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Heinrich Kuenemann and William Kunz furniture company records and photograph albums
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Title
Heinrich Kuenemann and William Kunz furniture company records and photograph albums, 1886-1908.
Physical Description
4.08 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Zephyr Used & Rare Books on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 2021.
Organization
Arranged by format.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Heinrich Kuenemann (1843-1914) was born in Texas, the son of German-American cabinetmaker Frederick Kuenemann. Heinrich Kuenemann apprenticed with woodworker Johann Peter Tatsch, who was also his father-in-law. He owned several businesses in Fredericksburg, Texas, including a furniture store, a lumberyard, and a hardware store. He also co-owned William Kunz and Company, a furniture business with his business partner William Kunz, circa 1886-1896. After 1896, he operated only under his own name.
William Kunz (1854-1932) was a Prussian-American cabinetmaker who immigrated to Texas after the United States Civil War. He owned a furniture manufacturing and sales business in Fredericksburg, Texas. Circa 1886-1896, he also owned a furniture business with Heinrich Kuenemann.
Summary
Two business ledgers (Boxes 1-2) and two photograph albums (Boxes 3-4) documenting the business interests and family lives of Heinrich Kuenemann and William Kunz in Fredericksburg, Texas, 1886-1908. The ledgers contain circa 3,300 bills and invoices related to the lumber yards, furniture stores, and hardware stores owned by Kuenemann and Kunz. The ledgers document the supplies Kuenemann and Kunz ordered for their businesses, including hardware, varnish, paint, and glass, as well as the furniture and lumber they sold to their customers. Kuenemann and Kunz had a network of business contacts throughout the southern and midwestern United States, including businesses in Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Kentucky. The ledgers also contain bills of lading and shipping bills from railroads such as the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Company, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company, and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company. The photograph albums primarily contain family photographs of daily life and recreational activities in Fredericksburg, Texas. The albums lack captions, but may pertain specifically to the Kuenemann family, as a business card for one of Kuenemann's businesses is laid into the album in Box 3.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
October 13, 2022
References
Heinrich Kuenemann and William Kunz Furniture Company Records and Photograph Albums. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Heinrich Kuenemann and William Kunz Furniture Company Records and Photograph Albums. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Bills of lading.
Business records.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Occupation
Cabinetmakers.
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