Heitz Family Papers, 1862-1993
Collection held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Heitz Family
Title: Papers, 1862-1993
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 1 cu. ft. and 1 ovsz. fld.
Location Number: Mss. A H473
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of genealogical material related to the Heitz family of Louisville, Kentucky. Material concerns the Heitz family and allied families, including the McDonald and Fichtner families.
Folder 1 contains two family trees of the Heitz family that can serve as a map of the layout of this collection.
Folder 11 contains miscellaneous materials detailing small branches of the Heitz family, the family’s church, and family purchases, including miscellaneous letters and church materials found throughout the collection without a dedicated recipient.
Related collections:
Heitz Family Photograph Collection [017PC27]
Biographical Note
Frederick J. Heitz, Sr. (1854-1928) and Mary Christiane Selter Heitz (1863-1936) married on 19 May 1891 in Louisville, Kentucky. They had at least seven children together:
- Willa Heitz (1892-1948), married to Rudolph (Rudy) J. Schwab (1891-1932).
- Louis F. Heitz (1893-1974), married to Eleanor McDonald (1903-1987).
- Mary Louise Heitz (1894-1963), married to John A. Fichtner (1883-1960).
- Victor P. Heitz (1896-1978), married to Margaret (Peggy) Smith (1907-1996).
- Roger Heitz (1898-1960), married to Mary Elizabeth Lynch.
- Flora Heitz (1904-1996), married to John L. McDonald (1893-1975). Flora earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville.
- Raymond Heitz (1905-1986), married to Helen F. Carden (1911-1997).
Victor and Roger Heitz were printers, Louis Heitz was a chemist, and Raymond Heitz was a doctor. Other information regarding the family and their impact on Louisville, Kentucky, is unknown.
Folder List
Volume 1: du Pont Manual Training High School yearbook: The Crimson Annual, 1911.
Volume 2: Louisville Girls’ High School yearbook: The Record, 1918.
Volume 3: Louisville Girls’ High School yearbook: The Record, 1920.
Volume 4: “A comprehensive survey of cultural movements in Louisville during the Nineteenth Century,” 1937.
Folder 5: Heitz family genealogy, 1913-1988.
Contains letters and records from individuals in the Heitz family, including a full family tree, obituaries, and personal records.
Folder 6: Frederick J. Heitz, Sr. correspondence,
Folder 7: Mary Christiane Selter Heitz correspondence and memorandum, 1889-1939.
Folder 8: Victor Philip Heitz correspondence, 1877-1909.
Folder 9: Raymond Heitz correspondence, 1929-1978.
Letters to and from Raymond Heitz, primarily to Raymond from Flora Heitz during his time at the St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin in the 1920s.
Folder 10: Louis Frederick Heitz correspondence, 1911-1974.
Folder 11: Flora Heitz McDonald correspondence and memorandum, 1924-1980.
Contains journal entries, correspondence, college course documentation, and research documentation written or obtained by Flora.
Folder 12: McDonald family correspondence and memorandum, 1959-1989.
Contains letters and records from John L. McDonald (1893-1975) and other members of the McDonald family.
Folder 13: Wilhelmina Heitz Schwab memorandum and documentation, 1930-1949.
Contains newspaper clippings and personal documentation regarding Wilhelmina.
Folder 14: Fichtner family correspondence and memorandum, 1910-1963.
Contains personal records from Mary Louise Heitz Fichtner (1894-1963) and her husband John A. Fichtner (1884-1960).
Folder 15: Miscellaneous correspondence and memorandum, 1890-1993.
Contains miscellaneous letters and church materials found throughout the collection without a dedicated recipient. Material found in this folder pertains to the family’s church involvement and miscellaneous family purchases.
Folder 16 (rolled): Manual Training High School diploma, 22 June 1911.
Diploma presented to Louis A. Heitz on June 22nd, 1911.
Folder 17 (rolled): Louisville Girls High School diploma, 16 June 1920.
Diploma presented to Flora Heitz on June 16th, 1920.
Folder 18 (oversized): Western Junior High School appreciation poster, 5 May 1964.
Token of appreciation poster presented to Flora H. McDonald on behalf of her many co-workers and associates she worked with at Western Junior High School.
Subject Headings
For more details on how the below subjects appear in this collection, search the subject in the manuscript database at https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/manuscript-database/.
du Pont Manual Training High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Heitz (Fichtner), Mary Louise, 1894-1963.
Heitz, Frederick J., Sr., 1854-1928.
Heitz, Louis Frederick, 1893-1974.
Heitz, Mary Christiane Selter, 1863-1936.
Heitz, Raymond, 1906-1986.
Heitz, Victor Philip, 1896-1978.
Louisville Girls’ High School (Louisville, Ky.)
McDonald, Flora Heitz, 1904-1996.
Schwab, Wilhelmina Dorothy Marie Heitz, 1892-1948.
St. John’s Evangelical Church (Louisville, Ky.)
University of Louisville (Louisville, Ky.