Series consists of records related to Catharine Hailer Breithaupt including 91 pieces of correspondence received by Catharine Hailer Breithaupt between 1852-1863 and 1880-1910 and two diaries. The diary documents the first part of Catharine's first trip to Germany in 1888. The early correspondence provides further documentation of the establishment of Louis Breithaupt's tanning business in Berlin, Ontario; the later correspondence is primarily from her children, including her nephew Louis Henry Wagner.

File consists of two letters in German. One letter, intricately folded and dated July 11, 1853, is from [Margaret Wagner?]. The second letter, dated November 19, 1853, is from Jacob Wagner.

File consists of one letter in German from Jacob and Margaret Wagner in Grove __, N.Y., December 16, 1857.

File consists of three letters in German. Includes one letter from Jacob and Margaret Wagner in Grove [?], [New York], dated January 18, 1858, and a joint letter dated Berlin, August 29, 1858 with page 1 signed by Margaret Wagner and the overleaf signed by Jacob Hailer. This was probably written after the death of Jacob Wagner in Berlin that spring. A third letter, dated 1858, is written in an unknown hand.

File consists of contains two documents in German. The first is a letter dated July 3, 1858[?] written from Buffalo in three separate hands. The first is possibly that of Catharina Goetz Breithaupt, widow of Liborius, and is signed Catharina Breithaupt. The second is two lines by Catharine Hailer Breithaupt, signed by her. The page overleaf is written and signed by Margaret Wagner. The second document is an undated note signed by Catharina Breithaupt.

File consists of four letters in German to Catharine Breithaupt from her sons William Henry (2) and Louis Jacob (1), as well as from Louis Henry Wagner(1).

File consists of two letters in German, one from Rev. Lauer and one from [_] Racquet.

File consists of three letters in German: one letter from an unidentified correspondent; two letters from A.L.B. (in German) to his mother, with enclosure (from Fr. Breithaupt in Cassel?).

File consists of two letters in German to Catharine Breithaupt in Racine, Wisconsin. One is dated May 27, 1897 from [_] Racquet, writing from Detroit, Michigan. The other is dated May 31, 1897 and addressed to "Mutter" from "Emma" [her daughter-in-law?], writing from Berlin, Ontario.

File consists of one letter in German from an unidentified correspondent in Elgin.

File consists of three postcards, two in German and one in English. One postcard is unsigned and postmarked Waterloo; one postcard is from Henry Wagner and postmarked Winnipeg & Moose Jaw; and one postcard is postmarked from Stratford, Ontario, written in English and is signed "Florence".

File consists of two letters in German. The first, dated November 4, 1852, is from Jacob Wagner to an unknown individual. The second, dated December 31, 1852, is a joint letter to Louis Breithaupt in Buffalo, signed by Catharine Hailer, and possibly also by Jacob and Margaret Hailer. This is a letter from Catharine to her soon-to-be husband, written shortly before their marriage, which took place February 8, 1853.

File consists of five letters in German from Jacob Wagner in Rochester, addressed to Louis Breithaupt. One at least is also signed by Catharine's sister, Margaret Wagner.

File consists of one letter in German from Jacob and Margaret Wagner in Berlin, dated May 21, 1856.

File consists of one letter [?] in German signed by Jacob Hailer.

File consists of one letter from Amanda M. Bowman, Waterloo, to "Mrs. Breidhaupt" and "Mrs. Wagner".

File consists of one letter in German from Louis Breithaupt to Catherine[?] from New York, 1863. A note on overleaf is signed by W.H. Goetz and the salutation is "Dear Caroline".

File consists of three letters in German from Catharine's children, one from Melvina, two from "Henry" [Wagner?] at Bismark.

File consists of a letter and a greeting card. The letter is in German from an unidentified correspondent and the card is in English, sending Christmas well wishes, from M.G. Murphy.

File consists of one postcard in German, dated [November 11, 1908], signed "Harriet".

File consists of 13 letters, some in German, one from an unidentified correspondent, one from Cath. Bates, two postcards and a letter from Henry Wagner, and a postcard and letter signed "Harriet". Letters in English consist of an invitation, a postcard, a letter from Mrs. A.H. Hellerone, one from the Burckleys, and one from granddaughter Catherine Augustine.

File consists of six items of correspondence sent to Catherine Breithaupt: two postcards, undated, from Bremen and Venice and one letter in English, undated, from her daughter-in-law "Mattie", William Henry's wife. Also included is one postcard from Harriet in Sanger, California; a letter in German and a letter from son-in-law and daughter Albert and Caroline Augustine.

File consists of two letters in German. One letter, dated June 13, 1880, is to Louis Breithaupt from [?] Knauff in Allendorf, Germany. The second letter is signed Catharina Raquet, Catharine's sister-in-law.

File consists of three letters, two in German. One is from Catharine's son William Henry, one from Mrs. Hofius[?] in Buffalo. One is in English from "Emma", a letter of condolence on the death of Catharine's daughter Catharina Louise, who died April 14, 1886.

File consists of six letters in German, one from daughter Melvina, one from son William, one from Henry Wagner, one from son-in-law Frank Bauman, one from S.L. Umbach, one from Cath. Bates, Elgin [Goetz?].

File consists of five letters in German from Jacob and Margaret Wagner in Rochester.

File consists of two letters in German, one from Margaret Wagner and the other from Jacob and Margaret Hailer.

File consists of one letter [?] in German signed by Margaret Wagner, dated Berlin, February 28, 1862. Contains several references to Mr. Louis Breithaupt, "driving shed," etc.

File consists of six letters in German from Catharine's children, one from Melvina, two from William Henry and three signed "Henry" [Wagner?] at Sebringville.

File consists of three letters in German written to Catharine Briethaupt in London, Eng., one from S.L. Umbach, one from from Mrs. Mylius. and one from son Albert[?]

File consists of one letter in German from "Henry" [Wagner?], Toronto, August 15, 1900.

File consists of three letters in German. Two of the letters are from Henry Wagner on Zion Evangelical Church letterhead and one of the letters is from Thomas Bowman in Chicago.

File consists of empty envelopes, addresses.

File consists of notebook used as a diary between November 1, 1903 and November 1904. The daily entries are written in German.

File consists of a diary written in German by Catherine Breithaupt. The diary contains entries dated between May 9 and June 28, 1888 that document a trip taken by Breithaupt to Allendorf, Germany, the birthplace of Louis Breithaupt, with her son John, daughter Melvina and Louis H. Wagner.