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Title:
Hoevelmann Family collection
Date (inclusive):
circa 1890-1955
Collection number: USDSC_2013_001
Creator: Moran, Patrice
Extent:
2 boxes plus 1 framed item, (2 linear feet)
Abstract:
This collection includes memorabilia from the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, video footage of the 1936 Winter Olympics,
and family photographs and video clips of the Hoevelmann family.
Languages:
English
German
Theodore Hoevelmann was born in Germany in 1851. Mary Otten was born in Katholisch, Bienen, Rheinland, Prussia on October
9, 1853 to Henrich Otten and Bertha Boecker. Theodore and Mary married on November 16, 1873 in St. Louis, Missouri. Theodore
earned a living in St. Louis as a teamster, grocer, and laborer. Mary and Theodore had nine children: Charles, Henry, Lena
Altwater, Birdie Cohn, Sophia Kraus, Josie Ebinger, Mamie Sanders, Theodore Jr., and Lulu Nahn.
Julia "Lulu" Hoevelmann married James M. Nahn. James worked in real estate in St. Louis, Missouri. They had two children,
Mary Lee born October 17, 1918 and James William born January 29, 1921. In 1936, Julia and James traveled with friends on
the S.S. Bremen to attend the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.
This collection includes memorabilia from Julia and James Nahn's travels on the S.S. Bremen, and at the 1936 Olympic Games
in Berlin. S.S. Bremen materials include menus marketing the Olympic Games, and a passenger list with ship information. Olympics
materials include a ticket book for attendance in the Olympic Stadium on August 2nd through 4th. August 3rd, 1936 was the
date Jessie Owens won the gold medal for the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.3 seconds. A propaganda book titled
Germany The Olympic Year is included along with film clips of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games.
In addition to records pertaining to the Olympic Games, this collection contains family photographs of the Hoevelmann family,
and photographs and film clips of family trips throughout Europe and the United States.
Additional Note
While there is reference within the collection to an oral history interview conducted with Patrice Moran, the interview was
never recorded.
This collection is open for research.
[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, Hoevelmann Family collection, Copley Library, University of San Diego, Archives and Special
Collections.
Gift of Patrice Moran, 2013.
Custodial History
Given by Patrice Moran to Derrick Cartwright of USD Galleries in summer 2013. The collection was then transferred to the University
of San Diego Archives and Special Collections.
A thorough inventory of the collection materials was completed by Zeke Lihosit October 17, 2013. Additional processing of
the collection was conducted by Ashley Toutain in 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Moran, Patrice
Hoevelmann, Mary Otten, 1853-1938
Hoevelmann, Theodore, 1851-1918
Nahn, Julia Hoevelmann, 1895-1974
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Nahn, James, 1894-1955
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hoevelmann
Nahn
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Venice (Italy)
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Rome (Italy).
Paris (France).
Zion National Park (Utah)
Berlin (Germany)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
Olympic Winter Games (4th : 1936 : Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
Nazi propaganda
Bremen (Ship)