Contains materials related to the history of the Mengel family and their relatives, including the Vonneguts. This portion of the collection also includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera from Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr.’s time serving in WWI.
Folder 1: Autobiographies, Joseph T. Mengel, Jr.
Folder 2: Correspondence
Folder 3: Artifact, stained glass crucifixion scene
Folder 4: Family History
Folder 5: Family History – Folgers
Folder 6: Family History – “Mary Mengel’s Roots”
Folder 7: Family History – Mooklers
Folder 8: Family History – Schnulls
Folder 9: Family History – Schramms
Folder 10: Family History – Stewarts – “River Boat Trip 1871, Charles G. Stewart and Daughter, Susie
Folder 11: Family History – Stewarts – Susan Kerfoot Stewart
Folder 12: Family History – Stewarts – “W.K. Stewart Goes to Washington”
Folder 13: Family History – Vonneguts
Folder 14: Family History – Vonneguts – “The Boston Tea Party” (book given to Ella Vonnegut, age 10)
Folder 1: Family History – Vonneguts – “Schiefertafel Bilder” (book given to Ella Vonnegut)
Folder 2: Family History – Vonneguts – “Clemmens Vonnegut, Sr.: A Genealogical Listing of his Descendants”
Folder 3: Knoxville History
Folder 4: Lumber Business
Folder 5: Lumber Business – Mengel Industries, Inc. Schooners
Folder 6: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr.
Folder 7: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – J.T. Mengel Forestry Fund / J.T. Mengel Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Folder 8: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – 155 Filloux Gun
Folder 9: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Calendar/Diary, Dec. 14, 1917 – Sept. 14, 1918
Folder 10: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Correspondence – Family
Folder 11: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Correspondence – Letters of Recommendation
Folder 12: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Correspondence – Orders and Memorandum
Folder 13: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Correspondence – Miss Katherine Wilson
Folder 14: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Correspondence – Other
Folder 15: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Maps
Folder 16: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Mathematical Tables (French)
Folder 17: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Notes by Joseph T. Mengel, Jr.
Folder 1: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Personal Reminiscence
Folder 2: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Personal Reminiscence – “U Boats in WWI”
Folder 3: Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Sr. – WWI – Photographs and Ephemera
Folder 4: Nanette Vonnegut Mengel
Folder 5: Nanette Vonnegut Mengel – Nanette Vonnegut Mengel Garden
Folder 6: Susan S. Mengel
Folder 7: Susan S. Mengel – Address Book
Folder 8: Susan S. Mengel – “The Christmas Bookshelf, Books for Young and Old,” 1926
Folder 9: Miscellaneous Clippings
Folder 10: Photographs
Folder 11: Photographs
Lumber Business – Mengel Industries, Inc. Schooners
-- Drawings for Scale Model of WWI Four-Masted Schooner. Copyright 1990 by George S. Parker. Four sheets.
-- Engineering drawings of Mengel Schooner showing: Elevation, Looking to Port; Plan at Main Deck; Poop Deck and After House; Forecastle Deck & Ford House Top
Physical Description: 1.5 linear feet (3 AB)
Processed by: Shana Aue and Laura Jacobs