children. Materials include Hank's
correspondence from love interests and from his father and actor Billy
Greene. There are letters to his family during his time as a student at the
University of Nebraska and during his deployment to military bases in Europe
and the United States during World War II. Materials also include army
records, an autobiography of Hank's military experiences, and court
testimonies of a car accident Hank witnessed. Helen's materials include
correspondence from her family, a travel diary to Germany, and records from
her time as Nebraska State Safety Co-coordinator.
Series 6: Meinsen Sisters Farm, 1933-1967The Meinsen Sisters Farm records contain legal documents, expense reports,
crop yields, receipts, and other documents pertaining to the running of the
farm. Other materials include correspondence, and legal documents from
Francis Robinson's involvement with the creation of the Ashland Rural Fire
Protection District in the 1950s.
Series 7: Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1861-1985The Photographs and scrapbook series contains mostly studio portraits of the
Aufenkamp, Follett, Greene, Hyde, Kiesselbach, Meinsen families, and related
relatives. Photograph formats include tintypes, Carte de Visites, cabinet
cards, and black and white silver gelatin prints. The Kiesselbach family
photo albums include photographs of the Kiesselbach children and family
trips to Colorado Springs, Colorado, New Mexico, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone,
California, Chadron State Park, Minnesota and various others. The Francis
Robinson scrapbook was created by Blanche Meinsen Robinson as a gift to
Francis to document his career as a census manager, federal security agency
assistant adjudicator and an attorney, and regional hearing commissioner.
Container List:
Series 1: Genealogy, 1838-2004Box 1. Folder 1. Publication, Das wahre Verhätnià des
freien christlichen Staats zu christlicher Religion und Kirche und
deren Gegensäzen, Karl Theodor Bayrhoffer, 1838-1986
Box 1. Folder 2. Research, Karl Bayrhoffer genealogy 1957-1986
Box 1. Folder 2. Article, "My Great-Grandfather: Karl August Theodore Otto
Christian Bayrhoffer," Helen Kiesselbach Greene, 1984, Mar. 14
Box 1. Folder 3. Decoration Day speech, F.H. Gleason, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
(photocopies), 1873
Box 1. Folder 4. Research, Bush-Robinson genealogy, 1926, 1983-1984
Box 1. Folder 5. Research, Hyde genealogy, Nina Gleason
correspondence, 1934-1966
Box 1. Folder 6. Research, Kiesselbach family tree 1644-1950, 1950
Box 1. Folder 7. Research, Rothe-Kiesselbach genealogy, 1955-1956
Box 1. Folder 8. Research, Kiesselbach-Hyde genealogy, 1955-1973
Box 1. Folder 9. Research, Hamburg, Germany Kiesselbachs, T.H. Kiesselbach
correspondence, 1964
Box 1. Folder 10. Publication, Kirchhainer Geschlechter:
Kiesselbach, Gottfried Ruetz (German), 1980
Box 1. Folder 11. Publication, Generations out of Kirchhain:
Kiesselbach, Gottfried Ruetz, Mildred Samarziya
(translator), 1980
Box 1. Folder 12. Publication, "History, Lineage Charts, Lineage Successions of Old
Kirchain Families: Kiesselbach," Gottfried Ruetz, Wilhelm Johannes Georg
Erik Kiesselbach (translator), 2004?
Box 1. Folder 13. Research correspondence, Aufenkamp genealogy, Evelyn Humphrey to
Hank Greene, 1985-1989
Box 1. Folder 14. Research, Montague Lessler (Billy Greene's father), 1986
Box 1. Folder 15. Publication, "Family Album and New World Registry," Sharon
Taylor, 1987, Sept. 10
Box 1. Folder 16. Research, Meinsen genealogy, 1980s
Box 1. Folder 17. Research, Kiesselbach-Meinsen genealogy (Hank Greene
research), 1991-1993
Box 2. Folder 1. Research, Kiesselbach-Meinsen genealogy (Hank Greene research), 1993-1998
Box 2. Folder 2. Programs, correspondence, Kiesselbach family
reunions, 1993, 2002
Box 2. Folder 3. Research, Nathan Hale, Alice Adams genealogy, undated
Box 2. Folder 4. Unpublished pamphlet, Bush genealogy, undated (see oversized box 15, folder 17)
Series 2: Follett-Hyde Family, 1857-1998Box 2. Folder 5. Pension records, John Follett (U.S. National Archives
photocopies), 1857-1897
Box 2. Folder 6. Civil War appointment certificate, second sergeant, 33rd
Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, John Follett, 1861, Dec. 19 (see oversized box 18, folder 2)
Box 2. Folder 7. Army discharge papers, certificates, John Follett, 1863-1904
Box 2. Folder 8. Civil War honor certificate, Illinois, John Follett, 1865, Sept. 21 (see oversized box 18, folder 2)
Box 2. Folder 9. Civil War Muster-in roll, 33rd Regiment, Illinois volunteers,
John Follett, 1865, Oct. 1 (see oversized box 18, folder 2)
Box 2. Folder 10. Civil War correspondence, "Follett Family Pictures, Letters, and
Diary," Mellville, Hortense, William Follett, 1863-1864 (see also photos box 11, folder 1, diary box 2,
folder 9)
Box 2. Folder 11. Civil War diary, "Follett Family Pictures, Letters, and Diary,"
Melville Follett, 1863, Jan. 24-Nov. 7 (see also diary transcriptions box 2, folder 10, diary
enclosures box 2, folder 11, correspondence box 2, folder 8, and photos
box 11, folder 1)
Box 2. Folder 12. Civil War diary transcriptions, "Follett Family Pictures,
Letters, and Diary," Melville Follett, transcribed by Hank
Greene, 1863, Jan. 24-Nov. 7 (see also diary box 2, folder 9, diary enclosures box 2,
folder 11, correspondence box 2, folder 8, and photos box 11, folder
1)
Box 2. Folder 13. Civil War diary enclosures, "Follett Family Pictures, Letters,
and Diary," Army discharge papers, obituaries, Melville, Jane
Follett, 1864, 1903, 1907 (see also diary box 2, folder 9, correspondence box 2,
folder 8, and photos box 11, folder 1)
Box 2. Folder 14. Marriage, death, pension records, Melville Follett (U.S National
Archives photocopies), 1864-1903
Box 2. Folder 15. Pension records, William, Sophia Follett (U.S National Archives
photocopies), 1864-1905
Box 2. Folder 16. Last will and testament, Hortense Follett, 1912, Dec. 14
Box 2. Folder 17. Research Paper, "The Later Civil War Perspectives of an Illinois
Soldier as Reflected in his Letters: From Vicksburg to Montgomery,"
Scott Laidig, 1998, Dec. 27
Box 2. Folder 18. Correspondence, Helen Kiesselbach Green, Scott
Laidig, 1998
Series 3: Kiesselbach Family, 1847-1972Box 2. Folder 19. Correspondence, Henriette Kiesselbach to sister Ariele Roth
(German), 1847
Box 2. Folder 20. Correspondence, Alex to Caroline Kiesselbach
(German), 1876-1885
Box 2. Folder 21. Land warranty deed, Union Pacific Railroad, Alex
Kiesselbach, 1880, July 5 (see oversize box 18, folder 3)
Box 2. Folder 22. Cemetery deed, Shelby Cemetery, Polk County, Nebraska, Alex
Kiesselbach, 1888 (see oversize box 15, folder 11)
Box 2. Folder 23. Diary, Caroline Kiesselbach (German), 1890, Oct. 15-1891, Apr. 28
Box 2. Folder 24. Land deed, Polk County, Nebraska, Caroline Kiesselbach
Estate, 1905, Mar. 10 (see oversize box 18, folder 3)
Box 2. Folder 25. Land deed, Polk County, Nebraska, Caroline Kiesselbach
Estate, 1911, Sept. 29 (see oversize box 18, folder 3)
Box 2. Folder 26. Article, "Alexander and Caroline Kiesselbach," Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, undated
Box 2. Folder 27. Correspondence, Theodore Kiesselbach to uncle Theodore Carl
Bayrhoffer, 1894-1900
Box 3. Folder 1. Account book, receipts, Kiesselbach Brothers Farm, 1895-1899
Box 3. Folder 2. Drafts, Drafts, Normal Shiftings
newsletter, Normal, Nebraska, Theodore Kiesselbach, 1901-1902
Box 3. Folder 3. Manuscript, "The Theory of Evolution," Lincoln High School senior
thesis, Theodore Kiesselbach, 1903
Box 3. Folder 4. Correspondence, Theodore and Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach,
incoming, 1904-1959, undated
Box 3. Folder 5. Correspondence, postcard book, Theodore to Hazel Hyde
Kiesselbach, 1908-1909 (see oversize box 16, folder 2)
Box 3. Folder 6. Correspondence, postcard book, Theodore to Hazel Hyde
Kiesselbach, 1909-1910 (see oversize box 16, folder 3)
Box 3. Folder 7. Correspondence, Theodore and Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach,
outgoing, 1954-1972
Box 3. Folder 8. Physical training table, University of Nebraska (UN), Theodore
Kiesselbach, 1903 (see oversize box 15, folder 12)
Box 3. Folder 9. Real estate deeds, Theodore Kiesselbach, 1905-1954 (see oversize box 15, folder 13)
Box 3. Folder 10. Ribbon, Theodore Kiesselbach, UN Company D Battalion, 1906
Box 3. Folder 11. Program, news articles, guest book, 1908 class reunion, UN Round
Up Week, 1928, May 24-26
Box 3. Folder 12. Mortgage records, Warranty Deed, Butler County, Nebraska,
Theodore Kiesselbach, 1943-1952 (see oversize box 15, folder 14)
Box 3. Folder 13. Newspaper articles, Ted J. Kiesselbach, 1944-1956, undated
Box 3. Folder 14. Travel diaries, schedule, Europe trip, Theodore and Hazel Hyde
Kiesselbach, 1954, Apr. 24-Nov. 1
Box 3. Folder 15. Cemetery deed, Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska, Theodore, Hazel
Hyde Kiesselbach, 1962 (see oversize box 15, folder 11)
Box 3. Folder 16. Abstract of Title, Polk County, Nebraska, Theodore
Kiesselbach, 1965 (see oversize box 15, folder 15)
Box 3. Folder 17. Probate records, Theodore Kiesselbach estate, 1965-1967 (see oversize box 15, folder 16)
Box 3. Folder 18. National Register of Historic Places nomination, Kiesselbach
house, 1994
Box 3. Folder 19. Shakespeare Birthday Book, Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach
(?), undated
Box 3. Folder 19. National Register of Historic Places nomination, Kiesselbach
house, undated
Series 3: Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, 1852-1965Box 3. Folder 20. Passports, naturalization, John, Johanna Aufenkamp (originals,
photocopies) 1852-1993
Box 3. Folder 21. Confirmation certificate, Sophia Aufenkamp (German), 1863, Nov. 6 (see oversize box 15, folder 9)
Box 3. Folder 22. Naturalization certificate, John Aufenkamp, 1868 (see oversize box 15, folder 10)
Box 3. Folder 23. John Aufenkamp, legal documents, receipts, estate records
(fragile), 1873-1885
Box 4. Folder 1. Land court case, John Aufenkamp (photocopies), 1870s
Box 4. Folder 2. Cemetery deed, John Aufenkamp, 1894-1900
Box 4. Folder 3. Funeral cards, Barney, Charley Aufenkamp, Mildred
Humphrey, 1961, 1987, 1997
Box 4. Folder 4. Confirmation certificate, W.H. Meinsen, 1862, Jan. 22 (see oversize box 18, folder 7)
Box 4. Folder 5. Military Service homestead land grant, Rebecca, David Epsy, H.
Meinsen farm, Greenwood, Nebraska, 1867, Dec. 20 (see oversize box 18, folder 7)
Box 4. Folder 6. Confirmation certificate (German), Johann Meinsen, 1873, Apr. 8 (see oversize box 18, folder 3)
Box 4. Folder 7. Marriage license, Henry, Minnie Meinsen, 1885, Dec. 31 (see oversize box 18, folder 3)
Box 4. Folder 8. Correspondence, Henry, Minnie Meinsen, 1898-1917
Box 4. Folder 9. Correspondence, Henry, Minnie Meinsen, 1926-1935, undated
Box 4. Folder 10. Account book, Henry Meinsen, 1923-1938
Box 4. Folder 11. Death certificate, Minnie Meinsen, 1937
Box 4. Folder 11. Death announcements, Henry Meinsen, 1938
Box 4. Folder 12. Biography, Henry, Minnie Meinsen by Hank Greene, undated
Box 4. Folder 13. Correspondence, Blanche Meinsen to Santa Claus, 1903-1904, undated
Box 4. Folder 14. Correspondence, Blanche Meinsen, 1908-1920, 1941, 1944, undated
Box 4. Folder 15. Correspondence, Blanche, Florence Meinsen from Minnie Meinsen
(German with transcriptions), 1913-1914, 1937, undated
Box 4. Folder 16. Correspondence, Blanche Meinsen Robinson from Billy
Greene, 1921-1937, undated
Box 4. Folder 17. Correspondence, Blanche Meinsen Robinson from Francis
Robinson, 1928-1944, undated
Box 4. Folder 18. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson, 1936-1971
Box 4. Folder 19. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson from Hank
Greene, 1941-1943
Box 4. Folder 20. Correspondence, Florence Meinsen, 1941-1956, undated
Box 4. Folder 21. Correspondence, Francis Robinson from Hank Greene, 1942-1943
Box 4. Folder 22. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson, Florence Meinsen from
Helen Kiesselbach Greene, 1942-1945, undated
Box 5. Folder 1. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson, Florence Meinsen from
Hank Greene, WOrld War 2, Fort Benny, Fort Wheeler, Georgia, 1943-1944, Jan.-May
Box 5. Folder 2. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson from Hank Greene, World
War 2, 1944, June-Sept.
Box 5. Folder 3. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson from Hank Greene, World
War 2, 1944, Oct.-Nov., undated
Box 5. Folder 4. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson from Hank, Helen
Kiesselbach Green, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1945, Mar.-Aug.
Box 5. Folder 5. Correspondence, Blanche, Francis Robinson from Hank, Helen
Kiesselbach Green, Washington, D.C., 1946
Box 5. Folder 6. Correspondence, Francis Robinson, 1950-1962 (see also photos box 13, folder 17)
Box 5. Folder 7. Correspondence, invitations, Blanche Robinson from vice president
Hubert Humphrey, 1959, 1964, undated
Box 5. Folder 8. Manual, commencement, mementos, Ashland High School, Blanche
Meinsen, 1913
Box 5. Folder 9. Teaching contract, offer letters, letters of recommendation,
Blanche Meinsen, 1913-1931
Box 5. Folder 10. Theater programs, commencement, Minneapolis School of Music,
Oratory, and Dramatic Art, Blanche Meinsen, 1916-1917 (see also photos box 13, folder 7)
Box 5. Folder 11. Theater programs, Blanche Meinsen, 1916-1919, undated
Box 5. Folder 12. Biography, Free Masons membership card, Francis
Robinson, 1918, undated
Box 5. Folder 13. Newspaper articles, Blanche and Francis Robinson, 1918-1963
Box 6. Folder 1. Theater programs, script, "Experience: The Most Wonderful Play in
America," Blanche Meinsen, 1919
Box 6. Folder 2. Wyoming-California travel diary, "Traveling Fools," Lucy Ann
Forbes, Florence Meinsen, 1923
Box 6. Folder 3. Marriage, divorce papers, Blanche Meinsen, Billy
Greene, 1920, 1927
Box 6. Folder 4. Bylaws, minutes, correspondence, National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis Lancaster County Chapter, Blanche Meinsen
Robinson, 1936-1941
Box 6. Folder 5. News articles, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Lancaster County Chapter, Blanche Meinsen Robinson, 1940-1941, undated
Box 6. Folder 6. News articles, Democratic Party, Blanche Meinsen
Robinson, 1938-1941
Box 6. Folder 7. Visitation passes, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., Blanche
Meinsen Robinson, 1940, Aug.
Box 6. Folder 8. Campaign materials, correspondence, Women's Division of Terry
Carpenter for Governor League, Blanche Meinsen Robinson, 1940-1941
Box 6. Folder 9. World War II mileage ration stamps, Red Cross first aid
certification card, Blanche Meinsen Robinson, 1942-1945
Box 6. Folder 10. World War II ration stamp book, Florence Meinsen, 1944-1945
Box 6. Folder 11. Membership cards, Democratic Century Club, Nebraska
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Francis Robinson, 1960-1965
Box 6. Folder 12. Collected poems, quotes, Blanche Meinsen Robinson, undated
Box 6. Folder 13. Poem, "Little House," Blanche Meinsen Robinson, undated (see oversize box 15, folder 12)
Box 6. Folder 14. Address book, notebook, Francis Robinson, undated
Series 4: Greene Family, 1925-2012Box 6. Folder 15. Correspondence, Hank Greene from Blanche Meinsen
Robinson, 1925, 1933-1945, undated
Box 6. Folder 16. Correspondence, Billy, Rita Greene from Blanche
Robinson, 1937-1944 (see also photos box 13, folder 14)
Box 6. Folder 17. Correspondence, Billy, Rita Greene from Hank Greene, 1938-1941, 1944
Box 6. Folder 18. Correspondence, Hank Greene from Francis Robinson, 1939, undated
Box 6. Folder 19. Correspondence, Hank Greene from girlfriend Jeanne
Richards, 1939-1941
Box 6. Folder 20. Correspondence, Hank Greene from girlfriend Alice
Steinmeyer, 1940, Feb.-1941, Feb.
Box 7. Folder 1. Correspondence, Hank Greene from girlfriend Jessie
Marie, 1940-1941
Box 7. Folder 2. Correspondence, Hank Greene from friends, 1940-1949, undated (see also photos box 14, folder 7)
Box 7. Folder 3. Correspondence, Hank Greene from Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, 1941-1944
Box 7. Folder 4. Correspondence, Hank, Helen Kiesselbach Greene from Billy, Rita
Greene, 1941-1957
Box 7. Folder 5. Correspondence, Helen Kiesselbach Greene from Hank Greene, World
War II, 1944, May-Sept.
Box 7. Folder 6. Correspondence, Helen Kiesselbach Greene from Hank Greene, World
War II, 1944, Oct.-Nov.
Box 7. Folder 7. Correspondence, Hank and Helen Kiesselbach Greene from friends,
Lyle King, 1944-1945
Box 7. Folder 8. Correspondence, Billy, Rita Greene from Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, 1944-1945
Box 7. Folder 9. Correspondence, Helen Kiesselbach Greene, 1945, Jan.-June
Box 7. Folder 10. Correspondence, Hank, Helen Kiesselbach Greene from
friends, 1945-1957, undated
Box 7. Folder 11. Correspondence, Hank Greene from Helen Kiesselbach Greene,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1946
Box 7. Folder 12. Correspondence, Helen Kiesselbach Greene from Hazel Hyde
Kiesselbach, 1957, Apr. 26
Box 7. Folder 13. Baby book, birth certificate, Hank Greene, 1921-1922 (see also photos box 14, folder 9)
Box 7. Folder 14. Commencement program, senior handbook, Ashland High School, "Ye
Old Corne Rowes" story, Hank Greene, 1938-1939
Box 7. Folder 15. Membership cards, Phi Delta Theta, Goodyear, American Bowling
Congress, Goodyear "Co-caption runners up" award, Hank
Greene, 1940-1952
Box 7. Folder 16. UN diploma, commencement program, Hank Greene, 1943
Box 7. Folder 17. Manual, certificate, Officer Candidate Class, 8th Company 3rd
Student Training Regiment, 1943, Dec.-1944, Jan.
Box 7. Folder 18. Army Certificate of Service, discharge papers, Hank
Greene, 1943-1946
Box 7. Folder 19. Funeral cards, Darrel Prell, George Vernon Godding, 1943, 1970
Box 8. Folder 1. Autobiography, poetry, "Hank's Account of World War II," Hank
Greene, 1944-2000
Box 8. Folder 2. Map, Melun, France, World War II, Hank Greene, 1944-1945(?) (see map case 17, drawer 5)
Box 8. Folder 3. Marriage certificate, wedding announcements, Hank, Helen
Kiesselbach Greene, 1945, Mar.
Box 8. Folder 4. Testimonies, Army Retiring Board, Hank Greene, 1945, July-1946, Nov.
Box 8. Folder 5. Identification card, news articles, Army records, Hank
Greene, 1945-1949, 1993, 1998
Box 8. Folder 6. Booklet, "From the Beaches to the Baltic" 7th Armored Division,
Hank Greene, 1945(?)
Box 8. Folder 7. Foreign Service Exam, Helen Kiesselbach Greene, 1946
Box 8. Folder 8. Church membership certificate, Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, 1952
Box 8. Folder 8. Speech, Queen of Stir-Up, Helen Kiesselbach Greene, 2003
Box 8. Folder 9. Witness court testimony, Fick vs. Herman car accident, Hank
Greene, 1956
Box 8. Folder 10. News articles, bus accident, Helen Kiesselbach Greene, Julie
Greene, 1956, Dec.
Box 8. Folder 11. News articles, programs, Safety Coordinator, Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, 1961-1968
Box 8. Folder 12. Newspaper ad, "Vote Helen Greene Nebraska State Board of
Education District 4," 1980, Oct. 30 (see oversize box 18, folder 4)
Box 8. Folder 13. Certificate, Bronze Star Medal, Hank Greene, 1991, Oct. 23
Box 8. Folder 14. Germany trip journal, Helen Kiesselbach Greene, 1992, June
Box 8. Folder 15. Autobiography, "Tell Me a Story Grandpa," Dennis
Greene, 2012(?)
Box 8. Folder 16. Poem, "Ode to Perfection (plus 8 or 9 lbs.)," Hank to Helen
Kiesselbach Greene, undated
Box 8. Folder 17. Publication, "The Music Makers," Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, undated (see oversize box 15, folder 18)
Box 8. Folder 18. Correspondence, Molly, Julie, Chris, Susan, Sarah
Greene, 1949-1976
Box 8. Folder 19. Correspondence, Molly, Julie, Chris, Susan, Sarah
Greene, 1984-1993, undated
Box 9. Folder 1. Birth, baptism certificates, programs, writings, Molly
Greene, 1949, 1952, 1963-1970, undated
Box 9. Folder 2. Play programs, news articles, Molly Greene, 1969-1976
Box 9. Folder 3. Ashland Junior High School yearbook, Julie, Chris
Greene, 1968
Box 9. Folder 4. Class poetry book, Susan Greene, undated
Box 9. Folder 5. Plays, art, Molly, Julie, Chris, Susan, Sarah Greene, undated
Series 5: Meinsen Sisters Farm, 1933-1967Box 9. Folder 6. Farm legal documents, real estate, 1933-1934
Box 9. Folder 7. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1940-1950
Box 9. Folder 8. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1951-1953
Box 9. Folder 9. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1954
Box 9. Folder 10. Farm record book, 1954
Box 9. Folder 11. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1955
Box 9. Folder 12. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1956
Box 9. Folder 13. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1957
Box 9. Folder 14. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1958
Box 9. Folder 15. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1959
Box 10. Folder 1. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1960
Box 10. Folder 2. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1961
Box 10. Folder 3. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1962
Box 10. Folder 4. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1963
Box 10. Folder 5. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1964
Box 10. Folder 6. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1965
Box 10. Folder 7. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1966
Box 10. Folder 8. Farm legal documents, receipts, reports, 1967
Box 10. Folder 9. Legal documents, receipts, Ashland Rural Fire Protection District
creation, 1949-1955
Box 10. Folder 10. Correspondence, Ashland Rural Fire Protection District
creation, 1950-1956
Box 10. Folder 11. Manual, sales receipts, correspondence, farm
equipment, 1940-1950s, undated
Box 10. Folder 12. News articles, Salt Creek flooding, 1950
Box 10. Folder 13. Reports, membership agreement, National Farmers
Organization, 1963
Series 6: Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1861-1985Box 11. Folder 1. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, "Family Pictures, letters, and
diary," John, Abraham, Melville, Florence, Nellie Follett, 1861-1911 (see also box 2, folders 8-11)
Box 11. Folder 2. Photo, Follett-Hyde family, Lorraine Follett(?), 1863
Box 11. Folder 3. Oversize Photo, Follett-Hyde family, Frederick Albert (F.A.)
Hyde, Florence Follett, Cambridge High School group
portrait, 1875-1884 (see oversize box 18, folder 13)
Box 11. Folder 4. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, F.A. Hyde, Cambridge High School
teachers, Brown University class photo, 1877-1896, undated
Box 11. Folder 5. Oversize Photo, Follett-Hyde family, F.A. Hyde picnic party,
Cambridge, Illinois, 1880 (see oversize box 18, folder 13)
Box 11. Folder 6. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Nellie Lorraine Follett
portraits, 1891-1901, undated
Box 11. Folder 7. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, John, Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach
portraits, 1891-1907
Box 11. Folder 8. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Florence Follett Hyde
portraits, 1902, 1907, 1918, undated
Box 11. Folder 9. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Follett family reunion, 1904-1909
Box 11. Folder 10. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Edith Trekill
Caulbertson, 1905, undated
Box 11. Folder 11. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Charles Roberts
portraits, 1905-1925, undated
Box 11. Folder 12. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach, UN junior
class, graduation portraits, 1907-1908
Box 11. Folder 13. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Elizabeth Hyde Roberts
portraits, 1910-1925, undated
Box 11. Folder 14. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, John Hyde Jr. portraits, 1913, Mar. 23
Box 11. Folder 15. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Frank, Elizabeth, Nina, Frederick,
Joe, Grace Gleason, 1924-1940, undated
Box 11. Folder 16. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, William Lewis Dickenson
portraits, undated
Box 11. Folder 17. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Frederick W. Follett
portraits, undated
Box 11. Folder 18. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, John and Hortense Hill Follett
portraits, undated
Box 11. Folder 19. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Grace Gleason portraits, undated
Box 11. Folder 20. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Eugene, Hortense, Arthur Hill
portraits, undated
Box 11. Folder 21. Oversize photo, Abram Hyatt, Lorraine Meacham Follett outside
home, Cornwall, Illinois, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 13)
Box 11. Folder 22. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Mable Hyde portraits, undated
Box 11. Folder 23. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Hyde family photos, undated
Box 12. Folder 1. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Hyde family photo postcard, John
Hyde Jr., undated
Box 12. Folder 2. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Betty Roberts portraits, undated
Box 12. Folder 3. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Richard Hyde Roberts
portraits, undated
Box 12. Folder 4. Oversize photo, Follett-Hyde family, Richard Hyde Roberts studio
portrait, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 13)
Box 12. Folder 5. Oversize photo, Follett-Hyde family, Richard, Charles, Betty
Roberts, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 8)
Box 12. Folder 6. Oversize Photo, Follett-Hyde family, Roberts
portrait, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 9)
Box 12. Folder 7. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Alice Trekell portraits, undated
Box 12. Folder 8. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Edward, Harry, Charlie, Mabel
Trekill, undated
Box 12. Folder 9. Photos, Follett-Hyde family, Fanny Follett Trekell
portraits, undated
Box 12. Folder 10. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Carl Theodore, Samuel
Arnd, 1863, undated
Box 12. Folder 11. Photos, tintypes, Kiesselbach family, Alexander, Caroline
Kiesselbach portraits, 1875, undated
Box 12. Folder 12. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Alexander, Caroline Kiesselbach and
family portraits, 1900-1901, undated
Box 12. Folder 13. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Theodore Kiesselbach, Lincoln High
School football team, 1902
Box 12. Folder 14. Oversize photo, Kiesselbach family, Theodore Kiesselbach, Lincoln
High School football team, 1903-1907 (see oversize box 18, folder 11)
Box 12. Folder 15. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach
portraits, 1904-1969, undated
Box 12. Folder 16. Oversize photo, Kiesselbach family, Theodore Kiesselbach, Sembot
group portrait, UN, 1906 (see oversize box 18, folder 9)
Box 12. Folder 17. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Theodore, Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach
portraits, 1906-1953, undated
Box 12. Folder 18. Oversize photo, Kiesselbach family, Theodore Kiesselbach, UN 1907
class football team, 1907(?) (see oversize box 18, folder 13)
Box 12. Folder 19. Oversize photo, Kiesselbach family, Theodore, Hazel Hyde
Kiesselbach wedding portrait, 1909 (see oversize box 18, folder 8)
Box 12. Folder 20. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Theodore, Hazel,
children, 1910-1965, undated
Box 12. Folder 21. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Ed, Emma Bayrhoffer, Monroe,
Wisconsin, 1911, Feb. 16
Box 12. Folder 22. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Phyllis, Cora, Marian, John Peer
Kiesselbach, 1918, undated
Box 12. Folder 23. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Ray, Fanny Kiesselbach
Prell, 1925-1944, undated
Box 12. Folder 24. Oversize photo, Kiesselbach family, Theodore Kiesselbach with
corn, 1950 (see oversize box 18, folder 8)
Box 12. Folder 25. Photos, Kiesselbach family, reunion group photos, 1953, June
Box 12. Folder 26. Framed photo, Kiesselbach family, Carl Theodore Arnd
portrait, undated (see oversize box 16, folder 7)
Box 12. Folder 27. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Ednid, Charles, Gustave
Bayrhoffer, undated
Box 12. Folder 28. Oversize photo, Kiesselbach family, "Families of C. Bayrhoffer,
Alex, Caroline Kiesselbach," family portrait, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 10)
Box 12. Folder 29. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Karl Friedrich Kiesselbach
portraits, undated
Box 12. Folder 30. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Katherine Kiesselbach
portraits, undated
Box 12. Folder 31. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Max, Theodore, Rudolf
Kiesselbach, undated
Box 13. Folder 1. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Philipp, Rudolf, Albert, Ruth,
Rudolph, Franklin Emilie Kiesselbach undated
Box 13. Folder 2. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Phyllis Kiesselbach-Guy Meyer
wedding, undated
Box 13. Folder 3. Photos, Kiesselbach family, Sophie Kiesselbach, undated
Box 13. Folder 4. Oversize photos, Kiesselbach family, Theodore Kiesselbach,
unknown group portrait, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 10)
Box 13. Folder 5. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, John Aufenkamp
portraits, 1850-1894
Box 13. Folder 6. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Warren Meinsen
portraits, 1900-1940s
Box 13. Folder 7. 7. Oversize photo, Meinsen family, Francis Robinson Third
Battalion, Sixth Marines, WW1 group portrait, 1910-1920 (see also box 16, folder 4)
Box 13. Folder 8. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Blanche Meinsen, Ashland High
School graduation, studio portraits, 1913-1943
Box 13. Folder 9. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Blanche Meinsen, Minneapolis
Drama School and Theatre, 1916-1925, undated (see also box 5, folder 10)
Box 13. Folder 10. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Florence Meinsen, 1918-1969, undated
Box 13. Folder 11. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Blanche Meinsen, Francis
Robinson, 1922-1964, undated
Box 13. Folder 12. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Meinsen Sisters farmhouse,
Hudson Supersix car, 1920s-1953, undated
Box 13. Folder 13. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Francis Robinson
portraits, 1930, undated
Box 13. Folder 14. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Hank Greene baby
photos, 1937, Mar. 24 (see also Blanche to Billy Greene correspondence, box 6,
folder 16)
Box 13. Folder 15. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, "Uncle Barney's family reunion"
group shot, 1951?
Box 13. Folder 16. Oversize photo, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Francis Robinson,
Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner, Omaha, Nebraska, 1960, May 7 (see oversize box 18, folder 12)
Box 13. Folder 17. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Bush portrait, 1962, Feb. 19 (see also Francis Robinson correspondence, box 5, folder
6)
Box 13. Folder 18. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Christmas, desert trip
photos, 1962, May (see also Linda Jean Sherman correspondence, box 5,
folder 6)
Box 13. Folder 19. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Aufenkamp family gravestones,
farmland, Massa County, Illinois, 1994
Box 13. Folder 20. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Cecil, George, Charley, Barney
Aufenkamp portraits, undated
Box 13. Folder 21. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Florence, Verne Aufenkamp
portraits, undated
Box 13. Folder 22. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Wilhelmina Sophia Aufenkamp
portrait, undated
Box 13. Folder 23. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Dowesberger family
portraits, undated
Box 13. Folder 24. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Blanche Meinsen, "friends of
Blanche and Florence," Ralph Ross, Gladys Beers, Isabelle? Stander,
Grace Newkirk Palling portraits, undated
Box 13. Folder 25. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Blanche Meinsen, "Blanche's
theatre friends," Mabel Campbell, Helen, Fayne Sisters, autographed
portraits, undated
Box 13. Folder 26. Oversize photo, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Florence Meinsen class
photo(?), undated (see oversize box 18, folder 12)
Box 13. Folder 27. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Henry, Caroline Meinsen wedding
portrait, undated
Box 13. Folder 28. Photos, tintypes, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Henry Meinsen, Frank
Gartner, unidentified woman portraits, undated
Box 14. Folder 1. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, family portraits, Eddie, Henry
Meinsen, Minnie Holly, Carrie Dowesberger, undated
Box 14. Folder 2. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Frank, Minnie Meinsen Holly
family portraits, undated
Box 14. Folder 3. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Louis, Carrie Meinsen
portraits, undated
Box 14. Folder 4. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Minnie Meinsen Holly
portraits, undated
Box 14. Folder 5. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Willie, Florence, Warren
Meinsen portraits, undated
Box 14. Folder 6. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Grandma, Bessie, Jennie, Gladys
Meyers, undated
Box 14. Folder 7. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Francis Robinson's family,
parents, undated
Box 14. Folder 8. Photos, Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family, Francis Robinson family, Wilson
family, undated
Box 14. Folder 9. Photos, Greene Family, Hank Greene birth book, first birthday
party, 1922 (see also box 7, folder 13)
Box 14. Folder 10. Photos, Greene Family, Helen Kiesselbach Greene
1920s-1950s, 1920s-1950s, undated
Box 14. Folder 11. Photos, negatives, Greene Family, Hank Greene, Phi Delta Theta
fraternity class photos, 1936-1940
Box 14. Folder 12. Photos, negatives, Greene Family, Hank Greene, Phi Delta Theta
fraternity class photos, 1936-1940
Box 14. Folder 13. Photos, Greene Family, Hank Greene studio portraits, 1938-1947, undated
Box 14. Folder 14. Photos, Greene Family, Helen Kiesselbach Greene studio
portraits, 1938-1970s
Box 14. Folder 15. Photos, Greene Family, Hank, Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, 1942-1980s, undated
Box 14. Folder 16. Photos, Greene Family, Hank Greene, World War II, 1944-1945
Box 14. Folder 17. Photos, Greene Family, Hank Greene, World War II, correspondence
from H. Laird, B. Fisher, 1945, Mar. 6 (see also box 7, folder 2)
Box 14. Folder 18. Photos, Greene Family, Hank, Helen Kiesselbach Greene
wedding, 1945, Mar. 11
Box 14. Folder 19. Photos, Greene Family, Helen Kiesselbach Greene group photos,
Gamma Phi Beta pledge class 1947, undated
Box 14. Folder 20. Photos, Greene Family, Billy, Rita, Dennis, Sandy Greene
portraits, 1940s, undated
Box 14. Folder 21. Photos, Greene Family, Hank, Helen Kiesselbach Greene
family, 1940s-1950s
Box 14. Folder 22. Photos, Greene Family, Julie, Sarah, Molly Greene
portraits, 1950-1980, undated
Box 15. Folder 1. Photos, Greene Family, Christmas cards, 1951-1969
Box 15. Folder 2. Photos, Greene Family, Hank, Helen Kiesselbach Greene family
photos, 1963-1985
Box 15. Folder 3. Photos, Greene Family, Billy Greene portraits, undated
Box 15. Folder 4-5. Oversize photos, Greene Family, Billy Greene, "Any Home"
Vaudeville play, Palace Theatre, New York City, undated (see oversize box 18, folder 12)
Box 15. Folder 6. Photos, Fanny Thelen, Allie, Paul Thelen wedding
portrait, 1909-1912, undated
Box 15. Folder 7. Photos, Thelen family, 1909-1912, undated
Box 15. Folder 8. Photos, Julius Harpham portraits, undated
Box 15. Folder 9. Photos, unidentified portraits, undated
Box 15. Folder 10. Photos, unidentified portraits, undated
Box 15. Folder 11. Oversize, confirmation certificate, Sophia Aufenkamp
(German), 1863, Nov. 6
Box 15. Folder 12. Oversize, naturalization certificate, John Aufenkamp, 1868
Box 15. Folder 13. Oversize, plot deed, Shelby Cemetery, Polk County, Nebraska, Alex
Kiesselbach, 1888
Box 15. Folder 13. Oversize, plot deed, Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska, Theodore,
Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach, 1962
Box 15. Folder 14. Oversize, physical training table, UN, Theodore
Kiesselbach, 1903
Box 15. Folder 14. Oversize, Poem, "Little House," Blanche Meinsen
Robinson, undated
Box 15. Folder 15. Oversize, real estate deeds, Theodore Kiesselbach, 1905-1954
Box 15. Folder 16. Mortgage records, Warranty Deed, Butler County, Nebraska,
Theodore Kiesselbach, 1943-1952
Box 15. Folder 17. Abstract of Title, Polk County, Nebraska, Theodore
Kiesselbach, 1965
Box 15. Folder 18. Probate records, Theodore Kiesselbach estate, 1965-1967
Box 15. Folder 19. Unpublished pamphlet, Bush genealogy, undated
Box 15. Folder 20. Publication, "The Music Makers," Helen Kiesselbach
Greene, undated
Box 16. Folder 1. Drawing, Kiesselbach family, Carl K portrait, 1874(?)
Box 16. Folder 2. Postcard book, Theodore to Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach, 1908-1909
Box 16. Folder 3. Postcard book, Theodore to Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach, 1909-1910
Box 16. Folder 4. Oversize photo, Meinsen family, Francis Robinson Third Battalion,
Sixth Marines, WW1 group portrait 1909-1910
Box 16. Folder 5. Photo album, Follett-Hyde family, "Grandmother Florence Hyde's
family," including Hill, Trekell, Follett, Brancher family portraits,
includes tintypes (FRAGILE), undated
Box 16. Folder 6. Photo album, Follett-Hyde family, F.A. Hyde, Gleason families
homesteads, undated
Box 16. Folder 7. Framed photo, Kiesselbach family, Carl Theodore Arnd portrait, undated
Box 16. Folder 8. Artifact, unidentified Keds brand baby shoe, undated
Box 17. Folder 1. Photo album, Kiesselbach family, 1909-1924
Box 17. Folder 2. Photo album, Kiesselbach family, 1925-1944
Box 17. Folder 3. Scrapbook, Meinsen family, Francis Robinson career, 1944
Box 18. Folder 1. Poster, Second Annual Gymnastic Exhibition, UN
(FRAGILE), undated
Box 18. Folder 2. Oversize materialsItem 1.Civil War appointment certificate, second sergeant, 33rd
regiment, Infantry Illinois volunteers, John Follett, 1861, Dec. 19
Item 2.Civil War honor certificate, State of Illinois, John
Follett, 1865, Sept. 21
Item 3.Civil War Muster-in roll, 33rd Regiment, Infantry Illinois
volunteers, John Follett, 1865, Oct. 1
Box 18. Folder 3. Oversize materialsItem 1.Confirmation certificate (German), Johann
Meinsen, 1873, Apr. 8
Item 2.Marriage license, Henry, Minnie Meinsen, 1885, Dec. 31
Item 3.Land warranty deed, Union Pacific Railroad, Alex
Kiesselbach, 1880, July 5
Item 4.Land deed, Polk County, Nebraska, Caroline Kiesselbach
estate, 1905, Mar. 10
Item 5.Land deed, Polk County, Nebraska, Caroline Kiesselbach
estate, 1911, Sept.
Box 18. Folder 4. Oversize materialsItem 1.Publication, "Dr. T.A. Kiesselbach, Nebraska's Mr.
Corn," Sunday World
Heraldmagazine, 1950, Oct. 22
Item 2.Newspaper ad, "Vote Helen Greene Nebraska State Board of
Education District 4," 1980, Oct. 30
Box 18. Folder 5. Oversize materialsItem 1.Map, Saunders County, Nebraska, undated
Item 2.Campaign sign, "Morrison for Nebraska," undated
Box 18. Folder 6. Lithograph print, Bayrhoffer portrait, 1849
Box 18. Folder 7. Oversize materialsItem 1.Confirmation certificate, W.H. Meinsen, 1862, Jan. 22
Item 2.Military service homestead land grant (H. Meinsen farm,
Greenwood, Nebraska), Rebecca, David Epsy, 1867, Dec. 20
Item 3.Homestead certificate, Samuel Cheuvront (?), 1873, Apr. 1
Box 18. Folder 8. Oversize photosItem 1.Photo, T.A., Hazel Hyde Kiesselbach, wedding
portrait, 1909
Item 2.Photo, Richard, Charles, Betty Roberts undated
Item 2.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach with corn, 1950
Box 18. Folder 9. Oversize photosItem 1.Photo, Francis Robinson studio portrait, undated
Item 2.Photo, Roberts portrait, undated
Box 18. Folder 10. Oversize photosItem 1.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach, Sembot group portrait,
UN, 1906
Item 2.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach, unknown group portrait, undated
Item 3.Photo, "Families of C. Bayrhoffer, Alex, Caroline
Kiesselbach," family portrait, undated
Box 18. Folder 11. Oversize photosItem 1.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach, Alpha Zeta group
portrait, 1912
Item 2.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach, UN class football team, 1907?
Item 3.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach, Lincoln High School football
team, 1903-1907
Box 18. Folder 12. Oversize photosItem 1.Photo, Francis Robinson, Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner, Omaha,
Nebraska, 1960, May 7
Item 2.Photo, Florence Meinsen class photo?, undated
Item 3-4.Photo, Billy Greene, "Any Home" Vaudeville play, Palace
Theatre, New York City, undated
Box 18. Folder 13. Oversize photosItem 1.Photo, F.A. Hyde, Florence Follett, Cambridge High School
group portrait, 1875-1884
Item 2.Photo, Abram Hyatt, Lorraine Meacham Follett, Cornwall,
Illinois, undated
Item 3.Photo, F.A. Hyde picnic party, Cambridge,
Illinois, 1880
Item 4.Photo, T.A. Kiesselbach, UN class football team, 1907?
Item 5.Photo, Richard Roberts studio portrait, undated
Box 18. Folder 14. Oversize mapItem 1.Map, Melun, France, World War II, Hank Greene, 1944-1945(?) (see map case 17, drawer 5)
Related Material and Resources: For more information relating to Theodore Kiesselbach's career see also Theodore A.
Kiesselbach, Agronomy Papers (RG 08-05-10). For more information on Scott Laidig's
research paper and online exhibits on the Follett family, see"The Later Civil War Perspectives of an Illinois Soldier as Reflected in his
Letters: From Vicksburg to Montgomery,""The Later Civil War
Perspectives of an Illinois Soldier as Reflected in his Letters: From Vicksburg to
Montgomery," The Follett Brothers Letters,
The Melville Cox Follett Diary at Ohio State University.Information for Kiesselbach Family Papers biographies were taken from the following
sources:Follett Family: The Later Civil War Perspectives of an Illinois
Soldier as Reflected in his Letters: From Vicksburg to Montgomery, Scott
Laidig, (see box 2, folder 17), "Follett Family Pictures, Letters, and Diary,"(see
box 2, folders 10-13), and pension and military records (see box 2, folders
5-7).Kiesselbach Family: What's in a Life: Autobiography of T.A.
Kiesselbach(RG 08-05-10, box 3, folders 8-9), "Mister Corn: A Report on
Dr. T.A. Kiesselbach, Whose Research Career Spans Agriculture's Period of Greatest
Achievement," University of Nebraska Research Report,
1950 (see RG 08-05-10, box 1, folder 2), "Highly Regarded NU Ag Research Bulletin on
Corn Reprinted 50 Years later," UN Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
press release, 1999 (see RG 08-05-10, box 1, folder 13), and "Theodore Alexander
Kiesselbach: Versatile, Prolific, Research Agronomist," Harvey O. Werner, Nebraska
Academy of Sciences, 1967(see RG 08-05-10, box 1, folder 11), and "Alexander and
Caroline Kiesselbach," Helen Kiesselbach Greene (see box 2, folder 26), Aufenkamp-Meinsen Family: Henry, Minnie Meinsen biography by Hank Greene (see box 4,
folder 12) and death certificates and announcements (see box 4, folder 11),
Kiesselbach-Meinsen genealogy, 1993-1998 (see box 2, folder 1), Aufenkamp legal
documents and naturalization certificates (see box 3, folders 22-23), and newspaper
articles (box 5, folder 13, box 6, folders 5-6).Greene Family: What's in a Life: Autobiography of T.A.
Kiesselbach(RG 08-05-10, box 3, folders 8-9), "Hank's Account of World
War 2," (see box 8, folder 1), Tell Me a Story Grandpa:
Autobiography of Dennis Greene (see box 8, folder 15), news articles (see
box 8, folders 10-12), and Helen Kiesselbach Greene obituary (Lincoln Journal Star website, 2010). |