316 - Sauermann, Ernst Eduard Friedrich (Art historian, museum director; Flensburg 1880 - 1956 Kiel). Collection of autographs containing over 90 handwritten letters and 4 handwritten postcards by Ernst Sauermann, approximately 69 handwritten letters from his wife Maria Sauermann, as well as further letters from his daughters Gerda and Telse, and letters to E. Sauermann from various individuals such as historians, publishers, and public figures, some with postmarked envelopes. Also included are 1 sketchbook, several photographs, 3 handwritten household ledgers, and other items. Dated between 1904 and 1949. Various formats.

Sauermann, Ernst Eduard Friedrich (Art historian, museum director; Flensburg 1880 - 1956 Kiel). Collection of autographs containing over 90 handwritten letters and 4 handwritten postcards by Ernst Sauermann, approximately 69 handwritten letters from his wife Maria Sauermann, as well as further letters from his daughters Gerda and Telse, and letters to E. Sauermann from various individuals such as historians, publishers, and public figures, some with postmarked envelopes. Also included are 1 sketchbook, several photographs, 3 handwritten household ledgers, and other items. Dated between 1904 and 1949. Various formats. Ernst Sauermann became director of the Flensburg Museum after the sudden death of his father in 1904, and later director of the Thaulow Museum in Kiel.] In addition, he was active in the local heritage movement and historic preservation, wrote publications on the architecture of Schleswig-Holstein, was chairman of the Association for Art and Applied Arts in Flensburg, and published the Schleswig-Holstein Art Calendar from 1911 onwards. Sauermann's letters from 1904 are addressed to his parents in Flensburg; at that time, he was working at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg and reported on his situation there, contacts within the museum sector, research on exhibits (sometimes including small drawings), and the development of art in Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark. Other letters are mostly addressed to his daughter Irmgard and are of a personal nature. Correspondence addressed to Sauermann includes letters concerning the death of his son, who fell as a soldier in the Second World War. These include letters of condolence from, among others, Julius A. Konietzko, J. Fr. Teichert, Wilhelm Darboven, Elsa Essberger, Volquart Pauls, Sigrid Thurm, and Ernst Stoffers.