Franz Fohr Biographical Notice

Franz Fohr Biographical Notice

Franz Fohr had been a long time family friend to the Eilers family, since at least 1876. He died at Karl Eilers’ home in Sea Cliff. His biographical notice was written by Walter R. Ingalls for the Engineering & Mining Journal. ================= On July 27, 1919, there passed away a simple, unassuming gentleman, who, throughout his life, allowed his intense modesty to keep himself in the background and during his later years effaced himself so thoroughly that but few of…

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Anton Eilers 1885 Dictation

Anton Eilers 1885 Dictation

In this May 30th, 1885, dictation from Anton Eilers he mentions traveling in Europe for two years. However, he wasn’t there longer than six months (Jan 1882-May 1882). I can only conclude this was a transcription error or some other mistake. The original is Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. ========== Mr. A. Eilers So Pueblo, Colo. May 30th, 1885 Was born in Germany January 14th, 1839 and educated at the Mining Academy of Clausthal and University of Goettingen. Graduated when 20…

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English Translation of Hahn’s 1938 Article on Karl Eilers

English Translation of Hahn’s 1938 Article on Karl Eilers

Below is the letter from Karl Eilers to Maxwell Hahn about an upcoming biography by Hahn on Eilers for a German newspaper. The German version can be found here. March 15 1938 Letter from Karl to Mr. Hahn Mr. Maxwell Hahn Room 1811–570 Lexington Avenue . New York City My dear Mr. Hahn: I was much pleased with your biographical article concerning myself, and I have done as you suggested– made a few corrections in pencil; also, I am having…

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Karl Eilers’ Autobiography, May 29, 1941

Karl Eilers’ Autobiography, May 29, 1941

Karl Eilers drafted this unfinished autobiography three months prior to his death in August of 1941. =============================== My earliest recollection of where my parents [Ed Note: Anton & Elizabeth Eilers] lived about New York were in Harlem, not far from where the Third Avenue Street Car came to an end, at the Harlem Bridge. We lived in a two-story, two-family house, with Grandmother Eilers [Elizabeth Dielmann] and her daughter Emma [Ed Note: Anton’s sister, not his daughter the painter] on…

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Rebuilding the Research Site

Rebuilding the Research Site

In May of 2016, I re-arranged the deilers site. Now, my author site will stand as the entry point to this domain. The research storage area (an internet beacon if you will) has become a secondary site. I will rebuild this as time allows.

Anton Eilers Biography

Anton Eilers Biography

Anton Eilers by Rossiter W. Raymond From the Engineering and Mining Journal,  Vol 103, No. 17. Pages 762 – 764.  April 28, 1917. Frederic Anton Eilers was born in Nassau, Germany, Jan 14, 1839. He received his technical education at the University of Gottingen and the mining school of Clausthal. In 1859 he came to the United States and in 1863 became an assistant in the office of Adelberg and Raymond, New York City, consulting mining engineers and metallurgists, of…

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Rossiter Raymond Bibliography

Rossiter Raymond Bibliography

While not true blood relatives, Rossiter was Anton’s close friend and Uncle Ros to his kids (I have 3 of Rossiter”s books signed, in part, ‘Uncle Ros & Aunt Sally’ to Karl E. Eilers in 1905).  Since his wide ranging interests and successes do not get their due elsewhere on the web, they will get it here (and eventually wikipedia). As Walter R. Ingalls once noted, “Dr. Raymond was one of the most remarkable cases of versatility that our country has ever…

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Karl Eilers’ Remembrance from Arthur S. Dwight

Karl Eilers’ Remembrance from Arthur S. Dwight

Arthur S. Dwight was a friend of Karl’s since they were boys. He was also Rossiter Raymond’s nephew. Arthur was a mining engineer who worked for Anton Eilers and with Karl Eilers for several years. Karl Emrich Eilers, Engineer of Mines, Master of Science (Hon.) Honorary Member, Director and Treasurer of the Institute, one of the most distinguished and probably the most widely beloved of its members, died at his Sea Cliff, Long Island home on August 18, 1941. In…

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Rossiter Raymond Address at Anton Eilers’ Funeral

Rossiter Raymond Address at Anton Eilers’ Funeral

This address from Rossiter Raymond, long time friend of Anton Eilers, was printed in Anton’s 1920 memorial book. To my thought, it is not out of place, on an occasion like this, after the solemn words of Hoy Church have been spoken, that there should be heard also the familiar, homely, heart-felt words of human friendship, in witness of love and gratitude and grief. Especially appropriate is such testimony when it voices not merely the tribute of one, but the…

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