Gertrude Behr Family Thayer Collection

User Collection Public

48 48 Items

Created by: Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, 1817-1897:::::::::::::::

Last Updated: 2025-07-29

Eight boxes containing materials from the Gertrude Behr Family Thayer collection, mostly comprised of the objects, documents, and photographs belonging to Alexander Wheelock Thayer, including Beethoven's shirt (Box 1); sword (Box 2), hat (Box 3), jacket (Box 4); two pairs of pants and gloves from Thayer's uniform for the U.S. Consulate to Trieste (Box 5); miscellaneous documents and photographs (Boxes 6-7); and books (Box 8).

Parent Collections (1)

Beethoven Collections

Collection Details

Total items: 48
Size: unknown
Resource Type: Collection
Creator: Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, 1817-1897:::::::::::::::
Behr, Gertrude:::::::::::::::

Subcollections (5)

Calvin and Harriet Beecher Stowe materials

Envelopes for letters received by A. W. Thayer

Grimm family materials

Letters from J. L. Motley to A. W. Thayer

Portrait photos of unidentified people

Works (43)

List of items in this collection
	Title	Date Added	Visibility
	Photograph of Alexander Wheelock Thayer		Public
	Photograph of Beethoven-Haus		Public
	Photograph of Tejček's drawing of Beethoven		Public
	Photograph of the room where Beethoven was born		Public
	Photograph of Beethoven portrait by Dietrich		Public
	School certificate of appreciation for Henry Thayer		Public
	Receipt for Susan Thayer's donation to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions		Public
	Thayer's grave in Trieste		Public
	Letter from Nino Pontini to Gertrude Behr (1969-04-16)		Public
	Letter from C. M. Sedgwick to A. W. Thayer (1865?-07-05)		Public