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Contains 18 Results:

Von Frieling's Salve collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-65
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 17 folders. In addition to the untitled book, designated the "Von Frieling Sammelband," the collection contains photocopies of the book and materials related to the 20th century version of Von Frieling’s green butter salve, also called Von Frieling’s plaster salve. These materials include documentation and packaging for the salve, patent paperwork, correspondence, and various items related to herbal medicine and early German printing, as well as two...
Dates: circa 1512-1977,; Majority of material found within 1900-1932

Von Frieling Sammelband, circa 1512-1800s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1 [Vault]
Scope and Contents

Book is in poor condition; binding is very fragile and pages show substantial weather damage.

Dates: circa 1512-1800s

Notebook of Heinrich (Henry) Von Frieling, circa 1900-1912

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents The notebook contains undated writings in German possibly written by Heinrich Von Frieling, and a short “History of the Henry Von Frieling Plaster Salve” written in English by Edward Colman and George Von Frieling and dated March 1912. The notebook also includes a newspaper clipping of bankruptcy proceedings in the southern district (perhaps referring to New York) which lists the entity “Frieling Bros. (Henry’s Restaurant)” owned by Henry V. and George V. Frieling as filing a petition for...
Dates: circa 1900-1912

Two jars of Von Frieling's Salve, circa 1911-1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3 [artifacts collection]
Scope and Contents

Instructions advise that the salve should be used "for cuts, boils, carbuncles, abscess and infection… for blood poisoning from shot wounds, snake, insect or animal bites and… for burns and scalds from water, grease, or acid."

Dates: circa 1911-1930s

Image of two jars of Von Frieling's Salve, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 17 folders. In addition to the untitled book, designated the "Von Frieling Sammelband," the collection contains photocopies of the book and materials related to the 20th century version of Von Frieling’s green butter salve, also called Von Frieling’s plaster salve. These materials include documentation and packaging for the salve, patent paperwork, correspondence, and various items related to herbal medicine and early German printing, as well as two...
Dates: undated

Product information for Von Frieling's Salve, circa 1911-1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes "History" and "Directions" for the salve, written in English and German.

Dates: circa 1911-1930s

Original packaging for Von Frieling's Salve, circa 1911-1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 17 folders. In addition to the untitled book, designated the "Von Frieling Sammelband," the collection contains photocopies of the book and materials related to the 20th century version of Von Frieling’s green butter salve, also called Von Frieling’s plaster salve. These materials include documentation and packaging for the salve, patent paperwork, correspondence, and various items related to herbal medicine and early German printing, as well as two...
Dates: circa 1911-1930s

United States Patent Application No. 641.062, signed by Henry Von Frieling, 1911 July 28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Petition to the US Patent Office regarding Henry Von Frieling's salve.

Dates: 1911 July 28

Von Frieling’s Green Salve ingredients list and preparation directions, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 17 folders. In addition to the untitled book, designated the "Von Frieling Sammelband," the collection contains photocopies of the book and materials related to the 20th century version of Von Frieling’s green butter salve, also called Von Frieling’s plaster salve. These materials include documentation and packaging for the salve, patent paperwork, correspondence, and various items related to herbal medicine and early German printing, as well as two...
Dates: undated

Photocopies of pages from the Von Frieling Sammelband, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 17 folders. In addition to the untitled book, designated the "Von Frieling Sammelband," the collection contains photocopies of the book and materials related to the 20th century version of Von Frieling’s green butter salve, also called Von Frieling’s plaster salve. These materials include documentation and packaging for the salve, patent paperwork, correspondence, and various items related to herbal medicine and early German printing, as well as two...
Dates: undated

Correspondence of Henry Von Frieling, 1912-1932

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes letters to Henry Von Frieling from E.A. Schmalz, Leo Kaulfuss, Thoralf Rosfjord, H. Koetter, Henry Isernhagen, and Ivan Clearwaters. Correspondence consists of testimonials and purchase requests for the Von Frieling salve. In English and German.

Dates: 1912-1932

Bound reproduction of the Von Frieling Sammelband, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Photocopied contents of the Von Frieling Sammelband

Dates: undated

Photocopies of pages from the Von Frieling Sammelband, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 17 folders. In addition to the untitled book, designated the "Von Frieling Sammelband," the collection contains photocopies of the book and materials related to the 20th century version of Von Frieling’s green butter salve, also called Von Frieling’s plaster salve. These materials include documentation and packaging for the salve, patent paperwork, correspondence, and various items related to herbal medicine and early German printing, as well as two...
Dates: undated

German cursive writing sample, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Writing sample of two different types of German script

Dates: undated

Kräuter Atlas of Johann Künzle, circa 1952-1975

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents Cover description: "100 heilpflanzen in naturgetreuer, farbiger Darstellung, ausgewählt, von Kräuterpfarrer Johann Künzle” (100 medicinal plants in lifelike, colored representation selected by “herbs priest” Johann Künzle) The atlas includes illustrations and written descriptions of 100 medicinal herbs, in German. Johann Künzle (1857-1945) was a Swiss Catholic priest and botanist known as a “Kräuterpfarrer” (herbs priest) for his knowledge of herbal medicine. He drew and...
Dates: circa 1952-1975

Museum Guide from the Gutenberg Museum of the City of Mainz, English Edition, 1977

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Short section on Early Printing in Germany on page 22

Dates: 1977

Scenic postcards from Germany, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Postcards depict Benediktinerkloster Ettal (Ettal Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Ettal, Bavaria) and the city of Kufstein in Tyrol, Austria, with the Kaiser Mountains

Dates: undated

Donation List, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

List of items that accompanied the Von Frieling donation

Dates: undated