| Date |
Document |
Comment |
| |
photo in uniform |
Photo taken by the same photographer in Cassel,
Germany as the the photo of Papa,
presumed to be Harry's father. |
| |
photo with soldiers |
Harry is seated in a chair on the far right, above
the soldier sitting on the ground |
| 1878 |
photo of Harry in
PA |
Photo of Harry von Konsky taken in Philadelphia.
The handwritten inscription on the back of the portrait is not
legible, except for 1878, assumed to be the year the photograph
was taken. |
| |
photo of Harry and Woman |
Photo taken in Cuero, Texas |
| 1883 |
Cincinnati
Directory 1883-84 |
VON KONSKY, CURT HARRY, Art and Court Reporter,
Cincinnati Freie Presse; Residence 343 Vine |
| 1885 |
Cincinnati
Directory 18885-86 |
VON KONSKY, CURT HARRY, Telegraph Editor Cincinnati
Voksfreund; Residence 26 Calhoun |
| 11-Jun-1885 |
Wedding License |
Harry and Caroline's Wedding License. Lists Harry's
place of birth |
| |
photo of wife Caroline |
|
| 28-July-1886 |
Letter from
President Cleveland |
Letter from the President of the United States,
consenting for Harry's son to be named in his honor, and consenting
that he should be "represented in the office you name at
the baptismal ceremony". |
| 1895 |
SF Directory 1895-96 |
Von Konsky Harry, editor, r 2116 Howard |
| 27-Sep-1903 |
Valeska Review |
The The reviewer in the San Francisco Chronicle
says this of Valeska, written by Harry von Konsky: "The
style is so superior that it makes the book worthy of a permanent
place in German literature of this century." |
|
1900 |
1900
US Census |
Harry was
a naturalized citizen of the USA, immigrated to the USA in 1873,
and had been in the country 27 years at the time of the 1900 US Census. |
|
1903 |
Valeska
Title Page |
Title page of Valeska,,
"a novel about life in the western Texas back country." |
| 1903 |
Poem in Valeska |
Poem in Valeska called The Far Away Sister |
| 1903 |
Valeska at
Bancroft |
Dedication written in the over leaf of the Valeska
copy in the rare book collection of the Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley |
| |
Photo
of Harry and sons |
A photograph of
Harry and three of his four sons. Adolph is the youngest son,
seen seated on the tricycle. |
| |
Photo
of Caroline and sons |
A photograph of
Caroline in the front garden of the house of 26th street, and
two of her sones. |
|
1905 |
SF Directory 1905-06 |
von KONSKY HENRY, editor Cal Demokrat 51 3d, r
4058 26th
This reference is interesting, as, as this entry and his obituary
are the only place where Harry is referred to as Henry. |
| |
Photo of 4058 26th St,
SF |
The family home at 4058 26th St, San Francisco.
A small boy is seated on the steps. |
| |
Portrait
of a family outing |
Portait of a von
Konsky family outing. Clockwise beginning with wife Caroline
are husband Harry and sons Walter, Adolph and Harold. Not shown
is son Cleveland. |
| 29-Jun-1906 |
Author's
autobiography card |
On file in the California State Library in Sacramento.
Documents literary achievements. Retired from the California
Demokrat the day of the 1906 Earthquake and fire. |
| 29-Sep-1908 |
Death Certificate |
Records the names of Harry von Konsky's parents
as Adolph von Konsky and Anna Batcher. Harry is shown as having
been born in Germany May 15 1849. |
| 01-Oct-1908 |
Obituary |
Obituary in San Francisco Chronicle, 1 October,
1908, includes discussion of military service in Franco-Prussian
War and literary achievements. |
| |
Grave
of Anna Schultze |
Grave of Anna
Schultze in Cassel , Germany. |
