Description: Kessler Family Collection relating to ancestors and descendants George Edward Kessler (1862-1923), father of George Edward Kessler, Jr. (1906- ) (attended University of Illinois 1925-29) includes memoir (ca. 1807-10) of Amalie von Uttenhoven; correspondence of Adolphine Clotilde Zetzsche Kessler (1841, 1849, 1855, 1907) and Carl von Meckel (1849); a 19-page letter to Fraulein Uttenhoven (Feb. 7, 1809) mentioning Prince Louis Ferdinand and Napoleon; birth, marriage and other Kessler, Zetzsche and Deppe family certificates (1832-1909); poems for Amalie von Uttenhoven (1806-08, 1839, 1852) and related documents.